PROGRAMME 2026

Advances in Dementia & Alzheimer’s – forgotten diseases?

25th November, 2026 at Musikschule, Florhofgasse 6, Zurich

Chair: Raphaela Russmann, Zurich

PROGRAM

08:30                 
Opening of Registration Desk

9:00
Welcome by SGPM, President Martin Traber
Welcome by ECPM, Director Thomas Szucs
Welcome by Dementia Research Switzerland, Chairman Daniel Vonder Mühll

INTRODUCTION

SESSION I: The Helicopter View: Dementia vs Alzheimer’s Disease

09:15-10:00      
Biological Definition of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia
Marc Aurel Busche, University Hospital Basel

SESSION II: Alzheimers’s Disease: Preclinical/Clinical Research

10:00-10:30      
Immunotherapy for Alzheimer’s Disease: The Clinical Reality
Gilles Allali, CHUV, Lausanne, CH           

10:30-11:00      
Coffee Break

11:00-11:30      
Early Alzheimer's Detection via Fluid Biomarkers to Improve Patient Care
Martin Guess, Roche Diagnostics, Rotkreuz
11:30-12:00      
The Next Frontier: Tau-Targeting Therapies in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Development
Szofia Bullain, Biogen, Zug

SESSION III: Brining Innovation to the Real World

12:00-12:30      
Using Health Care Data to Advance Science: The Importance of Real-world Data
Wiesje van der Flier, Alzheimer Nederland   

12:30-13:30      
Lunch

13:30-14:00      

Cost-Effectiveness of Dementia Interventions
Soeren Mattke, UCA, Boston(invited; online)

SESSION IV: Public Health Burden and Preventive Approaches

14:00-14:30      
The Care Partner´s Perspective
Nina Wolf, Alzheimer Schweiz, Zurich
14:30-15:00      
Swiss Memory Clinics and System Preparedness
Rafael Meyer, Memory Clinic, Aarau

15:00-15:30      
Coffee Break

15:30-16:00      
Risk Reduction and Prevention: The Public Health Impact
Heike Bischoff Ferrari, Swiss Campus for Healthy Longevity, University of Basel

16:00-16:45      
Roundtable: Where to go from here?
Heike Bischoff-Ferrari
Sofia Bullain
Martin Guess
Wasu Mekniran
Rafael Meyer
Nina Wolf

16:45                 
Summary SGPM President

Apéritif