2nd International Conference

"Cortical Dementias – Cognitive Deficits in Alzheimer’s Disease"
October 27-28, 2006

As a result of the positive feedback to our conferences of the last year we will organize this year the 2nd conference on the

"Cortical Dementias – Cognitive Deficits in Alzheimer’s Disease"

The conference aims to create an international platform for researchers to present and discuss their current work. As established during the past years the main focus will be on functional deficits in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches in treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

Main topics will be / Preliminary programm (to be completed):

·    Functional Deficits in MCI,
chaired by Johannes Schröder, Heidelberg, Germany

     Klaus Schmidtke, Freiburg, Germany: MCI and AD

     Stefan Teipel, Munich, Germany: Fiber Tract Integrity in MCI and Alzheimer's Disease

     Panteleimon Gianakopoulos, Geneva, Switzerland: Identification of Functional (mainly EEG) Markers
of MCI Conversion to AD

·         Functional Deficits in AD: Attention, Working Memory, and Executive Functions,
chaired by Sergio Della Sala, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

     Elke Schumann, Freiburg, Germany: Cognitive Slowing

     Michael Schecker, Freiburg, Germany: Disconnection-Syndrom or Desynchronized Time Processing?

·         Functional Deficits in AD: Language,
chaired by Costanza Papagno, Milan, Italy

     Nicole Mueller, University of Louisiana at Lafyette, USA: Conversational Functionality
of Repetitive Verbal Behaviors in Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (DAT)

     Michael Schecker, Freiburg, Germany: Hyper-Priming Effects in AD

     Thomas Hentrich-Hesse & Michael Schecker, Freiburg, Germany:
Pronouns - About the Organisation of (Con)Text and the Automatic Control of Reception in AD

     Peter Michel, Frankfurt, Germany: New Insides in Confronting Naming in AD

·         Treatment of AD: Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Approaches,
chaired by Linda Clare, Bangor, United Kingdom

     Thomas Hentrich-Hesse, Freiburg, Germany: Non-Pharmacological Therapies for
Early-Onset Alzheimer's Desease. Introducing the PMA-Set.

     Javier Olazaran, Madrid, Spain: Reviewing Non-Pharmacological Therapies in Dementia

     Barbara Romero, Bad Aibling, Germany: New Data from the Alzheimer Therapy Center

     Arlene Astell, St. Andrews, United Kingdom: Therapeutical Objectives in AD

     Klaus Schmidtke, Freiburg, Germany: Trainee Programs or Therapy?

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Preliminary Program Schedule

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You are hereby cordially invited and it would be our pleasure to welcome you in Freiburg:

Time: October 27-28, 2006, 9-19 h
Place: University of Freiburg, Germany
Registration Fee: 160 Euro
(This fee includes access to all symposia and poster sessions, badge, certificate of attendance, abstract book and refreshments)
 

Please download "Registration Form" here

Bank Account:
"Neurolabor", Prof. Dr. Michael Schecker
Commerzbank Freiburg i.Br.
No. 15 21 293
BLZ 680 400 07

IBAN: DE28 6804 0007 0152 1293 00

BIC/ SWIFT: COBADEFFXXX
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All presentations will be held in English.

We would like to ask you to send proposals, topics and abstracts for presentations and posters by September 30, 2006

under

E-mail: DAT@neurolabor.de

or:

Neurolinguistic Laboratory
University of Freiburg
Werthmannplatz 3, P.O. Box 225
D- 79085 Freiburg
Germany

or

Fax +49 - (0)761 - 203 - 3233

May we also please ask you to inform your colleagues about our conference and to add this information to your mailing list?

Thank you very much!

With best regards
Michael Schecker
Thomas Hentrich-Hesse

Elke Schumann

Britta Wendelstein

Stand: 22.03.2006 THH