Program
9th Kuopio Alzheimer Symposium and 3rd Nordic Memory Clinic Conference
August 23–25, 2022
The 9th Alzheimer Symposium will be organized together with the 3rd Nordic Memory Clinic Conference.
Download the program in PDF:
9th Kuopio Alzheimer Symposium and 3rd Nordic Memory Clinic Conference – NMCC 23.8.–24.8.2022 (pdf) (updated 15.8.2022)
Abstract book of the 9th Kuopio Alzheimer Symposium: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-61-3817-6
The program in the abstract book might not be the latest version. The up to date version of the program is found on our website.
Day 1 – Tuesday, 23.8.2022:
3rd Nordic Memory Clinic Conference – NMCC
Chairpersons: Anne Koivisto and Jon Snaedal
09.00 – 09.10 Welcome
Anne Koivisto, Chairperson of the local NMCC Organising Committee and Jon Snaedal, Chair, Nordic Network in Dementia Diagnostics
09.10 – 09.25 Opening words
Sirpa Pietikäinen, Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Board of Alzheimer Europe
09.25 – 09.50 New perspectives on the pathogenesis of AD
Heikki Tanila, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
09.50 – 10.20 Q-EEG as novel technique in prognosis and differential diagnostic of cognitive impairment
Knut Engedal, Norwegian Centre on Aging and Health, Tønsberg and Oslo, Norway
10.20 – 10.50 MRI and CT in dementia diagnostics-old and new methods
Lars-Olof Wahlund, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
10.50 – 11.20 Treatment possibilities in next five-ten years: How we have to prepare for that at the clinics?
Jon Snaedal, National University Hospital of Iceland, Iceland
11.20 – 11.30 Discussion
Anne Koivisto and Jon Snaedal
11.30 – 12.30 Lunch, exhibition
Chairpersons: Liisa Myllykangas and Dag Årsland
12.30 – 13.00 Evidence for two common progression patterns of Lewy-related pathology in the population-based Vantaa85+ study
Liisa Myllykangas, University of Helsinki, Finland
13.00 – 13.30 Parkinson’s Disease related cognitive impairment
Dag Årsland, King’s College London, UK and University of Stavanger, Norway
13.30 – 14.00 Pharmacological treatment in LBD – new perspectives
John O’Brien, University of Cambridge, UK
14.00 – 14.30 Fecal microbiota transplantation as a treatment possibility
in synucleinopathies and other neurodegenerative diseases
Filip Scheperjans, University of Helsinki, Finland
14.30 – 15.00 Coffee and tea break, exhibition
Chairpersons: Johanna Krüger and Peter Høgh
Multidisciplinary team at stage:
• Geriatrician – Anna von Nandelstadh, Geriatric Outpatient Clinic, Helsinki City Hospital, Finland
• Memory nurse – Susanne Kristiansen, Zealand University Hospital, Denmark
• Neurologist – Peter Høgh, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Neuropsychologist – Hanna Jokinen-Salmela, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
• Neuroradiologist – Ritva Vanninen, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
15.00 – 15.20 Introduction of the cases with neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive deterioration
Chairpersons: Johanna Krüger and Peter Høgh
15.20 – 16.15 Topics to be discussed/presented by multidisciplinary team:
• Social background, environmental factors, FBI-Mod/NPI interview results
• Neurobiology behind neuropsychiatric symptoms
• Fluid and structural biomarkers of neurodegenerative disorders in differential diagnostics: Good or not good?
16.15 – 16.25 Conclusions – Behavioral FTD, AD, VCI or something else? Which features support the diagnosis?
Chairperson Johanna Krüger
16.25 – 16.50 Treatments of frontal symptoms in memory disorders
Risto Vataja, University of Helsinki, Finland
16.50 – 17.00 Closing of the day
Johanna Krüger, Anne Koivisto
17.15 – 19.15 Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in Brain Disorders Satellite meeting
20.00 – 22.00 Welcome reception
Day 2 – Wednesday, 24.8.2022:
9th Kuopio Alzheimer Symposium
Chairpersons: Mikko Hiltunen and Miia Kivipelto
09.00 – 09.05 Opening words
Mikko Hiltunen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland, Chair of the Organizing Committee
09.05 – 09.15 Welcome address
Jussi Pihlajamäki, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
09.15 – 09.30 Welcome address
Philippe Amouyel, University Hospital of Lille, France
09.30 – 09.45 Address from the expert by experience
09.45 – 10.30 Keynote lecture: The Alzheimer Landscape in 2022 and beyond
Philip Scheltens, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC Netherlands
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee and tea break, exhibition, and posters (odd numbers)
Chairpersons: Mikko Hiltunen and Tarja Malm
11.00 – 11.25 New insights on the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s and related dementia
Jean-Charles Lambert, INSERM/Institut Pasteur Lille, France
11.25 – 11.50 Outcomes of the genome-wide genetic analyses in MCI
Alfredo Ramirez, University of Cologne, Germany
11.50 – 12.15 Cholesterol and matrisome pathways dysregulated in APOE ε4 human astrocytes
Julia TCW, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
12.15 – 12.40 Mechanistic elucidation of Alzheimer’s disease using iPSC derived cell models
Jari Koistinaho, University of Helsinki, Finland
12.40 – 13.05 Learning from cognitively healthy centenarians to escape dementia
Henne Holstege, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands
13.05 – 13.30 Very large-scale biobank projects, experiences from FinnGen
Aarno Palotie, University of Helsinki, Finland
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch, exhibition
Chairpersons: Annakaisa Haapasalo and Henrik Zetterberg
14.30 – 14.55 Emerging biofluid markers in the diagnostics of dementia
Henrik Zetterberg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
14.55 – 15.20 Current and future biofluid markers in the differential diagnostics of neurodegenerative diseases
Olivia Belbin, Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
15.20 – 15.45 Molecular imaging in neurodegenerative diseases
Juha Rinne, Turku PET Center, Turku, Finland
15.45 – 16.10 TMS as a neurophysiological tool in the early differential diagnostics of neurodegenerative diseases
Alberto Benussi, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
16.10 – 16.35 Ethical issues related to the clinical use of biomarkers in early neurodegenerative diseases
Gunhild Waldemar, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
16.35 – 17.15 Coffee and tea break, exhibition, and posters (even numbers)
17.15 – 19.15 FinFTD Network Satellite meeting
20.00 – 22.30 Get-together party
Day 2 – Wednesday, 24.8.2022:
3rd Nordic Memory Clinic Conference – NMCC
Place: Auditorio, 2nd floor Music Centre
Chairpersons: Teemu Paajanen and Anne Koivisto
Please note: The parallels 1 and 2 on 24th Aug on-line connection is organized via zoom. The zoom link has been sent via email to the persons who have registered to participate on-line.
Neuropsychological screening test batteries to detect early cognitive changes in memory disorders:
11.05 – 11.25 Cognitive assessment in ethnic minority populations
Rune Nielsen, Danish Dementia Research Centre, Denmark
11.25 – 11.45 CERAD – the new Finnish version
Ilona Hallikainen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
11.45 – 12.05 IFS and FAB screening tests in the evaluation of executive functions
Leena Heikkinen, Oulu University Hospital, Finland
12.05 – 12.30 Novel digital tests for early detection of cognitive impairment,
new findings from Reykjavik and Kuopio studies
Jon Snaedal, National University Hospital of Iceland, Iceland and
Anne Koivisto, Sanna Hannonen, and Sami Andberg, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Differential diagnostics of cognitive impairment in working age:
12.30 – 12.50 Neuropsychological assessment in burnout and stress-related illness
Hanna Malmberg-Gavelin, Umeå University, Sweden
12.50 – 13.10 Cognitive symptoms in working-age – diversity of etiologies
Teemu Paajanen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Helsinki, Finland
13.10 – 13.30 Cognitive aging and retirement
Linn Elena Zulka, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Place: Auditorio, 2nd floor Music Centre
Chairperson: Tarja Välimäki
Please note: The parallels 1 and 2 on 24th Aug on-line connection is organized via zoom. The zoom link has been sent via email to the persons who have registered to participate on-line.
14.35 – 15.15 Technological solutions in dementia care
Laila Oksnebjerg, Danish Dementia Research Centre
15.15 – 15.30 Family caregivers evaluation in memory polyclinics- should we evaluate them?
Tarja Välimäki, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
15.45 – 16.30 Teamwork in memory policlinics – added value for care. Experiences from Finland and Iceland
Hanna-Maria Roitto, HUS/University of Helsinki, Elli Uusikoski, Geriatric Outpatient Clinic, Helsinki City Hospital,
and Jon Snaedal and a memory nurse, National University Hospital of Iceland, Iceland
Day 3 – Thursday, 25.8.2022:
9th Kuopio Alzheimer Symposium 24.8.2022–25.8.2022
09.00 – 10.30 Coffee and tea, exhibition
09.50 – 10.30 Posters (odd numbers)
Chairpersons: Heikki Tanila and Ville Leinonen
10.30 – 10.55 In vivo human studies of molecular clearance from brain and cerebrospinal fluid in neurodegenerative disease
Per Kristian Eide, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
10.55 – 11.20 Targeting Intramural Periarterial Drainage (IPAD) for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Roxana O. Carare, University of Southampton, UK
11.20 – 11.45 Epilepsy in neurodegenerative disorders
Anita Kamondi, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
11.45 – 12.10 Potential involvement of varicella zoster virus in Alzheimer’s disease (AD)/ dementia via reactivation of quiescent herpes simplex virus type 1
Ruth Itzhaki, University of Oxford, UK
12.10 – 12.35 Sars-Cov-2 and Alzheimer’s disease
Katja Kanninen, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
12.35 – 13.35 Lunch, exhibition
Chairpersons: Miia Kivipelto and Tobias Hartmann
13.35 – 14.00 WW-FINGERS updates: towards personalized prevention and global strategies
Miia Kivipelto, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
14.00 – 14.25 Impact of COVID-19 on prevention strategies
Francesca Mangialasche, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
14.25 – 14.50 Harmonization and data sharing in prevention studies
Markku Peltonen, THL, Helsinki, Finland
14.50 – 15.15 Multidomain interventions and their novel mechanisms
Tobias Hartmann, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
15.15 – 15.40 The active role of citizens and patients in dementia prevention
Ana Diaz, Alzheimer Europe
15.40 – 16.05 FINGER-NL: New strategies in multidomain interventions
Wiesje van der Flier, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC Netherlands
16.05 – 16.30 Coffee and tea break, exhibition, and posters (even numbers)
Chairpersons: Mikko Hiltunen and Miia Kivipelto
16.30 – 16.45 Best poster presentation awards
Finnish Alzheimer’s Disease Research Society
16.45 – 17.00 Closing words
Mikko Hiltunen, Miia Kivipelto
19.00 – 23.00 Speakers’ dinner
