Abstract Submission

Abstract Submission

We are inviting abstracts for presentation at the conference, focusing on the following five areas:

(1) Strategy and Commitment

  • Citizenship and rights
  • Dementia as a disability 
  • Dementia as a public health priority
  • Dementia care education
  • Dementia policy and plans
  • Diverse populations – inclusion, equality, cultural issues
  • Economics of dementia
  • Employment, labour laws and dementia
  • Engaging people with dementia and care partners in advocacy, policy and research
  • Healthcare system readiness 

(2) Early Detection and Diagnosis

  • Biomarkers and early detection
  • Clinical trials in low- and middle-income countries
  • Dementia diagnosis, treatment, care and support
  • Diagnosis, diagnostic tools and cognitive assessments
  • Early onset, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and mild dementia
  • Empowerment and peri-diagnostic support
  • Epidemiology
  • Less common dementias and syndromes
  • Medical-social collaboration
  • Risk factors and primary health care
  • Staging of dementia

(3) Access to Care

  • Different treatments and dementia
  • Experience and walk through with people with dementia
  • Importance of cultural context training for care partners/providers
  • Migration, care and dementia
  • Non-pharmacological interventions
  • Person-centred care and models of care
  • Post diagnostic support for people with dementia and care partners
  • Psychosocial interventions
  • Rehabilitation and reablement
  • Well-being and quality of life

(4) Community Support

  • Attitudes, awareness and stigma
  • Case management and counselling
  • Community partnerships / public-private-people partnerships
  • Dementia awareness
  • Dementia friendliness and inclusivity
  • Dementia friendly environment at home
  • Dementia friendly wards
  • Development, growth and the role of Alzheimer and dementia associations
  • Social isolation, loneliness, depression and the consequences for people with dementia and care partners
  • Women and dementia – sex and gender in research and policy
  • Young care partners

(5) Environment & Business

  • Assistive technology, artificial intelligence and innovation
  • Dementia architecture and design
  • Dementia inclusive language
  • Dementia related social enterprise
  • Dementia research & innovation
  • Global Dementia Observatory (GDO) and dementia research blueprint
  • Information systems for dementia and registries
  • International collaboration on data sharing
  • International collaborations, challenges and opportunities
  • Restraint free and restraint reduction
  • Underrepresented populations and dementia: increasing inclusivity, diversity and access

Please read the Abstract Submission Guidelines before submitting an abstract.

For any enquiries, please contact us at abstract@icd2025.org.