Friday 31 January

Please note that this is the preliminary programma; times and titles are still subject to change

07.00 – 08.00 | Breakfast meeting for ECRs (NextGen DLB)                                  

08.30 - 09.00Plenary V - Brain first vs body first in LBD
Per Borghammer (Aarhus, Denmark)
Chairs: Kejal Kantarci (Rochester, USA) &  John O'Brien (Cambridge, UK)

09.00 - 09.30 | Plenary VI - Drug trials and novel targets in DLB
Dag Aarsland (Stavanger, Norway)
Chairs: Kejal Kantarci (Rochester, USA) &  John O'Brien (Cambridge, UK)

09.30-10.00 | Rising Star Awards 
Evelien Lemstra (Amsterdam, NL) & Simon Lewis (Sydney, Australia)


10.00 - 10.30 | COFFEE BREAK


10.30 - 12.00Symposium VII - Outcome measures in LBD
Chairs: Joe Kane (Dublin, Ireland) & Tanis Ferman (Boston, USA)

Oral presentations
- The utility of composite endpoints for tracking disease progression in Lewy body dementia, Elie Matar (Sydney, Australia)
- A standardised approach to outcome measurement in dementia with Lewy bodies: Core Outcome Set (COS) development, Iracema Leroi (Dublin, Ireland)
- LBD Caregiver Preferences for Peer-to-Peer Support in the Connect2Caregiver Research Study Cohort, Leah Forsberg (Rochester, USA)
Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of different cognitive fluctuations scales for discriminating between Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Alzheimer's Disease, Miguel Tábuas-Pereira (Coimbra, Portugal)
- An update on the Lewy Body Dementia Domain rating scale (LBD-DRS), Joseph Kane (Dublin, Ireland) 


12.00 - 13.00 | LUNCH / Poster session


13.00 - 14.15 | Symposium VIII - Therapy
Chairs: Alan Thomas (Newcastle, UK) & James Galvin (Boca Raton, USA)

Oral presentations
-  What matters most? Exploring the treatment preferences of people with dementia with Lewy bodies and their care partners: a stated preference study, Paula Sinead (Dublin, Ireland)
- tACS and its Influence on Cognitive Performance and Alpha Oscillations in Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Laura Bonanni (Chieti, Italy)
- Efficacy and safety results of the RewinD-LB phase 2b clinical trial of neflamapimod in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), Lawrence Honig (New York, USA)
- Cognitive and behavioral outcomes in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies treated with nilotinib, Charbel Moussa (Washington, USA)
- Results from COG1201: A Proof-of-Concept Study of CT1812 in Participants with Mild-to-Moderate Dementia with Lewy Bodies, James Galvin (Boca Raton, USA)


14.15 - 14.30 | SHORT BREAK


14.30 - 15.15 | Debate:  This house believes that DLB and PDD are still useful concepts 

Moderator: John O'Brien (Cambridge, UK)
Supporting the motion: Simon Lewis (Sydney, Australia)
Opposing the motion: Dan Weintraub (Pennsylvania, USA)

15.15 - 15.30 | Closing