Programme

We are proud to present to you the full programme for the 14th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias!

ISFTD2024 promises to be an enriching and enlightening event, bringing together leading experts, researchers, and practitioners in the field of frontotemporal dementias. Attendees can expect a diverse programme featuring keynote speeches, panel discussions, poster presentations, and networking opportunities.

You can find the full programme below.

Contact us for any questionsIf you would like the programme in PDF, you can download the PDF via this link

Programme overview

Print Program

Thursday 19-09-2024

  • 08:30
    Registration open
  • 10:00
    Opening
  • 10:30
    Plenary session 1: The history of FTD
  • 10:55
    ISFTD EMCR announcement
  • 11:00
    Session 01.1
    Chairs: Karen Nuytemans, USA
  • Diversity & Epidemiology - Exploring Cross-Linguistic Variations in Language and Dementia
    • 11:00
    • 11:10
    • 11:20
    • 11:30
    • 11:34
    • 11:38
    • 11:42
  • 11:45
    Session 01.2
    Chairs: Karen Nuytemans, USA
  • Diversity & Epidemiology - Influential factors in Frontotemporal Dementia across the world
  • 12:50
    Lunch break & poster viewing & visiting exhibition - Powered by AC Immune
  • 12:50
    Ancillary meetings
  • 14:00
    Session 02
    Chairs: Jennifer Whitwell, USA & Simon Ducharme, Canada
  • Imaging biomarkers
    • 14:00
    • 14:15
    • 14:30
    • 14:45
    • 15:00
  • 15:15
    Coffee break & poster viewing & visiting exhibition
  • 16:00
    Plenary session 2: FTD in a dish / New models in FTD
  • 16:30
    Session 03
    Chairs: Jonathan Rohrer, United Kingdom & Harro Seelaar, The Netherlands
  • Clinical trials and management
  • 18:00
    Session 04
    Chairs: Rosa Rademakers, Belgium & Jennifer Yokoyama, USA
  • Genetics
    • 18:00
    • 18:15
    • 18:30
    • 18:45
  • 19:00
    Speech of the president, John van Swieten, The Netherlands & Welcome reception (until 20:30) - Powered by the AFTD

Friday 20-09-2024

  • 07:30
    Start day
  • 08:00
    Plenary session 3: A functional network approach to FTD
  • 08:30
    Plenary session 4: Clinical Case discussions
  • 09:00
    Session 05
    Chairs: Robert Laforce, Canada & Chiadi Onyike, USA
  • Clinical (1)
    • 09:00
    • 09:15
    • 09:30
    • 09:34
    • 09:38
    • 09:42
  • 09:45
    Coffee break & poster viewing & visiting exhibition
  • 10:30
    Plenary session 5: FTLD pathology and copathology
  • 11:00
    Session 06
    Chairs: David Irwin, USA & Manuela Neumann, Germany
  • Neuropathology
    • 11:00
    • 11:15
    • 11:30
    • 11:45
    • 12:00
  • 12:15
    Lunch break & poster viewing & visiting exhibition
  • 12:15
    General assemly of the ISFTD open to all
  • 13:00
    Ancillary meetings
  • 14:00
    Plenary session 6: Cross cultural aspects of cognition in FTD
  • 14:30
    Session 07
    Chairs: Olivier Piguet, Australia & Maxime Montembeault, Canada
  • Neuropsychology
    • 14:30
    • 14:45
    • 15:00
    • 15:15
    • 15:30
    • 15:45
    • 15:49
    • 15:53
    • 15:57
  • 16:00
    Coffee break & poster viewing & visiting exhibition
  • 16:45
    Panel discussion: Communication on FTD: how to deal with the stigma and how to generate awareness
  • 17:30
    Session 08
    Chairs: Yanaika Hok-A-Hin, the Netherlands & Emily Feneberg, Germany
  • Fluid biomarkers
    • 17:30
    • 17:45
    • 18:00
    • 18:15
  • 18:30
    End day

Saturday 21-09-2024

  • 08:30
    Start day
  • 09:00
    Plenary session 7: TDP pathophysiology
  • 09:30
    Session 09.1
    Chairs: Guus Smit, The Netherlands & Suzanne Miedema, The Netherlands
  • Fundamental research (1)
  • 10:15
    Coffee break & poster viewing & visiting exhibition
  • 11:00
    Session 09.2
  • Fundamental research (2)
    • 11:00
    • 11:15
    • 11:30
    • 11:45
    • 11:49
    • 11:53
    • 11:57
  • 12:00
    Lunch break & poster viewing & visiting exhibition
  • 13:30
    Session 10
    Chairs: Shelley Forrest, Canada & Bill Seeley, USA
  • Hot topics / Late-breaking Abstracts
  • 15:00
    Coffee break & poster viewing & visiting exhibition
  • 15:45
    Plenary session 8: Cross links between FTD and MND
  • 16:15
    Session 11
    Chairs: Sylvia Josephy-Hernandez, Costa Rica & Carmela Tartaglia, Canada
  • Clinical (2)
  • 17:00
    Session 12
  • Clinical (3)
  • 18:30
    Departure to gala dinner
  • 19:30
    Gala dinner (until 01:00)

Sunday 22-09-2024

  • 07:30
    Start day
  • 08:00
    Plenary session 9: FTD from bench to bedside
  • 08:30
    Session 13
    Chairs: Corey McMillan, USA & Oriol Dols Icardo, Spain
  • Translational research
    • 08:30
    • 08:45
    • 09:00
    • 09:15
    • 09:30
    • 09:45
    • 10:00
  • 10:30
    Coffee break & poster viewing & visiting exhibition
  • 11:00
    Poster Blitz session 2
    Chairs: Indira Ruth Garcia Cordero, Canada & Murley Alexander, UK
  • Poster Blitz session 2
    • 11:00
    • 11:04
    • 11:08
    • 11:12
    • 11:16
  • 11:20
    Session 14: Consortia presentation
  • Consortia presentation
  • 12:30
    Presentation of the next venue (ISFTD 2026)
    Corey Mcmillan, USA
  • 12:45
    Closing ceremony
  • 13:00
    Take-away Lunch
Home › Programme
Website and marketing