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Planning Committee

Zahinoor Ismail, MD - Conference Chair
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Epidemiology
Hotchkiss Brain Institute and O’Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary

Sandra E. Black MD, FRCP(C), FRSC, FAAN, FAHA, FANA
Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook HSC and University of Toronto; Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program Director, Sunnybrook Research Institute; Executive Director, Toronto Dementia Research Alliance, University of Toronto; Site Leader, Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery

Howard Chertkow MD, FRCP, FCAHS
Senior Scientist and Chair in Cognitive Neurology and Innovation, Baycrest and Rotman Research Institute
Director, Kimel Centre for Brain Health and Wellness and Clinical Trials Unit, Baycrest
Scientific Director, Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University
Professor, Dept. of Medicine (Neurology), University of Toronto

Serge Gauthier CM, CQ, MD, FRCPC
Director, AD & Related Disorders Unit, McGill Center for Studies in Aging
Professor, Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Medicine, McGill University

Zahra Goodarzi, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine; Deputy Division Head, Geriatric Medicine; Program Director for Leaders in Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine Hotchkiss Brain Institute, O'Brien Institute of Public Health, University of Calgary

Dylan Xiao-Ming Guan, MD/ PhD
Trainee Representative, University of Calgary

Mary Pat McAndrew PhD, CPsych
Senior Scientist and Director of Neuropsychology Clinic, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network
Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto

Gary Naglie MD, FRCPC, FGSA
Hunt Family Chair in Geriatric Medicine
Professor, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto
VP, Medical Services & Chief of Staff, Chief, Department of Medicine, Baycrest Health Sciences

Jacqueline Pettersen, MD, MSc, FRCPC (Neurology)
Associate Professor and Cognitive Neurologist,
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia & Affiliate Associate Professor, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia Robin Hsiung (Neurology, UBC)

Saskia Sivananthan PhD
Chief Research and KTE Officer, Alzheimer Society of Canada

Eric Edward Smith MD, MPH, FRCPC, FAHA
Professor of Neurology
Katthy Taylor Chair in Vascular Dementia Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary

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Date

12th CCD Conference
October 16-18, 2025

Event Location

Calgary TELUS Convention Centre
136 8 Ave SE,
Calgary, AB
T2P 0K6
(403) 261-8500
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This conference is being hosted exclusively as an in-person event

Key Dates

Call for Abstracts Opens:
End of February 2025

Call for Abstracts Closes:
July 18, 2025 (extended)

Notification of Accepted Abstracts:
End of August

Registration Opens:
End of May, 2025

Early Registration Rate Deadline:
September 4, 2025

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