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

Chair In Cognitive Neurology and Innovation Director, Kimel Family Centre For Brain Health; Wellness Director, Anne & Allan Bank Centre For Clinical Research Trials Senior Scientist

Serge Gauthier, CM, CQ, MD, FRCPC

Emeritus Professor in Neurology and Psychiatry; Co-lead of the Dementia Education Program, McGill University

Zahra Goodarzi, MD, FRCPC

Academic Geriatrician & member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute; Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Dylan Guan, HBSc

MD/PhD Student, Leaders in Medicine, University of Calgary. Vanier Scholar, Killam Laureate, Alzheimer Society of Canada Research Program Doctoral Award Recipient. 

Ging-Yuek Robin Hsiung, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACP, FAAN

Neurologist and Associate Professor, Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia; President, Consortium of Canadian Centres for Clinical Cognitive Research (C5R), which coordinates and streamlines clinical trials across a network of specialized clinics across Canada. 

Zahinoor Ismail, MD FRCPC

Conference Chair

Clinician Scientist and Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Epidemiology, and Pathology at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and O’Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary

Mary Pat McAndrew, PhD, CPsych

Clinical Neuropsychologist and Cognitive Neuroscientist, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network

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

Chief of Medicine and Vice President of Medical Services at Baycrest Health Sciences

Jacqueline Pettersen, MD, MSc, FRCPC (Neurology)

Cognitive Behavioral Neurologist and Associate Professor and Researcher, University of British Columbia

Luca F. Pisterzi, PhD, MBA

Vice President, Research, Impact & Evidence, Alzheimer Society of Canada
Adjunct Lecturer, Leslie L. Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto

Saskia Sivananthan, PhD

Neuroscientist and Affiliate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University

Serves on the Federal Ministerial Advisory Board on Dementia. 

Previously served as a senior strategy and policy advisor consulting for the World Health Organization (WHO) on its global dementia strategy. 

Eric Edward Smith, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FAHA

Medical Director of the Cognitive Neurosciences Clinic and Calgary Stroke Program member;Associate Professor in the Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences at the Univ. of Calgary; Kathy Taylor Chair in Vascular Dementia.