Professionals in dementia care, medical professionals, researchers, family caregivers, people living with dementia, and national Alzheimer associations will all find thoughtful, informative and innovative sessions, led by well known experts, that will continue to move the understanding of dementia further along.

As the conference theme “The Changing Face of Dementia” suggests, this is a time of significant re thinking of our understanding and thus our care and treatment of dementia and which directions research should be taking to determine the best approaches to slowing the progress of the disease and even to preventing its onset.

Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) and the Alzheimer Society of Canada are working together to ensure a warm welcome in Toronto for old friends and new acquaintances to the worldwide Alzheimer community. Toronto, the largest city in Canada and easily accessible by plane from all over the world, is considered to be one of the most multicultural and diverse cities in the world where over 140 languages and dialects are spoken.