Alzheimer Scotland Conference 2025
Our Annual Conference will be held on Monday 22 September at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC).
Alzheimer Scotland Annual Conference 2025
Every step: improving brain health, informing policy, influencing care
Our Annual Conference will take place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) on Monday 22 September 2025.
As always, tickets for people with dementia and carers are free – please email conference@alzscot.org for more information about free tickets.
For everyone else, tickets are available to buy at Eventbrite by clicking the button below below.
Conference Programme
9.30: Breakfast marketplace
10.30: Welcome & opening remarks
- Scottish Dementia Working Group (SDWG) & National Dementia Carers Action Network (NDCAN)
- Henry Simmons, Chief Executive, Alzheimer Scotland
11.10am: Ministerial address
11.25am: Session1 – Never too early, never too late – how brain health is changing conversations and changing lives
- Gillian Councill, Director of Brain Health & Development, Alzheimer Scotland
- Marri Welsh, Director of Communications & Operations, Alzheimer Scotland
- Joanna Crispell, Brain Health Engagement Lead, Alzheimer Scotland
12.40pm: Lunch, Marketplace and Focus Sessions
14.30pm: Keynote speaker
- Sanjeev Kohli
14.50: Session 2 – The power of knowledge – how today’s research is shaping tomorrow’s dementia care
- Dr. Jenni Burton, NES/CSO Postdoctoral Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Specialist Registrar in Geriatric Medicine, University of Glasgow & NHS Lanarkshire
- Professor Debbie Tolson
- Henry Simmons, Chief Executive, Alzheimer Scotland
16.05pm: Closing remarks
- Henry Simmons, Chief Executive, Alzheimer Scotland
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