THE AGENDA
Starting 1:00 PM (BST), 8:00 AM (ET), 5:00 AM (PT)
Opening Address
1 pm – Associate Professor Tommy Wood
A systems-based model of cognitive decline and demand coupling – 15min
[Author, The Stimulated Mind.]
1.15 pm – Professor Jonathan Stone
Amyloid – the fireman not the fire created by vascular disease and infection.
1.40 pm – Professor Karl Herrup
The amyloid anomaly
[Author of ‘How Not to study a disease: The story of Alzheimer’s]
2.00 pm – Professor Peter Garrard
Update on amyloid and p-tau tests for dementia diagnosis
and targets for pathology
2.30 pm – Professor Joshua Miller
Is homocysteine causative for Alzheimer’s, and how to lower risk
3 pm – Professor William Harris
Omega-3 and B vitamin interactions
BREAK – 10 minutes
3.35 pm – Associate Professor Simon Dyall
Why phospholipids are a brain essential
4 pm – Dr William Grant
Vitamin D, how much for brain protection
4.25pm – Professor Robert Lustig
Ultraprocessed foods and their role in dementia
4.55 pm – Professor Jeremy Spencer
The role of plants, antioxidants and polyphenols for cognitive protection
5.30 pm – Associate Professor David Vauzour
The role of the gut and oral microbiome in brain health
BREAK – 30 minutes
6.30 pm – Professor Stephen Cunnane
Ketones, an essential brain fuel to support cognitive function during ageing
6.55 pm – Dr Deborah Gordon
The role of hormones: menopause and the brain
7.20 pm – Dr Greg Potter
The Lancet Commission’s egregious omission: why poor sleep is a risk factor for dementia
7.45 pm – Associate Professor Tommy Wood
Use it or lose it
8.05 pm – Patrick Holford & Dr Konrad Kowalski
The Glutathione Index as a functional biomarker for oxidative stress & DRIfT study results
8.30 pm – Dr David Perlmutter
The Five Key Brain Defenders
[author of Brain Defenders]
9 pm – Close by Patrick Holford
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