A global dialogue in the dementia landscape project series will take place in the new year and will look at advances in care. It will gather international leaders in the field to explore three themes: models of care, burden of caregivers, and art and music in dementia.

The World Dementia Council has published the second in a series of papers reflecting on evidence underpinning the impact of dementia friendly initiatives. 

The paper considers how initiatives sought to deliver impact in three broad areas of ambition: raising awareness, enabling participation and providing support. 

International research experts gathered yesterday, 18 November, for the first global dialogue event in the dementia landscape project series. Chaired by Dr Maria Carrillo and Professor Philip Scheltens, the discussion included nearly 50 prominent scientists and researchers, who reflected on the progress made in the field in recent years.

Co-chairs for more global dialogues as part of the WDC's dementia landscape project series have been announced. The workshops will focus on care and on prevention/reducing the risk of dementia. The first dialogue in the series, on research, is next month and will focus on early detection and treatments and is chaired by Dr Maria Carrillo and Professor Philip Scheltens.

A global dialogue, one of a series as part of the dementia landscape project, has been announced. Chaired by Dr Maria Carrillo and Professor Philip Scheltens, the research dialogue will cover two themes that we have selected based on their importance in the field. Firstly, early detection and biomarkers. This is an exciting area of progress and also a key one.

The World Dementia Council has published the first in a series of papers reflecting on evidence underpinning the impact of dementia friendly initiatives.

The World Dementia Council met at the end of July to reflect on the progress made towards the 2025 goals and the impact of Covid-19 and agree a programme of activity to help drive the international agenda forward. 

The World Dementia Council is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Husseini Manji as a member of the Council. The annual full council meeting was held in July alongside AAIC and was, for the first time, a virtual meeting.

This year’s AAIC would have taken place in Amsterdam. We, and particularly I, was extremely excited about this and we have been looking forward to this for many years. I remember I started lobbying for Amsterdam already in 2013.

The World Dementia Council will meet in full for the 15th time later this week. This particular meeting of council members will be, like most other gatherings at the current time, be conducted in a virtual setting due to the ongoing Covid-19 emergency.