Call for papers for International Dementia Conference 2024

The Dementia Centre’s flagship biennial conference, International Dementia Conference 2024, is set to bring together the latest in dementia research and care from 5–6 September 2024 at the Hilton Sydney.

Dementia Centre General Manager Angela Raguz said IDC 2024 would offer attendees and speakers a crucial opportunity to improve the lives of people living with dementia.

“It will also be an opportunity to contribute your own ideas and experience for the benefit of the sector,” Raguz said.

Planning for IDC2024 follows the success of last year’s IDC where speakers included US neuroscientist and head trauma prevention campaigner Dr Chris Nowinski; Professor Craig Ritchie, of Edinburgh University’s Centre for Dementia Prevention, on the latest on dementia drug trials; and Olympic gold medallist Nova Peris who spoke on First Nations people and dementia.

The event organisers are calling for papers to be presented at the conference with potential presentations from: care practitioners who have a focus on complex dementia, palliative care and positive ageing; scientific, clinical and psychosocial researchers; and people with dementia and carers with unique perspectives and stories to share.

Topics are welcome on any theme potentially relevant, but ideas could include lived experiences with dementia, the changing face of residential care, re-engagement and re-enablement, younger onset dementia, acute care for people with dementia, end-of-life and palliative care, and designing aged care for dementia.

Pitches in the form of a 200-word abstract and a two-minute video discussing the abstract, along with other details, can be submitted at the Call for Papers portal. Find out more at www.dementiaconference.com/submit.

Image caption: CEO of HammondCare Mike Baird in conversation with social media influencer Tully Smyth at IDC 2022.