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FiFtEENtH NatiONal CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE PROgRam
tuEsday 14 may 2013
1200 ­ 2000 Registration Desk open
1700 ­ 1800 Official Conference Opening
Concert Hall
Keynote Presentation
Professor Henry Brodaty, Director, Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, The University of New South Wales, NSW
Resthaven Award
1800 ­ 2000 Welcome Reception
Federation Ballroom
WEdNEsday 15 may 2013
0730 ­ 1700 Registration Desk open
0830 ­ 0900
ignite the senses!
Concert Hall
Master of Ceremonies
­ robyn Moore
ita Buttrose, AO,OBE President, Alzheimer's Australia
0900 ­ 0945
researcH: Plenary Presentation
Concert Hall
What can population studies of older people tell us about the ageing brain and ageing societies?
Sponsored by:
carol Brayne, Professor of Public Health Medicine, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK
0945 ­ 1030
reHaBilitation: Plenary Presentation
Concert Hall
Unlocking the silent prison: Using visual cues to communicate with persons with dementia
Michelle Bourgeois, Professor in the Department of Speech & Hearing Science, Ohio State University, USA
Sponsored by:
1030 ­ 1100
Morning refresHMents
Federation Ballroom
1100 ­ 1230
social Program for people with dementia ­ Cruise on the River Derwent
Please assemble at the Registration Desk at 1030
All plenary sessions are held in the Federation Concert Hall.
The trade exhibition and daily catering is in the Federation Ballroom.
A hotel floor plan can be viewed on Pages 28 and 29. An exhibition floor plan can be viewed on Page 57