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This year, 2024 marks the 40th year of Alzheimer's Disease International and our work to secure a future that includes greater awareness of the condition, increased access to care, post-diagnostic support,and emerging treatments as well as a achieving a world without stigma. ADI invites our global community to celebrate with us on this momentous occasion with thanks to all who have been with us on this journey over four decades.

ADI CEO, Paola Barbarino took to the stage at the ADI 2024 Conference in Krákow, Poland, to highlight the global and national policy landscape on dementia, providing her perspective on the achievements of ADI in the past four decades and hopes for the future.

In April 2024, the world's longest-running global conference on Alzheimer's disease and dementia came to Kraków, Poland, to provide the latest insights, innovations and inspirations on dementia over three days, six plenary sessions, 29 parallel sessions and eight symposiums to over 1000 delegates representing over 100 countries.

From symposiums and conferences to high-level meetings and webinars, ADI delegates around the world have taken part in dynamic global efforts to improve the lives of those living with dementia and carers throughout the month of March.

ADI calls for lived experience to be central to innovation in the field of dementia diagnostics, treatment and care. In her short interview with Novartis, Paola Barbarino highlights key areas which innovators must consider when developing their products and service, from inception, to testing and ultimately bringing them to market; and reminds us not to forget that simple innovative changes can lead to great impact.

Diego Aguilar, Regional Director for the Americas gives his insights on the recent ADI members meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in early December 2023.

Centre for Applied Dementia Studies at the University of Bradford becomes the first institution in Europe to receive the ADI Accreditation, marking a historic milestone for University of Bradford and ADI

Paul Bebbington and Elizabeth Kuipers, two academics whose lives are now impacted by Paul’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, offer brave accounts of the day-to-day experiences of living with dementia and being a care provider in an initiative to reduce stigma.