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Monday, April 4th, Piccolo Teatro Grassi, Milan
“The new frontiers”

Morning Session
Moderators: Armando Massarenti and Viviana Kasam

9.30
Forum Opening and institutional greetings
Giampaolo Landi, Health Councillor for Milan Municipality
Ferruccio Fazio, Health Minister
Roberto Formigoni, President of Lombardy

10:00
Introduction: Paolo Mazzarello: Camillo Golgi, the Father of Neuroscience

10:15- 10.45
Opening lecture
Jeff Lichtman: The coloured Brain

10.45-12.30: Emotions
Giacomo Rizzolatti: Understanding intentions of others
Stefano Cappa: Remorse, how the brain creates it
William Mobley: A brain built for love

12.30-13.00: Thought
Jack Gallant: Decoding the brain

13:00
Greetings from Francesco De Santis, Councillor for Research, Farmindustria

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Afternoon Session
Moderators: Andrea Moro and Viviana Kasam

14.30-15.30: Brain and computer
Henry Markram: Copying the Brain on a Computer
Eilon Vaadia: New frontiers in brain-computer interfaces

15:30-17:00: Creativity
Yadin Dudai: How Creative is our memory
David Poeppel: How the brain gives birth to language
Idan Segev: What makes our brain creative: a perspective on art

17:00-18:00: Lecture-performance
Robert Zatorre: Brain and Music
with the extraordinary participation of Ludovico Einaudi
(also with Letizia Leocani)

Tuesday, April 5th, Istituto Scientifico Universitario San Raffaele – Aula Caravella Santa Maria Dibit
“The Grey Thought – Alzheimer’s Disease”

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Morning session
International symposium on “Alzheimer’s: from molecules to mind” (in English)
Moderators: Giancarlo Comi and William Mobley

Greetings
Sac. Prof. Luigi Maria Verzé, President of Fondazione Centro San Raffaele del Monte Tabor
Luciano Bresciani, Health Councillor for Regione Lombardia
Giampaolo Landi, Health Councillor for Milan Municipality

9.00- 10.40
Bruno Dubois: Revisiting the definition of Alzheimer’s Disease
Richard P. Mayeux: Genes
Giulio M. Pasinetti: Behaviour and environment
Stefano Cappa: The cognitive profile in the differential diagnosis of dementias
Pietro Calissano: An invitro-like molecular Alzheimer
Marta Weinstock Rosin: Ladostigil, a novel multifunctional drug for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

10:40- 11.00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12.40
Osama Sabri: Molecular Imaging with PET in Alzheimer’s Disease: Update and Perspectives
Philip Sheltens: Role of MRI techniques in defining diagnosis and prognosis in dementia
Letizia Leocani: Neurophysilogy of dementia
Federica Agosta: Alzheimer’s Disease and frontotemporal dementia: is a MRI differential diagnosis possible
Herald Hampel: Bodyfluids biomarkers

13.00- 14.00 Lunch

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Afternoon session
“Therapy and Assistance” (in Italian)

14.00-15.00
“New hopes for therapy”
Moderator: Claudio Mariani
Alessandro Padovani: New aspects of colinestarasy inhibitors
Elio Scarpini: Diagnosis and early treatment: for whom and how
Ezio Giacobini: Immunization for Alzheimer’s patients: treatment or prevention?

15.00- 17.00
Round table: “Assistance and the needs of patients”
Moderator: Carlo Francesco Caltagirone (Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS)
Luciano Bresciani (Health Councillor for Regione Lombardia): How public health can deal with the Alzheimer’s emergency
Patrizia Spadin (President of Associazione Italiana Malattia di Alzheimer): Patients’ needs
Gabriella Salvini Porro (President of Federazione Alzheimer Italia): Patient’s needs
Giuseppe Magnani (Neurology Experimental Institute, San Raffaele Hospital): The role of Unità Valutative Alzheimer in the italian experience
Massimo Franceschi (Santa Maria Clinic, Castellanza): The relationship between specialized and generic doctors in assisting patients with dementia
Arnold Rosin (Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem): Alzheimer groups : the success of the Israeli experience
Simonpaolo Buongiardino (President of Fondo EST): The European experience and the Italian perspectives
Fabio Cerchiai (President of ANIA): Private and public: could they coexist?
Amedeo Santosuosso (University of Pavia): Legal problems correlated to Alzheimer’s

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