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AFTD’s 2024 Education Conference

Name: AFTD’s 2024 Education Conference
Start: 2024-05-03T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-05-03T23:59:59+01:00
Location: Hyatt Regency Houston

May 3

Join us for this unique opportunity to connect with people who understand the journey, learn about available resources and supports, and engage with experts to gain insight on the latest in FTD research and approaches to care.

Date: Friday, May 3, 2024. There will be pre-conference events for in-person attendees on Thursday evening.

Time: 8:00 a.m. CT (in person), 9:30 a.m. CT (Zoom streaming)

Location: in person at the Hyatt Regency Houston and virtually via Zoom

Cost: FREE – Register Now

Please consider attending this year’s Conference in person so you can:

On Thursday, connect with other families informally at the Persons with FTD and Care Partners Social (4-6 p.m. CT) and the FTD in the Arts gallery (4-8 p.m. CT).
On Thursday evening starting at 8 p.m. CT, engage with other young adults during a social, then join sessions for young adults on Friday.
On Friday morning, enjoy a continental breakfast with other families, persons diagnosed, or those with familial FTD starting at 8 a.m. CT.
On Friday, gather with others to tell stories about how FTD has impacted you or your loved ones during the optional Story Circles session from 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. CT.

Featured Speakers

Kaitlin Casaletto, PhD, Scientist-Practitioner, Board-Certified Neuropsychologist, and Associate Professor at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center

Julia Castro, CGC, Genetic Counselor at the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health in San Antonio

Alinka Fisher, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Disability and Community Inclusion within the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, South Australia

Jamie Fong, MS, CGC, Genetic Counselor at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center

Joseph C. Masdeu, MD, PhD, Director of the Nantz National Alzheimer Center at the Houston Methodist Hospital and Professor of Neurology at Cornell University

Laura Mitic, PhD, Acting President and Chief Scientific Officer at the Bluefield Project to Cure FTD

Belen Pascual, PhD, Director of the Frontotemporal Degeneration Unit and Co-Director of the Neuroimaging Lab at the Houston Methodist Hospital

Regina Shin, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern and recipient of AFTD’s Holloway Postdoctoral Fellowship

AFTD’s Persons with FTD Advisory Council, people living with FTD who inform the development of AFTD’s policies, programs and services