All times indicated are in Pacific Time (PT)
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Registration & Resource Fair
9:00 – 9:15 AM
Opening remarks
9:15 – 9:40 AM
Talk 1: Nature and Nurture—Each in their own measure
Kenneth Kosik, MD, University of California, Santa Barbara
9:40 – 10:05 AM
Talk 2: Medical risk factors for Alzheimer's disease
Sudha Seshadri, MD, University of Texas, San Antonio
10:05 – 10:35 AM
Resource Fair
10:35 – 11:00 AM
Talk 3 - Beyond APOE: Advances in Alzheimer's genetics research
Jennifer Yokoyama, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
11:00 – 11:25 AM
Talk 4: The invisible threat: Pollution and dementia risk
Jennifer Weuve, MPH, ScD, Boston University
11:25 – 11:50 PM
Talk 5: A role for epigenetics in Alzheimer's disease risk
Vivek Swarup, PhD, University of California, Irvine
11:50 – 12:50 PM
Lunch/Resource Fair
12:50 – 1:15 PM
Talk 6: Learning from rare genetic cases of Alzheimer’s disease
Yakeel Quiroz, PhD, Boston University
1:15 – 1:40 PM
Talk 7: Psychiatric symptoms and dementia risk
Jennifer Gatchel MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
1:40 – 2:10 PM
Resource Fair
2:10 – 2:55 PM
Talk 8: Family panel
2:55 – 3:00 PM
Closing remarks
Logistics
Friday, October 24, 2025
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM PT
Irvine Marriott
18000 Von Karman Blvd.
Irvine, CA 92612
Parking:
Your conference registration includes one-time hotel self-parking validation (not valet) per person on Friday, October 24, 2025. Please bring your ticket inside for validation.