All times indicated are in Pacific Time (PT)
9:00 – 9:10 AM
Welcome
Jim McAleer, President & CEO, Alzheimer's Orange County
Deborah Levy, Executive Director, Alzheimer's Association, Orange County Chapter
Josh Grill, Director, UCI MIND
Deborah Levy, Executive Director, Alzheimer's Association, Orange County Chapter
Josh Grill, Director, UCI MIND
9:10 – 9:20 AM
Talk 1: FDG PET as a Diagnostic
Renaud La Joie, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
9:40 – 10:10 AM
Talk 2: Cellular/Mitochondrial Energetics Role in ADRD
Heather Wilkins, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center
10:10 – 10:40 AM
Resource Fair
10:40 – 11:10 AM
Talk 3: Diet and Dementia
Puja Agarwal, PhD, Rush University
11:10 – 11:40 AM
Talk 4: Gut Microbiome and Alzheimer’s
Katrine Whitson, PhD, University of California, Irvine
11:40 – 12:10 PM
Talk 5: Exercise and Dementia
Jill K. Morris, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center
12:10 – 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 PM
Talk 6: Metabolomics in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease
Mark Mapstone, PhD, University of California, Irvine
1:30 – 2:00 PM
Talk 7: GLP-1 Drugs and ADRD: What do we know?
Alireza Atri, MD, PhD, Banner Health
2:00 – 2:30 PM
Resource Fair
2:30 – 3:10 PM
Panel Discussion
3:10 – 3:15 PM
Closing remarks
Logistics
Friday, September 25, 2026
9:00 AM – 3:15 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, September 25, 2026. Please bring your ticket inside for validation.