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plenary sessions. As has been customary in recent years, within the framework of the VII International Congress on Research and Innovation in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIIIEN), on September 17, the symposium “Social and health research in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias” again had its space, organized by the State Reference Center for the care of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias of the IMSERSO (CRE Alzheimer), together with the Spanish Confedera- tion of Associations of Alzheimer’s Relatives (CEAFA), and with the support of the Queen Sofia Foundation. Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft, Head of the Geriatrics Service of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, was in charge of delivering the plenary lecture. This edition also included the intervention of several entities related to other neurodegenerative diseases, such as the Spanish Parkinson’s Federation, the Spanish Association for Huntington’s Korea and the Spanish Association for Amyo- trophic Lateral Sclerosis, who shared their views on the future of the research social and health in this type of disease.
From the 18 th to 20th the Congress scientific program took place, organized in this case by the Queen Sofia Foundation, the CIEN Foundation (Center for Research of Neurological Diseases Foundation) and CIBERNED (Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases). The VII The CIIIEN Congress had world leading experts such as Agneta Nordberg (Karolinska Institute, Sweden), whose opening lecture focused on the importance of early diagnosis for the development of new treatments and preventive therapies. It also had the participation of Hi- lal Lashuel (Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Switzerland), who presented his discoveries in the process of formation of Lewy bodies in Parkinson’s or Jorge J. Palop (Gladstone Institute of Neurological Diseases of San Francisco, United States), whose presentation revolved around network alterations and interneu- ronal dysfunction in Alzheimer’s.
In addition to the intervention of CIBERNED scientific director, Jesús Ávila, the Con- gress had other Spanish speakers of international prestige, among them Jordi Pérez-Tur and Isabel Fariñas (University of Valencia), Rosario Osta (University of Zaragoza), or Abraham Acevedo (University Hospital of the Canary Islands, Ten- erife). Researchers Alberto Parras (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) and Raúl Martínez (HM CINAC Foundation and San Pablo CEU University) received the Young Researcher Awards and presented their respective research works for which they were awarded.
The Congress was held within the framework of the event of exceptional public interest, as stated in the General State Budget for 2018, “Neurodegenerative Dis- eases 2020. International Year of Research and Innovation.” This event, which will be named as Neuro 2020, has been promoted by the Queen Sofia Foundation and the Center for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases Foundation, and is aimed at raising public awareness on the importance of promoting research in neurode- generative diseases to advance in our knowledge of the origin of its causes
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