Program Speakers Venue Abstracts Sponsors Contact PROGRAM PORTO ALEGRE HUB Day 01 Day 02 Day 03 Day 04 Day Zero – April 21st, 2024 (Sunday) ICBS UFRGS – 2600 Ramiro Barcelos Street, Porto Alegre – RS, 90035-003 03:00 pm – 06:00 pm (in person) Networking preconference event Day One – April 22nd, 2024 (Monday) Centro Cultural UFRGS – 333 Eng. Luiz Englert Street, Porto Alegre – RS, 90040-040 08:30 am – 10:00 am (in person) Credentials 10:00 am – 10:30 am (in person) Opening Ceremony 10:30 am – 11:15 am (in person) Seminars in Brain Disorders Luc Pellerin | University of Poitiers, France “Neuroenergetics: Importance of the Astrocyte-Neuron Lactate Shuttle for Learning and Memory” 11:15 am – 12:00 pm (in person) Oral Presentation + Q&A Wyllians Borelli | UFRGS, Brazil Alessandra Rieder | UFRGS, Brazil Pedro Sanches Marinho | USP, Brazil Roberta Diehl | USP, Brazil 12:00 pm – 02:00 pm (in person) Lunch Break (not provided) 02:00 pm – 02:45 pm (in person) Seminars in Brain Disorders Pâmela L. Ferreira | University of Pittsburgh, USA “Clinical Utility of Plasma p-tau217″ 03:00 pm – 03:05 pm (hybrid) Welcome: Introduction to the Porto Alegre Hub 03:05 pm – 03:25 pm (hybrid) Plenary Presentation Sandrine Humbert | Paris Brain Institute, France “The Future of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research: Neurodegenerative Diseases in the Context of Neurodevelopment” 03:25 pm – 03:35 pm (hybrid) Plenary Q&A 03:35 pm – 03:55 pm (hybrid) Lightning Presentation Round (Porto Alegre Hub) Álvaro de Oliveira Franco | UFRGS, Brazil Raissa Rilo Christoff | UFRJ, Brazil Nicolás Corvalán | Fundación Fleni, Argentina Juliana Beker Godoy | UFPR, Brazil 03:55 pm – 04:00 pm (hybrid) Session Closing Remarks 04:00 pm – 04:30 pm (in person) Coffee-break 04:30 pm – 04:35 pm (virtual) Welcome: Introduction to the San Francisco Hub 04:35 pm – 04:55 pm (virtual) Plenary Presentation (San Francisco Hub) Russell Swerdlow | University of Kansas, USA “The Future of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research: The Role of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease” 04:55 pm – 05:00 pm (virtual) Plenary Q&A 05:00 pm – 05:25 pm (virtual) Lightning Presentation Round (San Francisco Hub) Shubir Dutt | University of California, USA Amanda McQuade | University of California, USA Amie Wallman-Jones | University of California, USA Liara Rizzi | University of California, USA 05:25 pm – 05:45 pm (virtual) Session Closing Remarks 06:30 pm – 09:30 pm (in person) Networking Reception (Aqui tem Churras – 791 Dona Eugênia Street) Day Two – April 23rd, 2024 (Tuesday) Centro Cultural UFRGS – 333 Eng. Luiz Englert Street, Porto Alegre – RS, 90040-040 09:30 am – 10:00 am (in person) Credentials 10:00 am – 10:45 am (in person) Seminars in Brain Disorders Anne-Karine Bouzier-Sore | University of Bordeaux, France “Neuroenergetics: Importance of the Astrocyte-Neuron Lactate Shuttle for Brain Activity and Neuroprotection“ 10:45 am – 11:30 am (in person) Oral Presentation + Q&A Maiele Dornelles | UFRGS, Brazil Shirine Moukaled | Tulane University, USA Ricardo Lima-Filho | UFRJ, Brazil Daniel Arnold | UFRGS, Brazil 11:30 am – 01:30 pm (in person) Poster Session with Lunch Boxes 01:30 pm – 02:15 pm (in person) Seminars in Brain Disorders Pedro Rosa-Neto | McGill University, Canada “Biomarker-based AD Staging” 02:15 pm – 03:00 pm (in person) ISTAART Presentation and Round-table Discussion 03:00 pm – 04:00 pm (in person) Group Photo 04:00 pm – 06:30 pm (in person) Boat Trip Day Three – April 24th, 2024 (Wednesday) Centro Cultural UFRGS – 333 Eng. Luiz Englert Street, Porto Alegre – RS, 90040-040 10:00 am – 10:45 am (in person) Seminars in Brain Disorders Tharick Pascoal | University of Pittsburgh, USA “Contributions of Microglial Activation to the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease” 10:45 am – 11:30 am (in person) Oral Presentation + Q&A Cristiano Aguzolli | Brain Institute of RS, Brazil Amanda Story | UNIFESP, Brazil Eliana Toscano | UFJF, Brazil Wembley Vilela | UNB, Brazil 11:30 am – 12:15 pm (in person) Seminars in Brain Disorders Lucia Crivelli | Fundación FLENI, Argentina “Why LatAm-FINGERS Matters: Insights from the First Randomized Controlled Trial of Non-Pharmacological Interventions Across Latin America” 12:15 pm – 02:00 pm (in person) Lunch Break (not provided) 02:00 pm – 02:45 pm (in person) Seminars in Brain Disorders Mychael Lourenco | UFRJ, Brazil “Novel Mechanisms of Defective Proteostasis and Metabolism in Alzheimer‘s Disease” 02:45 pm – 04:15 pm (in person) Coffee-break with Poster Discussion 04:15 pm – 05:00 pm (in person) Seminars in Brain Disorders Bruna Bellaver | University of Pittsburgh, USA “Contributions of astrocyte reactivity to the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease” Day Four – April 25th, 2024 (Thursday) Centro Cultural UFRGS – 333 Eng. Luiz Englert Street, Porto Alegre – RS, 90040-040 10:00 am – 10:30 am (in person) Cultural Presentation – CTG Tiarayú 10:30 am – 11:00 am (in person) Sannette Hall | Quanterix “Simoa Technology: Powering Neurology Breakthroughs with Ultra-sensitive Biomarker Detection” 11:00 am – 11:45 am (in person) Diversity in Neuroscience (Next) Award Announcement and Oral Presentation 11:45 am – 01:00 pm (in person) Brunch with Poster Presentation and Networking 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm (virtual) Awardees Panel and Closing Remarks live from Chicago, USA #AAICNeuro