CROATIAN CONGRESS ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
with international participation (CROCAD-20)
October 15 – 16, 2020
Abstracts submission deadline: September 15, 2020
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- GENERAL INFORMATION
- WELCOME LETTER
- ORGANIZERS
- SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMM
- INVITED SPEAKERS
- REGISTRATION FEES
- E-POSTERS
- CONTACT
REGISTRATION DESK AND ONLINE SUPORT
The Registration desk and ONLINE suport will open an hour before the beginning of the sessions and close after the sessions.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Official languages are Croatian and English. Simultaneous translation will not be provided.
LETTER OF INVITATION
Organizing Committee will issue the Letter of Invitation upon request, to be used for visa application and for your employer. Please send your request to the Congress agency’s e-mail: goran.grbic@btravel.pro
OFFICIAL BADGES
All registered participants with registration fee paid will get Congress badges and are obliged to wear them during the scientific and social program.
CONGRESS EXHIBITION
During the Congress, an industrial exhibition of medical manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies will be organized in the congress area.
More information about participating in the congress exhibition is available in the Offer for sponsors and exhibitors.
Companies interested in advertising their products at the congress exhibition and in the congress materials: Final Program and Supplement of the “Neurologia Croatica” journal with abstracts should contact the Congress agency’s e-mail: goran.grbic@btravel.pro
INSURANCE
The Organizing Committee cannot accept responsibility for accidents or damage to participants or accompanying persons before, during or after the Congress. Participants are invited to organize their travel and health insurance themselves. Upon registration, the participant accepts this provision.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
Certificates of attendance will be issued to all congress participants in accordance with the rules of professional chambers.
MEDIA SPONSOR
IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES
Congress dates: Octobar 15 – 16, 2020
Abstracts submission deadline: September 20, 2020
Abstract acceptance deadline: September 30, 2020
Lower registration fee deadline: September 30, 2020
We are extremely honored and pleased to inform you that the Croatian Congress on Alzheimer’s Disease with International Participation (CROCAD-20) will be held from October 15-16, 2020 in VIRTUAL FORM, without the physical absence of participants and lecturers.
The Congress is organized by the Croatian Society for Alzheimer’s Disease and Old Age Psychiatry of the Croatian Medical Association and the Croatian Society for Neuroscience, under the auspices of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Education and with the support of the Croatian Alzheimer Alliance and University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče.
For the tenth time, we have an exceptional desire to gather distinguished domestic and foreign lecturers and numerous participants: doctors specialists, residents, psychologists, social workers, social pedagogues, economists, directors of homes for the elderly, pharmacists, neuroscientists, nurses and technicians, students, caregivers, all those who work and care for Alzheimer’s patients and, despite the current epidemiological situation, continue to educate and disseminate knowledge, in VIRTUAL FORM.
At the first virtual CROCAD-20 we expect about 200 participants from our country and neighboring countries, and foreign and domestic invited speakers, who will present the latest knowledge in the field of Alzheimer’s disease (AB) and other dementias. Special attention will be paid on topics related to care givers and care for patients. Exchange of experiences, analysis of results and evaluation of achievements are crucial for achieving common goals – higher quality in our daily work.
The programme will include plenary lectures, oral presentations, round tables, and e-posters online, through the Zoom virtual platform.
Since there are no accommodation and travel costs now, we believe that it will be possible to direct the planned funds for this Congress – from sponsors and donations – to a larger number of online registration fees.
New circumstances bring new challenges and, in order not to fall behind in education and exchange of experience, we have had to adapt to this new way of ‘socializing’.
We invite you to join us in large numbers on the web platform, and with your participation contribute to our common goal – better understanding and better care for people with Alzheimer’s disease.
Stay healthy and welcome to the VIRTUAL CROCAD-20!
Professor Ninoslav Mimica, MD, DSc, Primarius, IFAPA
President of the CROCAD-20 Organizing Committee
President of Croatian Society for Alzheimer’s Disease and Old Age Psychiatry, CroMa
ORGANIZERS
Croatian Medical Association, Croatian Society for Alzheimer’s Disease and Old Age Psychiatry
Croatian Society for Neuroscience
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia
Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia
SUPPORTERS
Croatian Alzheimer Alliance
University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
President: Ninoslav Mimica
Secretary: Nataša Klepac
Members: Mirjana Babić, Danira Bažadona, Sanja Đaković Prištof, Krasanka Glamuzina, Marina Gregurović, Marijana Hodak Ivanišević, Morana Ivičić, Dubravka Kalinić, Marina Kovač, Oliver Kozumplik, Aida Križaj Grden, Marija Kušan Jukić, Nevenka Mimica, Rajka Rigler Kunović, Paola Presečki, Vladimir Sabljić, Aleksandar Savić, Mirna Sisek-Šprem, Jelena Sušac, Vesna Šendula-Jengić, Goran Šimić, Mira Štengl-Martinjak, Ivana Todorić Laidlaw, Vitomir Višić, Vlasta Vučevac
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
President: Goran Šimić
Members: Vanja Bašić Kes, Dražen Begić, Marina Boban, Fran Borovečki, Marijana Braš, Petrana Brečić, Vida Demarin, Veljko Đorđević, Pavo Filaković, Igor Filipčić, Krasanka Glamuzina, Trpimir Glavina, Rudolf Gregurek, Neven Henigsberg, Nataša Klepac, Ivica Kostović, Osman Kučuk, Štefanija Lukič Zlobec, Alma Mihaljević Peleš, Ninoslav Mimica, Berislav Momčilović, Damir Petravić, Nela Pivac, Marina Šagud, Melita Šalković-Petrišić, Vesna Šerić, Slađana Štrkalj Ivezić, Zlatko Trkanjec, Suzana Uzun, Dinko Vitezić, Bjanka Vuksan Ćusa, Danijela Žakić Milas
FINAL PROGRAM
The Congress will be organized in a form of plenary lectures, oral presentations, round tables and e-posters. Oral presentations can be in Croatian or English. Simultaneous translation will not be provided.
TOPICS
1. Basic research and neuropathology of AD
2. Timely diagnostics and biomarkers of AD
3. Epidemiology, risk factors and prevention of AD
4. Clinical research in AD
5. Clinical characteristics of AD and case reports
6. Pharmacotherapy of dementia
7. Non-pharmacological interventions in AD
8. Care for people with dementia
9. Non-alzheimer dementia
10. Quality of life in dementia
11. AD associations and support groups
12. Palliative care in dementia
13. Other topics
After receiving abstracts, the Scientific Committee will decide whether a submitted paper will be selected for oral or poster presentation.
ORAL PRESENTATION
– invited speakers: 30 minutes
– oral presentations: 15 minutes
– discussion after each session: 15 – 30 minutes
POSTERS
Poster dimensions: max. 80 cm (width) x 100 cm (height)
Posters will be displayed in the congress area on poster panelling during all days of the Congress. The authors should bring posters in person. Supplies for poster mounting will be provided by the Congress agency.
Best poster awards
Expert committee will award three best poster presentations. The awards will be given during the last day of the Congress.
To be able to compete in the run for the best poster, at least one of the authors has to be fully registered
The award will be given to the first author.
Oral or poster presentation is not possible if the registration fee is not paid (excluding invited speakers).
IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES
Congress dates: Octobar 15 – 16, 2020
Abstracts submission deadline: September 15, 2020
Abstract acceptance deadline: September 30, 2020
Lower registration fee deadline: September 30, 2020
Specijaliste je neurolog te subspecijalist iz područja neuroimunologije na Klinici za neurologiju Kliničkog bolničkog centra Osijek. Voditelj je Zavoda za neurorehabilitaciju i neuroimunologiju s poliklinikom i dnevnom bolnicom navedene ustanove.
Osnivač je i višegodišnji voditelj Referentnog centra za neurorehabilitaciju i restauracijsku neurologiju Ministarstva zdravstva Republike Hrvatske.
Od 2004.godine predsjednik je Organizacijskog odbora do sada uspješno održanih šest Kongresa iz neurorehabilitacije i resturacijske neurologije s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem. Autor je, urednik i koautor jedanaest sveučilišnih udžbenika.
Full member of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Head of its Department of Medical Sciences
Professor Vida Demarin, MD, Ph.D., specialist in neuropsychiatry graduated from School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
She was Head of Department of Neurology in University Hospital Centre in Zagreb and from 2015. she is director of International Institute for Brain Health. She authored about 1000 papers in national and international journals, several chapters in books, organized and participated in numerous symposia, conferences and congresses. She is a founder and one of directors of Summer Stroke School, “Healthy Lifestyle and Prevention of Stroke and Other Brain Impairments” in Interuniversity Centre in Dubrovnik and president of traditional Mind & Brain INPC in Pula.a She is a member of numerous national and international professional societies and she serves on various scientific Advisory, Editorial and Review Boards
She was born in Zagreb, Croatia. Natasa Klepac received her medical degree from the Medical Faculty, University of Zagreb. She specialized in neurology at University Hospital Zagreb during 2002 –2007. From 2007 until know she works as a subspecialist for neurodegenerative disorders at Neurology Department at Clinical University Hospital in Zagreb. She is Professor in Neurology at the Zagreb Medical School. She has done research in the fields of neurology, mainly neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson’s disease and dementia, and is the author and coauthor of many papers on that subject in Croatia and international medical literature.
He has participated in scientific research projects that significantly influence the development of scientific knowledge in psychiatry. He is the author of numerous scientific and professional articles in the field of psychotic disorders, depression, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Marija Kušan Jukić graduated at the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb in 1994. and worked first as a GP. Since 1997, she worked at the Department of Physiology at the School of Medicine in Zagreb and completed a scientific master’s degree in immunology, and in 2011, PhD in renal physiology. After residence in psychiatry she worked at the University Psychiatry Clinic Vrapče at the Department of Psychogeriatrics, and since 2015 she continued to work at the Teaching Institute for Public Health “Dr. A. Štampar “. Her professional, clinical and scientific interest is cognitive impairment, old age psychiatry and Alzheimer’s disease. She has published numerous articles in foreign and domestic publications, participated in congresses and workshops.
She has visited research institutes in Bordeaux, France (2016), Budapest, Hungary (2017), Madrid, Spain (2018-2019), and Ljubljana, Slovenia (2019) on several occasions. Her main research focus lies in researching the biological basis of neuropsychiatric disorders. She participates in the Ph.D. programme Biomedicine and Health Sciences at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb and in the Ph.D. interdisciplinary program Molecular Biosciences at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek. She is a member of 11 scientific societies. She was also rewarded The annual award of RBI for excellent scientific paper in 2014, The annual award of RBI and Division of Molecular Medicine for excellent scientific paper in 2012 and 2013, National Science Award of the Republic of Croatia – Annual Award for Junior Researchers for 2013 in the field of Biomedicine, and The annual award of the society of university teachers, scholars and other scientists – Zagreb for young scientists and artists for 2013.
1982-1988; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
1989-1990; Rotating internship, Institute for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Zagreb
1991-1993; Postgraduate study in Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
1993-1997; Psychiatric Residency at University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department of Psychiatry
2001-2002; Post doctorate study at School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
April 2007; PhD Degree at School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
July 2014-Chief of Unit for Schizophrenia, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb
September 2012- Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
2010-; Coordinator for e-learning in Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
2008-2012; Assistant in Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
2011-July 2014; Chief of Intensive Care Unit for Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb
2009-2011; Chief of Unit for Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders as a part of Unit for Integrative Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb
1997-2008; Ward Physician at the Unit for Biological Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb
1993-1997; Psychiatric Resident at University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department of Psychiatry
1991-1993; Pharmaceutical Company „Pliva“
Head of the projects “Predictors of treatment response in schizophrenia”, sponsored by University of Zagreb, BM106 and “The influence of religiosity on treatment outcome in depression: clinical and biochemical parameters”, sponsored by University of Zagreb, BM126, investigator in several projects, invited speaker at numerous international and national conferences, author/co-author of 50 research articles
Znanstveni projekti
Genomski i glikomski biomarkeri PTSP-a, suradnički projekt, Hrvatska zaklada za znanost; Nuspojave psihofarmaka u bolesnika s psihotičnim i afektivnim poremećajima,; Određivanja razine kortizola i polimorfizma gena koji kodiraju proteine dopaminergičkog i opioidnog sustava u bolesnika sa shizofrenijom i ovisnosti o nikotinu, hrvatsko-američki kolaborativni projekta , Klinika za psihijatriju Vrapče, Institut Ruđer Bošković i Sveučilište Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, SAD; Uloga 5-HT6 receptora u Alzheimerovoj bolesti: Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i športa RH; hrvatsko-slovenska suradnja; Early detection of Alzehimer’s disease with methylation status of candidate genes in liquid biopsies cfDNA. ; Sudjelovala je u organizaciji brojnih znanstvenih i stručnih skupova te je autor više od 300 znanstvenih i stručnih publikacija.
PARTICIPANTS | Registration fee |
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Doctors specialists, economists, director of homes for the elderly | € 165,00 | |
Members of the Croatian Society for Alzheimer’s Disease and Old Age Psychiatry, CroMA and Croatian Society for Neuroscience | € 140,00 | |
Medical doctors, doctors on specialisation, psychologists, social workers, social pedagogues, pharmacists, neuroscientists | € 140,00 | |
Nurses and technicians | € 85,00 | |
Undergraduate students | free of charge | |
Retired doctors | free of charge |
VAT is included
Regular registration fee, registration fee for the members of the Societies, registration fee for other health professionals, registration fee for nurses and technicians, includes:
admission to all congress sessions by connecting to the online web platform of the Congress
- pdf document with the booklet Final program
- pdf document with Supplement of the Neurologia Croatica journal with abstracts
- pdf document with Certificate of Atendance, and points of professional chambers
Note: Along with the application for participation, students should send a confirmation letter to the e-mail: goran.grbic@btravel.pro confirming their status. The letter must be written on the faculty memorandum and addressed to the Congress agency BTravel Ltd.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND
All refund requests must be submitted in writing to the Congress agency BTravel and must be postmarked by September 25, 2020. Reimbursement of the fee less an administrative charge of 20 % and VAT will be refunded after the Congress. Cancellations received after September 25, 2020 will not be refunded.
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CONGRESS SECRETARIAT
Scientific program information
Professor Ninoslav Mimica, MD, DSc, Primarius, IFAPA
University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče
Bolnička cesta 32, HR-10090 Zagreb, Croatia
T: +385 (0)1 3780 678
@: ninoslav.mimica@bolnica-vrapce.hr
Technical organization information
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Congress agency
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