Executive Summary of 2023 International Conference of the Korean Dementia Association (IC-KDA 2023): A Report From the Academic Committee of the Korean Dementia Association

Geon Ha Kim; Jaeho Kim; Won-Seok Choi; Yun Kyung Kim; Kun Ho Lee; Jae-Won Jang; Jae Gwan Kim; Hui Jin Ryu; Soh-Jeong Yang; Hyemin Jang; Na-Yeon Jung; Ko Woon Kim; Yong Jeong; So Young Moon; Academic Committee of the Korean Dementia Association

doi:10.12779/dnd.2024.23.2.75

Executive Summary of 2023 International Conference of the Korean Dementia Association (IC-KDA 2023): A Report From the Academic Committee of the Korean Dementia Association

Dement Neurocogn Disord. 2024 Apr;23(2):75-88. doi: 10.12779/dnd.2024.23.2.75. Epub 2024 Apr 24.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Neurology, Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Hwaseong, Korea.
³ School of Biological Sciences and Technology, College of Natural Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.
⁴ Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea.
⁵ Department of Biomedical Science, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
⁷ Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea.
⁸ Department of Neurology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Severance Hospital of Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea.
¹⁰ Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
¹¹ Department of Neurology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
¹² Department of Neurology, Jeonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju, Korea.
¹³ Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea.
¹⁴ Department of Neurology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.

Abstract

The Korean Dementia Association (KDA) has been organizing biennial international academic conferences since 2019, with the International Conference of the KDA (IC-KDA) 2023 held in Busan under the theme 'Beyond Boundaries: Advancing Global Dementia Solutions.' The conference comprised 6 scientific sessions, 3 plenary lectures, and 4 luncheon symposiums, drawing 804 participants from 35 countries. Notably, a Korea-Taiwan Joint Symposium addressed insights into Alzheimer's disease (AD). Plenary lectures by renowned scholars explored topics such as microbiome-related AD pathogenesis, social cognition in neurodegenerative diseases, and genetic frontotemporal dementia (FTD). On the first day, specific presentations covered subjects like the gut-brain axis and neuroinflammation in dementia, blood-based biomarkers in AD, and updates in AD therapeutics. The second day's presentations addressed recent issues in clinical neuropsychology, FTD cohort studies, and the pathogenesis of non-AD dementia. The Academic Committee of the KDA compiles lecture summaries to provide comprehensive understanding of the advanced dementia knowledge presented at IC-KDA 2023.

Keywords: Alzheimer’s Disease; Biomarkers; Frontotemporal Dementia; Microbiome; Social Cognition.

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