{"id":1062,"date":"2025-09-02T17:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ctcnlab\/?page_id=1062"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:27:35","slug":"conference-schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ctcnlab\/dementia-as-a-disorder-of-consciousness-conference-2025\/conference-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Schedule (Legacy)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1<\/span><\/h1>\n

Thursday September 25th<\/h3>\n

Morning Session | 8:00 AM \u2013 1:15 PM EST<\/h2>\n

8:00 \u2013 8:30 AM<\/strong>
Registration & Breakfast<\/h4>\n

8:30 \u2013 9:00 AM<\/strong>
Opening Remarks: Welcome and Introduction<\/h4>\n
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Theme 1: Measuring Consciousness Across the Dementia Spectrum<\/h3>\n

Chair: Daniel Bor<\/em><\/h4>\n
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Time<\/th>\nSpeaker<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
9:00 \u2013 9:30 AM<\/td>\nPedro Mediano<\/td>\nConsciousness and dementia: Quantitative measures and computational models<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:30 \u2013 10:00 AM<\/td>\nLorina Naci<\/td>\nWhat can be learned for dementia from neuroimaging measures for disorders of consciousness<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 \u2013 10:30 AM<\/td>\nJacob Sitt<\/td>\nFrom Coma to Dementia: EEG Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Prognosis<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:30 \u2013 11:00 AM<\/td>\nPeter Fried<\/td>\n\u00a0Altered spectral power across the spectrum of AD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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11:00 \u2013 11:15 AM<\/strong>
Coffee Break<\/h4>\n
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Theme 2: Assessing Residual Self-Awareness and Subjective Experience in Severe Dementia<\/h3>\n

Chair: Jonathan Huntley<\/em><\/h4>\n
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Time<\/th>\nSpeaker<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
11:15 \u2013 11:45 AM<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:45 \u2013 12:15 PM<\/td>\nJonathan Huntley<\/td>\n\u00a0Assessing visual awareness in mild, moderate and advanced \u00a0\u00a0Alzheimer’s Disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:15 \u2013 12:45 PM<\/td>\nJason Karlawish<\/td>\nCaregiver Accounts of Lucid Episodes in Persons With Advanced Dementia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:45 \u2013 1:15 PM<\/td>\nDavid Fisher<\/td>\nAre They In There?: Inferring Consciousness in Unresponsive Patients<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

1:15 \u2013 2:00 PM<\/strong>
Lunch Break<\/h4>\n
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Afternoon Session | 2:00 PM \u2013 5:00 PM EST<\/h2>\n

2:00 \u2013 3:00 PM<\/strong>
Data Blitz<\/h4>\n
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Giacomo Bertazzoli<\/p>\n

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  • Assessing Cortical Complexity of network-targeted TMS-EEG in Alzheimer’s Disease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Brenna Hagan<\/p>\n

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    • Assessing Consciousness in Alzheimer’s Disease with the TMS-EEG Perturbation Complexity Index.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Dragana Manasova<\/p>\n

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      • Integrating electrophysiology and neuroimaging to study consciousness: lessons from DoC with applications to dementia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Julia Rathmann-Bloch<\/p>\n

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        • Experiential states in healthy aging and Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Keenan Down<\/p>\n

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          • Hierarchical alterations of information dynamics in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Shana Stites<\/p>\n

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            • Mental Time Travel and Subjective Memory Function: An exploratory analysis of subjective retrospective memory function and future time perspective<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

              3:00 \u2013 3:15 PM<\/strong>
              Coffee Break<\/h4>\n
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              Theme 3: Comparing Disordered Consciousness in Dementia Subtypes<\/h3>\n

              Chair: Andrew Budson<\/em><\/h4>\n
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              Time<\/th>\nSpeaker<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
              3:15 \u2013 3:45 PM<\/td>\nAndrew Budson<\/td>\nAlzheimer\u2019s disease and consciousness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              3:45 \u2013 4:15 PM<\/td>\nEmma Rhodes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              4:15 \u2013 4:45 PM<\/td>\nAngeliki Zarkali<\/td>\nUsing neuroimaging to understand visual hallucinations in Lewy Body Dementia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

              4:45 \u2013 5:00 PM<\/strong>
              Summary Discussion and Close<\/h4>\n
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              Evening<\/strong>
              Invite-only Dinner<\/h4>\n
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              Day 2<\/span><\/h1>\n

              Friday September 26th<\/h3>\n

              Morning Session | 8:30 AM \u2013 12:45 PM EST<\/h2>\n

              8:30 \u2013 9:00 AM<\/strong>
              Welcome & Coffee<\/h4>\n
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              Theme 4: Understanding Self-Awareness and Metacognition in Dementia<\/h3>\n

              Chair: Jason Karlawish<\/em><\/h4>\n
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              Time<\/th>\nSpeaker<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
              9:00 \u2013 9:30 AM<\/td>\nDan Mograbi<\/td>\nAnosognosia and self-awareness in dementia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              9:30 \u2013 10:00 AM<\/td>\nSteve Fleming<\/td>\nMeasures and models of metacognition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              10:00 \u2013 10:30 AM<\/td>\nTristan Bekinschtein<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

              10:30 \u2013 10:45 AM<\/strong>
              Coffee Break<\/h4>\n
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              10:45 \u2013 11:45 AM<\/strong>
              Data Blitz 2<\/h4>\n

              Katherine Turk<\/p>\n

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              • Mindfulness Meditation as an Intervention in Preserving Conscious Awareness in Mild Cognitive Impairment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Isaiah Kletenik<\/p>\n

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                • Immune to illusion: wisdom with aging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  David Zhou<\/p>\n

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                  • Towards new methods for investigating mechanisms of neural dynamics in aging, Alzheimer’s disease, and states of consciousness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    Justin Clapp<\/p>\n

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                    • Evaluating efficacy \/ evaluating mind: A qualitative study of anti-amyloid treatment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      Lauren Fisher<\/p>\n

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                      • The importance of contextual factors when investigating disorders of consciousness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                        11:45 AM \u2013 12:30 PM<\/strong>
                        Funder Talks<\/h4>\n

                        Main Conference Close |\u00a012:30 \u2013 12:45 PM <\/strong>EST<\/h2>\n
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                        1:30 \u2013 6:00 PM<\/strong>
                        Invite-only Grant Workshop and Planning Session<\/h4>\n

                        All<\/em> Speakers,<\/em> Funders,<\/em> and<\/em> Invited<\/em> Guests<\/em><\/p>\n

                        1:30 PM – 2:30 PM |\u00a0 MEASURING CONSCIOUSNESS ACROSS THE DEMENTIA SPECTRUM<\/p>\n

                        Chair:<\/em> Daniel<\/em> Bor<\/em><\/p>\n

                        2:30 PM – 3:30 PM |\u00a0 ASSESSING RESIDUAL SELF-AWARENESS AND SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE IN SEVERE DEMENTIA<\/p>\n

                        Chair:<\/em> Jonathan<\/em> Huntley<\/em><\/p>\n

                        3:30 PM – 4:30 PM |\u00a0 COMPARING DISORDERED CONSCIOUSNESS IN DEMENTIA SUBTYPES<\/p>\n

                        Chair: Andrew Budson<\/em><\/p>\n

                        4:30 PM – 5:30 PM |\u00a0 UNDERSTANDING SELF-AWARENESS AND METACOGNITION IN DEMENTIA<\/p>\n

                        Chair: Jason Karlawish<\/em><\/p>\n

                        5:30 PM – 6:00 PM SUMMARY<\/p>\n

                        6:00 PM | CLOSE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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