The 6th annual CtaD conference will relate experiences from international teams covering every stage of clinical trials in Alzheimer’s Disease. From animal models to human trials, CtaD 2013 provides an opportunity to learn about the latest results on new therapies in development, advances in fundamental research, biomarker validation, PET imaging and cognitive assessments.

Keynotes and symposia will also cover internet screening of cognition to recruit for clinical trials, designing drug trials taking into account neuropsychiatric symptoms of AD, Down syndrome and AD as well as ethical issues and methodological considerations.

This free workshop is designed for professional journalists from all fields of the media to learn more about this increasingly important problem and to provide the tools and approaches necessary to recognize, understand and report sex trafficking in their communities.

During the AHIP Operations and Technology Forum health plan executives will outline the operational and technical challenges health plans in the health insurance marketplaces. The forum is sponsored by the Association of Health Insurance Plans. Speakers will outline strategies health plans are using to market plans on the exchanges and the methods used increase consumer engagement. Among the feature speakers will be Steven Brill, author of the cover story for Time magazine in March, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us,” and Judith Hibbard, a senior researcher and professor emerita at the University of Oregon, who has worked on the Patient Activation Measure (PAM), which health plans use to characterize how engaged patients are in their care.

Health plan executives will outline strategies plans use as they adopt retail sales and marketing strategies. In this conference is sponsored by America’s Health Insurance Plans, health plan administrators will outline consumer engagement strategies. Among the featured speakers will be Anne Filipic, president of Enroll America, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization seeking to enroll the uninsured in health insurance plans.

Despite the increase of both the aging population and the number of institutionalized older people, clinical research on nursing homes is still scarce. The improvement of the quality of care in nursing homes will rely on the evidence from research performed in these settings, their feasibility in real life and the successful dissemination of clinical evidences. The International Conference on Nursing Homes offers an opportunity to learn and share ideas, and promote knowledge among researchers.