We are thrilled to invite you to the 15th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias (ISFTD 2026) in the vibrant city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Join us from October 8-11, 2026 for the opportunity to enhance your expertise, explore cutting-edge research, and connect with leading experts in the field from around the world.
Thursday, October 8, 2026
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Pre-Conference Workshop: State-of-the-Art Technologies to Advance the Next Generation of FTD Researchers
8:00 AM - 8:25 AM
Track A: “An Introduction to FTD” - Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
Speaker:
Olivier Piguet (Australia)
8:00 AM - 8:25 AM
Track B: “Advanced Techniques in FTD Research” - Spatial-omics From Postmortem Tissue in ALS-FTD
Speaker:
Hemali Phatnani (USA)
8:25 AM - 8:50 AM
Track A: “An Introduction to FTD” - Primary Progressive Aphasia
Speaker:
Marsel Mesulam (USA)
8:25 AM - 8:50 AM
Track B: “Advanced Techniques in FTD Research” - Cryo-EM Approaches to Study Protein Aggregates
Speaker:
Edward Lee (USA)
8:50 AM - 9:15 AM
Track A: “An Introduction to FTD” - Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Syndrome
Speaker:
James Rowe (UK)
8:50 AM - 9:15 AM
Track B: “Advanced Techniques in FTD Research” - Open-source Digital Pathology
Speaker:
Paul Yushkevich (USA)
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM
Track A: “An Introduction to FTD” - ALS-FTD
Speaker:
Michael Strong (Canada)
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Track B: “Advanced Techniques in FTD Research” - Hands-on Digital Pathology Session: Interactive Digital Pathology Demonstration of Image Thresholding, Segmentation and Object Detection
Speaker:
Daniel Ohm (USA)
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Track A: “An Introduction to FTD” - Clinical Outcome Measures for FTD Trials
Speaker:
Howie Rosen (USA)
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 10:40 AM
Track A: “An Introduction to FTD” - Genetics of FTD
Speaker:
Vivianna Van Deerlin (USA)
10:15 AM - 10:40 AM
Track B: “Advanced Techniques in FTD Research” - Strategies for Identifying Prodromal Behavior & Cognition in Genetic FTD & ALS
Speaker:
Ted Huey (USA)
10:40 AM - 11:05 AM
Track A: “An Introduction to FTD” - FTLD-TDP and FTLD-FET
Speaker:
Manuela Neumann (Germany)
10:40 AM - 11:05 AM
Track B: “Advanced Techniques in FTD Research” - Computational Analysis of Digital Speech Samples in PPA
Speaker:
Bradford Dickerson (USA)
11:05 AM - 11:30 AM
Track A: “An Introduction to FTD” - FTLD-Tau
Speaker:
Dennis Dickson (USA)
11:05 AM - 11:30 AM
Track B: “Advanced Techniques in FTD Research” - Digital Metrics of Connected Speech
Speaker:
Jet Vonk (USA)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Track A: “An Introduction to FTD” - Interactive Digital Pathology Session: Review of Digital Images of Exemplar FTLD Pathology with Audience Participation
Moderator:
David Irwin (USA)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Track B: “Advanced Techniques in FTD Research” - Informatic Approaches to Big Data
Speaker:
Adam Staffaroni (USA)