Sube Banerjee MBE, MBBS MSc MBA MD FRCPsych is Executive Dean and Professor of Dementia in the Faculty of Health at the University of Plymouth is senior clinical researcher and a practicing old age psychiatrist. He trained at St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. He served as the UK Department of Health’s senior professional advisor on dementia leading the development of its National Dementia Strategy. His research focusses on quality of life and quality of care in dementia and the evaluation of new treatments and services. He works on health services, policy and strategies to improve health for older adults with complex needs and those with dementia. He has been awarded national and international awards for policy and research in dementia. Sube is a Trustee of Alzheimer’s Society.

Presenter: Dr. Marjolein de Vugt

Marjolein de Vugt is a Professor of Psychosocial Innovations in dementia. Trained as a neuropsychologist, she works as a clinical researcher and as a clinician in the memory clinic of the Maastricht University Medical Center+ (MUMC+). Her line of research pertains to psychosocial needs, care and support in dementia with a particular focus on young onset dementia. She is director of the Alzheimer Center Limburg, which integrates activities of Maastricht University and the Academic Hospital Maastricht in the Netherlands and accommodates more than 50 researchers and clinicians of various disciplines. She is also chair of the European network on research into early detection and timely intervention in dementia (INTERDEM).