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Date: 26 October 2026, 09:00 – 18:00

Location: Irish National Stud & Gardens, Kildare, Ireland

A Value-Driven Future for Brain Health & Care is an interactive Policy World Café that will bring people with lived experience and carers together with policymakers, healthcare professionals, researchers, patient advocates, funders, innovators and industry representatives to shape practical recommendations for the future of brain health in Ireland and across Europe.

Taking place in the context of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union – and building on the momentum of key national and European gatherings – it will put diverse voices at the same table to move beyond discussion towards action. Through four facilitated, participatory challenges on lived experience, prevention, research-to-impact and value-driven care, participants will identify shared priorities, develop concrete recommendations and bring them directly into a closing policy dialogue.

The event will demonstrate how a more connected, people-centred approach to brain health can improve outcomes, strengthen health-system resilience and support coordinated progress across Europe.

Co-Organizers

Early Programme

09:00 – 09:05 Welcome

  • Lisa Burke, Master of Ceremony
  • Nina Carberry, Member of the European Parliament

09:05 – 09:20 Fireside Chat

  • Helen Rochford-Brennan, Board member, Alzheimer Society of Ireland
  • Nina Carberry, Member of the European Parliament

09:20 – 09:25 Introduction

Eamon McPartlin, Chair, Neurological Alliance of Ireland

09:25 – 10:05 Group Discussion

10:05 – 10:30: Panel Discussion

  • Karan Jatlla, Head of the Centre for Applied and Inclusive Health Research and Dementia Lead, University of Wolverhampton
  • Orla Galvin, Executive Director, European Federation of Neurological Associations
  • Carmel Geoghegan, Chair, Dementia Ireland

11:00 – 11:10 Introduction

Iracema Leroi, Professor in Geriatric Psychiatry and Site Director, Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), Trinity College Dublin

11:10 – 11:55 Group Discussion

11:55 – 12:15 Panel Discussion

  • Donna Walsh, CEO, International Bureau for Epilepsy
  • John Francis Leader, Vice-President, European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations
  • Lisa Burke, Master of Ceremony
  • Nina Carberry, MEP, Ireland
  • Deputy Colm Burke, Chair, Oireachtas Cross Party Group on Neurological Health

14:15 – 14:25 Introduction

Norman Delanty, Consultant Neurologist, Beaumont Hospital

14:25 – 15:10 Group Discussion

15:10 – 15:30 Panel Discussion

  • Gianpiero Cavalleri, Deputy Director, FutureNeuro Research Ireland Centre; Director, Human Genetic Variation Research Group
  • Finnian Hanrahan, Scientific Programme Manager, Research Ireland
  • Lynn McDonald, Member, FutureNeuro PPI on Parkinson’s Disease

15:45 – 15:55 Introduction

Irene Hartigan, Senior Researcher, University of Cork; Nurse

15:55 – 16:40 Group Discussion

16:40 – 17:00 Panel Discussion

Breaking Down Silos: A Value-Driven Future for Brain Health & Care

Speakers will be announced closer to the event.

  • Deputy Colm Burke, Chair, Oireachtas Cross Party Group on Neurological Health
  • Magdalen Rogers, Executive Director, Neurological Alliance of Ireland
  • John Francis Leader, Vice-President, European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations
  • Frédéric Destrebecq, Executive Director, European Brain Council
  • Susan Armiger, President & CEO, Catalight

This event is supported by The Catalight Foundation.

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