The World Dementia Council will host a series of in-person and virtual dialogues and summit meetings for international leaders over the year looking at some of the key challenges facing the field in an era of treatments and identifying how progress can be accelerated.

In October the government of the Netherlands hosted a high level meeting on dementia. The one day meeting in the Hague brought together international leaders in government, research, and industry, as well as caregivers and advocates.  

Dr Joanne Pike, Alzheimer's Association president and chief executive officer, has been elected the new vice chair of the World Dementia Council. In this leadership role, Pike will advance the organisation’s global efforts to improve the lives of people affected by dementia. She succeeds Professor Kiyoshi Kurokawa, chair of the Health and Global Policy Institute (Japan) and professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, who has served as Vice Chair since 2021. 

The G7 health ministers at their meeting in Nagazaki in May 2023 had a dedicated meeting on addressing the challenge of dementia organized by the Government of Japan, the World Dementia Council and the Health and Global Policy Institute.