The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) is a £250 million initiative dedicated to addressing the challenge of defeating dementia. The institute consists of 6 centres across the UK; its presence in Scotland is the UK DRI at The University of Edinburgh.

This event will officially launch the UK DRI at Edinburgh in a two-day meeting. There will be a mix of speakers including international plenaries, young researchers, Edinburgh dementia researchers as well as researchers from other Scottish universities.