EDA 2026: Program

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM April 2026

All times, content and titles are provisional and subject to change.

Wednesday 4 November

 Pathophysiology symposium

Thursday 5 November

Time 
08.00 to 09.00EDA executive committee meeting
08.30 to 09.30Registration
09.30 to 09.45Welcome, practical info
09.45 to 10.45Keynote 1 – Liz Sampson How can we get the message across to politicians and bureaucrats who plan health care services?
10.45 to 11.15Coffee break and posters
11.15 to 12.30Parallel 1 Symposium
Young EDA
Parallel 2 Submitted Symposium  Parallel 3 Symposium Delirium in acute care  
12.30 to 13.30Lunch and posters
13.30 to 15.00  Best abstracts Oral presentations, 8 x 10 minutes Parallel sessions
15.00 to 15.30Coffee break and posters
15.30 to 16.30Maeve Leonard Award Lecture Winner 2025: Meera Agar
16.30 to 17.15General assembly
17.15 to 17.30Walk to Oslo City Hall
17.30Check in and distribution of admission passes at Oslo City Hall
18.00 to 19.30Reception at Oslo City Hall
19:30Social dinner at Oche

Friday 6 November

Time 
08.00 to 08.45EDA board meeting
08.50 to 09.00Welcome and information?
09.00 to 10.00Keynote 2 – Evandro Fang How can we improve cooperation between neuroscience and clinical delirium research?
10.00 to 10.30Coffee break
10.30 to 11.45Parallel 1 Symposium Music and delirium  Parallel 1 Symposium Pathophysiology  
11.45 to 12.45Lunch
12.45 to 14.00Parallel 1 Submitted Symposium  Parallel 2 Symposium Australasian Delirium Association and American Delirium SocietyParallel 3 Symposium Delirium and big data  
14.00 to 14.30Coffee break
14.30 to 15.45Parallel 1 Symposium Grant writing, research planning and resources                               Parallel 2 Symposium
15.45 to 16.00Break
16.00 to 16.30Wind up and farewell – prize winners