The next meeting of the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services will be held on Monday, January 25, 2016 from 9:30am to 5:00pm EDT. The meeting will be held at the National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Room 6, Building 31, Bethesda, Maryland, and webcast live. Please allow 45 minutes to go through security and walk to the meeting room.
The Advisory Council will review the process for developing both the recommendations and the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease, discuss updates to work on Goals 2 and 3 of the National Plan, and hear updates on a future summit on care.
Public Attendance: Seating is limited. Individuals who wish to participate should send an email to napa@hhs.gov with "January 25 Meeting Attendance" in the Subject line by Friday, January 15, 2016. Names need to be put on a list of expected attendees and forwarded to the security officers at HHS/NIH. Any interested member of the public who is a non-U.S. citizen should include this information at the time of registration to ensure that the appropriate security procedure to gain entry to the building is carried out. Although the meeting is open to the public, procedures governing security and the entrance to federal buildings may change without notice. Each attendee needs a photo ID to gain entrance into the building.
Public Input: Time is allocated in the afternoon on the agenda to hear public comments. The time for oral comments will be limited to two (2) minutes per individual. Attendees who wish to make in-person public comments should include that information in their "January 25 Meeting Attendance" email; this information is also needed by Friday, January 15, 2016. In lieu of in-person comments, written comments may also be submitted to be read at the meeting. All comments should be submitted for the record to share with the Advisory Council by January 20, 2016 to:
Rohini Khillan
HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Room 424E, Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington DC, 20201
Comments may also be emailed to napa@hhs.gov. Please include your name and relevant organizational affiliation.