AI-Mind launched its first Policy Brief at European Parliament Lunch Debate
On 2 December 2025, the AI-Mind project was represented at a high-level Lunch Debate hosted at the European Parliament in Brussels, organised by AI-Mind project partner Alzheimer Europe. The event (12:30–14:00 CET) focused on “The Future of Dementia Research in Europe” and brought together national Alzheimer associations, civil society stakeholders, industry partners, Members of the European Parliament and policymakers, with participation also expected from the European Commission including DG SANTE.
The debate also served as the launch moment for AI-Mind’s first Policy Brief, the first in a planned series of four policy briefs to be published over the coming months. The lunch debate was an excellent opportunity to inaugurate this first brief, which was distributed to participants during the event.
“Beyond the numbers, the true value of AI-Mind lies in its ability to improve quality of life. For patients, early diagnosis provides a valuable opportunity to make informed decisions about their future and proactively manage their health. For caregivers, a delayed progression means more precious years of shared independence and well-being,” – we read in the policy.
The Policy Brief on Transforming Dementia Care underscores the need to move from reactive dementia care towards prevention-oriented brain health, highlighting the value of earlier and faster risk assessment for people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). It presents the AI-Mind platform as a cloud-based diagnostic solution combining the AI-Mind Connector (detecting early disruptions in brain functional networks) and the AI-Mind Predictor (integrating these signals with routinely collected clinical variables such as cognitive test results and blood biomarkers to estimate personalised dementia risk). The brief also references the project’s multi-site European clinical validation and the Early Health Technology Assessment perspective to assess clinical value, sustainability, economics and ethics.
The meeting programme included a presentation by Prof. Petra Ritter, who spoke about how big data is driving innovation in dementia research. Prof. Ritter will also introduced the AI-Mind project within her talk with a brief explanation of the project’s goals and achievements.
AI-Mind was represented by Rossella Di Bidino from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (The Graduate School of Health Economics and Management), who joined the debate in person. During the event’s open discussion, Rossella had the opportunity to share research insights on behalf of the project. This provided an excellent occasion to highlight the project’s contribution to shaping the future of dementia research and policy in Europe.
The Policy Brief is available for download as a PDF in the AI-Mind Share under “Societal decision making”: https://www.ai-mind.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2025/12/AI-Mind-Policy_Transforming-Dementia-Care_2025.pdf