Historical backgroundThe first steps to create an organization devoted to vascular causes of cognitive and behavioural disorders were taken during autumn 2001 when researchers in the area started to discuss the need to have a Society which could organize meetings and working groups. The discussions became more formal at a meeting in Madrid, Spain 28-30 November 2001, Vascular Burden of the Brain: New Therapeutic Directions", organized by the International Psychogeriatric Association. At that meeting a manifesto was drafted (see below) and sent out to researchers interested in the area. This manifesto was soon signed by a large number of researchers from different parts of the world (see below Founding members). It was also decided that the first meeting was to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden in August 2003 (Vas-Cog2003).During Spring 2002, after discussions and a final voting among the founding members, it was decided that the name of the society should be the International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders (Vas-Cog). In April 2002, at the 3rd World Congress on Vascular factors in Alzheimer's Disease held in Kyoto, Japan, it was decided that this Congress in the future should be incorporated in the Vas-Cog meetings. During autumn 2002, the members of the Society discussed and finally approved the by-laws of the Society, first drafted by Julien Bogousslavsky and Ingmar Skoog. The first Executive Committee of Vas-Cog was elected during the summer of 2003, and had its first meeting during Vas-Cog 2003 in Gothenburg. |
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