together to exchange ideas: academics, medical experts, researchers and caregivers responded enthusiastically. An extension of the conferences is a permanent exhibition of artwork by seniors living with dementia, donated by the seniors themselves, their caregivers or the care facilities with the consent of either the senior's families or legal guardians. In 2006, Hilary Lee of Perth, Australia, attended the CECD conference, making a presentation on her tapestry project. Lee immediately recognized the Society's value and volunteered to join forces with them, adopt the concept and set up a branch. A year later, the Society for the Arts in Dementia Care (Australia) was born. In 2007, the Society was invited to exhibit its permanent art collection throughout the 4th Canadian Colloquium on Dementia in Vancouver, British Columbia. This was a conference of the medical establishment to discuss the latest research findings on dementia. The keynote speaker at this conference was Dr. Bruce Miller, a professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), who is known for his research on frontotemporal dementia and the link it has to creative abilities. Miller discussed that "a small but significant number of individuals develop a new interest and ability in art in the beginning stages of their illness." In 2008, in partnership with the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Addiction (CIHR, NMHA), the Society for the Arts in Dementia Care held its third international CECD conference at Emily Carr University in Vancouver. That year, the accompanying art exhibition was entitled Mindscapes 2008, successfully following a previous exhibition with a focus on mental illnesses and the Arts entitled Mindscapes 2004 in Ottawa, Ontario. It was at this conference that the Society successfully began the process of bridging the gap between the medical field and the creative arts, which is one of the aims of the Society. The Scientific Director at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre in Montreal, Dr. Remi Quirion, agrees and stated that "[i]n some ways, relationships are changing through dementia, so creative expression can help families find ways to reconnect. You can see the person on a piece of paper or in music or through another creative medium." In 2009, the Australian affiliate chapter of the Society organized its fourth international CECD conference in Adelaide, Australia. In 2010, the Canadian branch of the Society held its fifth international CECD conference on the theme of Health, Aging and