Eight to four in the Portland Ballroom
The 28th Annual Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Conference on Aging, Alzheimer's and Brain Health takes Portland Ballroom 251-254 and 257-258 at the Oregon Convention Center on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. The organiser prints 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The flyer prints a 4:30 p.m. close.
The Alzheimer's Association Oregon Chapter runs the day with AARP and Oregon Care Partners. The programme carries keynotes on Alzheimer's and dementia research, breakout sessions, a luncheon presentation and the Association's education and community resources. The chapter puts Oregonians providing unpaid care at 192,000.
The 2026 agenda is unpublished. The page reads "2026 Agenda Coming Soon", so the length of the gaps between sessions stays open. The venue record runs 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the same date.
Registration is required. The first 250 Oregon family caregivers register free through Oregon Care Partners and select Oregon Family Caregiver at checkout. Residency in Oregon is required, places run first come first served, and the chapter states that tickets sell out.
The gaps are the working day
Eight hours in the building carries a keynote block, at least one breakout slot and a lunch. A caregiver who runs a small business or holds a remote job takes calls in the gaps.
The convention center covers that at no cost. Wi-Fi is complimentary in all lobbies and meeting rooms, and wireless service runs throughout the building. A table in a pre-function lobby takes a laptop, a headset and a call.
What the paid tier adds
Basic Wi-Fi costs $12 per day and Business Class costs $50 per day, paid by credit card, with support on site. A live client session is the case for the card.
LocketGo lockers stand in the MLK Lobby near the main entrance, the Holladay Lobby at the north end and the Ginkoberry Concourse at the south end. The lockers are salmon-coloured and reserved with a mobile device and a credit card. A coat and a tote checked at 8:00 a.m. come back at 4:00 p.m.
The venue takes cards and touchless payment. Five ATMs sit in the pre-function lobbies and on the south Ginkoberry Concourse. A reverse ATM left of the welcome desk in the MLK Lobby loads a Visa card once from cash, with no fee.
The room, priced for an eight-to-four day
A day-use room is a hotel room sold with its own clock, quoted in the listing. The rates below come from the Portland city page of the day-use platform, read at 22:23 UTC on October 18, 2026. Distances are straight-line from 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
One card covers the full 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. span. The Nines, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Portland, 0.92 miles out, sells 8am to 4pm at $159 against a $450 nightly rate, 67 percent lower. It also sells 10am to 6pm, 11am to 7pm and 1pm to 9pm.
The rest of the set covers parts of the day. Royal Sonesta Portland Downtown, 0.86 miles, $107 against $170, 42 percent lower, runs 7am to 2pm and 9am to 9pm. Staypineapple Hotel Rose, 0.85 miles, $112 against $450, 77 percent lower, runs 8am to 2pm and 10am to 5pm. Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Downtown, 0.65 miles, $130.85 against $228.15, 47 percent lower, runs 9am to 5pm. Kimpton Hotel Vintage, 0.88 miles, $135 against $230, 46 percent lower, runs 8am to 2pm, 10am to 5pm and noon to 7pm. Hotel Lucia, 0.87 miles, $118 against $219, 50 percent lower, runs 8am to noon, 8am to 3pm and 1pm to 5pm. Hyatt Centric Downtown Portland, 1.07 miles, $106 against $200, 51 percent lower, runs 8am to 3pm and 10am to 5pm. Jupiter Original, 0.43 miles, $89 against $150, 45 percent lower, runs 10am to 4pm and 5pm to 11pm. Hotel Zags, 1.28 miles, $106 against $200, 51 percent lower, runs 10am to 5pm.
The nearest priced card is Jupiter Original at 0.43 miles, and its 10am start lands two hours into the programme. Embassy Suites at 0.65 miles covers 9am to 5pm for $130.85, which carries the closing session and an hour after it.
Nine hotels within half a mile, and no published rate
Nine directory members sit inside 0.51 straight-line miles of the doors: Inn at the Convention Center at 0.20, Hyatt Regency Portland at 0.22, Motel 6 at 0.22, Hotel Eastlund at 0.23, KEX Hotel at 0.25, Quality Inn Downtown Convention Center at 0.33, Courtyard by Marriott Portland Downtown/Convention Center at 0.38, DoubleTree by Hilton Portland at 0.43 and Crowne Plaza Hotel at 0.44.
None of the nine posts a day rate on the platform. The Portland directory lists 278 properties and prices none of them. The priced cards above sit in a separate set downtown and on the east side.
Parking and transit for a Tuesday
The garage holds 800 spaces and opens at 6:00 a.m. Entry costs $15 for up to 18 hours with no in-and-out privileges, and a dynamic rate of $15 to $25 applies at event entry. Overnight parking is prohibited. MAX light rail stops 300 times a day near the front door, and the Portland Streetcar A Loop arrives at NE MLK and Hoyt every 15 minutes.
