Scientific Programme 29th Annual Meeting - Digital Edition
The 29th Annual Meeting Scientific Committee established an inspiring and high-quality scientific programme* on the topic "MS at the extremes".
Check out the 32 different lecture topics that will be covered in 8 sessions, spread over 5 consecutive days:
- RIS
- New diagnostic criteria
- Paediatric MS
- Late onset MS
- NMOSD
- Anti-MOG
- Aggressive MS
- Miscellanea/Atypical
* Changes to the programme may apply.
** Al timings CET
Hour Location |
Title | Location |
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17:00 - 17:45 |
Opening & Charcot Lecture Giancarlo Comi, Prof Dr Kazuo Fujihara |
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17:45 - 19:15 |
Session I - RADIOLOGICAL ISOLATED SYNDROME Bernard M.J. Uitdehaag |
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17:45 |
Definition, demographic and natural history Prof Dr Christine Lebrun-Frenay |
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18:05 |
Role of biomarkers Darin T. Okuda |
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18:25 |
Treating RIS? Yes Prof Dr Aksel Siva |
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18:45 |
Treating RIS? No Dr Georgina Arrambide |
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19:05 |
Interactive Q&A Session I |
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19:15 - 20:00 |
Satellite Symposium - Merck |
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20:00 - 20:30 |
ACTRIMS lecture : Autoimmune/paraneoplastic disorders mimicking MS: clinical and imaging features Giancarlo Comi |
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20:00 |
ACTRIMS lecture Amy Kunchok |
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20:25 |
Q&A ACTRIMS Lecture |
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20:30 - 20:35 |
Closing Day 1 Giancarlo Comi |
Hour Location |
Title | Location |
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17:00 - 18:30 |
Session II: NEW DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA Xavier Montalban |
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17:00 |
Optic Nerve as Fifth Site Dr Wallace Brownlee |
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17:20 |
Central vein sign and other MRI signs Dr Martina Absinta |
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17:40 |
Neurofilaments and other body fluids Gavin Giovannoni |
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18:00 |
Role of neurophysiology Letizia Leocani |
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18:20 |
Interactive Q&A Session II |
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18:30 - 19:15 |
Satellite Symposium - Merck |
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19:15 - 20:45 |
Session III : PAEDIATRIC MS Prof Dr Alexey Boyko |
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19:15 |
Immunological aspects Prof Dr Amit Bar-Or |
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19:35 |
Clinical findings Prof Brenda Banwell |
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19:55 |
Cognitive, emotional and affective problems Prof. Maria Pia Amato |
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20:15 |
How to treat paediatric MS Prof Emmanuelle Waubant |
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20:35 |
Interactive Q&A Session III |
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20:45 - 20:50 |
Closing Day 2 Giancarlo Comi |
Hour Location |
Title | Location |
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17:00 - 18:30 |
Session IV: LATE ONSET MS Per Soelberg Sørensen |
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17:00 |
Why so late? (immunosenescence) Marco Salvetti |
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17:20 |
Epidemiology Jan Hillert |
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17:40 |
Very late onset MS and differential diagnosis Jean-Christophe Ouallet |
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18:00 |
Treat or not to treat? Gilles Edan |
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18:20 |
Interactive Q&A Session IV |
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18:30 - 19:15 |
Satellite Symposium - Sanofi-Genzyme |
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19:15 - 20:45 |
Session V: NMOSD Prof Dr Bernhard Hemmer |
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19:15 |
Clinical features and epidemiology Prof Brian Weinshenker |
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19:35 |
Update on immunopathology Prof Douglas Sato Kazutoshi |
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19:55 |
Treatment strategies Ho Jin Kim |
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20:15 |
Seronegative NMOSD Prof Dr Jacqueline Palace |
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20:35 |
Interactive Q&A Session V |
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20:45 - 20:50 |
Closing Day 3 Giancarlo Comi |
Hour Location |
Title | Location |
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16:15 - 17:00 |
Satellite Symposium - MS in the 21st Century |
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17:00 - 18:30 |
Session VI: ANTI-MOG Patrick Vermersch |
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17:00 |
Adult disease Prof Dr Romain Marignier |
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17:20 |
Paediatric disease Prof Dr Silvia Tenembaum |
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17:40 |
Pathophysiology Dr Yoshiki Takai |
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18:00 |
Treatment strategies Prof Dr Paul Friedemann |
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18:20 |
Interactive Q&A Session VI |
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18:30 - 19:15 |
Satellite Symposium - Roche |
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19:15 - 20:45 |
Session VII: AGGRESSIVE MS Ludwig Kappos |
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19:15 |
Defining aggressive MS Prof Dr Mark S. Freedman |
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19:35 |
The role of pathologist Hans Lassmann |
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19:55 |
MRI findings Christian Enzinger |
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20:15 |
Treatment Hans-Peter Hartung |
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20:35 |
Interactive Q&A Session VII |
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20:45 - 20:50 |
Closing Day 4 Giancarlo Comi |
Hour Location |
Title | Location |
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17:00 - 17:45 |
Satellite Symposium - Janssen |
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17:45 - 19:15 |
Session VIII: MISCELLANEA/ATYPICAL Ariel Miller |
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17:45 |
Leuco-cortical and cortical forms Dr Bruce Trapp |
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18:05 |
Does the benign form really exists? Maria Trojano |
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18:25 |
The isolated endophenotypes Prof Paul Matthews |
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18:45 |
Can we consider discontinuing MS DMT? Prof Dr John Corboy |
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19:05 |
Interactive Q&A Session VIII |
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19:15 - 20:00 |
Satellite Symposium - BMS |
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20:00 - 20:45 |
Closing & Young Investigators Awards |