Scientific Programme

The 31th Annual Meeting Scientific Committee established an inspiring programme* on the topic "Promoting and measuring recovery in MS"

* Changes to the programme may apply.

Hour
Location 		Title Location
10:00 - 11:00
 Satellite Symposium
11:15 - 12:15
 Satellite Symposium
12:15 - 13:30
 Light Lunch & Poster Viewing Session I
13:30 - 13:45
 Opening & Introduction
13:45 - 14:15
 XXXI ECF Lecture
14:15 - 15:45
 Session I - Basic studies
14:15 - 14:35 Updates on Pathophysiology of MS
  
14:35 - 14:55 Variability of Recovery from Attacks (new lesions): Epidemiological Evidence
  
14:55 - 15:15 Remyelination Failure
  
15:15 - 15:35 Role of Neuron/Axon, Astrocytes and Microglia in the Receovery Process
  
15:35 - 15:45 Q&A
  
15:45 - 17:15
 Session II - Factors Influencing Recovery
15:45 - 16:05 Age (From Pediatric to Late Onset Disease)
  
16:05 - 16:25 Lessons from other CNS Inflammatory Diseases
  
16:25 - 16:45 Lessons from Traumatic, Vascular and Degenerative Brain and Spinal Cord Diseases
  
16:45 - 17:05 Effects of Comorbidities
  
17:05 - 17:15 Q&A
  
17:15 - 18:15
 Coffee Break & Poster Viewing Session II
18:15 - 19:15
 Satellite Symposium
19:15 - 20:00
 Scientific Networking Cocktail
Hour
Location 		Title Location
07:30 - 08:30
 Satellite Symposium
08:30 - 10:00
 Session III - From In Vitro to In Vivo Studies
08:30 - 08:50 How Animal Models May Help to Understand Mechanisms of Recovery
  
08:50 - 09:10 Animal Models to Study Effects of Cellular Therapies
  
09:10 - 09:30 In Silico Studies
  
09:30 - 09:50 What Pharma Companies Need to Advance Studies on Potential Intervention to Enhance Recovery
  
09:50 - 10:00 Q&A
  
10:00 - 10:30
 Coffee Break & Poster Viewing Session III
10:30 - 12:00
 Session IV - Clinical Trial Design in Interventions to Enhance Recovery
10:30 - 10:50 Interventions on optic Nerve
  
10:50 - 11:10 Interventions on Spinal Cord
  
11:10 - 11:30 Global Interventions
  
11:30 - 11:50 Clinical Outcome Measures
  
11:50 - 12:00 Q&A
  
12:00 - 13:00
 Satellite Symposium
13:00 - 14:00
 Light Lunch & Poster Viewing Session IV
14:00 - 15:30
 Session V - Measures to Recoverty
14:00 - 14:20 Magnetic Resonance Imageing (MRI)
  
14:20 - 14:40 Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
  
14:40 - 15:00 Functional Measures (Eps, OCT, DMOs)
  
15:00 - 15:20 Could Patients Reported Outcomes contribute to measure recovery in MS
  
15:20 - 15:30 Q&A
  
15:30 - 17:00
 Session VI - Therapeutic Target
15:30 - 15:50 Remyelinating Treatment
  
15:50 - 16:10 Treatment Targeting Astrocytes and Microglia
  
16:10 - 16:30 Is Cortical Demyelination a Therapeutic Target?
  
16:30 - 16:50 Inflammatory synaptopathy as a novel pharmacological target in MS
  
16:50 - 17:00 Q&A
  
17:00 - 17:20
 Coffee Break
17:20 - 17:30
 Announcement Young Investigator Award Winners
17:30 - 18:00
 Actrims Lecture
18:15 - 19:15
 Satellite Symposium
Hour
Location 		Title Location
07:15 - 07:30
 Light Breakfast & Coffee
07:30 - 08:30
 Satellite Symposium
8:30 - 10:00
 Session VII: Other Interventions to Enhance Recovery
8:30 - 8:50 Advanced Therapeutics
  
8:50 - 9:10 Neuromodulation (Magnetic, Electric)
  
9:10 - 9:30 Electric Stimulation of the Optic Nerve
  
9:30 - 9:50 Lifestyle Interventions
  
9:50 - 10:00 Q&A
  
10:00 - 10:30
 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
 Young Investigator Awards
11:00 - 12:30
 Session VIII - Rehabilitation
11:00 - 11:20 Physical
  
11:20 - 11:40 Cognitive
  
11:40 - 12:00 Combination, Home Interventions, Gamification, Others
  
12:00 - 12:20 Patient Involvement for Effective Rehabilitation
  
12:20 - 12:30 Q&A
  
12:30 - 13:00
 Concluding Remarks
13:00 - 14:00
 Lunch