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
11:30 - 12:30
Satellite Symposium - Bristol Myers Squibb - It’s Time to Look at the Whole Picture—from Brain Atrophy & Cognitive Impairment to Disease Progression
12:30 - 13:30
Light Lunch & Poster Viewing Session I
13:30 - 13:45
Opening & Introduction
13:45 - 14:15
XXXI ECF Lecture - Otto Hommes Opening Lecture: Remyelination and the Clinical Course of Multiple Sclerosis: Advances and Uncertainties
Bruno Stankoff
14:15 - 15:45
Session I - Setting the Scene
Prof. Dr Hans Lassmann
14:15 - 14:35 Updates on Pathophysiology of MS
Tanja Kuhlmann
 
14:35 - 14:55 Variability of Recovery from Attacks (New Lesions): Epidemiological Evidences
Prof. Dr Fred Lublin
 
14:55 - 15:15 Why remyelination fails in MS?
Wee Yong
 
15:15 - 15:35 Role of Neuron/Axon, Astrocytes and Microglia in the Recovery Processes
Prof. Dr Hans Lassmann
 
15:35 - 15:45 Q&A
 
15:45 - 17:15
Session II - Factors Influencing Recovery
Prof Dr William M Carroll
15:45 - 16:05 Age (from Pediatric to Late Onset Disease)
Dr Jorge Correale
 
16:05 - 16:25 Lessons from other CNS Inflammatory Diseases
Prof. Dr Amit Bar-Or
 
16:25 - 16:45 Lessons from Spinal Cord Injury: Navigating Degeneration and Recovery
Patrick Freund
 
16:45 - 17:05 Effects of Comorbidities
Emmanuelle Leray
 
17:05 - 17:15 Q&A
 
17:15 - 18:15
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing Session II
18:15 - 19:15
Satellite Symposium - Sanofi - MS is Silent if we Aren’t Listening and Invisible if we Aren’t Looking … Uncover the Invisible
19:15 - 20:00
Scientific Networking Cocktail
Hour
Location
Title Location
08:30 - 10:00
Session III - From In Vitro to In Vivo Studies
Prof. Dr Hans-Peter Hartung
08:30 - 08:50 What Do We Need from Animal Models to Understand and Improve Cellular Therapies in Humans?
Prof. Dr Paolo Muraro
 
08:50 - 09:10 A New Animal Model to Study Mechanisms and Treatments for Progressive MS
Kenneth Smith
 
09:10 - 09:30 In Silico Studies
Francisco Javier Quintana
 
09:30 - 09:50 Pitfalls and Learnings from Biopharmaceutical Studies of Potential Interventions to Enhance Recovery
Shibeshih Belachew
 
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
Prof. Dr Alan Thompson
10:30 - 10:50 Interventions on Vision
Axel Petzold
 
10:50 - 11:10 Interventions on Spinal Cord
Anne Kerbrat
 
11:10 - 11:30 Biomarkers and New Imaging Modalities for Protection and Repair
Prof Dr Peter Calabresi
 
11:30 - 11:50 Clinical Outcome Measures
Prof. Dr Ludwig Kappos
 
11:50 - 12:00 Q&A
 
12:00 - 12:50
Satellite Symposium - Merck - PIRA in Practice: Our Evolving Understanding and Clinical Impact
13:00 - 14:00
Light Lunch & Poster Viewing Session IV
14:00 - 15:30
Session V - Measures to Study Recoverty
Prof. Dr Xavier Montalban
14:00 - 14:20 Magnetic Resonance Imageing (MRI)
Douglas L. Arnold
 
14:20 - 14:40 Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Benedetta Bodini
 
14:40 - 15:00 Functional Measures (Eps, OCT, DMOs)
Prof. Dr Letizia Leocani
 
15:00 - 15:20 Could Patients Reported Outcomes Contribute to Measure Recovery in MS?
Prof. Dr Patrick Vermersch
 
15:20 - 15:30 Q&A
 
15:30 - 17:00
Session VI - Present and Future Drugs
Prof. Dr Jacqueline Palace
15:30 - 15:50 Remyelinating Treatment
Ari J. Green
 
15:50 - 16:10 Treatment Targeting Astrocytes and Microglia
Katerina Akassoglou
 
16:10 - 16:30 Is Cortical Demyelination a Therapeutic Target?
Dr Bruce Trapp
 
16:30 - 16:50 Inflammatory Synaptopathy as a Novel Pharmacological Target in MS
Prof Diego Centonze
 
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 Genetic Contributions to MS Severity and Heterogeneity
Adil Harroud
18:15 - 19:15
Satellite Symposium - Roche - Federated Learning: Are We on the Cusp of a New (Approach to) Understanding Biological & Clinical Data?
Hour
Location
Title Location
8:30 - 10:00
Session VII: Other Interventions to Enhance Recovery
Prof. Dr Maria Trojano
8:30 - 8:50 Advanced Cell Therapeutics
Prof. Dr Stefano Pluchino
 
8:50 - 9:10 Neuromodulation (Magnetic, Electric)
Prof. Dr Friedemann Paul
 
9:10 - 9:30 Electric Stimulation of the Optic Nerve
Céline Louapre
 
9:30 - 9:50 Lifestyle Interventions
Prof. Maria Pia Amato
 
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
Prof. Dr Per Soelberg Sørensen
11:00 - 11:20
Physical Rehabilitation
Dr Giampaolo Brichetto
11:20 - 11:40 Cognitive Rehabilitation
John De Luca
 
11:40 - 12:00 Combination, Home Interventions, Gamification, Others
Luca Prosperini
 
12:00 - 12:20 Patient Involvement for Effective Rehabilitation
Usman Khan
 
12:20 - 12:30 Q&A
 
12:30 - 13:00
Concluding Remarks
Prof. Giancarlo Comi
13:00 - 14:00
Light Lunch