2023 JOINT Pre-ECTRIMS COURSE

The European Charcot Foundation, in collaboration with Med-Ex Learning and Fondazione Prada-Human Brains, will be holding a course both on-site and virtually, prior to the ECTRIMS Congress.

Scientific Programme

Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 | 10:00 - 17:30

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10:00 - Welcome & Opening - Chair: G. Comi (Italy) and X. Montalban (Spain)

Session I - Advancements in understanding Multiple Sclerosis - Chair: G. Comi (Italy)

• 10:15 - Lecture I: Is the Epstein Barr Virus the trigger and/or the driver of MS? - G. Giovannoni (UK)
• 10:35 - Lecture II: Tissue-resident immune cells in the pathogenesis of MS - H. Lassman (Austria)
• 10:55 - Lecture III: MRI biomarkers of progression in MS - C. Granziera (Switzerland)

11:15 - Coffee Break

• 11:45 - Lecture IV: Discontinuing MS treatments in a stable disease: yes, or no? - M. Tintorè (Spain)
• 12:05 - Lecture V: Current and future treatments in Relapsing MS - X. Montalban (Spain)
• 12:25 - Lecture VI: Current and future treatments in Progressive MS - G. Comi (Italy)
• 12:45 - Lecture VII: Enhancing myelin repair - B. Stankoff (France)

13:05 - Q&A

13:30 - Lunch

Session II - Burning questions in MS - Chair: X. Montalban (Spain)

• 14:30 - Discussion I: PIRA: mechanistic or statistical construct? - C. Tur (Spain) - F. Lublin (USA)
  
• 15:00 - Lecture VIII: Immunosenescence: friend or foe? - V. Van Pesch (Belgium)
• 15:20 - Lecture IX: Cognition in MS - M. P. Amato (Italy)
• 15:40 - Lecture X: Digital medicine in MS - L. Leocani (Italy)
• 16:00 - Lecture XI: Use of Artificial intelligence in predicting prognosis in MS: values and limits - A.Eshaghi (UK)

16:20 - Round Table: Observational real-world studies in MS: usefulness and criticism - J. Hillert (Sweden), T. Kalinchik (Australia), A. Signori (Italy), M.Trojano (Italy)

16:50 - Q&A

17:20 - Wrap-up

17:30 - End of the day

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Accreditation

The 2023 Joint Pre-ECTRIMS course, Milan, Italy 10/10/2023 - 10/10/2023, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 5.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.”

“Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applictations .

“Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.”

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You can consult and download the Scientific Programme (PDF Version) here.

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