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THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014


Opening Session Amos D. Korczyn, Israel; Heinz Reichmann, Germany	Neuroscience and neuroscientists in Berlin Bernd Holdorff, Germany	Debate: Imaging is a promising biomarker of ALS Yes: Eva Feldman, USA


Debate: Imaging is a promising biomarker of ALS Discussion	Debate: Imaging is a promising biomarker of ALS Commentator: Amos Korczyn, Israel

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2014

HALL C – PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD)
Is the traditional
definition of
PD still relevant?
Yes: Anthony Schapira, UK

Diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD)
Is the traditional
definition of
PD still relevant?
No: Amos D. Korczyn, Israel

Diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD)
Is the traditional
definition of
PD still relevant?
Discussion

Diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD)
Is the traditional
definition of
PD still relevant?
Commentator: Jens Volkmann, Germany

Diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD)
Is imaging over-used
in diagnosing
movement disorders?
Yes: Angelo Antonini, Italy

Diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD)
Is imaging over-used
in diagnosing
movement disorders?
No: David Brooks, UK

Diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD)
Is imaging over-used
in diagnosing
movement disorders?
Discussion

Diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD)
Is imaging over-used
in diagnosing
movement disorders?
Commentator:
Irena Rektorova,
Czech Republic

Where does PD begin and how does it progress?
Debate: Is PD
a prion disorder
Yes: C. Warren Olanow, USA

Where does PD begin and how does it progress?
Debate: Is PD
a prion disorder
No: Anthony Schapira, UK

Where does PD begin and how does it progress?
Debate: Is PD
a prion disorder
Discussion

Where does PD begin and how does it progress?
Debate: Is PD
a prion disorder
Commentator: Robert E. Burke, USA

Where does PD begin and how does it progress?
Debate: PD begins in
the peripheral
nervous system
Yes: Heinz Reichmann, Germany

Where does PD begin and how does it progress?
Debate: PD begins in
the peripheral
nervous system
No: Robert E. Burke, USA

Where does PD begin and how does it progress?
Debate: PD begins in
the peripheral
nervous system
Discussion

Where does PD begin and how does it progress?
Debate: PD begins in
the peripheral
nervous system
Commentator: Reinhard Dengler, Germany

PD treatment
Debate: What is the best treatment in
advanced PD?
DBS: Jens Volkmann, Germany

PD treatment
Debate: What is the best treatment in
advanced PD?
Duodopa: Angelo Antonini, Italy

PD treatment
Debate: What is the best treatment in
advanced PD?
Discussion

PD treatment
Debate: What is the best treatment in
advanced PD?
Apomorphine infusion: Fabrizio Stocchi, Italy

PD treatment
Debate: Patients with early morning akinesia should have an apomorphine injection as their
first daily dose
Yes: Stuart H. Isaacson, USA

PD treatment
Debate: Patients with early morning akinesia should have an apomorphine injection as their
first daily dose
No: Claudia Trenkwalder, Germany

PD treatment
Debate: Patients with early morning akinesia should have an apomorphine injection as their
first daily dose
Commentator: Irena Rektorova, Czech Republic

Drug therapies: Evaluation and implementation
Debate: Should levodopa be the initial therapy for PD?
Yes: Fabrizio Stocchi, Italy

Drug therapies: Evaluation and implementation
Debate: Should levodopa be the initial therapy for PD?
No: Heinz Reichmann, Germany

Drug therapies: Evaluation and implementation
Debate: Should levodopa be the initial therapy for PD?
Discussion

Drug therapies: Evaluation and implementation
Debate: Should levodopa be the initial therapy for PD?
Commentator: Roger Barker, UK

Drug therapies: Evaluation and implementation
Debate: Should levodopa be the initial therapy for PD?
Yes: C. Warren Olanow, USA

Drug therapies: Evaluation and implementation
Debate: Should levodopa be the initial therapy for PD?
No: Roger Barker, UK

Drug therapies: Evaluation and implementation
Debate: Should levodopa be the initial therapy for PD?
Discussion

Drug therapies: Evaluation and implementation
Debate: Should levodopa be the initial therapy for PD?
Commentator: Wolfgang Jost, Germany

HALL D – EPILEPSY

Epilepsy diagnosis
Debate: Do many
presumed cryptogenic epilepsies eventually turn out to be immune-mediated?
Yes: Christian Bien, Germany

Epilepsy diagnosis
Debate: Do many
presumed cryptogenic epilepsies eventually turn out to be immune-mediated?
No: Ilan Blatt, Israel

Epilepsy diagnosis
Debate: Do many
presumed cryptogenic epilepsies eventually turn out to be immune-mediated?
Discussion

Epilepsy diagnosis
Debate: Do many
presumed cryptogenic epilepsies eventually turn out to be immune-mediated? Commentator:
William Theodore, USA

Epilepsy diagnosis
Debate: Should epilepsy ever be diagnosed in a person who has had only one seizure?
Yes: Ettore Beghi, Italy

Epilepsy diagnosis
Debate: Should epilepsy ever be diagnosed in a person who has had only one seizure?
No: Kristl Vonck, Belgium

Epilepsy diagnosis
Debate: Should epilepsy ever be diagnosed in a person who has had only one seizure?
Discussion

Counseling patients
with epilepsy
Debate: Do sleep deprivation and stress
bring on seizures?
Yes: Manjari Tripathi, India

Counseling patients
with epilepsy
Debate: Do sleep deprivation and stress
bring on seizures?
No: Ilan Blatt, Israel

Counseling patients
with epilepsy
Debate: Do sleep deprivation and stress
bring on seizures?
Discussion

Counseling patients
with epilepsy
Debate: Do sleep deprivation and stress
bring on seizures?
Commentator: Christian Bien, Germany

Counseling patients
with epilepsy
Debate: Do AED's contribute to suicide risk
in epilepsy?
Yes: Bettina Schmitz, Germany

Counseling patients
with epilepsy
Debate: Do AED's contribute to suicide risk
in epilepsy?
No: Kristl Vonck, Belgium

Counseling patients
with epilepsy
Debate: Do AED's contribute to suicide risk
in epilepsy?
Discussion

Counseling patients
with epilepsy
Debate: Do AED's contribute to suicide risk
in epilepsy?
Commentator: Christian E. Elger, Germany

Epilepsy treatment
Debate: Are all AED's similar in efficacy in newly diagnosed patients with focal epilepsy?
Yes: William Theodore, USA

Epilepsy treatment
Debate: Are all AED's similar in efficacy in newly diagnosed patients with focal epilepsy?
Discussion

Epilepsy treatment
Debate: Are all AED's similar in efficacy in newly diagnosed patients with focal epilepsy?
Commentator: Bettina Schmitz, Germany

Epilepsy treatment
Debate: Should the ketogenic diet ever be advised for adults?
Yes: Michael Sperling, USA - vorgetragen durch Ilan Blatt

Epilepsy treatment
Debate: Should the ketogenic diet ever be advised for adults?
No: Elinor Ben Menachem, Sweden

Epilepsy treatment
Debate: Should the ketogenic diet ever be advised for adults?
Discussion

Epilepsy treatment
Debate: Should the ketogenic diet ever be advised for adults?
Commentator: Martin Holtkamp, Germany

Epilepsy prognosis
Debate: Do patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsies require lifelong AED treatment?
Yes: Manjari Tripathi, India

Epilepsy prognosis
Debate: Do patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsies require lifelong AED treatment?
No: Martin Holtkamp, Germany

Epilepsy prognosis
Debate: Do patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsies require lifelong AED treatment?
Discussion

Epilepsy prognosis
Debate: Do patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsies require lifelong AED treatment?
Commentator: Elinor Ben Menachem, Sweden

Epilepsy prognosis
Debate: Is selective amygdalohippocampectomy inferior to standard resection in temporal lobe epilepsy?
Yes: Ivan Rektor, Czech Republic

Epilepsy prognosis
Debate: Is selective amygdalohippocampectomy inferior to standard resection in temporal lobe epilepsy?
No: Christian E. Elger, Germany

Epilepsy prognosis
Debate: Is selective amygdalohippocampectomy inferior to standard resection in temporal lobe epilepsy?
Discussion

Epilepsy prognosis
Debate: Is selective amygdalohippocampectomy inferior to standard resection in temporal lobe epilepsy?
Commentator: Michael Sperling, USA