Scientific Program - Plenary Lectures Series

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Please see below the CONy Scientific Program. Please click on the appropriate section (ordered by ABC) to view the relevant program. Please note that the program and timing is subject to change. To view the program timetable, please click here
 

THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017 Nikos Skalkotas Hall  (Megaron: The Athens Concert Hall)
8:30-10:30
PLENARY LECTURES: OPENING SESSION
 
Chairs: Amos D. Korczyn, Israel; Konstantinos Vadikolias, Greece
8:30-9:00 Welcome remarks and invitation to CONy 2018
Amos D. Korczyn, Israel; Konstantinos Vadikolias, Greece
9:00-9:30
The role of medical doctors in society: Consulting the new doctors
Panos Zirogiannis, Greece
9:30-10:00 Wellness, coaching and medicine - what do they have in common? 
Ewa Stelmasiak, Poland 
10:00-10:30 Preventing Alzheimer's disease by means of natural selection
Lloyd A. Demetrius, USA
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-13:00 PLENARY LECTURES: BRAIN AND MIND 
Chair: John Tzartos, Greece; Ovidiu Bajenaru, Romania 
11:00-11:30
Antti Revonsuo, Finland
11:30-12:00 Brain and Mind: Who is the puppet and who the puppeteer? 
George Paxinos, Australia
12:00-12:30 Medically unexplained symptoms
Amos D. Korczyn, Israel 
12:30-13:00 Discussion
13:00-13:45 Lunch Break
13:45-16:15 PLENARY LECTURES: UPCOMING THERAPIES
Chair: Panayiotis Vlamos, Greece; Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez, USA
13:45-14:15 The power of next-generation-sequencing  for the diagnosis of neurological disorders 
Heinz Gabriel, Germany
14:15-14:45 Biological nanoparticles-exosomes: novel restorative therapy for neurologic injury and disease
Michael Chopp, USA 
14:45-15:15
Stem cells:  the disappointments, the hurdles, and the promise
Dimitrios Karussis, Israel
15:15-15:45 Secondary stroke prevention 2017: Challenges and future perspectives
Natan Bornstein, Israel
 15:45-16:15 The new antiparkinson drugs: Are they really better?
Laszlo Vecsei, Hungary 
16:15-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 PLENARY LECTURES
Chairs: Jozef Opara, Poland; Weidong Le, China
16:30-17:00
Morris Freedman, Canada
17:00-17:30 Pitfalls of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Evangelos Kontopantelis, Greece / UK
17:30-18:00
Open Access to Research Data
Natalia Manola, Greece

19:00 Welcome Reception


FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017 HALL D

15:00-15:20

LECTURE: HEADACHE
Robert Shapiro, USA

SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 HALL A
 7:00-7:55
E-Poster Presentations (Epilepsy, Alzheimers, Rehabilitation, Sleep, & Miscellaneous)
 
   
 
8:00-10:00 PLENARY LECTURES: DEMENTIA
Chair: Michael Ugryumov, Russia
8:00-8:40 What can genetics teach us about human memory?
Andreas Papassotiropoulos, Switzerland 
8:40-9:20 Are low-risk genes for AD  really important?
Cornelia  M. van Duijn, The Netherlands
9:20-10:00 The tau connection 
Lea Grinberg, USA  / Brazil 
   
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break
   
10:30-11:00 PLENARY LECTURES: DEMENTIA 
Chairs: Ioannis Zaganas, Greece; Joseph Crawford, UK 
10:30-11:00 Nonpharmacological Interventions in dementia
Magda Tsolaki, Greece 
11:00-11:30 Innovative technology for cognitively impaired people
Luiza Spiru, Romania  
11:30-12:00 Why have we  failed to cure AD?
Amos Korczyn, Israel 
   
 12:00-12:55 Dementia Roundtable: Research, innovation and social support in Greece
Chairs: Magda Tsolaki, Greece; Elisabeth Kapaki, Greece
  Dementia prevalence in Greece
Magda Tsolaki

Dementia genetics in Greece: Insights from a large community-based cohort in the island of Crete 
Ioannis Zaganas

Classic and novel CSF biomarkers in Dementia 
Εlisabeth Kapaki

New technologies for supporting patients and caregivers 
Stelios Zygouris

Greek National Action Plan for Dementia and Alzheimer Disease
Paraskevi Sakka

13:00-13:30 POSTER AWARDS & CLOSING CEREMONY 
Chairs: Amos D. Korczyn, Israel; Konstantinos Vadikolias, Greece


SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 HALL B
8:00-10:00
PLENARY LECTURES: EPILEPSY
 
Chairs: A. Mouzak, Greece; Nandan Yardi, India
8:00-8:40
Elinor Ben-Menachem, Sweden 
8:40-9:20 Do antiepileptic drug trials adequately measure efficacy and adverse effects?
Michael Sperling, USA
9:20-10:00 Subdural grid vs. SEEG: Is one better than the other?
Elson So, USA