Scientific Program - Plenary Lectures Series
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
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Adamantiades-Behçet's disease | The Brain and Mind in Greek Philosophy | Contursi Kindred |
Dementia |
Epilepsy |
Headache | Multiple Sclerosis | Neuroimmunology |
Plenary Lectures Series
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Rehabilitation / Sleep | Stroke |
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8:30-10:30
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PLENARY LECTURES: OPENING SESSION
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Chairs: Amos D. Korczyn, Israel; Konstantinos Vadikolias, Greece
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8:30-9:00 | Welcome remarks and invitation to CONy 2018 Amos D. Korczyn, Israel; Konstantinos Vadikolias, Greece |
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9:00-9:30 |
The role of medical doctors in society: Consulting the new doctors
Panos Zirogiannis, Greece
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9:30-10:00 | Wellness, coaching and medicine - what do they have in common? Ewa Stelmasiak, Poland |
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10:00-10:30 | Preventing Alzheimer's disease by means of natural selection Lloyd A. Demetrius, USA |
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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
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11:30-12:00 | Brain and Mind: Who is the puppet and who the puppeteer? George Paxinos, Australia |
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12:00-12:30 | Medically unexplained symptoms Amos D. Korczyn, Israel |
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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 |
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14:15-14:45 | Biological nanoparticles-exosomes: novel restorative therapy for neurologic injury and disease Michael Chopp, USA |
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14:45-15:15 |
Stem cells: the disappointments, the hurdles, and the promise
Dimitrios Karussis, Israel |
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15:15-15:45 | Secondary stroke prevention 2017: Challenges and future perspectives Natan Bornstein, Israel |
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15:45-16:15 | The new antiparkinson drugs: Are they really better? Laszlo Vecsei, Hungary |
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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
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17:00-17:30 | Pitfalls of systematic reviews and meta-analyses Evangelos Kontopantelis, Greece / UK |
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17:30-18:00 |
Open Access to Research Data
Natalia Manola, Greece
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19:00 | Welcome Reception |
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15:00-15:20 |
LECTURE: HEADACHE |
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Robert Shapiro, USA |
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7:00-7:55 | E-Poster Presentations (Epilepsy, Alzheimers, Rehabilitation, Sleep, & Miscellaneous) |
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8:00-10:00 | PLENARY LECTURES: DEMENTIA Chair: Michael Ugryumov, Russia |
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8:00-8:40 | What can genetics teach us about human memory? Andreas Papassotiropoulos, Switzerland |
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8:40-9:20 | Are low-risk genes for AD really important? Cornelia M. van Duijn, The Netherlands |
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9:20-10:00 | The tau connection Lea Grinberg, USA / Brazil |
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10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break | ||
10:30-11:00 | PLENARY LECTURES: DEMENTIA Chairs: Ioannis Zaganas, Greece; Joseph Crawford, UK |
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10:30-11:00 | Nonpharmacological Interventions in dementia Magda Tsolaki, Greece |
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11:00-11:30 | Innovative technology for cognitively impaired people Luiza Spiru, Romania |
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11:30-12:00 | Why have we failed to cure AD? Amos Korczyn, Israel |
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12:00-12:55 | Dementia Roundtable: Research, innovation and social support in Greece Chairs: Magda Tsolaki, Greece; Elisabeth Kapaki, Greece |
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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
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13:00-13:30 | POSTER AWARDS & CLOSING CEREMONY Chairs: Amos D. Korczyn, Israel; Konstantinos Vadikolias, Greece |
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8:00-10:00
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PLENARY LECTURES: EPILEPSY
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Chairs: A. Mouzak, Greece; Nandan Yardi, India
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8:00-8:40 |
Elinor Ben-Menachem, Sweden
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8:40-9:20 | Do antiepileptic drug trials adequately measure efficacy and adverse effects? Michael Sperling, USA |
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9:20-10:00 | Subdural grid vs. SEEG: Is one better than the other? Elson So, USA |