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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Alzheimer's disease & other Dementias | Epilepsy | Headache | History of Neurology in Poland |
Multiple Sclerosis | Neuroimmunology | Neuropathy |
Plenary Lectures Series | Rehabilitation | Stroke | Wilson's disease |
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09:00-10:30
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OPENING SESSION
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Chairs: Amos Korczyn, Israel & Jaroslaw Slawek, Poland
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09:00-09:25 | Welcome remarks: Jaroslaw Slawek, Poland & Amos Korczyn, Israel | ||
09:25-09:30 | Welcome remarks: Urszula Fiszer, Poland | ||
09:30-10:00 | Pale Rider: Laura Spinney, France | ||
10:00-10:30 | Is free will only an illusion? Daniel Drubach, USA | ||
10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | ||
11:00-13:00
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PLENARY LECTURES - ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (AD)
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Chairs: Grzegorz Kozera, Poland & Weidong Le, China
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11:00-11:30 | How robotic technology can help in long term care of dementia patients?: Konrad Rejdak, Poland | ||
11:30-12:00 | Transmission of human AD: Virginia M. Y. Lee, USA | ||
12:00-12:30 | Pharmacological treatment of AD in the year 2028: Ezio Giacobini, Switzerland | ||
12:30-13:00 | Why have we failed to cure AD? Amos Korczyn, Israel | ||
13:00-13:45 | Lunch Break | ||
13:45-16:15 | PLENARY LECTURES - GENETICS | ||
Chair: Vladimir Donath, Slovakia & Grzegorz Opala, Poland | |||
13:45-14:15 |
The roads to decode the genetic architecture of neurodegenerative diseases: Ornit Chiba-Falek, USA
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14:15-14:45 | Are tau strains significant in human disease? John Trojanowski, USA | ||
14:45-15:15 | Clinical genetics of tauopathies: Zbigniew Wszolek, USA | ||
15:15-15:45 | Insights from genomic analysis of neurodegeneration: John Hardy, UK | ||
15:45-16:15 | Gene therapy in neurological diseases: Krystof Bankiewicz, USA | ||
16:15-16:35 | Coffee Break | ||
16:35-17:35 | PLENARY LECTURES – THE CHALLENGES | ||
Chair: Alenka Horvat, Slovenia | |||
16:35-17:05 | Challenges for neurology in the informatics era: Richard Frackowiak, France | ||
17:05-17:35 |
Freedom for the prisoners of research journals: Vitek Tracz, UK
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07:00-07:50 | E-Poster Presentations | ||
08:00-08:30 | Presentation of the CONy "Excellence in Neurology" Award To be presented by Jaroslaw Slawek, Poland Awardee: Zbigniew Wszolek, USA |
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13:00-13:15 | CLOSING CEREMONY: Amos Korczyn, Israel & Jaroslaw Slawek, Poland Invitation to CONy 2019: Jaime Kulisevsky, Spain Poster Awards |
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