Program Masterclass 2026 – Norway
Venue: Scandic Holmenkollen Park Hotel, Oslo
08:20–08:30 – Welcome day 2
Chair, day 2: Christian Eckmann, Oslo, Norway
08:30–10:30 – Case presentations
10:30–10:50 – Coffee break
10:50–11:10 – How useful are the many prognostic scores in SE?
Line Bédos Ulvin, Oslo, Norway
11:10–11:30 – Blood biomarkers for posttraumatic epilepsy
Hild Flatmark Sødal, Oslo, Norway
11:30–11:45 Coffee break
11:45–12:10 – Refractory and superrefractory SE – which therapeutic strategy to choose when we are out of guidelines?
Erik Taubøll, Oslo, Norway
12:10–12:40 – How to identify and treat prolonged functional/dissociative seizures?
Karl Sallin, Stockholm, Sweden?
12:40–13:00 – Anti-inflammatory drug treatment in the early phase – how fast, how long?
Ronny Wickström, Stockholm, Sweden
13:00–14:00 - Lunch
14:00–14:30 – Palliative care when seizures cannot be stopped
Reetta Kälviäinen, Kuopio, Finland
14:30–14:50 – Discussion on palliative care
Discussion chair; Reetta Kälviäinen, Kuopio, Finland
14:50–15:05 - Coffee break
15:05–15:45 – Research in epilepsy in the Nordic countries. The Masterclass network as a way into epilepsy research
10 min short presentation from each country
15:45–16:05 – Evaluation of the 3-year Masterclass. A wish for a “Masterclass alumni”?
All
16:05–16:10 – Closing of the meeting
Erik Taubøll, Oslo, Norway
