at Wallenberg center
Hosted by the City of Gothenburg and Region Västra Götaland
PROGRAM
Wednesday March 29, 9.00-12.00 - Pre-Course
Johan Zelano and Francesco Brigo
Conference room: Europa, Wallenberg Center
09.00-09.15 Welcome
Francesco Brigo, Johan Zelano
09.15-10.00 Diagnosis of epilepsy in the context of other brain disease: application of the ILAE definition
Johan Zelano
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-11.15 Treatment of symptomatic seizures and structural epilepsies: a methodological journey
Francesco Brigo
11.15-11.30 Drug resistant structural epilepsy
Francesco Brigo
11.30-12.00 Health impact of different acquired epilepsies – an introduction
Johan Zelano
12.00 Lunch
for delegates at the pre-course
Wednesday March 29, 13.00-17.00 - STESS conference
Conference room: Wallenbergsalen
Session 1: Preclinical / epileptogenesis / disease modification
13.00-13.10 Opening remarks
Francesco Brigo and Johan Zelano
13.10-13.50 The immune system in epileptogenesis
Alberto Vogrig, Italy
13.50-14.30 Mechanisms of epileptogenesis in preclinical studies
Emilio Russo, Italy
14.30-15.00 Coffee break
15.00-15.40 Modulating epileptogenesis: past and present human trials
Eugen Trinka, Austria
15.40-16.20 Is there familial vulnerability for symptomatic epilepsies?
Jakob Christensen, Denmark
16.30-17.00 Platform session: Preclinical / epileptogenesis / disease modification
16.30 Prenatal exposure to valproate and other antiseizure medication and risk of epilepsy in children of affected mothers
Julie W Dreier
16.45 Brain injury markers in blood in a regional epilepsy cohort
Sarah Akel
17.00-17.45 Diagnosis and treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, Dravet syndrome and seizures associated with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Sponsored by JAZZ Pharmaceuticals
Welcome & Introduction
Professor Morten Lossius, SSE Oslo, Norway
Diagnosis and treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, Dravet syndrome and seizures associated with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Dr Katri Silvennoinen, Kuopio University Hospital, Dept. of Neurology, Finland
Clinical practice & closing remarks
Professor Morten Lossius, SSE Oslo, Norway
17.45-19.30 Welcome reception
at Wallenberg center
Hosted by the City of Gothenburg and Region Västra Götaland
Thursday March 30 - STESS Conference
Session 2: Risk factors and biomarkers
09.00-09.40 The value of EEG as biomarker of epileptogenesis and seizures recurrence in different acquired epilepsies
Carla Bentes, Portugal
09.40-10.20 Reperfusion therapies and the risk of poststroke epilepsy
Petra Redfors, Sweden
10.20-10.50 Coffee break
10.50-11.30 The immune reaction as a potential biomarker in epilepsy
Christine Ekdahl, Sweden
11.30-12.00 Platform session: Risk factors and biomarkers
11.30: Is revascularization in ischemic stroke associated with risk of post-stroke epilepsy?
Mads Q Ebbesen
11.45: Risk factors for post-stroke seizures following revascularization therapies: Data from the population of Modena, northern Italy
Niccolò Orlandi
12.00-12.25 Lunch
12.25-13.25 Epilepsy and dementia
Sponsored by Eisai AB
Welcome & Introduction
Clinical neurophysiologist Troels W. Kjaer, Denmark
Epilepsy/hyperexcitability in neurodegenerative diseases
Professor Anita Kamondi, Budapest, Hungary
Imaging biomarker of disease progression in epilepsy and AD
Professor Matthias J Koepp, London, UK
Discussion and closing remarks
All. Chairperson: Dr Troels W. Kjaer, Denmark
Session 3: Diagnosis, treatment and prognosis
13.25-14.05 Serum biomarkers for the diagnosis of structural acquired epilepsies
Laura Abraira, Spain
14.05-14.35 Tailored ASM selection in acquired epilepsy based on big data
Johan Zelano, Sweden
14.35-15.00 Coffee break
15.00-15.40 Predicting treatment resistance in acquired epilepsies
Simona Lattanzi, Italy
15.40-16.20 Prognosis of symptomatic epilepsies: the impact on survival
Rob Rouhl, The Netherlands
16.20-17.10 Platform session
16.20 Risk of epilepsy after a first post-traumatic seizure
Markus Karlander
16.35: RISE score: a predictive tool to assess the risk of epilepsy after aneurismatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
Daniel Campos-Fernández
16.50: Prediction of long-term unprovoked seizures after status epilepticus in structural lesions
Estevo Santamarina
Friday March 31 - STESS Conference
Session 4: Prognosis continued, Hot topics
09.00-09.40 Drug withdrawal in structural epilepsies
Morten Lossius, Norway
09.40-10.20 Epilepsy surgery for symptomatic epilepsies
Reetta Kälviäinen, Finland
10.20-10.50 Coffee break
10.50-11.30 Seizures in and after brain infections
Ley Sander, UCL, UK.
11.30-12.00 NORSE and FIRES in adults and children - Do we need to think differently?
Ronny Wickström, Sweden
12.00-12.15 Closing remarks
Johan Zelano and Francesco Brigo
12.15 Lunch
Last update: 2023-03-21
