CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGISTS SHERATON MIRAGE RESORT, SOUTHPORT, QUEENSLAND

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1 13 th CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGISTS SHERATON MIRAGE RESORT, SOUTHPORT, QUEENSLAND October 4-7, 2009 The next Clinical Neurophysiology Workshop will be held at the Sheraton Mirage Resort, October 4-7, Workshop registration will be on Sunday October 4 from noon pm. The Workshop will include sessions on common clinical disorders, muscle disease, evoked responses, neuropathies, movement disorders and neuromuscular disease and include case presentations, scheduled as in the program. It is planned to have a session of free communications as posters. As usual, the format will be relaxed and informal and conclude Wednesday afternoon when the usual closing ceremony will be held. The programme is enclosed. Overseas guest speakers will be David Cornblath Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA Satoshi Kuwabara Professor and Chief of Neurology Department, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan The Registration fee is $600 (incl. GST) until 31 July 2009 and $700 (incl. GST) thereafter. Registration will include access for registrant and partner to the Barbecue (Sunday evening), dinner (Tuesday evening) and Closing Get Together and, for the registrant, morning and afternoon tea and lunch (Monday-Wednesday). The registration fee does not meet the costs of catering and venue, and there is no special rate for trainees or technicians Accommodation: A discount rate of $235/night (incl. GST) for single or twin will be available at the Resort for those attending the Workshop. You are responsible for organizing your own accommodation with the Resort (or elsewhere), but will be asked to notify us if you are staying at the Resort (because we have reserved rooms). To make you accommodation booking on-line go to Deadlines: Registration at reduced rate by 31 st July 2009 Abstracts by 31 st July 2009 Advanced trainees (affiliated with ANZAN) and full-time PhD students will be offered a $200 reduction in their registration fee on acceptance of their abstract for presentation at the meeting. To ensure that you are on the mailing list please notify Mary Sweet of your interest (fax: [02] or <m.sweet@med.usyd.edu.au>). Abstracts of free communications for the poster session can be submitted now. The full program and registration forms will appear on the ANZAN website shortly Matthew Kiernan Ian Maxwell David Burke 11 March 2009

2 13 th CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGISTS SHERATON MIRAGE RESORT, SOUTHPORT, QUEENSLAND October 4-7, 2009 Sunday October 4 Noon-1.45 Registration Ian Maxwell: Welcome EMG case reports Chair: Lyn Kiers Discussants: Jeff Blackie, Cecilia Cappelen-Smith, Karl Ng, Arun Krishnan Hands-on Demonstration Session and Coffee ElizabethWalker, Mark Hersch, Lyn Kiers 6.00 Barbeque Monday October 5 Invited Lecture: David Cornblath Chair: Bill Carroll Electrodiagnosis and Clinical Practice Coffee 9.45 Richard Frith: The piriformis syndrome does it exist? Matthew Kiernan: The use of proximal studies Tim Day: Diagnosis of lower limb plexopathy Movement Chair: Con Yiannikas Phil Cremer: The dizzy patient Michael Hayes: My approach to facial palsy and spasm Victor Fung: Stiff person syndrome Lunch ALS Chair: Phil King 2.00 Satoshi Kuwabara: ALS and the split hand 2.30 Garth Nicholson: Developments in the genetics of ALS 3.00 Rob Henderson: Prognosis and the assessment of motor unit loss in ALS Coffee Autonomic Function Chair: Alan McDougall 3.35 Judy Spies: The assessment of autonomic failure 4.00 Mark Thieben: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome 4.30 John O Sullivan: Botulinum toxin and hyperhidrosis.

3 Julian Rodrigues: What I have learned this year.. John O Neill: What I have forgotten this year.. Evening Free Tuesday October Central function Chair: Victor Fung 8.30 Con Yiannikas: Multi-focal VEP 9.00 Gary Thickbroom: Cortical motor plasticity 9.30 Richard Macdonell: TMS and epilepsy phenotypes Peter Silburn: Developments in deep brain stimulation Coffee EEG findings (video, slides) Chair: Armin Mohamed Discussants: Elizabeth Walker, John Archer, Simon Harvey, John Dunne Lunch and Poster Viewing Poster Discussion David Cornblath and Satoshi Kuwabara Neuropathy Chair: Heather Johnson 2.30 Monique Ryan: Hereditary neuropathy 3.00 Bruce Day: The acute neuropathies 3.30 Mark Farragher: Critical care neuromyopathy 4.00 Cindy Lin: Porphyric neuropathy and the madness of King George Coffee Quiz Chairs: Elizabeth Walker, Richard Frith and Dean Kilfoyle 7.00 for 7.30 Dinner Wednesday October Invited Lecture: Chair: Matthew Kiernan Satoshi Kuwabara: Immunopathogenesis of Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndromes Inflammatory neuropathy Chair: Richard Macdonnell 9.30 David Cornblath: Electrodiagnosis of demyelination Bruce Taylor: Multifocal motor neuropathy Pam McCombe: My approach to CIDP Coffee Neuromuscular disease Chair: Keith Lethlean Steve Reddel: My approach to myasthenia Alistair Corbett: The muscular dystrophies in adulthood Steve Vucic: Cervical nerve root stimulation Bruce Brew: HIV and neuromuscular disease

4 Lunch Varia Chair: Mark Hersch 2.00 Merrillee Needham: Inclusion body myositis 2.25 Stacey Jankelowitz: MGUS and neuropathy 2.50 Miriam Welgampola: New techniques for balance disorders 3.15 Phil King: Common sleep disorders 4.00 pm Closing Ceremony

5 OVERSEAS VISITING SPEAKERS: Satoshi Kuwabara Professor and Chief of Neurology Department, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan David Cornblath Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA AUSTRALASIAN CHAIRS AND SPEAKERS: John Archer Jeff Blackie Bruce Brew Bill Carroll Cecilia Cappelen-Smith Alistair Corbett Phillip Cremer Bruce Day Tim Day John Dunne Richard Frith Victor Fung Mark Faragher Simon Harvey Michael Hayes Robert Henderson Mark Hersch Stacey Jankelowitz Heather Johnston Matthew Kiernan Lyn Kiers Dean Kilfoyle Phil King Arun Krishnan Keith Lethlean Cindy Lin Richard Macdonell Ian Maxwell Pam McCombe Alan McDougall Armin Mohamed Merrillee Needham Karl Ng Garth Nicholson John O Neill John O Sullivan Steve Reddel Julian Rodrigues Monique Ryan Peter Silburn Judy Spies Bruce Taylor Gary Thickbroom Mark Thieben Steve Vucic Elizabeth Walker Miriam Welgampola Con Yiannikas

6 REGISTRATION FORM and TAX INVOICE CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGISTS (ABN ) SHERATON MIRAGE RESORT, SOUTHPORT, QUEENSLAND October 4-7, 2009 ============================================ Name:... Address:......Postcode: Telephone:... Fax: 1. Registration $600 (GST inclusive) Late Registration (after 31 st July 2009) $700 (GST inclusive) 2. Attendance at barbeque Sunday, 4 October at 6.00 pm Yes/No Table wines to be purchased by consumers. 3. Attendance at official dinner Tuesday, 6 October Yes/No at 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm. Table wines to be purchased by consumers. Partner attendance: Yes/No 4. Do you agree to your name, city and state being included in a list for distribution to sponsors (e.g., John Smith, Melbourne, Vic) Yes/No 5. Please notify accommodation requirements but do not send money for accommodation Discount rate of $235/night (includes GST): Standard Room Yes/No Children: nil/one/two In:.. Out:. You must book accommodation with the Resort yourself at Please make cheques for registration ($600) payable to "Clinical Neurophysiology Workshop", and forward with completed form to: Ms Mary Sweet Office of Research and Research Training Medical Foundation Building K25 The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Telephone: (02) or Fax: (02) DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF REGISTRATION PAYMENT AND FOR ABSTRACTS IS 31 ST JULY 2009

7 13 TH BIENNIAL CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP PREPARATION OF ABSTRACTS Abstracts should be prepared in accordance with Clinical Neurophysiology format. Abstracts must be in correct English form, each typed double-space on a separate page, and no longer than 200 words. Each abstract should be preceded by title, author(s) name(s), name of one institution where the work was done (not more than 5 words), city and country. One hard copy of your abstract should be submitted and when possible it should also be submitted by . Your abstract should be sent to: Ms Mary Sweet Office of Research and Research Training Medical Foundation Building K25 The University of Sydney NSW m.sweet@med.usyd.edu.au

8 13 th CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGISTS SHERATON MIRAGE RESORT, SOUTHPORT, QUEENSLAND October 4-7, 2009 Buffet breakfast morning and afternoon teas and lunch will be provided each day of the Workshop. Attendance at the barbeque and dinner will only be available if pre-booked to avoid unnecessary costs. All meals are fully funded and children are welcome to attend the Barbeque. The Dinner will be in the main ballroom and there will be a band and after dinner dancing etc. Please indicate the numbers Sunday Barbecue: adults Children Tuesday Conference Dinner: adults Name:..