Saturday 22 June 33rd International Epilepsy Congress 2019 Sunday Monday 23 June 24 June Tuesday 25 June Wednesday 26 June 08.00-08.30 08.30-09.00 09.00-09.30 09.30-10.00 10.00-10.30 10.30-11.00 11.00-11.30 11.30-12.00 12.00-12.30 12.30-13.00 13.00-13.30 13.30-14.00 14.00-14.30 14.30-15.00 15.00-15.30 15.30-16.00 16.00-16.30 Full-day Half-day s Half-day s WONOEP Highlights IBE Golden Light Forum Award Symposia Satellite Symposia Shops Presidential Symposium Satellite Symposia Award Symposium Platform Shops Neurobiology Symposium Award Symposium Satellite Symposium Award Symposium Platform Shops Special Session: WHO Global Epilepsy Report Satellite Symposium Platform Award Symposia Shops Shop 16.30-17.00 17.00-17.30 17.30-18.00 18.00-18.30 Ask the Experts Shops Debates Ask the Experts Shops Debates Ask the Experts Shop Debates
Saturday 22 June 2019 World Ballroom Convention A1 AB 08.00-08.30 Lotus 1-4 Lotus 5-7 World Ballroom C Lotus Suite Lotus Suite Lotus Suite Lotus Suite Lotus Suite 08.30-09.00 09.00-09.30 09.30-10.00 10.00-10.30 10.30-11.00 : Epilepsy diagnosis : EEG in diagnosing patients with epilepsy (EEG starter) : Pharmacological treatment: starter course : Status epilepticus 11.00-11.30 11.30-12.00 12.00-12.30 12.30-13.00 : Neuroimaging 13.00-13.30 13.30-14.00 14.00-14.30 14.30-15.00 15.00-15.30 15.30-16.00 Special Session: WONOEP Highlights Michael Prize IBE Golden Light Forum 'Epileptic Disorders' Prize Shop: Treatment advances in the childhood epilepsies Shop: Access to treatment in resource poor countries : Epilepsy diagnosis : EEG in diagnosing patients with epilepsy (EEG starter) : Pharmacological treatment: starter course : Status epilepticus 16.00-16.30 16.30-17.00 17.00-17.30 17.30-18.00 18.00-18.30 Optimising management of epilepsy in pregnancy Making the right treatment choices in newly diagnosed epilepsy Childhood comorbidities from mechanism to management Application of genetic studies in epilepsy care: genome wide association studies Impaired conciousness/ awareness in epilepsy: clinical spectrum and mechanistic approaches
Sunday 23 June 2019 Poster Convention A1 World Ballroom AB Lotus 1-4 Lotus 5-7 World Ballroom C Area Set up Shop: Developing new treatments for pediatric epilepsies and seizures from bench to the clinic Session: Focal cortical dysplasia: an update Session: Counselling patients with epilepsy, caregivers and relatives : EEG source imaging part one: theory Shop: The International Epilepsy Curriculum - Collaborative input by the Psychiatry Commission and Psychology Task Force Presidential Symposium 12:00-12:30 12:30-13:00 13:00-13:30 13:30-14:00 Posters Autoimune epilepsies - mechanisms, clinical spectra and treatment Neurobiology Symposium Small patients - big challenges: neonatal seizures Key neuropsychiatric issues in epilepsy and neurological clinical setting Making an imapct by empowering persons with epilepsy 14:00-14:30 14:30-15:00 15:00-15:30 'Epilepsia' Prize - Basic Science 15:30-16:00 16:00-16:30 Paediatrics 1 Comorbidities Neurophysiology Psychosocial issues 1 Genetics 1 16:30-17:00 17:00-17:30 17:30-18:00 18:00-18:30 Take down Shop: Individualized medicine for persons with epilepsy and intellectual disability are we already there? Ask the Expert: Women issues Debate: Should laser interstitial thermal ablation be the treatment of first choice for patients with mesial temporal sclerosis? Debate: Can we rely upon fmri to localize language and memory when planning epilepsy surgery? Shop: Advocacy for epilepsy policies and programs
Monday 24 June 2019 Poster Convention A1 World Ballroom AB Lotus 1-4 Lotus 5-7 World Ballroom C Lotus 10 Area Set up Shop: A double-edged sword: can both over- and underactivation of NMDA-receptors cause seizures and epilepsy? : Infection, inflammation and epilepsy : EEG source imaging part two: hands-on Session: Autoimmune epilepsy clinical diagnosis and treatment: a practical approach : Challenges and solutions in providing epilepsy care Session: Video-session: is this epilepsy or not? Shop: ILAE North America - Gaps and opportunities for collaboration (education, care, research, global health) in the region 12:00-12:30 12:30-13:00 13:00-13:30 13:30-14:00 Posters Update on the management of status epilepticus Update on treatments of childhood epilepsies Pros and cons of AED withdrawal Imaging epileptogenesis of epilepsy across the lifespan Epilepsy in adolescents Special Session: WHO Global Epilepsy Report 14:00-14:30 14:30-15:00 15:00-15:30 'Epilepsia' Prize - Clinical 15:30-16:00 16:00-16:30 Treatment Platform Session Adult epileptology Status epilepticus Surgery Neuroimaging 16:30-17:00 17:00-17:30 17:30-18:00 18:00-18:30 Take down Debate: Should we recommend medical marijuana for treatment of uncontrolled focal seizures? Debate: Can epileptic and psychogenic seizures be more reliably diagnosed in the era of the smartphone? Shop: Ten things every neurologist needs to know about neuropsychological assessment in epilepsy Ask the Experts: Treat this Shop: West Syndrome: Update of diagnoses, etiologies and managements
Tuesday 25 June 2019 Poster Convention A1 World Ballroom AB Lotus 1-4 Lotus 5-7 World Ballroom C Area Set up Shop: Optimizing therapy for Dravet Syndrome: so many choices but what should I pick? : Novel therapies in epilepsy: a brave new world Session: Epileptic encephalopathies : Improving outcomes in drug resistant epilepsy: what more can we do? Session: VIREPA courses: EEG (basic and advanced) Session: Video-session: focal seizures: Shop: Treatment and research gap for children with epilepsy in low and middle income countries 12:00-12:30 12:30-13:00 13:00-13:30 13:30-14:00 Posters Epilepsy surgery: the cutting edge and level of evidence Moving beyond the medical management of epilepsy Shop: ILAE-YES Career Development Session: Career paths in epilepsy - all roads lead to Rome? Neuropsychology: implications for epilepsy surgery Epilepsy in the elderly 14:00-14:30 14:30-15:00 15:00-15:30 'Epilepsia Open' Prize - Basic 'Epilepsia Open' Prize - Clinical 15:30-16:00 16:00-16:30 Paediatrics 2 ILAE-YES Best Abstracts Psychosocial issues 2 Neurophysiology / Basic sciences Genetics 2 16:30-17:00 17:00-17:30 17:30-18:00 18:00-18:30 Take down Debate: Is it advisable to taper medication in well-controlled patients with symptomatic adultonset focal epilepsy? Ask the Experts: Diagnose/classify this Debate: Do the new classifications of seizures and epilepsy improve our ability to classify, diagnose, and treat epilepsy in the clinic? Shop: Generalised epilepsy genetics: distinct syndromes or murky margins?
Wednesday 26 June 2019 World Ballroom AB Lotus 1-4 Lotus 5-7 Session: VIREPA courses: sleep and paediatric EEG : course for neurophysiology technicians Session: Video-session: generalized seizures : Applied technology in the future of epilepsy