Scientific Program PNS/INC congress, Rotterdam, June 24-27, 2012 Program committee Amilton Barreira David Cornblath Richard Hughes Bart Jacobs (chair) Satoshi Kuwabara Richard Lewis Michael Lunn Kazim Sheikh Pieter van Doorn Hugh Willison Scientific committee Amilton Barreira David Cornblath Ken Gorson Hans- Peter Hartung Richard Hughes Bart Jacobs (chair) Susumo Kusonoki Satoshi Kuwabara Jean- Marc Leger Richard Lewis Michael Lunn Ingemar Merkies Eduardo Nobile- Orazio Stephen Redell Nortina Shahrizaila Kazim Sheikh Antonino Uncini Peter van den Bergh Leonard van der Berg Ludo van der Pol Pieter van Doorn Ivo van Schaik Hugh Willison Nobuhiro Yuki University Sao Paulo, Brazil Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA University College London, UK Chiba University, Japan Wayne State University, Detroit, USA University Collage London, UK University of Texas, Houston, USA Glasgow University, UK University Sao Paulo, Brazil Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA Heinrich- Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany University College London, UK Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan Chiba University, Japan University Hospital Pitié- Salpêtrière, Paris, France Wayne State University, Detroit, USA University Collage London, UK Spaarne Hospital, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands University of Milan, Milan, Italy Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia University of Malaya, Malaysia University of Texas, Houston, USA G. dánnunzio University, Chieti, Italy Cliniques Universitaires St- Luc, Brussels, Belgium University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Glasgow University, UK National University of Singapore, Singapore Local organizing committee Bart Jacobs Krista Kuitwaard Bianca van den Berg Pieter van Doorn (chair) Marieke van Woerkom Christa Walgaard 1
Sunday (June 24): Registration and Teaching Courses 11:00 Meeting registration 12:00-13:00 13:00-18:30 13:00-13:35 13:35-14:10 14:10-14:30 14:30-15:05 15:05-15:40 15:40-16:00 16:00-16:35 16:35-17:10 17:10-18:30 18:30-20:00 20:00- Lunch Teaching courses (25 minutes talks + 10 minutes discussions) Clinical examination of neuropathy patients David Cornblath (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA) Clinimetrics (outcome measures) of neuropathy patients Sonja van Nes () Electrophysiology of neuropathy patients Richard Lewis (Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA) Anti- ganglioside antibodies in inflammatory neuropathies Susumu Kusunoki (Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan) Treatment for inflammatory neuropathies Mike Lunn (University College London, UK) Predicting outcome in clinical neurology Hester Lingsma () IGOS/I- SID meeting for steering committee and country coordinators Welcome reception (drinks and snacks) GBS/CIDP Foundation International board member dinner (venue TBD) 2
Monday (June 25): Guillain- Barré syndrome (GBS) 08:20-08:30 09:00-09:30 09:30-10:30 10:30-11:00 12:00-12:30 12:30-13:30 13:30-14:45 14:45-15:45 15:45-16:15 16:15-17:15 17:15-18:30 18:30-20:00 20:00- Combined fast and Poster viewing: GBS Welcome Plenary Lecture 1: Update on GBS Simon Rinaldi (Glasgow University, UK) Plenary Lecture 2: Epidemiology of GBS James Sejvar (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA) Platform Session: GBS Plenary Lecture 3: Neurotoxic effects of anti- ganglioside antibodies Keiichiro Susuki (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA) Plenary Lecture 4: Emerging experimental treatments for GBS Kazim Sheikh (University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA) Debating Club: Diagnostic relevance of anti- ganglioside antibodies (2 presentations 10 min + discussion 10 min) David Cornblath (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA) vs. Hugh Willison (Glasgow University, UK) Lunch Selected poster presentations: GBS Poster viewing: GBS Special interest groups: GBS 1. Pathogenesis and biomarkers 2. Treatment and outcome measurements Bike Tour Town Hall reception INC board member dinner (venue TBD) 3
Tuesday (June 26): International Studies, Basic Mechanisms and Pain 09:00-11:00 12:00-13:00 13:00-14:30 14:30-15:45 15:45-16:15 16:15-18:00 18:00-19:00 19:00-22:00 Combined fast and Poster viewing: Basic Mechanisms and Pain Plenary Lecture 5: International collaboration Hubert Endtz (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam; icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh) Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium (INC) 1. IGOS 2. I- SID GBS Study 3. PERINOMS 4. Other INC initiatives Plenary Lecture 6: Pain in neuropathies: basic science and clinical practice Claudia Sommer (University of Würzburg, Germany) Platform Session: Basic Mechanisms and Pain Lunch Symposium: IVIg treatment in CIDP (sponsored by Grifols) Selected poster presentations: Basic Mechanisms and Pain Poster viewing: Basic Mechanisms and Pain INC board member meeting and drinks Dinner cruise (departs from/near LantarenVenster) 4
Wednesday (June 27): Chronic Inflammatory Neuropathies (CIDP, MMN, MGUS, etc.) 09:00-09:30 09:30-10:30 10:30-11:00 12:15-13:45 14:00-15:15 15:15-16:15 16:15-16:45 16:45-18:00 18:00-18:30 18:30-19:30 19:30-23:00 Combined fast and Poster viewing: Chronic Inflammatory Neuropathies Plenary Lecture 7: Update on chronic inflammatory neuropathy Ken Gorson (Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA) Plenary Lecture 8: Biomarkers for inflammatory neuropathies Axel Petzold (UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK) Platform Session: Chronic Inflammatory Neuropathies Plenary Lecture 9: POEMS and VEGF Satoshi Kuwabara (Chiba University, Japan) Debating Club: First and subsequent choice treatments for CIDP (2 presentations 10 min + discussion 10 min) Ivo van Schaik (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) vs. Hans- Peter Hartung (Heinrich- Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany) Lunch Symposium: IVIg treatment in MMN (Sponsored by Baxter) Selected poster presentations: Chronic Inflammatory Neuropathies Poster viewing: Chronic Inflammatory Neuropathies Special interest groups: Chronic Inflammatory Neuropathies 1. Pathogenesis and biomarkers 2. Treatment and outcome measurements Concluding remarks and drinks Farewell dinner, prizes and awards Venue: Koninklijke Roei- en Zeilvereniging De Maas Veerdam 1, Rotterdam 5