Virtual - 23-24 Sep, 2021
2021-09-23 08:45:00

Programme

Day 1
23 September 2021
08:45
Introduction
Prof Matthew Walker – UCL/Institute of Neurology
09:00 — 10:30
Session 1: Advances in technology in epilepsy
09:00
Session 1-1

Advances in MEG: taking it to the clinic

Khalid Hamandi
09:30
Session 1-2

Modelling in epilepsy for predicting epilepsy type to surgical outcome

John Terry
10:00
Session 1-3

Wearable technologies in epilepsy

Mark Richardson
10:30
Comfort Break
10:45
Symposium Introduction
11:00 — 13:00
Session 2: Epilepsy and Sleep
11:00
Session 2-1

Sleep complaints in people with epilepsy

Sophia Eriksson
11:30
Session 2-2

The effect of sleep on epilepsy

Andrew Bagshaw
12:00
Session 2-3

Cognitive performance and sleep in childhood epilepsy

Samantha Chan
12:30
Session 2-4

Differentiating nocturnal seizures from other nocturnal events

Chris Derry
13:00
Lunch Break
13:45
Symposium Introduction
14:00
General platform presentations

Includes the ERUK Celine Newman Prize in neurobiology of epilepsy.

15:45
Comfort Break
16:00
Symposium Introduction
16:15
Annual General meeting
16:45
Keynote lecture

Brain stimulation for refractory epilepsy

Professor Mike Sperling
17:45
Close of day 1
Day 2
24 September 2021
09:00
Session 3: Can I control my seizures myself?
09:00
Session 3-1

The placebo effect in epilepsy

Professor Phil Smith, University of Wales, Cardiff
09:30
Session 3-2

Evidence that cognitive processing can effect epilepsy

Umesh Vivekananda
10:00
Session 3-3

Biofeedback for epilepsy

Yoko Nagai
10:30
Comfort Break
10:45
Symposium Introduction
11:00
Neurosurgery Network session
12:30
Lunch Break
13:15
Symposium Introduction
13:30
Session 4
13:30
Session 4-1

Possible mechanisms and novel therapies

Liam Gray
13:42
Session 4-2

The cognitive cost of epilepsy surgery: myths, measures and modifiers

Sallie Baxendale
14:15
Session 4-3

What does imaging tell us about neuropsychological outcomes

Torsten Baldeweg
14:37
Session 4-4

Living with epilepsy and poor memory

Christina Evans
15:00
Comfort Break
15:15
Results from a 5 year study of 1000 patient studies of people with ID vs general population in response to newer AEDs
Rohit Shankar
15:45
Session 5
15:45
Session 5-1

Mechanisms of absence seizures

Vincenzo Crunelli
16:15
Session 5-2

The clinical spectrum of epilepsies with absence seizures

Michael Koutroumanidis
16:45
Session 5-3

How to treat childhood absence seizures

Andrea Whitney
17:15
Close of conference