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

Programme

Federation approval is for the main meeting not for the satellite symposia.

Day 1
23 September 2021
08:45 — 09:00
Introduction
Prof Matthew Walker – UCL/Institute of Neurology
09:00 — 10:15
Session 1: Advances in technology in epilepsy
09:00 — 09:25
Session 1-1

Advances in MEG: taking it to the clinic

Khalid Hamandi
09:25 — 09:50
Session 1-2

Modelling in epilepsy for predicting epilepsy type to surgical outcome

John Terry
09:50 — 10:15
Session 1-3

Wearable technologies in epilepsy

Mark Richardson
10:15 — 10:30
Comfort Break
10:30 — 10:45
UCB mini symposium
10:45 — 12:45
Session 2: Epilepsy and Sleep
10:45 — 11:15
Session 2-1

Sleep complaints in people with epilepsy

Sophia Eriksson
11:15 — 11:45
Session 2-2

The effect of sleep on epilepsy

Andrew Bagshaw
11:45 — 12:15
Session 2-3

Cognitive performance and sleep in childhood epilepsy

Samantha Chan
12:15 — 12:45
Session 2-4

Differentiating nocturnal seizures from other nocturnal events

Chris Derry
12:45 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 13:45
Zogenix mini symposium
13:45 — 15:45
General platform presentations

Includes the ERUK Celine Newman Prize in neurobiology of epilepsy.

15:45 — 16:00
Comfort Break
16:00 — 16:15
UNEEG mini symposium
16:15 — 16:45
Annual General meeting
16:45 — 17: 45
Keynote lecture

Brain stimulation for refractory epilepsy

Professor Mike Sperling
17:45
Entertainment
18:15
Close of Day 1
Day 2
24 September 2021
09:15 — 09:30
Arvelle mini symposium
09:30 — 10:45
Session 3: Can I control my seizures myself?
09:30 — 09:55
Session 3-1

The placebo effect in epilepsy

Professor Phil Smith, University of Wales, Cardiff
09:55 — 10:20
Session 3-2

Evidence that cognitive processing can effect epilepsy

Umesh Vivekananda
10:20 — 10:45
Session 3-3

Biofeedback for epilepsy

Yoko Nagai
10:45 — 11:00
Comfort Break
11:00 — 11:15
Arvelle mini symposium
11:15 — 12:45
Neurosurgery Network session
12:45 — 13:15
Lunch
13:15 — 13:30
GW mini symposium
13:30 — 15:00
Session 4
13:30 — 13:52
Session 4-1

Possible mechanisms and novel therapies

Liam Gray
13:52 — 14:14
Session 4-2

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

Sallie Baxendale
14:14 — 14:36
Session 4-3

What does imaging tell us about neuropsychological outcomes

Torsten Baldeweg
14:36 — 15:00
Session 4-4

Living with epilepsy and poor memory

Christina Evans
15:00 — 15:15
Comfort Break
15:15 — 15:30
Eisai mini symposium
15:30 — 15:50
Session

Responses of newer AEDs in adults with Intellectual Disability to the general population – results from the UK Ep-ID research register

Rohit Shankar
15:50 — 17:10
Session 5
15:50 — 16:15
Session 5-1

Mechanisms of absence seizures

Vincenzo Crunelli
16:15 — 16:40
Session 5-2

The clinical spectrum of epilepsies with absence seizures

16:40 — 17:05
Session 5-3

How to treat childhood absence seizures

Andrea Whitney
17:10
Close of conference