Programme

TimeTitle
07:00-08:30Workshop 1
a. Epilepsy and driving D/A/CH
Jan Remi (DE), Michael Feichtinger (AT), Günter Krämer (DE), NN (CH)

b. EEG and Video-EEG for Beginners
Friedhelm C. Schmitt (DE) und S. Beniczky (DK)
09:00-09:20Welcome
09:20-10:50Modern Monitoring and Wearables in Epilepsy
Management

Chair: Eugen Trinka (Salzburg, AT), Ekaterina Pataraia (Vienna, AT)
09:20-09:40Seizure forecasting and Cycling Pattern in Epilepsy
Andreas Schulze-Bonhage (Freiburg, DE)
09:50-10:10Ultra-longterm EEG Monitoring
Guido Rubboli (Dianalund, DK)
10:20-10:40Wearables in Epilepsy Management
Christoph Baumgartner (Vienna, AT)
10:50-11:20Coffee break
11:20-12:50Late-onset Epilepsies
Chair: Hermann Stefan (Erlangen, DE), Lukas Imbach (Zürich, CH)
11:20-11:40Seizures in Alzheimer Disease
Fabio Rossini (Salzburg, AT)
11:50-12:10Brain Tumour Associated Epilepsies
Hermann Stefan (Erlangen, DE)
12:20-12:40Seizures after stroke
Marian Galovic (Zürich, CH)
12:50-13:30Lunch
13:30-15:00Early-onset Epilepsies
Chair: Georgia Ramantani (Zürich, CH) , Alexandre Datta (Basel, CH)
13:30-13:50Neonatal Status epilepticus – Causes and Management
Ronit Pressler (London, UK)
14:00-14:20Diagnosis and Treatment of Sodium Channel Mutation associated Epilepsies – Dravet Syndrome and Beyond
Elena Gardella (Dianalund, DK)
14:30-14:50Management of TSC
Georgia Ramantani (Zürich, CH)
15:00-15:30Coffee break
15:30-17:00Update on latest ASMs
Chair: Eugen Trinka (Salzburg, AT), Margitta Seeck (Geneva, CH)
15:30-15:50Newer ASMs: do they hold what they promise?
Simona Lattanzi (Ancona, IT)
16:00-16:20Therapeutic Drug Monitoring with new ASMs – Do we need it, or is it waste of money?
Bernd Steinhoff (Kork, DE)
16:30-16:50Impact of ASM on Brain Health – Cognition, Learning, Memory, and Mood
Chris Tailby (AU)
17:00-18:00Industry Speed Dating I

TimeTitle
07:00-08:30Workshop 2
Hands on course pharmacotherapy of drug-resistant
childhood epilepsies
Thomas Bast, Kork, Germany und Georgia Ramantani, Zürich, Switzerland

Ictal Semiology and involved brain regions
Hermann Stefan, Erlangen, Germany und Alexandar Ristic, Belgrad, Serbia
08.40-09.00Epilepsy Quiz
Günter Krämer (Zürich, CH)
09:00-10:30EEG in the 21st Century
Chair: Michael Feichtinger, Christoph Baumgartner (Vienna, AT)
09:00-09:20Clinical Utility of EEG in Epilepsy – Diagnosis, Treatment and Outcome Prediction
Margitta Seeck (Geneva, CH)
09:30-09:50One EEG, one read – A manifesto towards reducing interrater variability among experts
Sandor Beniczky (Dianalund, DK)
10:00-10:20EEG-DICOM becomes Reality
Clemens Lang (Vienna, AT)
10:30-11:00Coffee break
11:00-12:30Emergency Therapies
Chair: Eugen Trinka (Salzburg, AT), Friedhelm C. Schmitt (DE)
11:00-11:20REST – for early treatment of prolonged Seizures and Seizure Cluster
Eugen Trinka (Salzburg, AT)
11:30-11:50First Seizure Clinics and Long-Term outcomes
Pia DeStefano (Geneva, CH)
12:00-12:20First Seizure Management in Children
Alexandre Datta (Basel, CH)
12:30-14:00Lunch
14:00-15:30Biomarkers in Epilepsy
Chair: Alexandar Ristic (Belgrade, RS), Fabio Rossini (Salzburg, AT)
14:00-14:20Serum Biomarker in Seizure and Status epilepticus
Silvia Bozzetti (Bolzano, IT)
14:30-14:50EEG Biomarker in Clinical Trials
Caroline Neuray (Ghent, BE)
15:00-15:20MRI in acute seizures and Status epilepticus
Pilar Bosque Varela (Salzburg, AT)
15:30-16:00Coffee break
16:00-17:30Varia
16:00-16:20
Update Neurostimulation – More of the same or are we getting there?
Lukas Imbach (Zürich, CH)
16:30-16:50Case Studies in Epilepsy
Christian Tilz (DE)
17:00-17:20Epilepsy Quiz
Günter Krämer (Zürich, CH)
17:30-18:00Industry Speed Dating II
19:00Abendessen

TimeTitle
07:00-08:30Workshop 3
a. Video-EEG and SEEG for Connoisseurs
Ekaterina Pataraia (AT)

b. MRI in Epilepsy: crash course in reading and interpreting
Petr Marusic (CZ) and Giorgi Kuchukhidze (AT)
09:00-10:30Generalised Epilepsies and Sleep
Chair: Giorgi Kuchukhidze (Salzburg, AT), Guido Rubboli (Dianalund, DK)
09:00-09:20Epilepsy and Sleep
Jan Remi (Munich, DE)
09:30-09:50Drug Treatment in DEEs – caveats and pitfalls
Thomas Bast (Kork, DE)
09:50-10:10Neuroimaging in IGEs
Bernardo Pimentel (Vienna, AT)
10:10-10:30Coffee break
10:30-12:00Seizures or not?
10:30-10:50Biological basis and phenomenology of Functional/Dissociative Seizures
NN
11:00-11:20Management of Functional/Dissociative Seizures
Julia Höfler (Salzburg, AT)
11:30-11:50Long Term Prognosis of Functional/Dissociative Seizures
NN
12:00-12:20Coffee break
12:20-14:00Back to the Future
Chair: Eugen Trinka (Salzburg, AT), Margitta Seeck (CH)
12:20-12:40Future of MRI in Epilepsy
Susanne Knake (Marburg, DE)
12:50-13:10Future of EEG in Epilepsy
Pieter van Mierlo (Ghent, BE)
13:20-13:50Future of medical therapies in Epilepsy
Matthias Koepp (London, UK)
14:00Valedictum und Farewell