Kuopio Epilepsy Symposium 2020
March 26-27, 2020
Program
Virtual symposium
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UPDATED 26.3.2020 7.22
Thursday, March 26, 2020 | |
| Opening Ceremony | |
| 09.00 - 09.15 | Welcome |
| Emergency treatment and status epilepticus | |
| Chairperson: Anne-Mari Kantanen | |
| 09.15 - 09.40 | Recent progress in the field of status epilepticus I Simon Shorvon |
| 09.40 - 10.20 | Recent progress in the field of status epilepticus II Simon Shorvon |
| 10.25 - 10.55 | Optimizing the emergency medical services to reduce delays in SE |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Role of EEG in diagnosis and management of status epilepticus Sandor Beniczky (commented by Esa Mervaala) |
| 12.05 - 12.35 | How to predict the outcome of SE and how to evaluate who to treat ? |
| 12.45 - 13.45 | Lunch break |
| Hot topics in developing diagnostics of epilepsies | |
| Chairpersons: Ville Leinonen | |
| 13.45 - 14.15 | Automated seizure detection using wearable devices Sandor Beniczky (commented by Jukka Peltola) |
| 14.15 - 14.45 | Plasma biomarkers in epilepsy Noora Puhakka |
| 14.45 - 15.15 | Biomarkers of drug-response in epilepsy |
| 15.15 - 15.45 | Coffee break |
| 15.45 - 16.15 | Automated lesion detection of cortical malformations Sophie Adler |
| 16.15 - 16.45 | Epilepsy in the COVID19 pandemic |
| 17.00 - 18.00 | First Meeting of ILAE-YES (Young Epilepsy Section) Finland Special quest ILAE-YES European representative Caroline Neuray |
Friday, March 27, 2020 | |
| 08.00 - 08.30 | Meeting of Epilepsy Society |
| Personalized medicine | |
| Chairpersons: Salla Lamusuo and Tuire Lähdesmäki | |
| 08.30 - 09.00 | Building an ecosystem for developing capabilities in Rare Diseases and New Treatment Modalities |
| 09.00 - 09.30 | Genetic epilepsies and their current diagnostics Dennis Lal |
| 09.30 - 10.00 | Targeted treatments on the basis of genetic diagnosis |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Coffee break |
| 10.30 - 10.50 | Tuberosis sclerosis and mTOR-inhibitors |
| Difficult epilepsy and EPICARE | |
| Chairpersons: Liisa Metsähonkala and Auli Siren | |
| 11.00 - 12.00 | Plenary lecture |
| Update of epilepsy research in Finland: selected abstracts | |
| Chairpersons: Henna Jonsson and Riikka Mäkinen | |
| 12.00 - 12.15 | I - Predicting infantile spasms syndrome after perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy by neonatal neuroimaging and neurophysiology |
| 12.15 - 12.30 | II - Status epilepticus is a strong predictor of unfavorable outcome for elderly population after subarachnoid hemorrhage |
| 12.30 - 12.45 | III - Video-based home examination system captures seizures not observed with traditional seizure diaries in patients with refractory epilepsy |
| 12.45 - 13.00 | IV - Impaired short-interval intracortical inhibition in EPM1 - correlation with genotype |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch break |
| Natural course and current treatments of rare and complex epilepsies | |
| Chairpersons: Johanna Annunen-Rasila and Päivi Olsen | |
| 14.00 - 14.20 | Dravet's syndrome and fenfluramine and cannabinoids Eija Gaily |
| 14.20 - 14.40 | Brivaracetam and perampanel Reina Roivainen |
| 14.40 - 15.00 | Outcome of epilepsy surgery Leena Jutila |
| 15.00 - 15.20 | Outcome of VNS and DBS Jukka Peltola |
| 15.20 -15.40 | Ketogenic diet - also for adults ? Jarkko Kirjavainen |
| Awards ceremony | |
| 15.40 -15.50 | Vaajasalo Foundation Young Investigator Award |
| 15.50 - 16.00 | Closing of the Kuopio Epilepsy 2020 Symposium Program Co-Chair Reetta Kälviäinen |