Annual Scientific Meeting

ILAE UK Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting – 2008, 9-11 July, Dundee

Preliminary Programme

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Wednesday 9th July

9.00 onwards Registration and coffee

10.30-12.30 Genetics and its relevance to Clinical Practice
Chairing Session: Richard Roberts
Speaker:  Neeti Hindocha - Ion Channel and Chromosomal disorders
Speakers Norman Delanty - Pharmacogenetics
Speakers:Michael Johnson - Complex inheritance in Epilepsy

12.30-14.00 Lunch
Satellite

14.00-16.00 ILAE UK Chapter and Epilepsy Research UK Basic Science Session supported by Intercapital
Chairing Session: Liam Gray, Graeme Sills, Matthew Walker
Submitted topics

16.00-16.30 Tea

16.30-17.15 ILAE UK Chapter – Excellence in Epilepsy Award
Chairing Session: John Duncan
Presented to: David Chadwick - Clinical Research and Epilepsy

17.30-19.00 Satellite

19.00-20.30 Epilepsy Research UK Evening Lecture

 

Thursday 10th July

08.00-10.00 UK Epilepsy Neurosurgery Network Meeting: Case discussions
Chairing Session: Liam Gray, William Harkness, Nandini Mullatti
Theme 1: Epilepsy Surgery involving the posterior half of the brain
Theme 2: New and innovative treatments in Epilepsy Surgery

08.30-09.30 ILAE UK Chapter GP Society meeting: Speakers & round-table discussion
Chairing Session: Henry Smithson
'How GPs offer care in a variety of NHS systems: Managed networks, PBC, GPSI and what can we learn from each other?'

10.00-10.30 Coffee

10.30-12.30 GABA and Epilepsy: from the receptor to the clinic
Chairing Session: Matthew Walker
Speakers: Jerry Lambert - GABA receptors: A Review
Speakers: John Jefferys - Depolarization and GABA
Speakers: Martin Brodie - GABAergic AEDs

12.30-14.00 Lunch
Satellite

14.00-16.00 Intracranial EEG Monitoring – different approaches
Chairing Session: Yvonne Hart
Speakers: Matthew Walker - Review of EEG Basics
Speakers: Beate Diehl - 'The Cleveland Approach'
Speakers: Patrick Chauvel - 'The Marseille Approach'

16.00-17.30 Tea and Poster viewing

17.30-19.00 Satellite

20.00 Gala Dinner

 

Friday 11th July

08.00-09.00 Epilepsy Action Session
An Embarrassment of Riches or Just an Embarrassment?
A debate on the Future of Epilepsy Care, chaired by John Paul Leach – Consultant Neurologist, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow and presented by Epilepsy Action

09.00-10.00 Gowers and Abstract Prize Winning Presentations
Chairing Session: John Duncan
    Gowers Winners:
        Young Physician award
        Health Professional award
        Medical Student award
    Abstract Winners (x2)

10.00-10.15 Coffee

10.15-12.30 Non-epileptic attacks and dissociative seizures
Chairing Session: Phil Smith
Speakers: Jon Stone - Epidemology
Speakers: Rod Duncan - Clinical Observations
Speakers: Markus Reuber - Conversational Analysis
Speakers: John Mellers - Management

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.00-13.30 AGM

13.30-15.00 Provision of care
Chairing Session: John Paul Leach
Speakers: Ailsa McLellan - Managed Clinical Networks for Epilepsy
Speakers Tom MacDonald - Measurement of adherence

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