Program
| Thursday, September 3, 2009 | ||
| 8:00-8:15 | Welcome E. Martin, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 8:15-9:00 | Special morning lecture | |
| Scientific sessions | ||
| 1st session | ||
| 9:00-12:45 | Neuroimaging of acquired brain injury | |
| 9:00-9:45 | Intrauterine brain injury | |
| 9:45-10:30 | Peri- and postnatal brain injury | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Motor brain dysfunction: morphology – function relationship | |
| 11:45-12:30 | Encephalitis and related inflammatory brain disorders | |
| 12:30-12:45 | Panel discussion | |
| 12:45-14:15 | Lunch and guided poster tour | |
2nd session | ||
| 14:15-18:00 | Recent advances in developmental brain | |
| 14:15-15:00 | Gray matter: imaging, embryology, genetics | |
| 15:00-15:45 | White matter: imaging, embryology, genetics | |
| 15:45-16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15-17:00 | Pathology and pathogenesis of epilepsy | |
| 17:00-17:45 | Advanced diagnostic imaging of epilepsy E. Widjaja, Toronto, Canada | |
| 17:45-18:00 | Panel discussion | |
| 19:30 | Speakers dinner Sorell Hotel Zürichberg Orellistrasse 21, CH-8044 Zurich Phone +41 (0) 44 268 35 55 www.zuerichberg.ch | |
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| 8:15-9:00 | Special morning lecture Significance of spontaneous brain activity – structure, development and function A. Kleinschmidt, Gif/Yvette, France | |
| Scientific sessions | ||
3rd session | ||
| 9:00-12:45 | Advanced imaging of cognitive brain functions | |
| 9:00-9:45 | Principles of developmental and adaptive changes of neuronal networks in neurocognition | |
| 9:45-10:30 | Development of language functions – normal reading and dyslexia | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Development of number processing – normal calculation and dyscalculia | |
| 11:45-12:30 | Development of higher visual function – normal visual perception and visuo-motor deficits | |
| 12:30-12:45 | Panel discussion | |
| 12:45-14:15 | Lunch and guided poster tour | |
4th session | ||
| 14:15-18:00 | Advanced imaging of brain plasticity Chair: WD. Gaillard, Washington, D.C., USA | |
| 14:15-15:00 | DTI, tractography and connectivity | |
| 15:00-15:45 | DTI and functional imaging in neonates, infants and small children | |
| 15:45-16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15-17:00 | Functional imaging of developmental and adaptive changes in neurocognition | |
| 17:00-17:45 | Reparative plasticity (injury and recovery): What do DTI and functional imaging of prematurely born children tell us? | |
| 17:45-18:00 | Panel discussion | |
19:00 | Meeting point at IMK congress secretariat for social dinner | |
| 19:30 | Social dinner | |
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| 8:15-8:45 | Honorary lecture | |
| 8:45-9:30 | Special topic | |
5th session | ||
9:30-12:15 | Network concepts in epilepsy I | |
| 9:30-10.15 | Neural networks in childhood epilepsy: evidence of and possible implications for treatment | |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee break | |
| 10:45-11:30 | Functional networks underlying epileptic discharges using EEG, fMRI and DTI | |
| 11:30-12:15 | Pathophysiology of childhood absence epilepsy: | |
| 12:15-13:15 | Lunch | |
6th session | ||
| 13:15-15:00 | Network concepts in epilepsy II | |
| 13:15-14:00 | Thalamo-cortical dysrhythmia: diagnostic and therapeutic experience in epilepsy | |
| 14:00-14:30 | Thalamo-cortical dysrhythmia: theoretical modelling H. Proske, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Non-invasive functional neurosurgery using transcranial MR-guided | |
| 15:00 | Farewell E. Martin, Zurich, Switzerland | |
15:30-17:00 | Satellite round table discussion with experts: “Therapy-resistant epilepsy: pathophysiology and related surgical options“
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