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Thursday, September 3, 2009
 
8:00-8:15

  Welcome
E. Martin, Zurich, Switzerland

8:15-9:00

 

Special morning lecture
Normal pre- and postnatal brain development
J. Barkovich, San Francisco, USA

  Scientific sessions

    1st session
9:00-12:45

 

Neuroimaging of acquired brain injury
Chair: N. Girard, Marseille, France

9:00-9:45

 

Intrauterine brain injury
D. Prayer, Vienna, Austria

9:45-10:30

 

Peri- and postnatal brain injury   
M. Rutherford, London, United Kingdom

10:30-11:00

 

Coffee break

11:00-11:45

 

Motor brain dysfunction: morphology – function relationship       
I. Krägeloh-Mann, Tübingen, Germany

11:45-12:30

 

Encephalitis and related inflammatory brain disorders    
A. Rossi, Genoa, Italy

12:30-12:45

 

Panel discussion        
N. Girard, Marseille, France

12:45-14:15

 

Lunch and guided poster tour
Postersession 1 and 2

   
2nd session
14:15-18:00

 

Recent advances in developmental brain
Anomalies & epilepsy
Chair: C. Raybaud, Toronto, Canada

14:15-15:00

 

Gray matter: imaging, embryology, genetics
J. Barkovich, San Francisco, USA

15:00-15:45

 

White matter: imaging, embryology, genetics
C. Raybaud, Toronto, Canada

15:45-16:15

 

Coffee break

16:15-17:00

 

Pathology and pathogenesis of epilepsy
R. Spreafico, Milan, Italy

17:00-17:45

 Advanced diagnostic imaging of epilepsy
E. Widjaja, Toronto, Canada

17:45-18:00

 

Panel discussion   
C. Raybaud, Toronto, Canada

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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Friday, September 4, 2009

 
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
Chair: L. Jäncke, Zurich, Switzerland

9:00-9:45

 

Principles of developmental and adaptive changes of neuronal networks in neurocognition
L. Jäncke, Zurich, Switzerland

9:45-10:30

 

Development of language functions – normal reading and dyslexia
D. Brandeis, Zurich, Switzerland

10:30-11:00

 

Coffee break

11:00-11:45



 

Development of number processing – normal calculation and dyscalculia
K. Kucian, Zurich, Switzerland

11:45-12:30


 

Development of higher visual function – normal visual perception and visuo-motor deficits
P. Klaver, Zurich, Switzerlan

12:30-12:45

 

Panel discussion
L. Jäncke, Zurich, Switzerland

12:45-14:15

 

Lunch and guided poster tour
Postersession 3 and 4

   
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
J. Hennig, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

15:00-15:45

 

DTI and functional imaging in neonates, infants and small children
L. Hertz-Pannier, Paris, France

15:45-16:15

 

Coffee break

16:15-17:00

 

Functional imaging of developmental and adaptive changes in neurocognition
WD. Gaillard, Washington, D.C., USA

17:00-17:45

 

Reparative plasticity (injury and recovery): What do DTI and functional imaging of prematurely born children tell us?
L. Ment, New Haven, CT, USA

17:45-18:00

 

Panel discussion
WD. Gaillard, Washington, D.C., USA

 19:00
 Meeting point at IMK congress secretariat for social dinner

 19:30 

Social dinner

Zunfthaus zur Meisen
Münsterhof 20, CH-8001 Zurich
Tel. +41 (0) 44 211 21 44
www.zunfthaus-zur-meisen.ch


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Saturday, September 5, 2009 

 
8:15-8:45

 

Honorary lecture
10th biennial congress of the ESMRN
J. Valk, Amsterdam, Netherlands

8:45-9:30

 

Special topic
Network concepts in normal brain function
and in functional brain disorders
R. Llinás, New York, USA

   
5th session

9:30-12:15

 

Network concepts in epilepsy I
Chair: D. Brandeis, Zurich, Switzerland

9:30-10.15

 

Neural networks in childhood epilepsy: evidence of and possible implications for treatment
M. Siniatchkin, Kiel, Germany

10:15-10:45

 

Coffee break

10:45-11:30

 

Functional networks underlying epileptic discharges using EEG, fMRI and DTI
L. Michels, Zurich, Switzerland

11:30-12:15

 

Pathophysiology of childhood absence epilepsy:
from genes to neural networks   
V. Crunelli, Cardiff, United Kingdom

12:15-13:15

 

Lunch

   
6th session
13:15-15:00

 

Network concepts in epilepsy II
Chair: L. Michels, Zurich, Switzerland

13:15-14:00

 

Thalamo-cortical dysrhythmia: diagnostic and therapeutic experience in epilepsy
D. Jeanmonod, Zurich, Switzerland

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
high intensity focused ultrasound
E. Martin, Zurich, Switzerland

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“

Members of the pannel discussion:
E. Boltshauser, D. Brandeis, V. Crunelli, D. Jeanmonod, P. Klaver,
I. Krägeloh-Mann, R. Llinás, L. Michels, Ch. Raybaud, A. Rossi,
B. Schmitt, M. Siniatchkin, R. Spreafico, H. Weiner, E. Widjaja,
D. Zumsteg

The round table is open to all interested colleagues.

 


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