It gives me the greatest pleasure to invite you to join us at the next International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases to be held in Toronto from July 5-9, 2016. We are very excited to be hosting this important conference in Toronto as the Congress has been located in Europe for its meetings excepting the inaugural meeting in Vancouver in 2002. We hope to follow in the successful footsteps of the meetings in Vancouver, Istanbul, Naples and Nice. At the meeting in Nice in 2014, it was decided that the Congress would move to a two-year cycle instead of meeting every four years. At that meeting, Toronto won the bid to host the next International Congress in 2016

We have developed robust committees: International, program and local organizing, that are populated by outstanding neuromuscular physicians. The program committee is planning a fabulous program ranging across the spectrum of neuromuscular disorders. We will have sessions on muscular dystrophies, other myopathies, myasthenia gravis, polyneuropathies, spinal cord disorders, and neurofibromatosis to name some of the major themes within the Congress. We will have updates on our understanding of the genetics, pathogenesis, evaluation and treatment of neuromuscular disorders. At the end of this Congress, we hope that attendees feel that they have garnered the most up-to-date information available in neuromuscular disorders.

The members of the local organizing committee are very proud to be hosting the ICNMD2016 and look forward to welcoming you to our city and country. Toronto and its environs are an amazing place to visit. Our multicultural city has many diverse neighborhoods of interest to visitors. Short distances away are wonderful attractions such as Niagara Falls. We also have easy access to the North Country for those who are interested in visiting the Canadian wilderness. The meeting promises to be highly rewarding on a social basis as well as on an intellectual basis.

Please mark in your calendars the dates of the ICNMD2016, July 5 - 9, 2016, so that you may join your colleagues in what we hope will be a fantastic meeting.

Sincerely,

Dr. Vera Bril
Ellen & Martin Prosserman Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases
University Health Network
University of Toronto

http://pednevro.pedkl.si/vesti/2015/09/workshop-on-childhood-dystonia/

GENERAL INFORMATION

LOCAL ORGANISATION AND REGISTRATION

Address:
David Neubauer
Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana
Chair of Paediatrics
Postgraduate Course on Child & Developmental Neurology
Tel: + 386 5229231 

Fax: + 386 5224070

E-mail: david.neubauer@mf.uni-lj.si

Secretary: Ms. Branka Kenda

Tel: + 386 5229226

Fax: + 386 5224070

E-mail: branka.kenda@mf.uni-lj.si

W: http://pednevro.pedkl.si/vesti/2015/03/iii-podiplomski-tecaj-otroske-nevrologije-pton-iii/

VENUES

Day 1 (February 12, 2016) Grand Hotel Union, Miklošičeva 1, Ljubljana, SI

Day 2 (February 13, 2016) University Rehabilitation Institute, Linhartova 51, Ljubljana, SI

Registration fee:

100 Eur

Address: Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana

PTON III

Bank account: SI5601100-6030708380, VAT No:44752385

For Slovenia: 01100-6030708380 (sklic 230-019-15)Davčna: 44752385

ACCOMODATION

The information will follow soon.

GUEST SPEAKERS:

LOCAL ORGANISATION AND REGISTRATION

Jean-Pierre Lin

Evelina Children’s Hospital

London, UK

University of Zagreb, School of Medicine

Zagreb, Croatia

University Medical Centre

Ljubljana, Slovenia

University Institute of Rehabilitation

Ljubljana, Slovenia

University Institute of Rehabilitation

Ljubljana, Slovenia

The impact and prognosis of dystonia in childhood

[Lin]

09.45 – 10.00 discussion

Congenital CMV infection – a common cause of disability

[Mejaški-Bošnjak]

10.45 – 11.30 discussion and coffe break

Inborn erorrs of metabolism presenting with dystonia

[Žerjav – Tanšek]

12.30 – 12.45 discussion

Management of status dystonicus and sever dystonia/spasticity

[Lin]

15.30 – 15.45 discussion

Scoring systems and questionaires for evaluating dystonia

[Groleger – Sršen]

15.30 – 16.15 discussion and coffee break

Dystonia – therapeutic considerations

[Lin]

17.15 – 19.00 discussions and get together

Short presentation of the paediatric part of the institute

[Damjan]

Dyskinetic cerebral palsy

[Damjan]

09.45 – 10.30 discussion and coffee break

Current advances in paediatric movement disorders and video presentations

[Lin]

12.00 – 12.15 discussion

Presentations of difficult cases from Slovenia and discussion on therapeutic possibilities

Welcome to the joint meeting of: 5th International Conference of Cerebral Palsy (ICPC) 28th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood Disability (EACD) 1st Biennial Meeting of the International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability (IAACD)

First ICNA-CNS Central American Pediatric Neurology Meeting. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. September 24 and 25^th-2015 (Primer Congreso Centroamericano organizado por la asociación de Neurología Pediátrica Internacional (ICNA), la Sociedad de Neurología Pediátrica de U.S.A. (CNS) y la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. Septiembre 24 y 25 del 2015. ).

This meeting is organized by the Child Neurology Society (CNS) and International Child Neurology Association (ICNA) in collaboration with “Universidad National Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH)”.

Panel of speakers:

D. Kenton Holden. Professor of Neurosciences and Pediatrics at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSK).

Dr. Robert Rust. Professor of Pediatric Neurology, University of Virginia.

Dr. Debabrata Ghosh. Director, Movement Disorder Clinic and   Associate Professor at Nationwide Children’s Hospital - The Ohio State University.

Dr. Marco Tulio Medina. Director of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) for Latin American, Chair of the International League against Epilepsy for Latin America and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Honduras (UNAH).

Dr. Jose Antonio Samra. Co-Director of the Pediatric Department at the National University of Honduras (UNAH).

Dr. Angel Hernandez. Chief of Neurology, Director, Department for Magneto- Encephalography  and Co-Director for The Jane y John Justin Neurosciences Center, Cook Children Health Care System Fort Worth.

Dr. Jorge Vidaurre. Chair of the International Committee, Child Neurology Society. Director, Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology Program and EEG laboratory at Nationwide Children’s Hospital-The Ohio State University.

Organizer committee:

1.      Dr. Marco Tulio Medina (Honduras)

2.      Dr. Hebel Oziel Urquia Ozorio (Honduras)

3.      Dr. Rene Silva ( El Salvador)

4.      Dr. Ken Holden (USA)

5.      Dr. Jorge Vidaurre (USA)

Dear colleagues and friends, 

It gives us a great pleasure to invite you to participate at our traditional international meetings as are the 3rd Pan-Slavic Congress of Child neurology and 21st CNM Congress to be held as a double event in Dubrovnik in Croatia from 19 – 22 October 2016. Web site: http://en.childneuro2016.eu/ 

This joint congress will cover various challenging aspects of Child neurology, Neonatal Medicine and other fields of medicine in childhood and adolescence.

We are wishing to send our warmest invitation to you to actively participate as a speaker, poster presenter or discussant at sessions of the congress. 

It is a Pan-Slavic and Mediterranean congress but we would like to establish a global bridge between East and West, North and South and experience up-to-date knowledge together with child neurologists, child psychiatrists, paediatricians and many other professionals working in the field of neurological and developmental problems.

We believe it to be a truly outstanding professional performance and we hope you will find the arrangements we are working on most satisfactory. 

We will have many exciting scientific sessions for exchange of knowledge and the program will also cover a wide range of recent advanced issues. 

The congress organizers have tentatively arranged an unforgettable social program for the attendees of the congress and their companions. 

We hope to show you the legendary hospitality of people leaving in a part of cradle of civilisation you hear so much about. 

Dubrovnik as a UNESCO World Heritage Site is an ideal city for a visit since it has a diversity of historical sites and numerous recreational activities to offer. In 1377, it became the first city in the world to develop and implement quarantine legislation, and in 1390 it established the earliest recorded permanent Health Office.

Taking this chance, we thank you in advance for participation in the congress that will never be a success without your presence. 

Finally, please accept our best regards,

Milivoj Velickovic Perat
President of Organizing committee

This year’s DSUK Professional & Family Conference will be held on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th November at the Tower Hotel St Katherine’s Way, London E1W.

The first day will be our inaugural Professional Conference and marks a landmark in our commitment to education and raising awareness among neurologists, epilepsy nurses, researchers and other professionals. This is the only event of its type in the UK and we are confident of its positive impact on all those affected by Dravet Syndrome.

View Professional Day Agenda

Saturday’s Conference is open to all families and will be rounded off by a DSUK party, including a disco and complimentary buffet.

View Family Day Agenda

Please book your places online here. If you require any further information, please email teresa.f@dravet.org.uk

The Sudanese Association of Paediatricians in association with the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA), the African Child Neurology Association (ACNA) and the Sudanese Society of Neuroscience is happy to announce the ICNA educational meeting to be held in Khartoum, Sudan from 28-30 January 2015. The meeting will be held under the kind patronage of His Excellency the Khartoum State Minister of Health. The scientific programme comprising of plenary lectures and workshops. A Nile cruise and trip to the pyramids are also planned as part of the social programme.

http://www.icnapedia.org/explore/articles/announcements/entry/2014/10/01/icna-child-neurology-educational-meeting-in-khartoum-sudan-khartoum

The 11th Pan Arab Child Neurology Conference (PACNA) in collaboration with 19th Annual Conference of Egyptian Society of Child Neuro-Psychiatry (ESCNP) & International Child Neurology Association (ICNA), African Child Neurology Association ( ACNA ) and Both Saudi Epilepsy Society & Saudi Pediatric Neurology Society and 3rd Alexandria Pediatric Neurology Dept. will be held in Palestine Hotel, Alexandria, Egypt from April 1 - 3, 2015
http://www.icnapedia.org/explore/articles/announcements/entry/2014/10/01/11th-pan-arab-child-neurology-conference-pacna

The 13th. International Child Neurology Congress will be held in the city of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguazú River Mouth), Brazil, from  4 to 9 May 2014. This is the second time that an ICNC is held in Latin America the first one being in Buenos Aires, Argentina,  in 1992.

visit the congress website at http://icnc2014.com

The worldwide recognition of Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), or Janz Syndrome, has created confusion about the criteria, treatment in the different age groups, and lifestyle recommendations. Patients with JME still face suboptimal management.

In the past five years many studies in JME patients have provided new insights, which will be addressed in the International Conference on JME held at the Bel Air Hotel, The Hague, The Netherlands on October 26^th - 28^th 2012