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Name Country Symposia Chair Symposia Title Date Time   Title of Talk
Arnold Munnich France PL01 Plenary Speaker Dealing with the coming tsunami of whole genome sequencing May-05 08:00-09:00 **Not Supplied**
Alan Mackay-Sim Australia PL02 Plenary Speaker What can we reasonably expect from stem cell therapy- beyond the hype and the hope? May-05 09:00-10:00 **Not Supplied**
Patrice L. Weiss Israel PL03 Plenary Speaker The new technologies in neurorehabilitation May-06 08:00-09:00 **Not Supplied**
Orvar Eeg-Olofsson Sweden PL04 Plenary Speaker The impact of brain maturation on EEG development in childhood and some electroclinical syndromes May-06 09:00-10:00 **Not Supplied**
Naila Zaman Khan Bangladesh PL05 Plenary Speaker Lessening the burden of neurological disorders in low resource settings: A ground level perspective May-07 08:00-09:00 **Not Supplied**
Sheffali Gulati India PL06 Plenary Speaker Establishing a program for neuro-developmental disorders in resource constrained settings: Opportunities and challenges May-07 09:00-10:00 **Not Supplied**
Adré Jacques du Plessis USA PL07 Plenary Speaker Fetal Neurology: An emerging subspeciality? May-08 08:00-09:00 **Not Supplied**
Steven Paul Miller Canada PL08 Plenary Speaker Brain injury in the newborn - Importance of the everyday May-08 09:00-10:00 **Not Supplied**
Heather Mefford USA S01 Speaker Focal Epilepsies - Advances in Genetics May-05 10:30-12:30 How to approach molecular testing of focal epileptic encephalopathies 
Ingrid Scheffer Australia S01 Chair Focal Epilepsies - Advances in Genetics May-05 10:30-12:30 Familial focal epilepsy with variable foci – a common molecular focal epilepsy
Rima Nabbout France S01 Speaker Focal Epilepsies - Advances in Genetics May-05 10:30-12:30 Migrating focal seizures of infancy, a genetic epileptic encephalopathy
Shinichi Hirose Japan S01 Speaker Focal Epilepsies - Advances in Genetics May-05 10:30-12:30 Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy – not just a disorder of nicotinic receptors
Francisco E.C. Cardoso Brazil S02 Speaker Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders May-05 10:30-12:30 Sydenham's chorea: What in new in this old disorder?
Hilla Ben-Pazi  Israel S02 Chair Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders May-05 10:30-12:30 Should PANDAS/ CANS be considered separate entity?
Michael R Pranzatelli USA S02 Speaker Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders May-05 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Russell Dale Australia S02 Speaker Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders May-05 10:30-12:30 pathophysiologic role of anti-NMDA, anti-VGKC and anti-dopamine receptor autoantibodies
Ingrid Tein Canada S03 Chair Neurometabolic Disorders - Treatment Update May-05 10:30-12:30 Treatment update in fatty acid oxidation disorders
Linda DeMeirleir Belgium S03 Chair Neurometabolic Disorders - Treatment Update May-05 10:30-12:30 Treatment update in lysosomal storage disorders
Rose-Mary Boustany Lebanon S03 Speaker Neurometabolic Disorders - Treatment Update May-05 10:30-12:30 Treatment update in neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
Salvatore DiMauro USA S03 Speaker Neurometabolic Disorders - Treatment Update May-05 10:30-12:30 Treatment update in mitochondrial disorders
Adam Kirton USA S04 Chair Brain Stimulation in Children - Neurophysiology and Therapeutics May-05 10:30-12:30 Brain Stimulation
Alexander Rotenberg USA S04 Speaker Brain Stimulation in Children - Neurophysiology and Therapeutics May-05 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Donald Gilbert USA S04 Speaker Brain Stimulation in Children - Neurophysiology and Therapeutics May-05 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
JP Lin UK S04 Speaker Brain Stimulation in Children - Neurophysiology and Therapeutics May-05 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Heung Dong Kim South Korea S05 Chair Genetics in Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy May-06 10:30-12:30 Genetics in infantile epileptic encephalopathy
Hoon-Chul Kang Japan S05 Speaker Genetics in Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy May-06 10:30-12:30 Genetic mechanisms underlying developmental brain malformations in infantile epilepsy
Ingrid Scheffer Australia S05 Speaker Genetics in Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy May-06 10:30-12:30 Dravet Syndrome: Update in 2013
Shinichi Hirose Japan S05 Chair Genetics in Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy May-06 10:30-12:30 Spectrum of PCDH19 Mutations
Yuwu  Jiang China S05 Speaker Genetics in Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy May-06 10:30-12:30 Expanding genetic and molecular targets of epilepsy in infancy
Bwee-Tien Poll-The The Netherlands S06 Speaker Leukoencephalopathies May-06 10:30-12:30 Peroxisomal leukoencephalopathy
Deborah Renaud USA S06 Chair Leukoencephalopathies May-06 10:30-12:30 Leukoencephalopathies associated with macrocephaly
Sakkubai Naidu USA S06 Speaker Leukoencephalopathies May-06 10:30-12:30 Clinical approach to leukodystrophies
Hans Forssberg Sweden S07 Speaker Cerebral Palsy May-06 10:30-12:30 Motor Dysfunctions in Cerebral Palsy based on Used Induced Plasticity
Michael Johnston USA S07 Chair Cerebral Palsy May-06 10:30-12:30 Neuroprotection to reduce incidence of CP
Michael Shevell Canada S07 Speaker Cerebral Palsy May-06 10:30-12:30 Heterogeniety of CP Population Based Perspectives
Pratibha Singhi India S07 Chair Cerebral Palsy May-06 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
David Rothner USA S08 Speaker Childhood Headaches: Current Treatments and Research May-06 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Eric M. Pearlman USA S08 Speaker Childhood Headaches: Current Treatments and Research May-06 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Kenneth Mack USA S08 Chair Childhood Headaches: Current Treatments and Research May-06 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Marco Antônio Arruda Brazil S08 Speaker Childhood Headaches: Current Treatments and Research May-06 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Matti Sillanpää Finland S08 Speaker Childhood Headaches: Current Treatments and Research May-06 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Andrew Kornberg Australia S09 Chair Paediatric Demyelinating and Multiple Sclerosis May-07 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Angelo Ghezzi Italy S09 Speaker Paediatric Demyelinating and Multiple Sclerosis May-07 10:30-12:30 Therapy in Paediatric MS
Brenda Banwell USA S09 Speaker Paediatric Demyelinating and Multiple Sclerosis May-07 10:30-12:30 Environmental and Genetic Factors in Paediatric MS
Evangeline Wassmer UK S09 Chair Paediatric Demyelinating and Multiple Sclerosis May-07 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Lauren Krupp USA S09 Speaker Paediatric Demyelinating and Multiple Sclerosis May-07 10:30-12:30 Neuropsychology of Pediatric MS 
Marc Tardieu France S09 Speaker Paediatric Demyelinating and Multiple Sclerosis May-07 10:30-12:30 Paediatric MS and Demyelinating disorders
Silvia Tenembaum Argentina S09 Speaker Paediatric Demyelinating and Multiple Sclerosis May-07 10:30-12:30 Paediatric MS and Demyelinating disorders
Tanuja Chitnis USA S09 Speaker Paediatric Demyelinating and Multiple Sclerosis May-07 10:30-12:30 Therapy in Paediatric MS
Jonathan Mink USA S10 Chair Genetic Movement Disorders May-07 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Kathy Swoboda USA S10 Speaker Genetic Movement Disorders May-07 10:30-12:30 ATP1A3 mutations: from rapid-onset dystonia–parkinsonism to alternating hemiplegia of childhood
Laura Silveira Moriyama Brazil S10 Chair Genetic Movement Disorders May-07 10:30-12:30 Episodic Movement Disorders of Childhood: new genes and expanding phenotypes
Manju Kurian UK S10 Speaker Genetic Movement Disorders May-07 10:30-12:30 Neurotransmitter Disorders: Novel genes, phenotypes and therapeutic strategies
Russell Dale Australia S10 Speaker Genetic Movement Disorders May-07 10:30-12:30 Approach to the Genetic Investigation of Movement Disorders
Helen Cross UK S11 Chair Improving outcomes in childhood epilepsy May-07 10:30-12:30 Alternative treatments – can we be more targeted?
Lieven Lagae Belgium S11 Chair Improving outcomes in childhood epilepsy May-07 10:30-12:30 When does childhood epilepsy become refractory?
Marilisa Guerreiro Brazil S11 Speaker Improving outcomes in childhood epilepsy May-07 10:30-12:30 Early onset epilepsies – can surgery improve outcome?
Mary B. Connolly Canada S11 Speaker Improving outcomes in childhood epilepsy May-07 10:30-12:30 Are AEDs really effective- what is the evidence base?
Harry Chugani USA S12 Chair Update on Neuroimaging May-07 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Meral Topçu Turkey S12 Speaker Update on Neuroimaging May-07 10:30-12:30 Neuroimaging of neurodegenerative disorders
Renzo Guerrini Italy S12 Speaker Update on Neuroimaging May-07 10:30-12:30 Neuroimaging in Epilepsy
Jerome Yager Canada S13 Speaker Frontiers in Neuroprotection of the neonatal brain May-08 10:30-12:30 Promising strategies of neurprotection for the developing brain
Mary Stenzel-Poore USA S13 Speaker Frontiers in Neuroprotection of the neonatal brain May-08 10:30-12:30 Lessons learned from the adult brain on the translation of preconditioning against ischemic injury
Michael Johnston USA S13 Speaker Frontiers in Neuroprotection of the neonatal brain May-08 10:30-12:30 Hypothermia and potential strategies to maximize its utility in protecting the developing ischemic brain
Rand Askalan Canada S13 Chair Frontiers in Neuroprotection of the neonatal brain May-08 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Andrew Kornberg Australia S14 Chair Acute Leukoencephalopathies in Children May-08 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Angelo Ghezzi Italy S14 Speaker Acute Leukoencephalopathies in Children May-08 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Lauren Krupp USA S14 Speaker Acute Leukoencephalopathies in Children May-08 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Silvia Tenembaum Argentina S14 Chair Acute Leukoencephalopathies in Children May-08 10:30-12:30 **Not Supplied**
Andrew Zimmerman USA S15 Speaker NeuroInflammation May-08 10:30-12:30 Inflammatory Component in the Pathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Leonardo deAzevedo Brazil S15 Chair NeuroInflammation May-08 10:30-12:30 Neuroinflammation and NeuroImmune Interaction.
Pierre Gressens France S15 Speaker NeuroInflammation May-08 10:30-12:30 Perinatal Asphyxia and Neuroinflammation in the Encephalopathy of Prematurity
Russell Dale Australia S15 Speaker NeuroInflammation May-08 10:30-12:30 Differential Diagnosis in Multiple Sclerosis and the importance of Cellular and Molecular Parameters Focusing on Personalized Pharmacotherapy.
Carsten Bonneman USA S16 Speaker Update on Neuromuscular Disorders May-08 10:30-12:30 Latest in therapies for key neuromuscular disorders 
Heinz Jungbluth UK S16 Speaker Update on Neuromuscular Disorders May-08 10:30-12:30 Neuromuscular and neurodevelopmental disorders associated with defective autophagy
Jo Wilmshurst Sout Africa S16 Speaker Update on Neuromuscular Disorders May-08 10:30-12:30 Standards of care for SMA and DMD
Rosalin Quinlivan UK S16 Chair Update on Neuromuscular Disorders May-08 10:30-12:30 Hazardous Neuromuscular disorders

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