Parallel sessions have been selected so that anyone with an interest in epilepsy can attend any of the sessions. They are as follows:

 

BIOMARKERS OF EPILEPSY: WHAT APPROACHES DO WE HAVE?

Chair: Akio IKEDA (Japan)

Functional network as biomarkers for epileptogenicity - Yuping WANG (China)

EEG biomarkers for neuron and glia - Akio IKEDA (Japan)

Genetic biomarkers - Anna SINARDJA (Indonesia)

Biomarker or clinical information: that is the question - Kurupath RADHAKRISHNAN (India)

 

 

IMAGING IN EPILEPSY

Chair: Graeme JACKSON (Australia)

Assessing white matter and white matter tracts in the brain; current standards and future possibilities - Alan CONNELLY (Australia)

Imaging (PET SPECT and MRI) in the preoperative assessment of the patient with epilepsy - Masaki IWASAKI (Japan)

Preoperative assessment of cortical function using fMRI - Manjari TRIPATHI (India)

Application of image-processing techniques in MRI-negative epilepsy - Yee-Leng TAN (Singapore)

 

 

REFLEX EPILEPSY

Chair: Andrew BLEASEL (Australia)

Reflex seizures and reflex epilepsy, the clinical spectrum - John DUNNE (Australia)

Are all reflex seizures focal? Triggers and networks - John ARCHER (Australia)

The challenges of photosensitivity - Heung Dong KIM (South Korea)

The genetic basis of reflex epilepsies - Sanjib SINHA (India)

 

RECENT ADVANCES IN PSYCHOGENIC NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES

Chair: Kousuke KANEMOTO (Japan)

Epidemiology - Seung Bong HONG (South Korea)

Imaging studies - Dong ZHOU (China)

Diagnosis - Hsiang-Yu YU (Taiwan)

Treatment - Kousuke KANEMOTO (Japan)

 

UPDATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF STATUS EPILEPTICUS

Chairs: Shih Hui LIM (Singapore) and Diah Kurnia MIRAWATI (Indonesia)

ILAE classification of SE: rationale and clinical advantage - Shang-Yeong KWAN (Taiwan)

Outcome of SE - Colin LUI (Hong Kong)

ICU monitoring of SE - Nicholas LAWN (Australia)

Management and outcome of super-refractory SE - Tusher D. GOSAVI (Singapore)

 

ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY

Chair: Martin BRODIE (United Kingdom)

Early employment of polytherapy in PWE - Byung-In LEE (South Korea)

Neuromodulation - Sarat CHANDRA (India)

Repurpose drugs in epilepsy - Piero PERUCCA (Australia)

Antiepileptogenic therapy; is it possible? - Emilio PERUCCA (Italy)

 

OVERCOMING EPILEPSY CARE AND EDUCATION CHALLENGES WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Chair: Nobukazu NAKASATO (Japan)

High definition TV conference system improves community health care and medical education in low population density areas - Josephine CHAN (Australia)

International medical education for epileptology via a high definition TV conference system - Wijoyo HALIM (Indonesia)

International teleconferencing between level-IV epilepsy centers - Hsiang-Yu YU (Taiwan)

Outpatient clinic and case-based education via a high definition TV conference system - Yosuke KAKISAKA (Japan)

 

MANAGEMENT OF EPILEPSY WITH COMORBIDITIES

Chair: Yao-Chung CHUANG (Taiwan)

Epilepsy in patients with cerebrovascular disease - Man Mohan MEHNDIRATTA (India)

Epilepsy in patients with dementia - Ennapadam S. KRISHNAMOORTHY (India)

Epilepsy in patients with neurodevelopmental handicaps - Marilyn ORTIZ (Philippines)

Epilepsy in patients with neuropsychiatric comorbidities - Astri BUDIKAYANTI (Indonesia)