The 12th AOEC Scientific Programme has been based on a comprehensive schedule of main sessions which are as follows:
THE CHAIRMEN'S SYMPOSIUM: PERSONALIZED MEDICINE IN EPILEPSY
Chairs: Kurnia KUSUMASTUTI (Indonesia), Byung-In LEE (South Korea) and Parthasarthy SATISHCHANDRA (India)
The concept and scope of personalized medicine in epilepsy - Samuel WIEBE (Canada)
Diagnostic models in the era of personalized medicine - Patrick KWAN (Australia)
Precision therapies through genomics - Sam BERKOVIC (Australia)
Precision medicine through stem cells - Shinichi HIROSE (Japan)
EPILEPSY SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH NORMAL MRI
Chair: Tatsuya TANAKA (Japan) and Kheng-Seang LIM (Malaysia)
Approach in resource-limited countries: to refer or to start? - Yotin CHINVARUN (Thailand)
Advances in MRI: is normal MRI really normal? - Greame JACKSON (Australia)
When can non-invasive monitoring be sufficient? - Byung-In LEE (South Korea)
Invasive monitoring: SDE ± depth or Stereo EEG? - Chong WONG (Australia)
INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND EPILEPSY
Chairs: John DUNNE (Australia) and Chong Tin TAN (Malaysia)
Emerging CNS infection and seizures - Chong Tin TAN (Malaysia)
Tuberculous meningitis and seizures: pathogenesis and management - U.K. MISRA (India)
Neurocysticercosis and seizures; evidence based management guidelines - Supoch TUNLAYADECHANONT (Thailand)
HIV infection and seizures - Parthasarthy SATISHCHANDRA (India)
GENETIC INVESTIGATIONS IN EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHIES
Chairs: Ingrid SCHEFFER (Australia) and Shinichi HIROSE (Japan)
The genetic landscape of the epileptic encephalopathies of infancy and childhood - Ingrid SCHEFFER (Australia)
Diagnostic value of gene panel testing in patients with epileptic encephalopathies - Hoon-Chul KANG (South Korea)
The application of whole-exome sequencing in patients with epileptic encephalopathies - Yuwu JIANG (China)
Detection of low-level somatic mutations and mosaicism for genetic investigation of epileptic encephalopathies - Sangwoo KIM (South Korea)