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)