Scientific Programme
Preliminary programme may be subject to change
Wednesday 5 November
8:00 – 13:00 – ALADE Course: NEUROBIOLOGY
Coordinator: Rafael Gutiérrez (Mexico)
General View: Experimental Studies and Neurophysiological Basis of Epilepsy
Rafael Gutiérrez (Mexico)
Role of Synaptic Reorganization and Phenotypic Changes in Animal Models of Epilepsy
Luiz Mello (Brazil)
Genetics and Epilepsy
Jeff Noebels (US)
Epilepsy as a Channelopathy
Ricardo Felix (Mexico)
Hippocampal and Septal Rhythms in Epilepsy
Luis Colom (Uruguay / US)
9:00 – 13:00 IBE Programme
14:00 – 19:00 ALADE Course: EPILEPSY SURGERY
Coordinators: Americo Sakamoto (Brazil) / Manuel Campos (Chile)
General Principles: Patient Selection, Important Zones (Symptomgenic, Irritative, Ictal, Lesional and Epileptogenic)
Manuel Campos (Chile)
Neuroimaging: Magnetic Resonance, SPECT, PET and Others
Fernando Cendes (Brazil)
EEG in Epilepsy Surgery (Non-Invasive Video-EEG, Indications for Invasive Studies, etc)
Juan Bulacio (Argentina)
Refractory Temporal Epilepsy Surgery: Etiologies (Emphasis in Mesial Temporal Sclerosis), Techniques and Results
Eliseu Paglioli (Brazil)
Extratemporal Epilepsy Resective Surgery (Frontal, Parietal and Occipital) Etiologies, Techniques and Results
Mario Alonso-Vanegas (Mexico)
Epilepsy Surgery and Children: basic concepts, causes and techniques with emphasis on hemispherectomies
Gary Mathern (USA)
Palliative Epilepsy Surgery: Callosotomy, Vagal Stimulation and Non-Conventional Techniques
Jaime Fandiño Franky (Columbia)
How and Why Epilepsy Centres Should be Established in Latin America: Costs, Opportunities, Training Programmes
Américo Sakamoto (Brazil)
20:00 – OPENING CERMONY and WELCOME RECEPTION
to the topThursday 6th November
8:00 – 9:30 PLENARY SESSION: NEUROIMAGING AND EPILEPSY
Coordinator: Fernando Cendes (Brazil)
Structural MRI: Optimising Diagnosis in Patients
Fernando Cendes (Brazil)
Functional MRI: Indications and Protocols
Patricia Solís (Argentina)
SPECT and PET in Epilepsy
Rodolfo Ferrando (Uruguay)
Co-registry of Different Modalities
Ruben Kuzniecky (USA/Panama
9:30 – 10:30 PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM: PHARMACOTHERAPY OF EPILEPSY IN THE ERA OF OLD DRUGS, NEW DRUGS AND GENERICS
Peter Wolf (Denmark)
11:00 – 12:30 PLENARY SESSION: EPILEPSY SURGERY AND ETIOLOGIES
Coordinator: Americo Sakamoto (Brazil)
Hippocampal Sclerosis: Causes, Pathology, Clinic and Treatment
Fernando Cendes (Brazil)
Malformations of Cortical Development: Types, Clinical Expression and its Treatment
André Palmini (Brazil)
Tumours Associated with Pharmacoresistant Epilepsies: A New Concept in Neoplasias?
Mario Alonso-Vanegas (Mexico)
When to Perform Surgery in Lesional Epilepsies
Manuel Campos (Chile)
12:30 – 14:00 Satellite Symposium
14:00 – 15:00 PLATFORM SESSIONS
15:00 – 16:00 POSTER SESSION
16:00 –17:00 MAIN SESSION: EPILEPTIC SYNDROMES EVOLUTION IN NEUROPEDIATRICS
Carlos Medina Malo (Columbia)
17:00 – 19:00 ALADE Course: FUNDAMENTALS IN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY
Coordinator: Solomon L. Moshé (USA) / Alicia Bogacz (Uruguay)
Fundamentals of Normal EEG
Carlos Arbo (Paraguay)
EEG Signs in Childhood Focal Epilepsies
Magda Lahorge-Nunes (Brazil)
General Epilepsy Patterns in Childhood: West Syndrome, Lennox Syndrome, Idiopatic Absence Epilepsies
Jaderson Costa (Brazil)
Adult Epilepsy Patterns: Interictal and ictal
Silvia Kochen (Argentina)
16:00 – 18:00 DISCUSSION GROUP: EDUCATION AND WORK PLACEMENT
Tomás Mesa (Chile)
Epilepsy: education amd work placement in Latinoamerica
Salvador Gonzalez Pal (Cuba)
Epilepsy: education amd work placement in Guatemala
Henry Stokes (Guatemala)
Epilepsy: education amd work placement in Uruguay
Isabel Rega (Uruguay)
Epilepsy: education amd work placement: discussion and recommendations
to the topFriday 7th November
8:00 – 9:30 MAIN SESSION: COGNICIÓN Y EPILEPSIA
Coordinatora: Beatriz González (Venezuela)
Principales causas de deterioro cognitivo en niños con epilepsia.
Natalio Fejerman (Argentina)
Principales causas de deterioro cognitivo en adultos con
epilepsia
Daniel Nariño (Columbia)
Cirugía de epilepsia y evolución cognitiva
Mirna Portugues (Brazil)
TDAH y epilepsia
Eduardo Barragán (Mexico)
9:30 – 10:30 CONFERENCIA: DIAGNÓSTICO: VALOR CLÍNICO Y SEMIOLÓGICO – Hans Lüders (USA/Chile)
11:00 – 12:30 SESIÓN PLENARIA: CONTROVERSIAS EN EPILEPSIA PEDIÁTRICA
Coordinator: Raúl Ruggia (Uruguay)
Crisis Febriles
Roberto Caraballo (Argentina)
Crisis neonatales y epilepsia
Galo Pesantez (Ecuador)
Síndrome de West
Patricia Campos (Perú)
Nosología de las Epilepsias Mioclónicas
Marco Tulio Medina (Honduras)
12:30 – 14:00 Satellite Symposium
14:00 – 15:00 PLATFORM SESSIONS
15:00 – 16:00 POSTER SESSION
16:00 –17:00 CONFERENCIA: EPILEPTOGÉNESIS: APORTES DEL ESTUDIO EN MODELOS ANIMALES
Ed Bertram (USA)
Solomon L. Moshé (USA)
17:00 – 19:00 ALADE Course: VIDEO-EEG IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS
Coordinator: Hans Lüders (USA/Chile)
Hans Lüders (USA/Chile)
Elsa M. Yacubian (Brazil)
17:00 – 19:00 DISCUSSION GROUP: EPILEPSIA EN LA MUJER
Coordinator: Alejandro de Marinis (Chile)
Hormonas y epilepsia
Déborah Amado (Brazil)
Epilepsias catameniales
Alejandro de Marinis (Chile)
Crisis en el embarazo
Claudia Camejo (Uruguay)
Teratogenicidad de las DAEs
Alberto Díaz (Perú)
Sábado 8 de noviembre
8:00 – 9:30 SESIÓN PLENARIA: MORBI-MORTALIDAD EN EPILEPSIA
Coordinator: Carlos Acevedo (Chile)
Efectos adversos severos de las DAE
Patricia Saidón (Argentina)
Muerte súbita inexplicable en epilepsia
Marcelo Devilat (Chile)
Depresión y suicidio
Andrés Kanner (USA)
Riesgos y accidentes en actividades diarias.
Lilia Núñez Orozco (Mexico)
9:30 – 10:30 CONFERENCIAS: PREDICCIÓN DE CRISIS:
Valor de los prodromos en la anticipación de crisis
Alejandro Scaramelli (Uruguay)
Aplicabilidad de los modelos de predicción de crisis
Andrés Palmini (Brazil)
11:00 – 12:30 SESIÓN PLENARIA: INVESTIGACIÓN BÁSICA EN TEJIDO HUMANO
Coordinator: Rafael Gutiérrez (Mexico)
El uso de animales locales en el estudio de la epileptogenesis
Esper Cavalheiro (Brazil)
Modelos animales de epilepsia a partir de mutaciones en genes asociados en el hombre
Jeff Noebels (US)
Estudios electrofisiológicos de los circuitos recurrentes en tejido humano y sus correlatos en modelos animales )
Emilio Garrido Sanabria (Brazil/US)
Estimulación eléctrica crónica del foco epiléptico hipocampal en pacientes con epilepsia refractaria
Ana Luisa Velasco (Mexico)
Sinergía entre biología molecular y neurofisiología en investigación de epilepsiah
Giuliano Avanzini (Italia)
12:30 – 14:00 Satellite Symposium
14:00 – 15:00 PLATFORM SESSIONS
15:00 – 16:00 POSTER SESSION
16:00 –18:00 ALADE Course: ENSAYOS CLÍNICOS: DISEÑO Y CRÍTICA
Coodinador: Samuel Wiebe (Canadá)
Cómo diseñar un ensayo clínico.
Samuel Wiebe (Canadá)
Estudios de monoterapia.
Martin Brodie (Escocia)
Interpretación crítica.
17:00 – 19:00 DISCUSSION GROUP: ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN EPILEPSY
Coordinator: Franz Chaves Sell (Costa Rica)
Alternative and Complementary Therapies in Epilepsy
Franz Chaves Sell (Costa Rica)
Alternative Therapies from Pre-hispanic Days to the Present
Marco Tulio Medina (Honduras)
Alternative Therapies from Pre-hispanic Days to the Present
Lilia Núñez Orozco (Mexico)
The Use of Alternative Therapies in Epilepsy in Uruguay: The European Influence
Alicia Bogacz (Uruguay)
18:00 –19:00 HIGHLIGHTS SESSION
Coordinators: Alejandro Scaramelli (Uruguay), P. Wolf (Denmark)