Scientific Programme
Programme by session type
ALADE Courses
Wednesday, 5th 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 (USA)
Epilepsy as a channelopathy
Ricardo Felix (México)
Hippocampal and septal rhythms and epilepsy
Luis Colom (Uruguay / USA)
14:00 – 19:00 - ALADE Course: Epilepsy surgery
Coordinadores: Americo Sakamoto (Brazil) y 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 (Brasil)
EEG in epilepsy surgery (non-invasive Video-EEG, indications for invasive studies etc)
Juan Bulacio (Argentina)
Refractory temporal epilepsy surgery: etiologies (emphasis in medial temporal sclerosis), techniques and results
Eliseu Paglioli (Brazil)
Extratemporal epilepsy resective surgery (Frontal, Parietal and Occipital) Etiologies, techniques and results
Mario Alonso-Vanegas (México)
Epilepsy surgery and children: basic concepts, causes and techniques with emphasis on hemispheretomies
Gary Mathern (USA)
Palliative epilepsy surgery: Callosotomy, vagal stimulation and non-conventional techniques
Jaime Fandiño Franky (Colombia)
How and why epilepsy centres should be established in Latin America: Costs, opportunities, training programmes
Américo Sakamoto (Brasil)
Thursday, 6th November
17:00
– 19:00 ALADE course: Fundamentals in electroencephalography
Coordinator: Solomon L. Moshé (USA)
Fundamentals of normal EEG
Carlos Arbo (Paraguay)
EEG signs in childhood focal epilepsis
Magda Lahorge-Nunes (Brazil)
General epilepsy patterns in childhood: West Syndrome, Lennox Syndrome, Idiomatic abscense epilepsies
Jaderson Da Costa (Brasil)
Adult epilepsy patterns: interictal graph elements and octal patterns
Silvia Kochen (Argentina)
Friday,
7th November
17:00
–19:30 ALADE course: Video-EEG in children and adults
Coordinator: Hans Lüders (USA/Chile)
Hans Lüders (USA/ Chile)
Elsa Marcia Yacubian (Brazil)
Carlo Alberto Tassinari (Italy)
Saturday, 8th November
16:00 – 18:00 ALADE course: Clinical trials: design and review
Coodinador: Samuel Wiebe (Canada)
How to design a clinical trial
Samuel Wiebe (Canada)
Monotherapy studies
Martin Brodie (Scotland)
Review interpretation
Emilio Perucca (Italy)
Plenary Sessions
Thursday,
6th November
8:00 – 9:30 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)
Different forms of co-registry use
Ruben Kuzniecky (USA/Panama)
11:00 – 12:30 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 epilepsias: A new concept in neoplasias?
Mario Alonso-Vanegas (Mexico)
When to perform surgery in lesional epilepsies
Manuel Campos (Chile)
Friday, 7th November
8:00 – 9:30 Epilepsy and Cognition
Coordinador: Beatriz González (Venezuela)
Main causes of cognitive deterioration in children with epilepsy
Natalio Fejerman (Argentina)
Main causes of cognitive deterioration in adults with epilepsy
Daniel Nariño (Colombia)
Epilepsy surgery and cognitive evolution
Mirna Portugues (Brazil)
ADHD and Epilepsy
Eduardo Barragán (Mexico)
11:00 – 12:30 Controversies in paediatric epilepsies
Coordinator: Raúl Ruggia (Uruguay)
Febrile seizures
Roberto Caraballo (Argentina)
Neonatal seizures and epilepsy
Galo Pesantez (Ecuador)
West Syndrome
Patricia Campos (Peru)
Nosology of myoclonic epilepsias
Marco T. Medina (Honduras)
Saturday, 8th November
8:00 – 9:30 Morbi–mortality and Epilepsy
Coordinator: Carlos Acevedo (Chile)
Severe adverse effects of AEDs
Patricia Saidón (Argentina)
SUDEP and Epilepsy
Marcelo Devilat Barros (Chile)
Depression and suicide
Andrés Kanner (USA)
Risks and accidents during daily activities
Lilia Núñez Orozco (Mexico)
11:00 – 12:30 Basic investigation in human tissue
Coordinator: Rafael Gutiérrez (Mexico)
The use of local, Brazilian animals as models for the
study of epileptogenesis
Esper Cavalheiro (Brazil)
Modeling human epilepsy gene mutations
Jeff
Noebels (USA)
Electrophysiological studies of the recurrent circuits in human tissue and correlates in animal models
Emilio Garrido Sanabria (USA)
Chronic electrical stimulation of the hippocampal epileptic foci in patients with refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
Ana Luisa Velasco (Mexico)
Synergy between molecular biology and neurophysiology in epilepsy research
Giuliano Avanzini (Italy)
Discussion Groups
Thursday, 5th November
17:00
– 19:00 Discussion group: Education and work placement
Coordinator: Tomás Mesa (Chile)
Epilepsy:
education and work placements throughout the world
Tomás
Mesa (Chile)
Epilepsy:
education and work placements in Latin America
Salvador
González Pal (Cuba)
Epilepsy:
education and work placements in Guatemala
Henry
Stokes (Guatemala)
Epilepsy:
education and work placements in Uruguay
Isabel
Rega (Uruguay)
Friday, 6th November
17:00 – 19:00 Discussion group: Epilepsy and women
Coordinador: Alejandro de Marinis (Chile)
Epilepsy and hormones
Déborah Amado (Brazil)
Catamenial epilepsies
Alejandro de Marinis (Chile)
Pregnancy and seizures
Claudia Camejo (Uruguay)
Teratogenecity of AEDs
Alberto Díaz (Peru)
Sábado, 8 de Noviembre
16:00 – 18:00 DISCUSSION GROUP: ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN EPILEPSY
Coordinator: Franz Chaves- Shell (Costa Rica)
Alternative and complementary therapies in Epilepsy
Franz Chaves- Shell (Costa Rica)
Anthropological and cultural aspects of alternative therapies in Latin America
Marco Tulio Medina (Honduras)
Alternative therapies from pre-hispanic days to the present
Lilia Núñez Orozco (México)
The use of alternative therapies in epilepsy in Uruguay: The European influence
Alicia Bogacz (Uruguay)
Main Sessions
Thursday 6th November
9:30 – 10:30 PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM
Peter Wolf (Denmark)
Susanne
Lund
(Suecia)
16:00 –17:00 MAIN SESSION: EPILEPTIC SYNDROMES EVOLUTION IN NEUROPEDIATRICS Carlos Medina Malo (Colombia)
Viernes, 7 de Noviembre
9:30 – 10:30 MAIN SESSION: DIAGNOSIS: CLINICAL AND SEMIOLOGIC VALUE
Hans
Lüders (USA)
16:00
–17:00 MAIN SESSION: EPILEPTOGENESIS: CONTRIBUTION OF ANIMAL MODEL STUDIES
Edward Hiltner Bertram (USA)
Salomon L. Moshé (USA)
Saturday 8th November
9:30 – 10:30 - MAIN SESSIONS: SEIZURE PREDICTION
Value of prodromes in seizure anticipation
Alejandro Scaramelli (Uruguay)
Usefulness of seizure prediction models
Andrés Palmini (Brazil)
Satellite Symposios
Thursday 6th November
12:30 – 14:00 Satellite Symposium
Friday 7th November
12:30 – 14:00 Satellite Symposium
Saturday 8th November
12:30
– 14:00 Satellite Symposium
Platform Sessions
Thursday 6th November
14:00 – 15:00 PLATFORM SESSION
Coordinator: Isabel Rega (Uruguay)
Friday 7th November
14:00 – 15:00 PLATFORM SESSION
Coordinator:
Patricia Braga (Uruguay)
Saturday 8th November
14:00 – 15:00 PLATFORM SESSION
Coordinator:
Carlos Martínez (Uruguay)
Poster Sessions
Thursday 6th November
15:00 – 16:00 POSTER SESSION
Friday 7th November
15:00 – 16:00 POSTER SESSION
Saturday 8th November
15:00
– 16:00 POSTER SESSION
Others
Wednesday 5th November
20:00 – Opening Ceremony
Saturday 8th November
18:00 –19:00 HIGHLIGHTS SESSION
Coordinators: Alejandro Scaramelli (Uruguay),
Peter Wolf (Denmark) and
Susanne Lund (Sweden).