| Time |
Title |
| 7am to 8am |
Registration and morning coffee |
| 8am to 8.15am |
Opening Ceremony |
| 8am to 8.05am |
Dr. B. Mesraoua, Symposium Chairman |
| 8.05am to 8.10am |
Dr. H. Al Hail, Epilepsy Symposium Co-Chairman |
| 8.10am to 8.15am |
Dr. Ashfaq Shuaib, Director of Neuroscience Institute |
Plenary Session I
Epilepsy: Semiology, Clinical, AEDs
Chairs: B. Mesraoua, HG Wieser, E Perucca, B. Abou-Khalil |
| 8.15am to 8.45am |
Lateralizing and localizing signs and symptoms in temporal lobe epilepsy (H.G Wieser, Switzerland) |
| 8.45am to 9.15am |
Pharmacoresistance in epilepsy and the new AEDs (E. Perucca, Italy) |
| 9.15am to 9.45am |
Epilepsy of Immune Origin (B. Abou-Khalil, USA) |
| 9.45am to 10.15am |
Epileptic encephalopathies in infancy: diagnostic approach to underlying causes (C.C Triki, Tunisia) |
| 10.15am to 10.30am |
Discussion and coffee break |
Epilepsy: Clinical, Status Epilepticus
Chairs: H. Al Hail , G. Alorcon , M. Brodie , S.Shorvon |
| 10.30am to 11am |
Epilepsy in later life (M. Brodie, UK). |
| 11am to 12pm |
Keynote speaker
Recent Advances in status epilepticus: where are we in 2017? (S. Shorvon, UK) |
| 12pm to 1.30pm |
Discussion followed by lunch and Friday prayer |
Workshops
1.30pm to 2.30pm |
| Room A |
EEG (G. Alarcon, Qatar / H.G Wieser, Switzerland) |
| Room B |
Epilepsy imaging (B. Schucknecht, Switzerland / S. Surjith, Qatar) |
| Room C |
Psychosocial aspects of epilepsy (H. Al Hail / G. Melikyan) |
| Room D |
Pediatric epilepsy (A. Covanis, Greece / K. Zamal, Qatar) |
| Room E |
Epilepsy and pregnancy: Teratogenic risks and practical management (T. Tomson, Sweden) |
| Room F |
Neurostimulation for epilepsy, for whom? What can be achieved? (P. Boon, Belgium / B. Uthman, Qatar) |
Plenary session I (continued)
Chairs: A. Beydoun, N. Haddad, E. Beghi, H. Hosny |
| 2.30pm to 3pm |
New-onset Seizures Presenting as Status Epilepticus (A. Beydoun, Lebanon) |
| 3pm to 3.30pm |
Epilepsy in Neurocysticercosis (N. Haddad, Qatar) |
| 3.30pm to 4pm |
Epilepsy and comorbidity (E. Beghi, Italy) |
| 4pm to 4.30pm |
Epilepsy research in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region (B. Mesraoua, Qatar) |
| 4.30pm to 5pm |
Nocturnal seizures predict lack of remission in generalized genetic epilepsies:
A retrospective study from a single epilepsy center in Egypt (H. Hosny, Egypt) |
| 5pm to 5.30pm |
Coffee break and guided poster tour |
| Chairs: G. Melikyan, F. Faysal, K. Hisham, D. Deleu |
| 5.30pm to 6pm |
Guided poster tour |
| 6pm to 7pm |
Satellite symposium |
| Chairs: B. Mesraoua, P.Boon, HG Wieser, Ali A.Asadi-Pooya |
| 6pm to 7pm |
Epilepsy networks (G. Alorcon, Qatar) |
