Conference Programme - ASN Conference

08.00 – 09.00	REGISTRATION and LOG-IN
09.00 – 11.00	Neurology Challenge (interactive question session – Open for All)
11.00 – 11.30	Tea
11.30 – 12.30	Inter-Neurology Unit Medical Officer’s Quiz
12.30 – 13.00	Lunch
13.00 – 14.30	Registrar’s Neurology Quiz

08.00 – 09.00	REGISTRATION and LOG-IN
09.00 – 11.00	INAUGURATION CEREMONY JB PEIRIS ORATION Autoimmune encephalitis: a Sri Lankan Experience Prof. Thashi Chang SL
11.30 – 12.00	Parkinson’s disease: update on non-motor aspects	Prof. Shen-Yang Lim Malaysia
12.00 – 13.00	Oral Research Presentations
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 14.30	Understanding Parkinson’s: where has genetics got us?	Prof. Nicholas Wood UK
14.30 – 15.00	Update on stroke thrombolysis and thrombectomy	Dr Anthony Pereira UK
15.00 – 15.30	Emerging therapies in migraine	Dr Manjit Matharu UK
15.30 – 16.00	The impact of epilepsy in the elderly: challenges and opportunities	Prof. Ley Sander UK
16.00 – 16.30	Tea

08.00 – 09.00	REGISTRATION and LOG-IN
09.00 – 09.30	Arterial ischaemic stroke: a paediatric perspective	Dr Pyara Ratnayake SL
09.30 – 10.00	Principles of CSF diversion	Dr Stravinsky Perera SL
10.00 – 10.30	Clinicopathological features of muscular dystrophy. Are we missing chronic autoimmune myopathy?	Prof. Roshitha Waduge SL
10.30 – 11.00	Use of mobile apps in clinical neurology	Dr Dilum Palliyeguruge SL
11.00 – 11.30	Tea
11.30 – 12.00	Alzheimer’s disease: past, present and future	Prof. Amos Korczyn Israel
12.00 – 12.30	Mild cognitive impairment – is it a legitimate diagnosis?	Prof. Amos Korczyn Israel
12.30 – 13.00	Recent advances in Paediatric MS and its mimics	Dr Cheryl Hemingway UK
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 14.30	Young Neurologists’ Forum Best Presentation	Dr Hasini Munasinghe SL
14.30 – 16.00	ASN Quiz and awards	Prof. Saman Gunatilake SL
16.00 – 16.30	Tea