| 08.00 – 09.00 REGISTRATION – Venue: ClinMARC, NHSL | ||
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Evaluation of First Seizure | Dr Kishara Gooneratne |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Approach to Patients with Delirium | Dr Ian Chadwick |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Management of Myasthenia Gravis | Dr Jon Sussman |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | TEA BREAK | |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Movement Disorders Made Easy: A Stepwise Approach for Clinicians | Prof. Thashi Chang |
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source | Prof. PN Sylaja |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Evaluation of Oculomotor Dysfunction | Prof. Umapathi Thirugnanam |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | LUNCH | |
| 08.00 – 09.00 REGISTRATION – Venue: 1st Floor Auditorium, National Epilepsy Center | ||
| 09.00 – 09.15 | An Introduction to Spasticity | Dr Nalinda Andraweera |
| 09.15 – 10.15 | Interactive Group Activity- Assessment of Spasticity | |
| 10.15 – 10.45 | TEA BREAK | |
| 10.45 – 11.40 | Interactive Group Activity- Multidisciplinary Assessment | |
| 11.40 – 12.20 | Practical Aspect of Botulinum Toxin Injections | |
| 12.20 – 12.40 | Concluding Remarks & Questions | |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | LUNCH | |
| 07.30 – 08.00 REGISTRATION – Venue: Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo | ||
| 08.00 – 09.00 | Masterclass: Visual Neurophysiology | Prof. Graham Holder |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Plenary 1: Selection of Stroke Patients for EVT in Early and Late Window | Prof. PN Sylaja |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Plenary 2: Spasticity: Neurological Dilemma in Functional Gain | Dr Nalinda Andraweera |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Plenary 3: Neurogenic Bladder: A Case-Based Approach | Prof. Ajith Malalasekara |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | TEA BREAK | |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Plenary 4 – Paroxysmal Movement Disorders | Dr Priya Jagota |
| Symposium 1: Neuroimmunology | ||
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Evolution of Diagnostic Assays in Neuroimmunology | Prof. Patrick Waters |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | The Principles and Practice of Immunosuppression | Dr Jon Sussman |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Targeting Immune Activation in Parkinson’s Disease – a New Therapeutic Approach | Dr Caroline Williams-Gray |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Plenary 5: Management of Headache in Adolescents | Dr Prab Prabhakar |
| Symposium 2: Epilepsy | ||
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Transition Care in Epilepsy | Prof. Helen Cross |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Novel Therapeutic Approaches to Drug-Resistant Epilepsy | Prof. Deepak Gill |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | The Usefulness of Imaging in the Evaluation of Epilepsy | Prof. John Duncan |
| 16.00 – 16.45 | Panel Discussion on CNS Infections | Dr Ava Easton, Prof. Udaya Ranawaka, Prof. Benedict Michael, Moderators: Prof. Thashi Chang & Dr Kumarangie Vithanage |
| 16.45 | TEA BREAK | |
| 07.30 – 08.00 REGISTRATION – Venue: Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo | ||
| 08.00 – 09.00 | Abstract presentations | |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Plenary 6: Neuro-Tech: An Innovator’s perspective | Mr Keerthi Kodithuwakku |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Plenary 7: Atypical CNS Demyelination – Diagnostic Challenges | Dr Bimsara Senanayake |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Plenary 8: Antibodies in Paraneoplastic Neurological Disorders | Prof. Patrick Waters |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | TEA BREAK | |
| Symposium 3: Neurological Disorders in Elderly | ||
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia | Dr Malsha Gunathilake |
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Holistic End of Life Care in Neurological Conditions | Dr Ian Chadwick |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Management of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease | Dr Priya Jagota |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Plenary 9: Peripheral Neuropathy: “Reasons to be Cheerful” | Prof. Umapathi Thirugnanam |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| Symposium 4: Encephalitis | ||
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Clinical approach to Encephalitis | Prof. Benedict Michael |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Complex Cases from the Queen Square Encephalitis MDT | Dr Hadi Manji & Dr Darshan Pandya |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | “Brains on Fire” Patient Outcomes and Quality of Life Post-Encephalitis | Dr Ava Easton |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Plenary 10: Rare Cases in Neuromuscular Disorders | Prof. Umapathi Thirugnanam |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | TEA BREAK | |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | Neurology Quiz | Dr A T Alibhoy |
| 17.30 – 18.00 | Awards Presentation & Closing Remarks | |
| 08.50 – 09.00 REGISTRATION – Venue: 8th Floor Auditorium, National Epilepsy Center | ||
| 09.00 – 09.40 | Ketogenic Diet and Use of Cannabis in Pharmacoresistant Epilepsy | Prof. Helen Cross |
| 09.40 – 10.20 | Minimally Invasive Surgery for Drug Resistant Epilepsy | Prof. Deepak Gill |
| 10.20 – 11.00 | TEA BREAK | |
| 11.00 – 12.00 | Case Discussion | |
| 12.00 – 12.40 | Image-Guided Epilepsy Surgery | Prof. John Duncan |
| 12.40 – 13.20 | Electrical Stimulation in Paediatric Stereotactic EEG | Dr Gerald Cooray |
| 13.20 | LUNCH | |
| 08.30 – 09.00 REGISTRATION | ||
| 09.00 – 09.40 | EEG recording techniques | Dr Sudath Gunasekara, Sri Lanka |
| 09.40 – 10.00 | Activation procedures | Dr Sanjaya Fernando, Sri Lanka |
| 10.00 – 10.40 | Identifying common EEG artifacts and troubleshooting | Prof. Deepak Gill, Australia |
| 10.40 – 11.00 | TEA BREAK | |
| 11.00 – 11.40 | Identifying normal variants and uncommon patterns of doubtful significance | Prof. Kurupath Radhakrishnan, India |
| 11.40 – 12.20 | Normal EEG, ictal changes and non-ictal pathological variants | Dr Kishara Gooneratne, Sri Lanka |
| 12.20 – 12.40 | Long-term EEG recording; VEEG and in ICU | Dr Lakmini Pathberiya, Sri Lanka |
| 12.40 – 13.00 | How to generate a factual report | Prof. Deepak Gill, Australia |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | LUNCH | |
| 07.30 – 08.00 REGISTRATION | ||
| 08.00 – 09.00 | Abstract presentations | |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Tuberculosis and the central nervous system | Dr Nicholas Davies, United Kingdom |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Functional neurological disorders, advances in management | Prof. Jon Stone, United Kingdom |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD), an overview | Prof. Russell Dale, Australia |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | TEA BREAK | |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Parkinson’s disease: What is new? | Prof. Shen-Yang Lim, Malaysia |
| Symposium on Networks in Neurology |
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| 11.30 – 12.00 | Large scale industrial brain imaging | Prof. Narayanan Kasthuri, USA |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Temporal lobe epilepsies: Epileptogenic zones to networks | Prof. Kurupath Radhakrishnan, India |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Brain networks and neuropsychiatric disorders | Prof. Ed Bullmore, United Kingdom |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Management of large infarct core | Prof. Andrew Lee, Australia |
| Symposium on Infection and Inflammation | ||
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Viral encephalitis and its mimics | Dr Nicholas Davies, United Kingdom |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Infection triggered encephalopathy syndromes | Prof. Russell Dale, Australia |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Inflammatory muscle disorders | Dr Channa Hewamadduma, United Kingdom |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Case-based reviews with neuroimaging | Prof. Bejoy Thomas, India |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | TB complex case discussion | Dr Arjuna Fernando, Sri Lanka Dr Nicholas Davies, United Kingdom |
| 17.30 – 18.00 | TEA | |
| 07.30 – 08.00 REGISTRATION | ||
| 08.00 – 09.00 | Abstract presentations | |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Use of rituximab in neurological disorders | Prof. Anu Jacob, UAE |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Rehabilitation in muscle disorders | Dr Channa Hewamadduma, United Kingdom |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Paradigm shift in the practice of medicine due to artificial intelligence: What a neurologist needs to know | Dr Yudara Kularathne, Singapore |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | TEA BREAK | |
| Symposium on Epilepsy | ||
| 11.00 – 11.30 | An update on idiopathic generalized epilepsy spectrum disorders | Prof. Andrew Bleasel, Australia |
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Emerging advances in the treatment of epilepsies | Prof. Kurupath Radhakrishnan, India |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Genetic diagnosis for precision therapy in epilepsy | Prof. Deepak Gill, Australia |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Concurrent use of anti-platelets and anticoagulants in acute ischemic stroke | Prof. Andrew Lee, Australia |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| Symposium on Rare Neurological Disorders | ||
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Metabolic disorders for the neurologist | Prof. Jithangi Wanigasinghe, Sri Lanka |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | An update on neurosarcoidosis | Prof. Anu Jacob, UAE |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Case discussions: Rare neurological disorders | Prof. Kurupath Radhakrishnan, India |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Case studies in peripheral neuropathy | Dr Satish Khadilkar, India |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | TEA BREAK | |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Neurology Quiz | |
| 08.30 – 09.00 REGISTRATION | ||
| 09.00 – 09.40 | Understanding the chaotic lines | Prof. Andrew Bleasel, Australia |
| 09.40 – 10.20 | Misleading EEG artifacts and normal variants | Prof. Kurupath Radhakrishnan, India |
| 10.20 – 10.40 | TEA BREAK | |
| 10.40 – 11.20 | Normal awake and sleep EEG | Prof. Deepak Gill, Australia |
| 11.20 – 11.40 | EEG in common focal and generalized epilepsy syndromes | Prof. Andrew Bleasel, Australia |
| 11.40 – 12.20 | EEG in epileptic encephalopathies and special patterns | Prof. Deepak Gill, Australia |
| 12.20 – 13.00 | EEG reading, interpreting and reporting | Prof. Kurupath Radhakrishnan, India |
| 13.00 – 13.40 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 13.40 – 15.20 | Hands on teaching session on EEG interpretation: Small group discussion | |
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