12th International Congress
12th international congress

Scientific Program

Program-at-a-Glance PDF

Sunday, June 22  |  Monday, June 23  |  Tuesday, June 24  |  Wednesday, June 25  |  Thursday, June 26


Sunday, June 22, 2008

13:00 to 16:00 2010 Opening Symposium: Issues in the diagnosis and early treatment of Parkinson's disease

Chair: Anthony G. Lang, Toronto, ON, Canada
Chair: Kapil Sethi, Augusta, GA, USA

13:00 Diagnosing Parkinson's disease - The role of functional neuroimaging
David J. Brooks, London, United Kingdom
13:30 Two decades of effort in neuroprotection - A review of the studies and a peek into the future
14:00 When to start symptomatic treatment for Parkinson's disease? A reappraisal
Anthony H.V. Schapira, London, United Kingdom
14:30 Break
15:00 How and what to start? Tailoring treatments for individual patients - Art or science?
Olivier Rascol, Tolouse, France
15:30 Panel Discussion

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16:00 to 19:00 2011 Opening Symposium: Managing the late stage Parkinson's disease patient

Chair: Eduardo Tolosa, Barcelona, Spain

16:00 Motor fluctuations and dyskinesias - Magnitude of the problem and underlying mechanisms
Jose A. Obeso, Pamplona, Spain
16:30 Managing motor complications in the clinic
Matthew B. Stern, Philadelphia, PA, USA
17:00 Daytime sleepiness and nocturnal problems in Parkinson's disease
17:30 Neuropsychiatric manifestations of advanced Parkinson's disease - The range
Huburt Henry Fernandez, Gainesville, FL, USA
18:00 Break
18:30 Management of cognitive problems and dementia in Parkinson's disease
Murat Emre, Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 Panel Discussion

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