Plenary Lectures

• Plenary Lecture 1: Fulton Award Lecture
  THE GLOBAL IMPORTANCE OF DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES
  Eva Feldman, USA
• Plenary Lecture 2
  THE WHO, IGAP AND BRAIN HEALTH
  Tarun Dua, Switzerland

• Plenary Lecture 3
  NEUROLOGY OF PANDEMIC INFECTIONS
  Hadi Manji, UK
• Plenary Lecture 4
  THE ROLE OF PATIENT ORGANISATIONS
  Kathy Oliver – UK

PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM AND WFN MEDALS AND SORIANO PLENARY AWARD LECTURE

• THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BURDEN OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
  Valery Feigin, New Zealand

• Plenary Lecture 5: YAHR Plenary Award Lecture
  STATUS OF DISEASE MODIFYING THERAPY IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE
  Anthony Lang, Canada
• Plenary Lecture 6
  CLINICAL TRIAL PROGRESS IN ALS
  Merit Cudkowicz, USA

• Plenary Lecture 7
  THE RETT SYNDROME, FROM CLINICS TO GENETICS
  Huda Zoghbi, USA
• Plenary Lecture 8
  NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA: AN EVOLVING SPECTRUM OF DISEASE
  Satoshi Kuwabara, Japan

• Plenary Lecture 9: Barucha Award Lecture
  TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF STROKE
  Liping Liu, China
• Plenary Lecture 10
  AFRICAN NEUROLOGY: A TARGETED AND UNIFIED APPROACH TO INTERREGIONAL COLLABORATION.
  Augustina Charway-Felli, Ghana

03-10-2021

15:30 – 16:15        PLENARY LECTURE 01: FULTON AWARD LECTURE

THE GENETICS OF CADASIL

E. Tournier Lasserve, Finland

16:20 – 17:05      PLENARY LECTURE 02:  

THOMAS WILLIS – HIS LIFE AND TIMES

A. Compston, United Kingdom

04-10-2021

15:30 – 17:15      PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM AND WFN MEDALS PRESENTATION

INTRODUCTION

W. Carroll, Australia and  W. Grisold, Austria

WFN MEDALS PRESENTATION

INTRO PLENARY LECTURE 3

W. Carroll, Australia

Plenary 3: CHALLENGES FACED BY THE WHO IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC

TBA

LIVE INTRO PLENARY LECTURE 4

W. Grisold, Austria

Plenary 4: Presidential Address: WFN DURING AND BEYOND THE PANDEMIC

W. Carroll, Australia

LIVE Q&A: PLENARY 3+4

M. Ryan, Switzerland , W. Grisold, Austria and W. Carroll, Australia

05-10-2021

15:30 – 16:15      PLENARY LECTURE 05: SORIANO PLENARY AWARD LECTURE

LIGHTING UP THE BRAIN

G. Miesenböck, Great Britain

16:20 – 17:05      PLENARY LECTURE 06:  

CEREBRAL ORGANOIDS: MODELLING NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS USING STEM CELL DERIVED 3D CULTURE

J. Knoblich, Austria

06-10-2021

15:30 – 16:15      PLENARY LECTURE 07

FLUID BIOMARKERS FOR NEURODEGENERATION

H. Zetterberg, Sweden

16:20 – 17:05      PLENARY LECTURE 08: MASLAND AWARD LECTURE

MECHANISMS TO MEDICINES IN NEURODEGENERATION

G. Mallucci, United Kingdom

07-10-2021

15:30 – 16:15      PLENARY LECTURE 9: SINGHAL AWARD LECTURE

NEW THERAPIES FOR MND

P. Shaw, United Kingdom

16:20 – 17:05      PLENARY LECTURE 10    

GUT-BRAIN AXIS

J. Huh, USA