Pre-congress Courses
Multiple sclerosis educational course
Co-chairs: Saher Hashem, Egypt & Hany Aref, Egypt
The differential diagnosis of MS and its mimickers – Bassem Yamout, Lebanon
Recent advances in MS imaging – Bruno Stankoff, France
The changing landscape of MS therapy: What is new and what is on the horizon? – Peter Rieckmann, Germany
Update on neuromyelitis optica – Patrick Vermersch, France
Basic EEG Teaching Course
Co-chairs: Nirmeen Kishk, Egypt & Mohamed Hamdy, Egypt
What is the basic concept of EEG? – Radwa Bakry, Egypt
Technique of routine EEG (practical session) – Mai Beesher, Egypt
Normal EEG (age, vigilance and variants) – Radwa Bakry, Egypt
Quiz
Abnormal EEG (epileptiform) – Mai Beesher, Egypt
Abnormal EEG, structural, encephalopathy & coma – Radwa Bakry, Egypt
How to write an EEG request? – Nirmeen Kishk, Egypt
How to write an EEG report? – Mai Beesher, Egypt
Sessions
Management of pharmaco-resistant epilepsy
Co-chairs: Sayed Tag, Egypt & Taoufik AlSaadi, UAE
How to deal with pharmaco-resistance – Taoufik AlSaadi, UAE
Structural and functional development in epilepsy imaging – William Gaillard, USA
How to decide for epilepsy surgery – Deepak Lachhwani, UAE
Epilepsy surgery in the CEMA region – Youssef Comair, Lebanon
Platform Session
Co-chairs: Hassan Hosny, Egypt & Emilio Perucca, Italy
Sodium channel blockers in the 21st Century – Martin Brodie, United Kingdom
Evaluation of cognitive functions and diffusion tensor imaging in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy – Lobna el Ghoneimy, Egypt
Awake craniotomy and brain mapping, technical nuances and outcome – Ahmed Morsy, Egypt
QuoStatus: a software package for the analysis of the progression of Status Epilepticus in EEG signals – Peter Roper, USA
School and epilepsy
Co-chairs: Athanasios Covanis, Greece & Farouk Talaat, Egypt
Learning disabilities in children with epilepsy: causes and consequences – Chahnez Charfi Triki, Tunisia
Teachers’ knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy – Mohammed Jan, KSA
Stigma, with emphasis on school, in epileptic patients – Boulenouar Mesraoua, Qatar
Perception of epilepsy by epileptic children, their parents and doctors – Nebal Waill Saadi, Iraq
WFN / CEMA Session
Co-chairs: Emilio Perucca, Italy & Raad Shakir, United Kingdom
The contribution of WFN in supporting the fight against epilepsy – Raad Shakir, United Kingdom
Thirty years of new antiepileptic drugs: What did we achieve, and what is next? – Emilio Perucca, Italy
Epileptic encephalopathies
Co-chairs: Ibrahim Shoukry, Egypt & Chahnez Triki, Tunisia
The epileptic encephalopathies – concepts and prognostic factors – Helen Cross, United Kingdom
Genetic basis of early onset epileptic encephalopathies – Rima Nabbout, France
Novel therapies for epileptic encephalopathies – Raidah Al Baradie, KSA
Generalized epilepsies of unknown and genetic cause
Co-chairs: Helen Cross, United Kingdom & Magd Zakaria, Egypt
Classification and concepts of generalized seizures and epilepsies: What is new? – Sameer Zuberi, United Kingdom
An update on the genetics of generalized epilepsies – Riadh Gouider, Tunisia
Management of women with generalized epilepsy in the childbearing period – Hassan Hosny, Egypt
Approaches to the management of drug-resistant generalized epilepsies – Gregory Krauss, USA
Status Epilepticus
Co-chairs: Khaled Zamel, Qatar & Essam Darwish, Egypt
Definition and classification of Status Epilepticus – Gudrun Kalss, Austria
The treatment of Status Epilepticus – Aidan Neligan, United Kingdom
Immune-mediated epilepsies
Co-chairs: Tahir Obeid, Sudan & Mohammed Al-Shehab, Jordan
Immune-mediated refractory epilepsies: concepts and mechanisms – Sarosh Irani, United Kingdom
How to diagnose and treat auto-immune epilepsies in children – Khaled Zamel, Qatar
Public perceptions and understanding of epilepsy
Co-chairs: Ahmed Talaat, Egypt & Boulenaour Mesraoua, Qatar
Knowledge of epilepsy in the general public – Athanasios Covanis, Greece
The magnitude of traditional belief among the general public – Nahida El Assi, Lebanon
New technologies in connecting, educating and helping people with epilepsy – Najib Kissani, Morocco
Training programme for caregivers and PWE about epilepsy – Fatma Kamoun, Tunisia
Morning Teaching Sessions
Video-session: Semiology of seizures
Co-chairs: Deepak Lachhwani, UAE & Ghaieb Aljandeel, Iraq
Case presenters – Nirmeen Kishk, Egypt & Ghaieb Aljandeel, Iraq
Morning Teaching Session
Co-chairs: Ghaieb Aljandeel, Iraq & Nirmeen Kishk, Egypt
How to establish an epilepsy monitoring unit – Deepak Lachhwani, UAE
Challenging cases of neuroimaging in epilepsy – Ammar Mubaidian, Jordan
Please note: the programme details are subject to change; please check the congress website regularly for updated information