MAIN CONGRESS PROGRAMME

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

11:00 – 17:45 Registration of Participants

PROGRAMME

Venue: Cankarjev dom (CD Club), Ljubljana

18:00 – 18:30 Informal Get-together Party
18:30 – 19:00 Opening Ceremony

19:00 – 19.30 Artistic performances:

• Kim Pavlič: Music on a harpsichord (François Couperin, Louis Couperin, Christoph Graupner) and dance The Little Match Girl by H.C. Andersen

19.30 – 20.15 Invited Lecture:

• Jernej Završnik: Approaching Children with Different Social and Cultural Backgrounds

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Venue: Cankarjev dom (M1 Conference Hall), Ljubljana

09:00 – 10:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Ljerka Cvitanović-Šojat

• Brahim Tabarki Melaiki: Neurometabolic Disorders and Congenital Malformations
  of the Central Nervous System
• Zuhal Yapici: The Most Common Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA)
  - Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN) and its Clinical Spectrum
• Janja Drobež: SENDA – Static Encephalopathy of Childhood with Neurodegeneration in Adulthood – Recently Identified Mutation in the Autophagy Gene WDR45

10:30 - 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Anita Kušej Jošt

• Alexey Kholin, Anna Antonets, Ilia Kanivets, Nikolay Zavadenko: Epileptic Encephalopathy Caused by Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation-5
• Janja Drobež: CDKL5 Disorder Presenting as Epileptic Encephalopathy
  with Neurodevelopmental Delay
• Brahim Tabarki Melaiki: Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation - the Saudi Experience

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break, Poster Viewing & Exhibition

14:00 – 15:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Riaz Ahmed Syed

• Anastasia Strutynskaya, Ekaterina Esipova, Elena Il’ina, Oleg Borisov, Alexey Kholin, Nikolay Zavadenko: Developmental Scores in Epileptic and Non-epileptic Children with Cerebral Palsy
• Ekaterina Esipova, Alexey Kholin, Elena Il’ina, Nikolay Zavadenko: Presence of Epilepsy and Non-epileptic Paroxysms in Children with Spastic Forms of Cerebral Palsy
• Biserka Rešić, Edina Karabeg, Jasminka Rešić Karara, Ivana Jelovina: Sleep Disorders and Epilepsy

19:30-22:00 CULTURAL EVENING
Venue: Cankarjev dom (Gallus Hall)

• The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Friday, 20 October 2017

Venue: Cankarjev dom (M1 Conference Hall), Ljubljana

09:00 – 10:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Biserka Rešić, Andreja Kovač

• Tatjana Dolenc Veličković: Basic Principles of Therapeutic Approaches for Persons with Brain Abnormalities
• Michael Johnston: Brain Plasticity – Windows of Opportunity in the Developing Brain

10:30 - 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:00 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Veronica Deysi Genoveva Colombo, Alenka Ješe

• Michael Johnston: The Quest for Neuroprotection for Injuries in the Developing Brain

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break, Poster Viewing & Exhibition 

14:00 – 18:00 Excursion to Postojna caves

Departure by bus at Cankarjev dom

20:00 Farewell Dinner with lively music

Venue: Restaurant Maxim

Saturday, 21 October 2017

Venue: Cankarjev dom (M1 Conference Hall), Ljubljana

08:45 – 10:15 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Janja Drobež

• Nancy Schumacher: Epilepsy public awareness
• Josef Finsterer: Abnormalities on Cerebral Imaging in Paediatric Mitochondrial Disorders
• Biserka Rešić, Ivana Jelovina, Jasminka Rešić Karara: Neurological Basis of Emotional Development
• Tamer Rizk: Audit on - The Use of Chloral Hydrate in Sedating Paediatric Patients during Short Neurophysiological Procedures

10:15 - 10:45 Break

10:45 – 12:45 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Valentina Matijević, Tatjana Dolenc Veličković

• Peter Spazzapan: Craniosynostosis – Diagnosis and Management
• Anke von Steiger-Langeheine: David and his Team - Stunning Progress
  

13:00 – 13:30 Closing Remarks, Future CNM Congress and Farewell