2023 PROGRAM: The role of the EEG background activity in pediatric epilepsies
TUESDAY OCTOBER 3
1:30 –2:00 p.m. Welcome and Course Introduction (Scientific Committee)
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Lecture: The biological genesis of epilepsy (Prof. Martino Ruggieri, Italy)
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Lecture: Genesis and development of the EEG background activity (Dr. Massimo Mastrangelo, Italy)
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Lecture: The EEG background interpretation in the pediatric epilepsy: variations from the norm and significance (Prof. Guido Rubboli, Denmark)
3:30 – 5:00 Training Phase (Case 1)
5:00 – 5:30 Coffee break
5:30 – 7:00 Debriefing phase (Case 1)
8:00 p.m Welcome Cocktail
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Lecture: Epilepsies with normal EEG background and favorable outcome (Dr. Erika Rebessi, Switzerland)
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Lecture: Epilepsies with normal EEG background and unfavorable outcome (Dr. Angelo Russo, Italy)
9:30– 11:30 a.m. Training Phase (Case 2-3)
Coffee break included
11:30 – 1:30 p.m. Debriefing phase (case 2-3)
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Lunch
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Lecture: Epilepsies with EEG background impairment during NREM sleep (Dr. Gaetano Cantalupo, Italy)
3:00 – 5:30 p.m. Training Phase (Case 4-5)
Coffee break included
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Debriefing phase (case 4-5)
Free Evening
THURSDAY OCTOBER 5
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Lecture: Epilepsies with EEG background impairment: epileptic encephalopathies (Dr. Ronit Pressler, UK)
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Lecture: Epilepsies with EEG background impairment: developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (Dr. Giuseppe Capovilla, Italy)
9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Training Phase (Case 6-7)
Coffee break included
11:30 – 1:30 p.m. Debriefing phase (case 6-7)
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Lunch
3:00 p.m Bologna tour
Free Evening
FRIDAY OCTOBER 6
8:15 – 9:00 a.m. Lecture: Autoimmune encephalopathies (Dr. Anna Fetta, Italy)
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Lecture: EEG background impairment in autoimmune encephalopaties (Dr. Angelo Russo, Italy)
9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Training Phase (Case 8-9)
Coffee break included
11:30 – 1:30 p.m. Debriefing phase (case 8-9)
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Lunch
3:00 – 7:00 p.m Learners case presentation
8:30 p.m. Dinner in Bologna Down Town
SATURDAY OCTOBER 7
8:15 – 9:00 a.m. Lecture: Epilepsies in metabolic encephalopathies - (Prof. Jaime Campistol Villaplana, Spain)
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Lecture: EEG background impairment in metabolic encephalopathies - (Dr. Irene Bagnasco, Italy)
Coffee break included
9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Training Phase (Case 10-11)
11:30 – 1:30 p.m. Debriefing phase (case 10-11)
Session closure