ECON - 2008

 9th Joint Annual Conference of the Indian Eplepsy Association

 India Epilepsy Society

                   IEA

IES   18th IECTrust        Econ

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Scientific Program

Monday (20th October 2008)

Pre Conference Workshop Neuroimaging in Epilepsy from the basics to advanced -ILAE-ASEPA-IES 9.00 AM onwards, Venue- Magnolia, Lodhi Road, IHC

9.00-9.40 Advanced MRI Neuroimaging techniques for epilepsy – J Archer
  Chair Person S Gaikwad,  N Singh
 9.45-10.25  Role of  SPECT in epilepsy – J Freeman
  Chair Person  CS Bal, M Tripathi
10.30-11.10 Role of PET in epilepsy –  D Reutens
  Chair Person   R Kashyap,  H Mahajan
11.15- 11.55 fMRI-EEG in epilepsy – J Stern
  Chair Person   S Kumaran, PK Roy
12.00-  12.40 MEG in epilepsy -  AC Papanicolaou
  Chair Person  RP Tripathi,  K Dalal
12.45- 1.25 How much to investigate- review of the evidence - D Reutens
  Chair Person  S Gaikwad, CS Bal

Who should attend- All clinicians seeing patients with epilepsy, Neuroradiologists, General Radiologists, Residents in training in the above fields, all personnel working in imaging centres.

Lunch- 1.30 to 230 PM

2.00-6.30 PM

Executive Committee meeting   IEA- EC-
Magnolia                                       IES-  EC-

7.30-8.45 PM

Dinner Symposium- Sponsored by Sanofi Synthelabo, Venue- Magnolia, IHC
:30 - 7:50 PM The choice of AED's -Do we have the keys for the locks ? Satish Jain

7:50  - 8:30 PM Conventional versus the Newer Anti Epileptic  Drugs - Sanad study Jerome Engel

 Panel discussion
 20:30 PM - 20:45 PM

Jerome Engel , Satish Jain , P Satishchandra , Gagandeep Singh, Manjari Tripathi ,

 DINNER

Tuesday 21st October 2008,  Themes

             Tentative draft program: Registration 8 AM onwards

Theme

Time

Award Papers
Chair Persons- RK Shukla, S Pradhan 

08.45-09.30 AM

Inauguration

09:45-10.30 AM

Coffee Break 

10:30-11:00 AM

Presidential Oration:   M Gourie Devi
“Newer insights into drug treatment of epilepsy”
Chair Persons- Arjun Das, VS Saxena

11:00-11:30 AM

Shobha Arjun Das Oration: JMK Murthy
"Mortality in Status Epilepticus: The Determinants"
Chair Persons- M Behari, BC Bansal

11:30-12:00 PM

Arjun Sehgal Oration:  K Radhakrishnan
“Surgical treatment of the epilepsies: a developing country scenario”
Chair Persons- GK Ahuja, DC Jain

12:00-12:30 PM

Combat Session- Is ictal EEG recording always necessary before epilepsy surgery?  J Engel & M Tripathi
Chair Persons- P Satish Chandra, S Gulati

12:30-01.15 PM

Lunch

1.15-2.15 PM

Free papers – Chair Persons  T Roy, A Srivastava

2.15-3:15 PM

Tea Break 

3.15-3.30 PM

Poster Session – V Nadkarni ,Col JP Lazarus

3.30-4.15 PM

Combat Session- WADAS or fMRI ? in Presurgical evaluation
J Kapur & S Moshe
Chair Persons- S Gaikwad, MV Padma

4:15-5:00 PM

GBM IEA

5.00-6.00 PM

GBM IES

6.00-7.00 PM

Dinner- Delhi Golf Club

7.00 PM onwards

Wednesday (22nd Oct 2008)- Venue Amaltas, IHC

Subject

Time (AM)

Generic versus specific AEDs: S Dergalust
Chair Persons  YK Gupta, K Kishore

9-9:30

Combat Session- Single seizure to treat or not : S Jain & J Stern
Chair Persons B Vengamma, M Bhatia

9.30-10.15

Bajoria Oration: ES Krishnamoorthy
" Disabling epilepsy - from novel clinical concept to national health policy"
Chair Persons HV Srinivas, U Shah

10.15-10:45

Tea Break

10:45-11:00

Disability &  epilepsy –
S Lund, President, IBE
IBE/International scenario
Dr PU Shah Indian scenario
Panel Discussion:
Panelists – P Natrajan , TD Dhariyal- Min of Social Justice and Empowerment,K Kamra-
Equal Opportunity Cell, University of Delhi, PU Shah, S Lund.
Moderators: M Tripathi
 

11:00-12:00
11.00-11.20
11.20-11.40

11.40-12.15

KS Mani Memorial Patients Forum-
Chair Persons M Gupta, PK Sethi

12:15-1.15PM.


Valedictory function
 

1.15-1.30PM
Lunch 1.30 PM onwards