DM-CNS 5th Workshop
Milan – December 2nd-3rd, 2014
Aim: Consensus on biomarkers of cerebral involvement in myotonic dystrophy
Date: December 2nd-3rd, 2014
Site: University of Milan, Palazzo Greppi, Sala Napoleonica, Via Sant’Antonio 10, Milan
Organizer: G. Meola, Italy
AGENDA Tuesday, December 2 8.30 am Registration 9.00-­‐9.30 am European DM CNS Task Force 9.30-­‐11.00 am Characterizing cognition: consensus on gold standard in cognitive testing in adult, childhood, congenital forms G. Meola – Italy D. MacKenzie -­‐ Canada A. Berit-­‐Ekstrom – Sweden G. Bosco -­‐ Italy Childhood form of DM1 and autism: is there a comorbidity? N. Angeard – France 11.00-­‐11.30 am Coffee break 11.30 am-­‐1.00 pm Neuroimaging M. Bozzali – Italy C. Kornblum – Germany N. Minnerop -­‐ Germany 1.00-­‐2.00 pm Lunch 2.00-­‐4.00 pm DM registries focused on CNS aspects G. Bassez -­‐ France B. Fossati -­‐ Italy L. Wood -­‐ UK B. Schoser -­‐ Germany 4.00-­‐4.30 pm Coffee break 4.30-­‐6.00 pm Disease models and neurochemistry 7.30-­‐7.45 S. Sonnino– Italy M.G. Pereira -­‐ France Molecular aspects and linking to CNS manifestation N. Sergeant -­‐ France OMMYD strategy – nomenclature of disease B. Gallais -­‐ Canada G. Meola -­‐ Italy Breathing and CNS in DM1 B. Schoser -­‐ Germany 8.30 pm Dinner 6.00-­‐7.00 pm 7.00-­‐7.30 pm Wednesday, December 3 8.30-­‐10.00 am Consensus on multiple biomarkers of CNS involvement B. Eymard – France G. Meola – Italy B. Schoser – Germany N. Sergeant – France C. Turner -­‐ UK B. Van Engelen – The Netherlands 10.00-­‐10.15 am Coffee break 10.15-­‐11.00 am Optimistic study B. Van Engelen – The Netherlands 11.00-­‐12.30 pm Clinical research and preparedeness 12.30 am – 1.30 pm Therapy strategy: biomarkers in animal model to use for preclinical test B. Eymard – France C. Turner -­‐ UK B. Van Engelen – The Netherlands A. Lopez (VLT Biopharma-­‐ Spain) G. Gourdon (France) Therapeutic strategy from drug company G. Dent (Biogen IDEC – USA) 1.30-­‐2.00 pm Lunch ATTENDANTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Angeard Nathalie Bassez Guillaume Berit-­‐Ekstrom Anne Bosco Giovanna Bozzali Marco Cardani Rosanna Dent Gersham Diamanti Susanna Eymard Bruno Fossati Barbara Gallais Benjamin Gourdon Geneviève Kornblum Cornelia Lopez Arturo MacKenzie Don Meola Giovanni Minnerop Martina Pattni Jatin Pereira Mario Gomez Schoser Benedikt Sergeant Nicolas Sonnino Sandro Turner Chis Van Engelen Baziel Wood Libby France France Sweden Italy Italy Italy USA (Biogen IDEC) Italy France Italy Canada France Germany Spain (VLT Biopharma) Canada (The Marigold Foundation) Italy Germany UK France Germany France Italy UK The Netherlands UK