WORLD FEDERATION OF NEUROLOGY (WFN)
RESEARCH GROUP ON APHASIA, DEMENTIA & COGNITIVE DISORDERS
50TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING, VILLA MONASTERO, VARENNA, LAGO DI COMO
SATURDAY, 29 OCTOBER
Opening symposium - The main developments of the past decades, a vision for future:
14.30 – Opening
14.45 – Stefano Cappa (Italy) – Italian contribution to cognitive neurology
15.15 - Guido Gainotti (Italy) – The history of the WFN RG ADCD and reflections for future
15.45 – Gianfranco Denes (Italy) – The experience of the Bressanone cognitive neuropsychology workshops
16.15 – 16.45 - Coffee/tea break
16.45 - Thomas Bak (UK) – From chest of drawers to facebook: approaching brain through art and technology
17.15 - Yves Joanette (World Dementia Council) – Dementia now and then: facing the Global Challenge of
Dementia
17.45 – Discussion
18.30pm – WELCOME RECEPTION
SUNDAY, 30 OCTOBER
Therapy of language and conceptual processing
9.00 - Friedemann Pulvermüller (Germany) – Introduction to the topic
9.15 – Kyrana Tsapkini (USA)
9.45 - Matt Lambon-Ralph (UK)
10.15-10.45 Coffee/tea break
10.45 - David Howard (UK)
11.15 - Bettina Mohr (Germany)
11.45 – Marcelo Berthier (Spain)
12.15 – Discussion
12.30-14.00 Lunch
Language in Dementia
14.00 – Loraine Obler (USA) – Plasticity, reserve, and compensation in dementia.
14.30 – Alexandre Nikolaev (Finland)
15.00 – Jet Vonk (USA)
15.30 - Discussion
15.45 – 16.15 – Coffee/tea break
Social cognition: language, society and behaviour
16.15 – Friedemann Pulvermueller (Germany)
16.45 – Reza Nilipour (Iran)
17.15 – Facundo Manes (Argentina)
17.45 – Discussion
18.30 – VISIT TO MOTO GUZZI MUSEUM IN MANDELLO
20.00 - CONFERENCE DINNER
MONDAY, 31 OCTOBER
New perspective in cognitive assessment
9.00 - Morris Freedman (Canada)
9.30 – Giorgio Arcara (Italy)
10.00 - Brendan Weekes (Hong Kong)
10.30 – Ana Ines Ansaldo (Canada)
11.00 – Discussion
11.15-11.45 – Coffee/Tea break
Neuropsychological Testing of Multicultural/Illiterate/Low Educated Subjects
11.45 - Catherine Belin (France)
12.15 - Suvarna Alladi (India)
12.45 – Didier Maillet (France)
13.15 – Discussion
13.30 - 14.30 - Lunch
14.30 – 15.30 – Poster Session
15.30 – 17.30 – Global task force meeting: diagnosis, screening, management and treatment
TUESDAY, 1 NOVEMBER
Cerebellar Neurocognition
9.00 – Jeremy Schmahmann (USA)
9.30 – Mario Manto (Belgium)
10.00 – Peter Mariën (Belgium)
10.30 – Frank Van Overwalle (Belgium)
11.00 - Discussion
11.15 – 11.45 – Coffee/Tea Break
11.45-12.30 General Meeting of the WFN RG ADCD