PROGRAM




NEXT EPIPED COURSE - FACE TO FACE MEETING :
Date : APRIL 23-26, 2025
Location : Girona (Spain)


PROGRAM: 
Wednesday April 23rd, 2025
14h00-14h30     Welcome & Pre-meeting quizz
14h45-17h30      PLENARY SESSIONS    Moderators : Alexis ARZIMANOGLOU (Spain) and Maša MALENICA (Croatia) 
14H45-16H00 
  Repurposed drugs and precision medicine - which, how and when?  Lieven LAGAE (Belgium)
16H00-17H00   What a child neurologist should know about Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus   Floor JANSEN  (The Netherlands)
17H00-17H30    COFFEE BREAK  

17H30-18H45   PRACTICAL TRAINING SESSIONS I (Rotation in 3 groups)​
Groupe A          Treating comorbidities in pediatric epilepsies (ADHD; Anxiety; Depression;) Lieven LAGAE (Belgium), Alia RAMIREZ and Andrea PALACIO (Spain)
Groupe B          Using steroids in clinical practice for the treatment of Infantile Spasms, LKS, LGS, and other epilepsies​  Loreto LLANOS (Chile) and Floor JANSEN (The Netherlands)
Groupe C          To treat or Not to Treat the EEG? If one global answer is not possible on what basis can you decide? Maša MALENICA (Croatia), and Carlos VALERA (Spain)
19H30               MEET YOUR MENTORS APERITIF & BUFFET DINER ON SITE


 
Thursday April 24th, 2025
09H00-10H00      PLENARY SESSIONS   Moderator: Marios KALIAKATSOS (The UK)
09H00-10H00    Is there a controversy about neonatal seizure treatment? Carmen FONS and Laia NOU (Spain) 
10H00-10H30    COFFEE BREAK  

10H30-11H45    PRACTICAL TRAINING SESSIONS I (Rotation in 3 groups)​
Groupe B           Treating comorbidities in pediatric epilepsies (ADHD; Anxiety; Depression;)  Lieven LAGAE (Belgium), Alia RAMIREZ and Andrea PALACIO (Spain)
Groupe C           Using steroids in clinical practice for the treatment of Infantile Spasms, LKS, LGS, and other epilepsies Loreto LLANOS (Chile) and Floor JANSEN (The Netherlands)
Groupe A           To treat or Not to Treat the EEG? If one global answer is not possible on what basis can you decide? Maša MALENICA (Croatia), and Carlos VALERA (Spain)

12H00-13H00    PLENARY SESSIONS   Moderator: Carmen FONS (Spain)
12H00-13H00   
Assessment and management of psychogenic non-epileptic (functional) seizures (PNES) in children Marios KALIAKATSOS (The UK)
13H00-14H15   LUNCH BREAK

14H15-16H45    PLENARY SESSIONS     Moderators: Floor JANSEN  (The Netherlands) and Hans HOLTHAUSEN (Germany)
14H15-15H30   
Recognize and treat POSTERIOR CORTEX Epilepsies in children (From Syndromes to Localizations)  Victoria SAN ANTONIO (Germany) and Laura TASSI (Italy) 
15H30-16H45   Surgical techniques for the child neurologist: Lobectomy; Focal cortical resection   Jordi RUMIA (Spain)      
16H45-17H00   GRAB A COFFEE / TEA BREAK

17H00-18H15   PRACTICAL TRAINING SESSIONS I (Rotation in 3 groups)​ 
Groupe C          Treating comorbidities in pediatric epilepsies (ADHD; Anxiety; Depression;)   Lieven LAGAE (Belgium), Alia RAMIREZ and Andrea PALACIO (Spain)
Groupe A          Using steroids in clinical practice for the treatment of Infantile Spasms, LKS, LGS, and other epilepsies​  Loreto LLANOS (Chile) and Floor JANSEN (The Netherlands)          
Groupe B          To treat or Not to Treat the EEG? If one global answer is not possible on what basis can you decide? Maša MALENICA (Croatia), and Carlos VALERA (Spain)

18H30-19H45  PLENARY SESSION    Moderator: Valentina DE GIORGIS  (Italy)
18H30-19H45  
Acute symptomatic status epilepticus and therapeutical approach to unprovoked seizures that follow  Eugen TRINKA (Austria)
20H30                EPIPED DINNER
 Friday April 25th, 2025

09H00-10H45  PRACTICAL TRAINING SESSIONS II (Rotation in 3 groups)​ 
Groupe A          When to suspect a FCD, how to optimize the investigations and what to do next Hans HOLTHAUSEN and Victoria SAN ANTONIO (Germany) 
Groupe B          Adapting the pre-surgical evaluation to the aetiology (3 Use Cases: Sturge-Weber Sd.; Rasmussen's encephalitis; MRI negative)   Helen CROSS (UK), Jana DOMINGUEZ (Spain) and Javier APARICIO (Spain)
Groupe C          Is it epilepsy or movement disorder? How to diagnose and treat? Eleni PANAGIOTAKAKI (France) and Dario ORTIGOZA (Spain) 

10H45-11H15  COFFEE BREAK

11H15-13H00  PLENARY SESSIONS   Moderator: Jaume CAMPISTOL (Spain) & Javier APARICIO (Spain)
11h15-12h00  
Intermittent vs. continuous ketogenic diet – is “cheating” an option? Valentina DE GIORGIS  (Italy)
12H00-13H00  Recognize and treat with ASMs Focal non-idiopathic (structural) epilepsies in children: Recommendations and Guidelines  Helen CROSS (UK)
13H00-14H15  LUNCH BREAK

14H15-15H30 PRACTICAL TRAINING SESSIONS II (Rotation in 3 groups)​ 
Groupe B        When to suspect a FCD, how to optimize the investigations and what to do next Hans HOLTHAUSEN and Victoria SAN ANTONIO (Germany) 
Groupe C        Adapting the pre-surgical evaluation to the aetiology (3 Use Cases: Sturge-Weber Sd.; Rasmussen's encephalitis; MRI negative)   Helen CROSS (UK), Jana DOMINGUEZ (Spain) and Javier APARICIO (Spain)
Groupe A        Is it epilepsy or movement disorder? How to diagnose and treat? Eleni PANAGIOTAKAKI (France) and Dario ORTIGOZA (Spain)  
15H30-15h45   GRAB A COFFEE/ TEA BREAK   

15H45-17H00 PRACTICAL TRAINING SESSIONS II (Rotation in 3 groups)​              
Groupe C         When to suspect a FCD, how to optimize the investigations and what to do next   Hans HOLTHAUSEN and Victoria SAN ANTONIO (Germany) 
Groupe A         Adapting the pre-surgical evaluation to the aetiology (3 Use Cases: Sturge-Weber Sd.; Rasmussen's encephalitis; MRI negative)    Helen CROSS (UK), Jana DOMINGUEZ (Spain) and Javier APARICIO (Spain)
Groupe B         Is it epilepsy or movement disorder? How to diagnose and treat?    Eleni PANAGIOTAKAKI (France) and Dario ORTIGOZA (Spain) 

17h00 ENJOY GIRONA AFTERNOON & LATE SURPRISES
 
Saturday April 26th, 2025
09h00-10h15     PLENARY SESSION   Moderators : Hans HOLTHAUSEN (Germany) and Mar CARRENO (Spain)
09H00-10H15  
  MORNING DEBATE: Do we know enough to defend early surgical treatment in children? Pros: Alexis ARZIMANOGLOU (Spain); Cons: Kees BRAUN (The Netherlands)

10H15-10H45  COFFEE BREAK & FREE YOUR ROOM

10H45-12H15  CASES PRESENTED BY THE PARTICIPANTS Coordination: Laia NOU, Javier APARICIO and Jana DOMINGUEZ     Discussants: all tutors present

12H15-12H45  POST-MEETING QUIZZ EVALUATION & Light farewell lunch

2025 FACULTY :
APARICIO Javier (Spain) ARZIMANOGLOU Alexis (Spain) BRAUN Kees (The Netherlands) CAMPISTOL Jaume (Spain) CARRENO Mar (Spain) CROSS Helen (UK) DE GIORGIS Valentina (Italy) DOMINGUEZ Jana (Spain) FONS Carmen (Spain) HOLTHAUSEN Hans (Germany) JANSEN Floor (The Netherlands) KALIAKATSOS Marios (UK) LAGAE Lieven (Belgium) LLANOS Loreto (Chile) MALENICA Masa (Croatia) NOU Laia (Spain) ORTIGOZA Dario (Spain) PALACIO Andrea (Spain) PANAGIOTAKAKI Eleni (France) RAMIREZ Alia (Spain) RUMIA Jordi (Spain) SAN ANTONIO Victoria (Germany) TASSI Laura (Italy) TRINKA Eugen (Austria) VALERA Carlos (Spain)
 
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