Program

March 13-15, 2024 Kuopio City Theater, Minna-hall, Kuopio, Finland

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

14.00 – 14.15: Welcome
Dean of the University of Eastern Finland Jussi Pihlajamäki
Program Co-Chair Reetta Kälviäinen

Chair: Reetta Kälviäinen

14.15 – 14.45: The causes of epilepsy – history and concepts – Simon Shorvon
14.45 – 15.30: Epilepsy Care Pathway: The Finnish Model – Zak Allal
15.30 – 16.00: Meaningful epilepsy outcomes – James Mitchell
16.00 – 16.30: Coffee
16.30 – 17.15: Use of Telemedicine in Epilepsy – Johan Zelano
17.15 – 18.00: Modern Epilepsy Diagnostics and Care according to WHO IGAP – Alexis Arzimanoglou
Comment of implementation in Finland – Liisa Metsähonkala

19.00: Faculty Dinner, Young Epilepsy Section ILAE program, Other participants free evening

Chair: Johanna Uusimaa

8.00-8.15 Epilepsies with onset during the first year of life: a prospective study on syndromes, etiologies, and outcomes – Henna Jonsson
8.15-8.30 Novel CLN8 knock in mouse model of Northern epilepsy recapitulates major clinical hallmarks of the disease – Reetta Hinttala
8.30-8.45 Seizure freedom and antiseizure medication cessation are associated with postoperative improvements in neuropsychological functioning in children with drug-resistant focal epilepsy – Maria Eriksson
8.45-9.00 Hippo-MEA: Microelectrode array scaled for human hippocampal slices obtained during epilepsy surgeries – Anssi Pelkonen

Chairs: Jarkko Kirjavainen and Outi Saarenpää-Heikkilä

09.00 – 09.30: Status Epilepticus Care Pathway – Anne-Mari Kantanen
09.30 – 10.00: Rapid and Early Seizure Termination (REST) in outpatient setting – Reetta Kälviäinen
10.00 – 10.20: Clinical presentation of newly onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) in Finland – Leena Kämppi
10.20 – 11.00: NORSE international recommendations – Ronny Wickström
11.00 – 11.30: Coffee

Chair: Esa Mervaala

11.30 – 12.15: Ictal-interictal continuum and approach to treatment – Giorgi Kuchukhidze
12.15 – 12.45: EEG interpretation and approach to treatment in anoxic brain damage – Erik Westhall
12.45 – 13.45: Lunch

Chair: Esa Mervaala

13.45 – 14.15: Treatment and Outcomes in Encephalopathy related to Status Epilepticus during Slow Sleep – Floor Jansen
14.15 – 15.00: Interpretation of clinical EEG using artificial intelligence – Michel van Putten
15.00 – 15.30: Coffee

Chair: Jukka Peltola

15.30 – 16.00: Interpretation of clinical MRI in epilepsy using artificial intelligence – Sophie Adler
16.00 – 16.30: Home monitoring possibilities of epileptic seizures – Jukka Peltola
16.30 – 18.00: Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Neurology Association

19.00 – 22.00 : Banquet Hotel Puijonsarvi

Chairs: Reetta Hinttala and Katri Silvennoinen

09.00 – 10.00: Epilepsy genetics in practice today and Why is precision medicine beneficial in epilepsies? – Rikke Moller
10.00 – 10.30: New tools to evaluate variants – Dennis Lal
10.30 – 11.00: Coffee
11.00 – 11.45: Natural course and comorbidities of progressive myoclonus epilepsy 1 (EPM1) – Jelena Hyppönen, Katri Silvennoinen
11.45 – 12.00: Lafora disease (EPM2) in Finland – Kirsi Mikkonen
12.00 – 12.45: Future treatment possibilities for EPM1 and EPM2 – Berge Minassian
12.45 – 13.45: Lunch

Chairs: Arto Immonen, Tarja Malm

13.45 – 14.15: Presurgical evaluation, when to operate and when not to, Leena Jutila
14.15 – 14.45: Genetic testing and somatic mutations in epilepsy surgery, Dennis Lal
14.45 – 15.15: Human-derived brain tissue as an epilepsy model, Mark Cunningham
15.15 – 15.45: Multiscale assessment of epileptogenicity in human brain tissue, Alejandra Sierra Lopez, Tarja Malm

15.45 – 15.55: Vaajasalo Foundation Young Investigator Awards, presented by Kosti Kejonen and Olli-Pekka Intke; Epilepsy Foundation Awards; presented by Sari Kuitunen
15.55 – 16.00: Closing of the Kuopio Epilepsy 2024 Symposium – Reetta Kälviäinen