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Invitation from Prof. Niphon Poungvarin, Congress President .......................... 2

Organizing Committee ..................................................................................... 3

Program at a Glance .......................................................................................... 4

Plenary Lectures Program ................................................................................. 6

Debate Program ................................................................................................ 6

Plenary Speakers ............................................................................................... 7

Education Daily Program................................................................................ 10

Scientific Daily Program ................................................................................. 14

Meet the Professor Program ............................................................................ 18

Invited Chairpersons and Speakers .................................................................. 19

The 3rd Tournament of the Minds ................................................................... 22

Call for Abstracts ............................................................................................ 23

General Information ....................................................................................... 24

Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities ....................................................... 26

Accreditation .................................................................................................. 27

Bursaries ......................................................................................................... 28

Registration and Payment Information ........................................................... 29

Hotel Information .......................................................................................... 32

Social Program ................................................................................................ 34

Daily Tours ..................................................................................................... 35

Pre and Post Congress Tours ........................................................................... 38

Map of Central Bangkok and Conference Venue ............................................ 39

Sponsor Acknowledgements ............................................................................ 40

Tab l e o f Con t en t s

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In v i t a t i o n

fromProfessor Niphon Poungvarin

Congress PresidentWCN 2009

Dear Colleagues:

The World Congress of Neurology (WCN) has been the world’s largest scientific eventin Neurology for over half a century. Doctors from various disciplines, together withneuroscientists, have collaborated in the organisation of the best academic curriculum atpreceding congresses and have contributed greatly to the worldwide neurosciencecommunity.

On behalf of The Neurological Society of Thailand (NST) and the WCN 2009Organizing Committee, it is my great pleasure to extend our warmest welcome to youall to participate in the WCN 2009 to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from24 - 30 October 2009, at The Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre(BITEC).

The WCN 2009 Scientific and Education Committees have prepared a full program of internationallyprominent guest speakers under the congress theme “Innovation in Neurology” covering major themeson each day of the congress including Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Movement Disorders,Headache and Pain. The Scientific sessions include Plenary Lectures, Named Lectures, Debate sessions,Invited Lectures, Industry-sponsored Satellite Symposia, free papers, poster sessions, and the3rd Tournament of the Minds.

Aside from the countless opportunities afforded by the congress program, you will also have the chanceto experience some of Thailand’s myriad attractions that make it the most exotic country in the region.From classic sights, such fabulous temples and palaces, to natural wonders as diverse as forestedmountains and idyllic beaches and islands, from delicious culinary discoveries to fabulous shoppingbargains, there is plenty to leave you with fond memories of Thailand and its hospitable people.

On behalf of The Neurological Society of Thailand and the WCN 2009 Organizing Committee,I look forward to welcoming you all to the WCN 2009 and Thailand.

Best Wishes,

Niphon Poungvarin, MD., FRCP.Congress PresidentWCN 2009

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PATRONSLord Walton of DetchantJames TooleJun KimuraAthasit Vejjajiva

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Congress President President, WFNNiphon Poungvarin Johan A. Aarli

Congress Chairman First Vice-President, WFNKammant Phanthumchinda Vladimir Hachinski

Secretary Secretary-Treasurer General, WFNSomsak Laptikultham Raad A. Shakir

Treasurer Chair, Education Committee, WFNSomchai Towanabut Theodore Munsat

Chair, Scientific Program Chair, Research Committee, WFNNaraporn Prayoonwiwat Roger N. Rosenberg

Chair, Education Program Chair, Finance Committee, WFNSiwaporn Chankrachang Jean-Marc Léger

Chair, The 3rd Tournament of the MindsDisya Ratanakorn

Chair, Local Organizing CommitteePairoj Boonkongchuen

Organ iz ing Commi t t e e

WCN 2009 International AdvisorsAfawi, Zaid (Israel)Awn, Hesham (Yemen)Bates, David (U.K.)Battistin, Leontino (Italy)Bohlega, Saeed (Saudi Arabia)Bornstein, Natan (Israel)Bousser, Marie-Germaine (France)Chen, Christopher (Singapore)Collazos, Mario Muñoz (Columbia)Cummings, Jeffrey (USA)Daoud, Azhar (Jordan)Davis, Stephen (Australia)De Reuck, Jacques L. (Belgium)Eisert, Wolfgang (Germany)El-Tamawy, Mohamed S. (Egypt)Etribi, Anwar (Egypt)Federico, Antonio (Italy)Goh, Khean-Jin (Malaysia)Gouider, Riadh (Tunisia)

Grisold, Wolfgang (Austria)Hamid, Abdulbar (Indonesia)Heiss, Wolf-Dieter (Germany)Inshasi, Jihad (United Arab Emirates)Kansu, Tülay (Turkey)Katrak, Sarosh M. (India)Khalifa, Ahmad (Syria)Kim, Jong S. (Korea)Kobayashi, Shotai (Japan)Korczyn, Amos (Israel)Kurdi, Ashraf (Jordan)Lee, Byung In (Korea)Lee, Kwang-Woo (Korea)Liu, Ming (China)Liu, Xinfeng (China)Liu, Ching-Kuan (Taiwan)Mannan, Muzharul (Bangladesh)Medina, Marco T. (Honduras)Mehndiratta, M.M. (India)

Melcon, Mario O. (Argentina)Norrving, Bo (Sweden)Ogun, Yomi (Nigeria)Padberg, George (The Netherlands)San Luis, Amado M. (Philippines)Senanayake, Nimal (Sri Lanka)Sergay, Stephen (USA)Shinohara, Yukito (Japan)Singhal, Bhim Sen (India)Siva, Aksel (Turkey)Stern, Gerald (U.K.)Stien, Ragnar (Norway)Tan, C.T. (Malaysia)Tsai, Ching-Piao (Taiwan)Tsiskaridze, Alexander (Georgia)Verdugo, Renato J. (Chile)Wasay, Mohammad (Pakistan)

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Program a t a G lance

Monday, 26 October 2009 Theme: Stroke07:00-08:00 Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session

Stroke Management of TIA HIV Neurology Emerging Encephalitis Stroke and CNS Infectionsand Minor Stroke

08:00 - 08:30 Plenary Lecture “PRION Disease”08:30 - 09:00 Plenary Lecture “Stroke: A global agenda” - Victor and Clara Soriano Award Lecture09:00 - 09:15 * WFN Medals Presentation09:15 - 10:45 * Stroke 1 Neurosonology 1 Altered State Infection and the

What’s new in Stroke ? of Consciousness Nervous System 1 Neuroimaging 1 Bharucha Lecture

10:45 - 11:15 * Coffee Break and Exhibition Visit11:15 - 12:45 * Stroke 2 Neurosonology 2 Neurosurgery Infection and the Neuroimaging 2

What’s new in Stroke ? Nervous System 2

12:45 - 14:00 * Sponsored Lunch Symposium / Lunch and Exhibition Visit14:00 - 15:30 Stroke 3 Critical Care in Neuro-rehabilitation Infection and the Stem Cells

What’s new in Stroke ? Neurology Nervous System 3

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break and Exhibition Visit16:00 - 17:30 Stroke 4 Neuroethics Public Health and

What’s new in Stroke ? Neurology16:00 - 17:00 Debate17:30 - 19:00 Evening Symposium

Tuesday, 27 October 2009 Theme: Multiple Sclerosis07:00 - 08:00 Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session

Disease Modifying Neuro-oncology Emergency Neurology - Neuroimaging in Stroke Neuro-ophthalmologyin Multiple Sclerosis Respiratory Failure

08:00 - 08:30 Plenary Lecture “Bringing Neurology to the developing world. The time is now.”08:30 - 09:00 Plenary Lecture “Immunogenetics and epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis” - The Fulton Symposium Soriano Lecture09:00 - 10:30 Multiple Sclerosis 1 Stroke 5 Neuro-oncology 1 Neurology of Extreme Child Neurology 1

Treatment in Stroke Conditions 1

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break and Exhibition Visit11:00 - 12:30 Multiple Sclerosis 2 Stroke 6 Neuro-oncology 2 Neurology of Extreme Child Neurology 2

What’s new in Stroke ? Conditions 2

12:30 - 14:00 Sponsored Lunch Symposium / Lunch and Exhibition Visit14:00 - 15:30 Multiple Sclerosis 3 Environmental Neuropharmacology History of Neurology and Arts

Neurology Neurosciences

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break and Exhibition Visit16:00 - 17:30 Multiple Sclerosis 4 Neurosciences

and Neurology16:00 - 17:00 Debate17:30 - 19:00 Evening Symposium

* Please note special times for Monday only“This is a Preliminary Program and maybe subject to change. Further details will be published on www.wcn2009bangkok.com”

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“This is a Preliminary Program and maybe subject to change. Further details will be published on www.wcn2009bangkok.com”

P rogram a t a G lance

Wednesday, 28 October 2009 Theme: Epilepsy07:00 - 08:00 Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session

Changing Paradigm Epilepsy Sleep Disorders Vertigo Approaching Difficultin Epilepsy Dementia

08:00 - 08:30 Plenary Lecture “Genetics and epilepsy from basic to clinical practice” - Singhal Oration08:30 - 09:00 Plenary Lecture “Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Novel therapy strategy”09:00 - 10:30 Epilepsy 1 Multiple Sclerosis 5 Sleep Disorders 1 Neurogenetics 1

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break and Exhibition Visit11:00 - 12:30 Epilepsy 2 Multiple Sclerosis 6 Sleep Disorders 2 Neurogenetics 2 Pharmacogenomics

12:30 - 14:00 Sponsored Lunch Symposium / Lunch and Exhibition Visit14:00 - 15:30 First Round -

Epilepsy 3 Neuro-ophthalmology Behavioral Neurology Neurogenetics 3 The 3rd Tournamentof the Minds

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break and Exhibition Visit16:00 - 17:30 Epilepsy 4 Palliative Care Neuro-otology16:00 - 17:00 Debate17:30 - 19:00 Evening Symposium “Improving outcomes in MS: evolving expectations” sponsored by 19:00 - 22:00 Thai Night

Thursday, 29 October 2009 Theme: Dementia - Movement Disorders07:00 - 08:00 Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session

Approaching Difficult Restless Legs Syndrome Movement Disorders Behavioral Neurology Paraneoplastic SyndromeParkinsonism

08:00 - 08:30 Plenary Lecture “Neurodegenerative diseases: New strategies in research and therapy. Gene vaccination for Alzheimer’s disease.” - The Melvin D. Yahr Lecture08:30 - 09:00 Plenary Lecture “Brain and behavior correlations”09:00 - 10:30 Dementia 1 Movement Disorders: Epilepsy 5 Alzheimer’s Disease

Dystonia

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break and Exhibition Visit11:00 - 12:30 Dementia 2 Hyperkinetic Epilepsy 6 Myopathy 1

Movement Disorders

12:30 - 14:00 Sponsored Lunch Symposium / Lunch and Exhibition Visit14:00 - 15:30 Motor Neuron

Parkinson Disease 1 Disease/Amyotrophic Myopathy 2 Neurodegeneration: the New InsightLateral Sclerosis

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break and Exhibition Visit16:00 - 17:30 Second Round -

Parkinson Disease 2 The 3rd Tournamentof the Minds

16:00 - 17:00 Debate17:30 - 19:00 Evening Symposium

Friday, 30 October 2009 Theme: Headache - Pain07:00 - 08:00 Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session Meet the Professor session

Neuropathies in Children Diseases of the Muscles Entrapment Neuropathy The Role of NMT in Clinics Migraine08:00 - 08:30 Plenary Lecture “Science and physiology of primary headache” - The Richard and Mary Masland Lecture08:30 - 09:00 Plenary Lecture “Placebo analgesia, nocebo hyperalgesia”09:00 - 10:30 Headache 1 Neurodegeneration 1 Neuromuscular Neuropathy 1 Autonomic Nervous

Junction Disorders 1 System

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break and Exhibition Visit11:00 - 12:30 Headache 2 Neurodegeneration 2 Neuromuscular Neuropathy 2 Alternative Medicine:

Junction Disorders 2 Neurological Aspects12:30 - 14:00 Breaking News Session / Sponsored Lunch Symposium / Lunch and Exhibition Visit14:00 - 15:30 Headache 3 Clinical Channelopathy Pain

Neurophysiology15:30 - 17:30 Final Round - The 3rd Tournament of the Minds / Closing Ceremony

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Plenary Lec tu re s P rog ra m

Monday, 26 October 200908:00 – 08:30

PRION diseaseNobel Laureate Prof. Stanley Prusiner

08:30 – 09:00Stroke: A global agenda(Victor and Clara Soriano Award Lecture)Vladimir Hachinski

09:15 – 10:45Rabies(The Eddie and Piloo Bharucha Lecture)Thiravat Hemachudha

Tuesday, 27 October 200908:00 – 08:30

Bringing Neurology to the developing world.The time is now.Johan A. Aarli

08:30 – 09:00Immunogenetics and epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis(The Fulton Symposium Soriano Lecture)Alastair Compston

Wednesday, 28 October 200908:00 – 08:30

Genetics and epilepsy from basic to clinical practice (Singhal Oration)Samuel F. Berkovic

08:30 – 09:00Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Novel therapy strategyJan Verschuuren

Thursday, 29 October 200908:00 – 08:30

Neurodegenerative diseases: New strategies in researchand therapy. Gene vaccination for Alzheimer’s disease.(The Melvin D. Yahr Lecture)Roger N. Rosenberg

08:30 – 09:00Brain and behavior correlationsVS Ramachandran

Friday, 30 October 200908:00 – 08:30

Science and physiology of primary headache(The Richard L. and Mary Masland Lecture)David Dodick

08:30 – 09:00 hrs.Placebo analgesia, nocebo hyperalgesiaFabrizio Benedetti

Deba t e P rogramOne of the features of the WCN 2009 Scientific Program is the Debate sessions. To wrap up the Scientific sessions fromMonday to Thursday in an informative yet entertaining way, some controversial topics have been chosen for the Debatesessions. World-renowned speakers are invited to take the stage and share their opposing views in a very challengingsetting. The tentative Debate program is as follows :-

Monday, 26 October 2009Aspirin is the best antiplatelet for stroke Peter Sandercock (UK)It was! Louis Caplan (USA)

Tuesday, 27 October 2009Devic disease and MS are not different diseases Alastair Compston (UK)Oh yes, they are different! Vanda Lennon (USA)

Wednesday, 28 October 2009Genetic studies in epilepsy are a waste of time. Michael Johnson (UK)Genetic studies in epilepsy are a necessity. Samuel F. Berkovic (Australia)

Thursday, 29 October 2009Predementia or MCI: which biomarkers should be chosen ?Biochemistry-imaging, CSF, Blood Serge Gauthier (Canada)Neuropsychology Rachelle S. Doody (USA)

“This is a Preliminary Program and maybe subject to change. Further details will be published on www.wcn2009bangkok.com”

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Nobel LaureateProfessor Stanley Prusiner

Professor Stanley Prusiner is Director ofthe Institute for NeurodegenerativeDiseases and Professor of Neurologyand Biochemistry at the University ofCalifornia, San Francisco where he hasworked since 1972. He received hisundergraduate and medical training atthe University of Pennsylvania and his

postgraduate clinical training at UCSF. From 1969 -1972,he served in the U.S. Public Health Service at the NationalInstitutes of Health. Editor of 12 books and author of over 350research articles, Prof. Prusiner’s contributions to scientificresearch have been internationally recognized.

Prof. Prusiner discovered an unprecedented class of pathogensthat he named prions. Prions are infectious proteins thatcause neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans.Prof. Prusiner discovered a novel disease paradigm when heshowed prions cause disorders in humans that can be manifestas (1) sporadic, (2) inherited and (3) infectious illnesses.Prof. Prusiner demonstrated that prions are formed when anormal, benign cellular protein acquires an altered shape.Prof. Prusiner’s proposals of multiple shapes or conformationsfor a single protein as well as the concept of an infectiousprotein were considered heretical. Prior to his discoveries,proteins were thought to possess only one biologically activeconformation. Remarkably, the more commonneurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinsondiseases have been found over the past two decades to be, likethe prion diseases, disorders of protein processing.

Prof. Prusiner is a member of the National Academy of Sciences,the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts andSciences, the American Philosophical Society, and is a foreignmember of the Royal Society, London. He is the recipient ofnumerous prizes, including the Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer’sDisease Research from the American Academy of Neurology(1991); the Richard Lounsberry Award for ExtraordinaryScientific Research in Biology and Medicine from the NationalAcademy of Sciences (1993); the Gairdner FoundationInternational Award (1993); the Albert Lasker Award for BasicMedical Research (1994); the Paul Ehrlich Prize from theFederal Republic of Germany (1995); the Wolf Prize inMedicine from the State of Israel (1996); the Keio InternationalMedicine Award for Medical Science (1996); the Louisa GrossHorwitz Prize from Columbia University (1997); and theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1997).

Prof. Prusiner holds 50 issued or allowed United States patentsall of which are assigned to the University of California.

Professor Vladimir Hachinski

Vladimir Hachinski is Professor ofNeurology and DistinguishedUniversity Professor at the Universityof Western, London, Canada. Hereceived his medical degree from theUniversity of Toronto in 1960. Aftercompleting his residency training at thesame university, Prof. Hachinskiundertook a Cerebrovascular

Laboratory fellowship at the National Hospital for NervousDiseases at Queen Square in London, England and a researchfellowship at Bispebjerg Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark.

His research involves clinical and experimental studies in theprevention and delay of stroke and Alzheimer’s disease incollaboration with David F. Cechetto of Western’s departmentof anatomy. His research also includes stroke risk factors.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal STROKE, the leadingpublication in the field and First Vice-President of the WorldFederation of Neurology. He leads a research alliance focused onstroke prevention and delay of Alzheimer Disease (SPADA).Recently he was named to the Order of Canada, Canada’shighest honour.

Professor Thiravat Hemachudha

Thiravat Hemachudha is Professor ofNeurology at the Faculty of Medicine,Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.He received his medical degree fromChulalongkorn University andcompleted his residency at the sameinstitute followed by the Fogarty (NIH)Fellowship in Neurology andImmunology at Johns Hopkins

University School of Medicine.

His main research interests concern Human rabies. He is adistinguished speaker at many international congresses and anoted author of numerous publications.

He served as the Director of WHO Collaborating Centre forResearch on Rabies Pathogenesis and Prevention between1990-1993 and is currently a Member of WHO ExpertAdvisory Panel on Rabies and the Director of WHO

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Collaborating Center for Research and Training in ViralZoonoses. He is also a Board Member of the Thai GovernmentPharmaceutical Organization.

He received the National Research Council Award forDistinguished Research Projects (1992); the MahidolUniversity-B. Brown Prize for Distinguished Researcher (1993);the National Research Council Award for DistinguishedResearcher (1994); the 2004 Outstanding Scientist Award fromthe Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technologyunder the Patronage of the His Majesty the King (2004).

Professor Johan A. Aarli

Johan A. Aarli was elected President ofthe World Federation of Neurology in2005. During his Presidency, the WFNhas embarked on a major endeavour inpartnership with African colleagues toimprove the quality of neurologicalcare and education in developingcountries, especially sub-Saharan Africa.He received his medical degree at the

University of Bergen, Norway and was Professor and Head ofthe Neurology Department at the University of Bergen. He wasDean of Medicine (1985-1987) and President of the NorwegianNeurological Association (1984-1988). He has been theSecretary-General of the European Federation of NeurologicalSocieties and was Vice President of WFN (2002-2005). He ishonorary corresponding member of the American Academy ofNeurology, Association of British Neurologists and the FrenchNeurological Association. His research interests have focused onneuroimmunology, especially myasthenia gravis. Knighted byKing Harald V of Norway to Knight, First Class, of Saint Olav’sOrder.

Professor Alastair Compston

Alastair Compston is Professor andHead of the Department of ClinicalNeurosciences at the University ofCambridge. He trained in Neurology atthe National Hospital, Queen Squareand was Professor of Neurology in theUniversity of Wales before moving toCambridge in 1989.

His research focuses on the clinical science of humandemyelinating disease. With others, he writes McAlpine’sMultiple Sclerosis (4th edition, 2005). He received the SobekInternational Research Prize (2002) and the Charcot Award(2007). He is a former President of the European NeurologicalSociety (2001-2002), President of the Association of BritishNeurologists (2009-2010) and Editor of Brain (from 2004).

Professor Samuel F. Berkovic

Sam Berkovic is Laureate Professorin the Department of Medicine,University of Melbourne, and Directorof the Epilepsy Research Centre atAustin Health. He is a clinicalresearcher with a special interest inestablishing close research links withbasic scientists. His group, togetherwith molecular genetic collaborators in

Adelaide and Germany, discovered the first gene for epilepsy in1995 and subsequently have been involved in the discovery ofmany of the known epilepsy genes. This has changed theconceptualisation of the causes of epilepsy and is having a majorimpact on epilepsy research, and on strategies for diagnosis anddevelopment of new treatments. He also has active researchinterests in surgical evaluation and outcome, new onset seizures,treatment of epilepsy and imaging in epilepsy. He was elected aFellow of the Royal Society in 2007.

Professor Jan Verschuuren

Jan Verschuuren is Head of theNeuromuscular Unit at the Departmentof Neurology at Leiden UniversityMedical Center (LUMC), Leiden,The Netherlands. He completed hisPhD thesis on experimental autoim-mune myasthenia gravis and hisneurology training at the UniversityHospital of Maastricht. He was a

Research Fellow at the Department of Neurology, MemorialSloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, working onneuroimmunological paraneoplastic syndromes. He is both aneurologist and registered immunologist.

His main research interests concern neuromuscular diseases.The focus has been on myasthenic disorders and Duchennemuscular dystrophy. He was the principal investigator of therecent first-in-man antisense oligonucleotide trial in Duchennemuscular dystrophy. He is participating in several researchconsortia on myasthenia gravis, paraneoplastic syndromes orDuchenne muscular dystrophy.

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Professor Roger N. Rosenberg

Roger N. Rosenberg is currently theZale Distinguished Chair and Professorof Neurology and Director of the NIHAlzheimer’s Disease Center at theUniversity of Texas SouthwesternMedical Center at Dallas, USA.He obtained his medical degree fromNorthwestern University MedicalSchool and did his post-graduate

training in Neurology at the Neurological Institute, ColumbiaUniversity Medical Center, New York. He did fellowshiptraining in biochemical genetics with Nobel Laureate MarshallNirenberg at the National Institutes of Health.

His research interests are focused on the genetics ofneurodegenerative diseases. He provided original descriptionsof the genetics and neurological features of Machado-Josephdisease, a dominantly inherited DNA repeat expansion disease.Currently, he is developing a gene vaccine for prevention ofAlzheimer’s disease utilizing Abeta42 gene constructs clonedinto a bacterial plasmid injected to the skin using a gene gun.These studies have demonstrated a significant production ofanti-Abeta42 antibody which reduces levels of the Abeta42peptide in transgenic mouse brain by 50% and offer strongsupport for anti-amyloid immunotherapy for preventingAlzheimer’s disease.

He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancementof Science and an Honorary Member of the American Academyof Neurology, the American Neurological Association and theSpanish Neurological Society. He is a Past-President of theAmerican Academy of Neurology and currently a Trustee of theWorld Federation of Neurology. He is Editor-in-Chief of theArchives of Neurology.

Professor David Dodick

David Dodick is Professor of Neurologyat the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona.He received his medical degree withdistinction from Dalhousie Universityin Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.He completed his residency training atMayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesotafollowed by fellowship training inHeadache and Vascular Neurology at

the University of Toronto.

His current research interests include the discovery and testingof novel drugs and devices for the management of refractoryprimary headache disorders, clinical trial design, genetic basisand pharmacogenomics of migraine.

He is currently President-Elect of the American HeadacheSociety and Editor-in-Chief of Cephalalgia.

Professor Fabrizio Benedetti

Fabrizio Benedetti is Professor ofPhysiology and Neuroscience at theUniversity of Turin Medical Schooland at the National Institute ofNeuroscience, Turin, Italy. Consultantof the Placebo Project at the USNational Institute of Health andmember of the six strong PlaceboStudy Group at Harvard University,

he held positions at the University of California and theUniversity of Texas.

His research interests focus on the mechanisms of the placeboeffect across medical conditions and therapeutic interventions aswell as the impact of placebo research on the design of clinicaltrials. He identified some basic mechanisms of placeboresponses, such as the involvement of endogenous opioids inplacebo analgesia and of cholecystokinin in nocebo hyperalgesia.He also studied the placebo response for the first time at thesingle-neuron level in Parkinson’s disease.

Professor V.S. Ramachandran

V.S. Ramachandran was born in TamilNadu, India to an Indian diplomat, andspent much of his youth abroad,at posts in Asia and India. Afterreceiving his medical degree fromStanley Medical College in Madras in1974, he moved to Trinity College,Cambridge, where he obtained hisPh.D. in neuroscience and experimental

psychology. He was then a postdoctoral fellow at the PhysiologyDepartment at Oxford University. He was appointed AssistantProfessor at the University of California, San Diego in 1983,and has been a full professor at UC San Diego since 1998.

Prof. Ramachandran’s major areas of research are: cognitiveneuroscience, behavioral neurology - the study of cognitive andperceptual deficits in human neurological patients, neuralplasticity and “phantom limbs”, stroke rehabilitation, humanvisual perception/cognition, and visual psychophysics.

Prof. Ramachandran has published over 120 papers in scientificjournals. His work is featured frequently in the major newsmedia and Newsweek magazine named him a member of“the century club” - one of the hundred most prominent peopleto watch in the next century.

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In keeping with the Congress theme of “Innovations in Neurology”, the Education Committee has planned numerous “Update inClinical Neurology” courses over the weekend prior to the Congress. Besides the daily main themes of Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis,Epilepsy, Dementia/Movement Disorders, and Headache/Pain, many more interesting topics will be offered. Syllabus and readingmaterials will be provided at every session.

Teaching Courses - These half-day and full-day teaching courses will be offered in a wide variety of topics. Outstanding teamleaders will bring together a talented faculty in their field of specialty and the sessions will focus on the practical aspects ofneurological patient care. The presentations will be problem-based with educational material emanating from real-life patients.Abundant cases will be presented and delegates are invited to bring their own diagnostic problems. Sufficient time will be allowedfor interactive discussion. These sessions are not meant to reproduce information that is currently in printed literature, online orany material to be presented in the Scientific sessions.

Workshops - Hands-on workshops taught by leading experts in different areas of interest will provide superb opportunities fordelegates to enhance their knowledge and to develop important skills. Internationally prominent speakers will share their experienceand knowledge in small group settings to involve delegates in interactive discussion and technical demonstrations.

Educa t ion P rogram

Sc i en t i f i c P rogram

Scientific sessions will take place from Monday to Friday and the program is designed to appeal to a broad spectrum of clinicians,scientists and specialists in the field of Neurology. The extensive Scientific sessions include Plenary Lectures, Named Lectures,Debate sessions, Invites Lectures, Industry-sponsored Satellite Symposia, free papers and poster sessions.

There will be major themes on each day of the Congress which include Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Dementia/MovementDisorders and Headache/Pain.

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Saturday, 24 October 200909:00 - 12:30

Acute Stroke Therapy & Stroke Prevention 1Team Leader: Werner Hacke1. Stroke as an emergency Geoffrey Donnan2. Thrombolysis Werner Hacke3. General treatment Louis Caplan4. Imaging in acute stroke Walter Koroshetz

Basic Behavioral NeurologyTeam Leader: Jeffrey Cummings1. Aphasia Bradley Boeve2. Apraxia Christopher Chen3. Attention and frontal subcortical circuits Jeffrey Cummings4. Visual inattention and agnosia Masud Husain

Assessment of Weak PatientsTeam Leader: Nigel Leigh1. Evaluation of muscle strength in adults with neuromuscular disroders

Marianne de Visser2. Myasthenia gravis / myasthenic syndrome Johan Aarli3. Periodic paralysis Robert Griggs4. Floppy infant Francesco Muntoni

Neuropathies 1Team Leader: Richard Hughes1. Approach to the patient with neuropathy Richard Hughes2. Chronic immune-mediated neuropathy Jean-Marc Léger3. Diabetic neuropathy Eva Feldman4. Toxic neuropathy Matthew Kiernan

Non Alzheimer's DementiaTeam Leader: Bruce Miller1. Primary progressive aphasia, semantic dementia,

frontotemporal lobe dementia Bruce Miller2. Vascular dementia Amos Korczyn3. Lewy body disease: dementia with Lewy bodies Ian McKeith4. Primary progressive dementia Murat Emre

Epilepsy 1Team Leader: Tim Pedley1. Difficult cases in epilepsy Tim Pedley2. Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics in epilepsy Jose Serratosa3. Epilepsy and pregnancy Michael Johnson4. Neuropsychiatric aspects of epilepsy Bruce Hermann

MyopathyTeam Leader: Richard Barohn1. Polymyositis and dermatomyositis:

current concepts in pathogenesis and therapy Antony Amato2. Inclusion body myositis: diagnosis and therapeutic options Richard Barohn3. Diagnosis and management of acquired

and hereditary neuromuscular junction disorders Donald Sanders4. Diagnosis and management of muscular dystrophy Ikuya Nonaka

Headache and PainTeam Leader: Stephen Silberstein1. Headache diagnosis and diagnostic testing David Dodick2. Epidemiology Richard Lipton3. Neuropathic pain and migraine: similarities and differences Troels Jensen4. Acute migraine treatment Hans-Christoph Diener5. Migraine prevention Stephen Silberstein

Workshop : Electro-diagnostic Medicine (Full day)Team Leader: Jun Kimura1. Electrodiagnosis of peripheral neuropathies:

general principles and specific points Jun Kimura2. Electrodiagnosis of motor neuron diseases Josep Valls-Solé3. Electrodiagnosis of myotonia and periodic paralysis Kimiyoshi Arimura4. Diagnostic procedures in neuromuscular junction disorders Satoshi Kuwabara

Workshop : Botulinum Toxin in Pain and SpasticityTeam Leader: Niphon Poungvarin1. Botulinum toxin injection in spasticity: Michael Barnes

inject or not to inject ?2. How to optimize botulinum toxin treatment ? Areerat Suputtitada3. Post-stroke spasticity- early versus late intervention: Raymond Rosales

does it matter ?4. Spasticity and pain: Witsanu Kumthornthip

how to manage with botulinum toxin injection ?

14:00 - 17:30

Acute Stroke Therapy & Stroke Prevention 2Team Leader: Werner Hacke1. Risk factor management Graeme Hankey2. Antithrombotic prevention Peter Rothwell3. Surgical and interventional prevention in Carotid disease Hans-Christoph Diener4. Intracranial stenosis: specific issues K.S. Laurence Wong

Neuro-oncologyTeam Leader: Jerome Posner1. Neurological paraneoplastic syndromes Jerome Posner2. Therapy of brain tumors Jeremy N. Rich3. Complications of chemotherapy4. Diagnosis and treatment of CNS lymphoma Patrick Wen

Neuromuscular Transmission DisorderTeam Leader : Angela Vincent1. Clinical presentation and electrophysiology Jan Verschuuren2. Serology Angela Vincent3. Treatment options Richard Barohn4. Congenital disorders Hanns Lochmuller

Neuropathies 2Team Leader: David Cornblath1. The contribution of neurophysiology to diagnosis

of peripheral neuropathy David Cornblath2. Guillain-Barré syndrome Pieter van Doorn3. Vasculitic neuropathy Grard Said4. Hereditary neuropathy Michael Shy

Alzheimer's DiseaseTeam Leader: Jeffrey Cummings1. Current treatment of Alzheimer's disease -

Future treatment of Alzheimers Jeffrey Cummings2. Behavioral disturbances in dementia Vorapun Senanarong3. Neuroimaging in the diagnostic evaluation

of patients with dementia Philip Scheltens4. Atypical presentations Martin Rossor

Epilepsy 2Team Leader: Jerome Engel1. Surgery for epilepsies Jerome Engel2. Neuroimaging in epilepsy John Duncan3. When to start and stop AED Jacqueline French4. Treatment of seizures and epilepsy in medical co-morbidities CT Tan

“This is a Preliminary Program and maybe subject to change. Further details will be published on www.wcn2009bangkok.com”

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Treatment Options for Multiple ScelerosisTeam Leader: William Carroll1. Relapse William Carroll2. Relapsing remitting diseases Ludwig Kappos3. Progressive multiple scelerosis Giancarlo Comi4. Multiple scelerosis variants Kazuo Fujihara

Demyelinating DiseaseTeam Leader: David Bates1. Unusual presentations of multiple scelerosis David Bates2. Clinical variants of demyelinating diseases Benjamin Ong3. NMO: Antibodies and demyelinating diseases Vanda Lennon4. MRI in the differentiation of stages

and types of demyelination Massimo Filippi

Hyperkinetic Movement DisorderTeam Leader: Anthony Lang1. Approach to hyperkinetic movement disorders,

Chorea, Dystonia Anthony Lang2. Myoclonus, Tics Francisco Cardoso3. Tremor, psychogenic movement disorders Stanley Fahn4. Mixed movement disorders, unusual challenging cases Eduardo S. Tolosa

Workshop : Electro-diagnostic Medicine (Full day)Team Leader: Jun Kimura1. Nerve conduction studies Jun Kimura2. F waves and electrically and mechanically elicited reflexes Josep Valls-Solé3. repetitive stimulation and exercise tests Kimiyoshi Arimura

in Myotonia and PPS4. EMG including SFEMG Satoshi Kuwabara

Workshop : Botulinum Toxin in HeadacheTeam Leader: Stephen SilbersteinSpeakers: William Young

David Dodick

Sunday, 25 October 20099:00 - 12:30

Neurologic Therapeutics 1Team Leader: Ted Munsat1. Acute stroke Louis Caplan2. Stroke prevention David Spence3. Migraine David Dodick4. Multiple sclerosis Douglas Goodin

Intra Cerebral HemorrhageTeam Leader: Daniel Hanley1. Spontaneous intra cerebral hemorrhage Stephan Mayer2. Intraventricular hemorrhage Daniel Hanley3. Subarachnoid hemorrhage Gabriel Rinkel4. Arterovenous malformation Kazuhiro Hongo

Neuro-OphthalmologyTeam Leader: Christopher Kennard1. Getting the most out of neuro-ophthalmological exam Nancy Newman2. Hemianopia and neglect-pathophysiology

and management Masud Husain3. Disorders of higher visual function Christopher Kennard4. Wobbly eyes John Leigh

Movement DisordersTeam Leader: Stanley Fahn1. Parkinson disease: overview Stanley Fahn2. Non-motor manifestations of Parkinson disease Anthony Lang3. Atypical parkinsonian disorders Roongroj Bhidayasiri4. Expanded use of deep brain stimulation Alim Louis Benabid

HIV NeurologyTeam Leader: Justin McArthur1. Pathogenesis of CNS AIDS Justin McArthur2. Changing the pattern of HIV infection

before and after antiretroviral drug therapy Bruce Brew3. Opportunistic infection in HIV related diseases Supoj Tulayadechanond4. Neuromuscular complications in HIV David Cornblath

CNS InfectionTeam Leader: Raad Shakir1. Approach to CNS infection Richard Johnson2. CSF studies in CNS infection: evidence based Raad Shakir3. Asian encephalitis Thiravat Hemachudha4. Japanese B encephalitis Tom Solomon5. Neurocysticercosis Oscar Del Brutto

Neuromuscular DisordersTeam Leader: Jean-Marc Léger1. Immunosuppressive therapy in neuromuscular disorders Richard Hughes2. Congenital muscular dystrophies Ichizo Nishino3. Recent advances in mitochondrial diseases Patrick Chinnery4. Diagnosis and treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome Pieter van Doorn

Workshop: Autonomic Function TestTeam Leader: Christopher MathiasFacilitator: Siwaporn Chankrachang1. Introduction to Autonomic disorders

including sudomotor function Christopher Mathias2. Pupillary function test Amos Korczyn3. Testing cardiovascular and sudomotor autonomic function Christopher Mathias4. Testing in parkinsonian and sleep disorders Pietro Cortelli5. Testing in peripheral nerve disorders Steve Vernino

Workshop: Neurosonology (Full day)Team Leader: Charles TegelerCo-Chair : Natan Bornstein1. Ultrasound screening for primary

and secondary stroke prevention Charles Tegeler2. Grading carotid stenosis and vertebral

duplex interpretation G. von Reutern3. IMT measure: current techniques and clinical implications Natan Bornstein4. Internal jugular valve incompetence:

examination technique and clinical relevance Disya Ratanakorn5. Cutting edge: state of the art in ultrasound technology -

demonstration from cases - Part 1 All speakers

Workshop: EEG 1Team Leader: Tim Pedley1. Interpreting EEGs in newborns and very young children Tayard Desudchit2. Common pitfalls in EEG interpretation Tim Pedley3. Use of outpatient EEG in patients with epilepsy Shih-Hui Lim4. Use of EEG in other neurological disorders Hans Lueder

14:00 - 17:30

Neurologic Therapeutics 2Team Leader: Ted Munsat1. Parkinson disease Stanley Fahn2. Other movement disorders Francisco Cardoso3. Dementia Christopher Chen4. Sleep related disorders Claudio Bassetti

Therapy of pediatric genetic neurological disordersTeam Leader: Paolo Curatolo1. Tuberous sclerosis Paolo Curatolo2. Peripheral neuropathy Robert Ouvrier3. Intractable epilepsy Akio Ikeda4. Paediatric stroke Gabrielle de Veber

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Interesting, unusual and disabling primary headaches -practical tipsTeam Leader: Peter Goadsby1. Cluster headache and other TACs Peter Goadsby2. Chronic daily headache Hans-Christoph Diener3. Thunderclap headache David Dodick4. Tension-type headache - what's new Jean Schoenen

Neuro EmergencyTeam Leader: Allan Ropper1. Status epilepticus Shih-Hui Lim2. Coma Allan Ropper3. Acute quadriplegia of intensive care Zohar Argov4. Venous sinus thrombosis Stefan Schwab

Neurology of Head TraumaTeam Leader: Ramon Diaz-Arrastia1. MRI biomarkers of brain injury Ramon Diaz-Arrastia2. Neuro-ICU monitoring in head trauma -

invasive and non-invasive methods Ramon Diaz-Arrastia3. Rehabilitation from traumatic brain injuries Robert Teasell4. Management of traumatic brain injury in sports Barry Jordan

Pitfalls in the diagnosis and management of neurologicaldisordersTeam Leader: Christopher Kennard1. Headache Stephen Silberstein2. Multiple sclerosis Mark Freedman3. Neuro-ophthalmology Christopher Kennard4. Episodic altered consciousness Sam Berkovic

Motor Neuron DiseasesTeam Leader: Marianne de Visser1. Causative and susceptibility genes in amyotrophic lateral

sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases Lewis Rowland2. The diversity of phenotypes in motor neuron diseases Marianne de Visser3. Frontiers in differential diagnosis and management

of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motorneuron diseases Nigel Leigh

4. Palliative care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisand other motor neuron diseases Gian Dominico Borasio

Workshop: Neurosonology (Full day)Team Leader: Andrei AlexandrovCo-Chair: Toshiyuki Shiogai1. Role of ultrasound in stroke work up Andrei Alexandrov2. Intracranial stenosis: criteria, pitfalls and implications Manfred Kaps3. Transcranial perfusion imaging -

a complement to CT and/or MR perfusion Toshiyuki Shiogai4. Emboli detection and intra-procedure TCD monitoring K.S. Laurence Wong5. Cutting edge: state of the art in ultrasound technology -

demonstration from cases - Part 2 All speakers

Workshop: EEG 2Team Leader: Tim Pedley1. EEG in the epilepsy monitoring unit

(emphasis on ictal patterns) Hans Lueder2. EEG in the Neurological ICU

(technical and interpretive issues) Tim Pedley3. Stimulation and recording with intracerebral electrodes Josep Valls-Sole4. Quantitative EEG methods (which one, and their utility) Yotin Chinvarun

Workshop: Diagnostic approaches to Neuromuscular DiseasesTeam Leader: Ikuya Nonaka1. Clinical and laboratory evaluation Ikuya Nonaka2. Electrophysiological examination Jun Kimura3. Pathologic diagnosis Ichizo Nishino4. Molecular genetic diagnosis Robert C. Griggs

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Sc i en t i f i c Da i l y P rogra m

Monday, 26 October 200909:15 - 10:45

Stroke 1: What’s new in Stroke ?Chair: Vladimir HachinskiPenumbra selection for trials of therapy: ready or not ? Geoffrey DonnanThe pathophysiology and diagnosis of ischemic stroke Stephen DavisIntracranial arterial disease Sun U Kwon

Neurosonology 1: InnovationChair: Manfred KapsLate breaking news from the 14th NSRG Meeting 2009 Charles TegelerFunctional TCD - Indicator for early

microcirculatory dysfunction Manfred KapsCarotid Duplex - first line instrument in TIA management Natan Bornstein

Altered State of ConsciousnessChair: Robin HowardMinimal conscious state - vegetative state Allan RopperAnalgosedation in neurocritical care Thorsten SteinerHypoxic coma Robin Howard

Infection and the Nervous System 1Chair: Raad ShakirThe Bharucha Lecture: Rabies Thiravat HemachudhaPoliomyelitis: beyond the year 2000 Nils Erik GilhusHerpes simplex encephalitis Uta Meyding-Lamade

Neuroimaging 1Chair: Massimo FilippiImaging of dementia Joseph MasdeuNeuroimaging of infection Oscar Del BruttoMovement disorders: PET David Brooks

11:15 - 12:45

Stroke 2: What’s new in Stroke ?Chair: Geoffrey DonnanThe treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage Stephan MayerSubarachnoid hemorrhage Gabriel RinkelCNS infections and stroke Angel Chamorro

Neurosonology 2: InnovationChair: Disya RatanakornLatest advances in ultrasound for stroke

and ultrasound thrombolysis Andrei AlexandrovHemodynamic changes with cerebral augmentation K.S. Laurence WongUltrasound guided decisions in acute stroke G. von Reutern

NeurosurgeryChair: Sira BunyaratanavejWhat's new in vascular surgery Kazuhiro HongoNormal pressure hydrocephalus Sanguansin RatanalertWhat's new in traumatic brain injury Ramon Diaz-Arrastia

Infection and the Nervous System 2Chair: Richard JohnsonTaenia solium and cysticercosis Hector H. GarcíaTick borne diseaseEosinophilic meningitis Veerajit Chotmongkol

Neuroimaging 2Chair: Joseph MasdeuNew imaging techniques in multiple sclerosis Massimo FilippiMRI of stroke: Acute CT, DWI, PWI, SPECT,

endovascular procedures Walter KoroshetzThe effects of genes on the brain in health and diseases:

an imaging approach Giovanni Frisoni

14:00 - 15:30

Stroke 3: What’s new in Stroke ?Chair: Ming LiuWhat is new in brain recovery ? Nam-Jong PaikWhat is new in stroke rehabilitation ? Robert TeasellCritical care of stroke Stefan Schwab

Critical Care in NeurologyChair: Allan RopperVenous sinus thrombosis Jose FerroMeningitis Erich SchmutzhardCritical illness neuropathy Raymond Rosales

Neuro-rehabilitationChair: Michael BarnesRehabilitation in aphasia David CaplanRehabilitation in spasticity Michael BarnesRahabilitation of motor deficits:

constraint-induced movement therapy, neuroplasticity Gitendra Uswatte

Infection and the Nervous System 3Chair: Justin McArthurMalaria Charles NewtonHIV neurology Justin McArthurViral encephalitis Tom Solomon

Stem cellsChair: Byung-Woo YoonStem cell therapy: the hope - stem cells for stroke Byung-Woo YoonClinical trials in neural repair :

stem cell and other cell transplantationsfor spinal cord injury Wise Young

Clinical trials in neural repair : the therapeuticpotential of stem cells for neurological disease Siddharthan Chandran

16:00 - 17:30

Stroke 4: What’s new in Stroke ?Chair: Yukito ShinoharaWhat is new in population based stroke prevention ? Graeme HankeyWhat is new in individual based stroke prevention ? David SpenceStroke rehabilitation Michael BarnesBotulinum toxin therapy as early intervention

in post stroke spasticity Raymond Rosales

NeuroethicsChair: Franz GerstenbrandNeuroethics in the daily practice and in clinical trials

focused on special populations (e.g. in developingcountries or demented individuals) Jason Karlawish

End-of-life decisions Wilhelm NacimientoIs somatic cell gene therapy ethical ? Franz Gerstenbrand

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Public Health and NeurologyChair: Johan AarliThe WHO Atlas Donna BergenSummary of the Africa initiative Amadou Gallo DiopNeurology where there are no neurologists Gretchen Birbeck

Tuesday, 27 October 200909:00 - 10:30

Multiple Sclerosis 1Chair: George EbersThe relationship of clinically isolated syndromes

and multiple sclerosis David MillerNatural history of multiple sclerosis Sandra VukusicIs the phenotype of multiple sclerosis changing ? Jun-ichi Kira

Stroke 5: Treatment in StrokeChair: Beum-Saeng KimEndovascular treatment in carotid stenosis: stent Nobuyuki SakaiThrombolytic therapy in areas with low resources Nijasri SuwanwelaStroke units - how to organize stroke care services Michael Brainin

Neuro-oncology 1Chair: Jerome PosnerCurrent standard-of-care in brain tumor Martin Van den BentNew targets and novel treatment strategies Jeremy N. RichSeveral treatment aspects regarding gliomas Jerome Posner

Neurology of Extreme Conditions 1Chair: Charles ClarkeHypothermia and post resuscitation care after cardiac arrest Stephan MayerHigh altitude neurology Charles ClarkeSpace neurology and the transfer of research results

in the clinical praxis Inessa B. Kozlovskaya

Child Neurology 1Chair: Paolo CuratoloMyopathy: update in diagnosis and treatment Ichizo NishinoInterventional therapy for epilepsy Akio IkedaGenes and pathways implicated in malformations

of cortical development Helen Cross

11:00 - 12:30

Multiple Sclerosis 2Chair: Douglas GoodinImmunological and neurobiological interactions

in Multiple Sclerosis Reinhard HohlfeldAquaporin-4 autoimmunity Tatsuro MisuRepair strategies in multiple sclerosis Moses Rodriguez

Stroke 6: What’s hot in Stroke ?Chair: Christopher ChenWhat progress have we made ? Yokito ShinoharaRisk factors concentrating on modifiable risk factors Pierre AmarencoTIA revisited Peter Rothwell

Neuro-oncology 2Chair: Christian VedelerBrain tumors Patrick WenLimbic encephalitis Yukitoshi TakahashiParaneoplastic neurologic disorders Christian Vedeler

Neurology of Extreme Conditions 2Chair: James TooleHeat stroke Daniel HanleyHyperbaric oxygenation treatment (HBOT) in Neurology Marit GrönningHypothermia and cerebral circulation Jonathan Rhodes

Child Neurology 2Chair: Robert OuvrierCerebrovascular diseases in childhood Gabrielle de VeberCNS autoimmune and postinfectious disorders Silvia TenembaumChildhood neuropathy Robert Ouvrier

14:00 - 15:30

Multiple Sclerosis 3Chair: Mark FreedmanEtiological factors in multiple sclerosis Jan HillertFamily studies on multiple sclerosis:

genes and environments George EbersCorrelating pathology and imaging abnormalities Ludwig Kappos

Environmental NeurologyChair: Amadou Gallo DiopMalnutrition and neurological disorders:

the experience in Asia Jagjit ChopraMalnutrition and neurological disorders:

the experience in Africa Amadou Gallo DiopEnvironment risk factors for Alzheimer's disease Richard Mayeux

NeuropharmacologyChair: Amos KorczynDoes basic research really contribute to drug development ? Allen RosesCurrent needs and regulatory road-blocks

in the development of new drugs Cristina SampaioEvidence-based or evidence-biased medicine Amos Korczyn

History of NeurosciencesChair: William CarrollThe world's best known neurologist ? Gerald SternEpilepsy in Babylonia George YorkRepresentation of neurological diseases

in modern motion pictures Axel Karenberg

Neurology and ArtsChair: Natan BornsteinNeurological disorders of famous composers Brandy MatthewsNeurological disorders in famous painters Michael Hennerici

& Hansjoerg BaeznerDystonia in musicians Karin Rosenkranz

16:00 - 17:30

Multiple Sclerosis 4Chair: Kazuo FujiharaDisease modifying drugs: what and when ? Giancarlo ComiTherapeutic advances in multiple sclerosis Douglas GoodinMolecular target therapy in demyelinating diseases Mark Freedman

Neurosciences and NeurologyChair:Pathophysiological role of Aquaporin water channels in stroke

Mahmood Amiry-MoghaddamInnate inflammation: the underestimated risk factor ? Wolfgang EisertDisorders of diminished motivation:

neural mechanisms and differential diagnosis Robert S. Marin

Wednesday, 28 October 200909:00 - 10:30

Epilepsy 1Chair: Jerome EngelThe nosology of the epilepsies Peter WolfEpilepsy genetics Ingrid SchefferAdvanced imaging in epilepsy John Duncan

Multiple Sclerosis 5Chair: Moses RodriguezPathological complexity and heterogeneity Hans LassmannOligodendroglial apoptosis John PrineasCortical demyelination Christine Stadelmann

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Sleep Disorder 1Chair: Antonio CulebrasREM sleep behavior disorder Antonio CulebrasNeurological sleep apnea Philip KingSudden death in sleep Naiphinich Kotchabhakdi

Neurogenetics 1Chair: Zhi-yin WuNeurogenetics in the new millennium: 1. Ataxias Massimo PandolfoNeurogenetics in the new millennium: 2. Dementias Peter St. George-

HyslopNeurogenetics in the new millennium:

3. Demyelinating diseases George Ebers

11:00 - 12:30

Epilepsy 2Chair: Tm PedleyTranslational epilepsy research Esper CavalheiroRole of inflammation in focal adult onset epilepsy Annamaria VezzaniBrain oscillation in limbic epilepsy Hans Lueder

Multiple Sclerosis 6Chair: Giancarlo ComiChildhood multiple sclerosis Christian ConfavreuxMultiple sclerosis in pregnancy Mary HughesManaging disabilities in multiple sclerosis Alan Thompson

Sleep Disorder 2Chair: Naiphinich KotchabhakdiRestless legs syndrome: diagnosis and management Claudia TrenkwalderNarcolepsy: diagnosis and management Antonio CulebrasInsomnia and hypersomnia Claudio Bassetti

Neurogenetics 2Chair: Peter St. George-HyslopNeurogenetics in the new millennium:

peripheral neuropathies Michael ShyNeurogenetics in the new millennium:

hereditary parkinsonisms Vincenzo BonifatiNeurogenetics in the new millennium:

a comparing genetic study on Wilson's disease Zhi-Yin Wu

PharmacogenomicsChair: John HardyThe role of APOE polymorphism in drug responses

in alzheimer & parkinson Amos KorczynHLA-B* association with carbamazepine

among Asian patients Chaichon LocharernkulWhole genome analysis of neurologic disease John Hardy

14:00 - 15:30

Epilepsy 3Chair: CT TanThe value of "new" versus standard drugs in epilepsy Tony MarsonAEDs clinical trials; results to practice Jacqueline FrenchAED currently in development Martin Brodie

Neuro-ophthalmologyChair: Robert DaroffCortical visual disorders Christopher KennardOptic neuropathy Nancy NewmanEye movement disorders John Leigh

Behavioral NeurologyChair: Rachelle S.DoodyBrain and meditation Prawase WasiSpatial neglect after stroke Masud HusainSubtype of memory loss Rachelle S. Doody

Neurogenetics 3Chair: Riadh GouiderGenetic research in the Arab World:

the challenge and the future Mohammed Al-JumahRecessive Neuropathies Nazha BiroukGenetic of stroke syndrome Sharif Hamdy

16:00 - 17:30

Epilepsy 4Chair: Hans LuederPharmacogenomics of epilepsy Jose SerratosaAED-induced teratogenesis : pharmacogenetic approaches

to understanding the risk factors Richard FinnellThe genetic basis of multi-drug resistance Sanjay Sisodiya

Palliative CareChair: Gian Dominico BorasioManagement of respiratory insufficiency and sialorrheain amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Nigel LeighPalliative care in dementia Sandyc MacleodPalliative care in neuro-oncology Gianc DominicoBorasio

Neuro-otologyChair: Suchitra PrasarnsukVertigo clinical pitfalls David ZeeVertigo treatment and rehabilitation Adolfo BronsteinImaging of patients with vertigo Thomas Brandt

Thursday, 29 October 200909:00 - 10:30

Dementia: Non Alzheimer's Dementia 1Chair: Martin RossorClinicopathological syndromes of frontotemporal

lobar dementia Bruce MillerVascular dementia Philip ScheltensDementia with Lewy bodies disease Ian McKeith

Movement Disorder: DystoniaChair: Ryuji KajiDystonia and other movement disorders Ryuji KajiMultiple system atrophy Carlo ColosimoPsychogenic movement disorders Mark Hallett

Epilepsy 5Chair: Shih-Hui LimSocial stigma of adults with epilepsy Ann JacobyMemory and neurobehavioral complications of epilepsy Bruce HermannTherapeutic challenges of epilepsy Byung In Lee

Alzheimer's DiseaseChair: Ian McKeithGenome whole analysis for Alzheimer's disease Allen RosesNew criteria for Alzheimer's disease including "predementia" Serge GauthierDisease modifying drugs and vaccine for Alzheimer's disease Jeffrey Cummings

11:00 - 12:30

Dementia: Non Alzheimer’s Dementia 2Chair: Argye HillisMeasuring and monitoring the degenerative dementias Martin RossorThe overlap syndrome Bradley BoeveParkinson disease dementia: New criteria for diagnosis Murat Emre

Hyperkinetic Movement DiordersChair: Pairoj BoonkongcheunMyoclonic disorders Hiroshi ShibasakiChoreatic disorders Francisco CardosoTremor Gunther Deuschl

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Epilepsy 6Chair: Chaichon LocharernkulDifficult epilepsy surgical cases:

nonlesional or multiple lesions A. Simon HarveyRole of functional neuroimaging in defining

epileptogenic zone William D. GaillardNew aspects on outcome of epilepsy surgery Jerome Engel

14:00 - 15:30

Myopathy 1Chair: Patrick ChinneryInflammatory myopathy Frank MastagliaHereditary inclusion body myositis and rimmed

vacuolar myopathy Zohar ArgovMyopathy in metabolic disorders (carbohydrate and lipid) Salvatore DiMauro

Parkinson Disease 1Chair: Anthony SchapiraDopamine agonists - new considerations Anthony LangManagement of early parkinson : when and how Erik WoltersParkinsonian Sphinx Andrew J. Lees

Motor Neuron Diseases / Amyotropic Lateral SclerosisChair: Lewis RowlandWhat is the cause of sporadic amyotropic lateral sclerosis Lewis RowlandNatural history of amyotropic aateral sclerosis Marianne de VisserDifferential diagnosis features of various motor

neuron syndromes Nigel Leigh

Myopathy 2Chair: Ikuya NonakaMitochondrial cytopathy Patrick ChinneryMuscular dystrophy: diagnosis and management Francesco MuntoniDistal myopathy Anthony A. Amato

16:00 - 17:30

Parkinson Disease 2Chair: Erik WoltersDeep brain stimulation in parkinson disease Alim Louis BenabidDisease modifying strategies Anthony SchapiraManagement of non-motor symtoms :

sleep, sex and psychiatric disorders Eduardo S. Tolosa

Neurodegeneration: the New InsightChair: Prawase WasiThe fundamental of neurodegenerative disease Niphon PoungvarinSamadhi, memory, wisdom and enlightenment Phra Plein PanyapadhipoSamadhi and brain Phra Phromkunaporn (Prayuth Prayutto)

Friday, 30 October 200909:00 - 10:30

Headache 1Chair: Stephen SilbersteinGenetics of headache Michael FerrariUpdate on pathophysiology and pharmacology of migraine Michael A. MoskowitzBrain imaging in primary headache Peter Goadsby

Neurodegeneration 1Chair: Elizabeth McCuskerManagement of Huntington disease manifestations

that could have implications for other diseases Martha NanceCAG repeat disease mechanism of change with particular

reference to Huntington disease research Ira ShoulsonHuntington disease: natural history Elizabeth McCusker

Neuromuscular Junction Disorders 1Chair: Donald SandersOverview of treatment options in myasthenia gravis Richard BarohnRationale for thymectomy in myasthenia gravis Donald SandersOcular myasthenia gravis Henry Kaminski

Neuropathy 1Chair: Nils Erik GilhusGuillain-Barré syndrome Pieter van DoornChronic inflammatory neuropathy Jean-Marc LgerFisher syndrome Hugh Willison

Autonomic Nervous SystemChair: Christopher MathiasAutonomic ganglionopathy Steve VerninoAutonomic dysfunction in botulism Siwaporn ChankrachangTreatment of autonomic dysfunction Christopher Mathias

11:00 - 12:30

Headache 2Chair: Michael A. MoskowitzBotulinum toxin in primary headache Stephen SilbersteinTreatment and Neurostimulation in cluster headache Jean SchoenenThe current concept behind treatment

of patent foramen ovale for migraine Daniel Hanley

Neurodegenetions 2Chair: Shoji TsujiThe role of ion channels in ataxia Stefan PulstFriedreich's ataxia update Massimo PandolfoDentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) Shoji Tsuji

Neuromuscular Junction Disorders 2Chair: David CornblathMarine toxin poisoning Matthew KiernanBotulism Rawiphan WitoonpanitchCongenital myasthenic syndromes Hanns Lochmuller

Neuropathy 2Chair: Jean-Marc LégerMultifocal motor neuropathy David CornblathVasculitic neuropathy Gérard SaidDiabetic neuropathy Eva Feldman

Alternative Medicine : Neurological AspectsChair: Chuan Zhen LuAyurvedic medicine in neurology Jagjit ChopraUse of traditional medicine for neurological diseases Chuan Zhen LuAnthroposophical medicine Olaf Koob

14:00 - 15:30

Headache 3Chair: K. RavishankarCranial neuralgia Troels JensenChronic analgesic-induced headache: East and West K. RavishankarCo-morbidity in headache Richard Lipton

Clinical NeurophysiologyChair: Jun KimuraClinical use of electrophysiological study of cranial nerves,

brainstem and late response Josep Valls-SoléClinical neurophysiological investigation of NMJ

and muscle channel disorder Satoshi KuwabaraMagnetoencephalographic evaluation of cerebral reactivity

in patients with dystonia Yung Yang Lin

ChannelopathyChair: Angela VincentIon Channels as targets of autoimmunity

in disorders of NMJ and CNS Angela VincentMuscle channelopathies Robert GriggsNeuromyotonia Kimiyoshi Arimura

PainChair: Pongparadee ChaudakshetrinUpdate in neuropathic pain Ralf BaronIdentify and manage neuropathic pain: common pitfalls Troels JensenFibromyalgia: a neurological disorder, investigated by

neurobiologists, but treated by rheumatologists Felix Cruz-Sanchez

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M ee t the P ro f e s so r S e s s i o n s

Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2009Time: 07:00-08:00 hrs.

Stroke

Speakers:Werner HackeGeoffrey Donnan

Management of TIAand Minor Stroke

Speakers:Graeme HankeyLouis Caplan

HIV Neurology

Speakers:Justin McArthurBruce Brew

EmergingEncephalitis

Speakers:Richard JohnsonThiravat Hemachudha

Stroke and CNSInfections

Speakers:Angel ChamorroJose Ferro

Monday, 26 October 2009

Disease Modifyingin Multiple Sclerosis

Speakers:Douglas GoodinDavid Bates

Neuro-oncology

Speakers:Jerome PosnerJeremy Rich

Emergency Neurology- Respiratory Failure

Speakers:Allan RopperStefan Schwab

Neuroimagingin Stroke

Speakers:Joseph MasdeuWalter Koroshetz

Neuro-ophthalmology

Speakers:Christopher KennardJohn Leigh

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Changing Paradigmin Epilepsy

Speakers:Sam BerkovicHans Lueders

Epilepsy

Speakers:Tim PedleyMartin Brodie

Sleep Disorders Vertigo

Speakers:Adolfo BronsteinThomas Brandt

Approaching DifficultDementia

Speakers:Martin RossorJeffrey Cummings

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Approaching DifficultParkinsonism

Speakers:Andrew J LeesAnthony Lang

Restless LegsSyndrome

Speakers:Erik WoltersMark Hallett

MovementDisorders

Speakers:Ira ShoulsonGunther Deuschl

Behavioral Neurology

Speakers:Serge GauthierBruce Miller

ParaneoplasticSyndrome

Speaker:Christian VedelerJerome Posner

Thursday, 29 October 2009

Neuropathiesin Children

Speakers:Robert OuvrierPaolo Curatolo

Diseases of theMuscles

Speakers:Frank MastagliaIkuya Nonaka

EntrapmentNeuropathy

Speakers:Jun KimuraEva Feldman

The Role of NMTin Clinics

Speakers:Nigel LeighAngela Vincent

Migraine

Speakers:Stephen SilbersteinPeter Goadsby

Friday, 30 October 2009

Speakers:Naiphinich KotchabhakdiAntonio Culebras

From Monday to Friday delegates will have a chance to register for Meet the Professor sessions. In each session there will be2 renowned physicians who will provide insights into their particular specialty area and will be available to discuss practical pointson various issues in a small interactive group. Attendance at each session is limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis.Do not miss this wonderful opportunity to converse with the professors of your choice.

“This is a Preliminary Program and maybe subject to change. Further details will be published on www.wcn2009bangkok.com”

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I nv i t ed Cha i rpe r sons a n d S p ea k e r s

AAarli, Johan NorwayAlexandrov, Andrei USAAl-Jumah, Mohammed Saudi ArabiaAmarenco, Pierre FranceAmato, Antony USAAmiry-Moghaddam, Mahmood NorwayArgov, Zohar IsraelArimura, Kimiyoshi Japan

BBaezner, Hansjoerg GermanyBarnes, Michael UKBarohn, Richard USABaron, Ralf GermanyBassetti, Claudio SwitzerlandBates, David UKBenabid, Alim Louis FranceBenedetti, Fabrizio ItalyBergen, Donna USABerkovic, Sam AustraliaBirbeck, Gretchen USABirouk, Nazha MoroccoBoeve, Bradley USABonifati, Vincenzo The NetherlandsBoonkongcheun, Pairoj ThailandBorasio, Gian Dominico GermanyBornstein, Natan IsraelBrainin, Michael AustriaBrandt, Thomas GermanyBrew, Bruce AustraliaBrodie, Martin UKBronstein, Adolfo UKBrooks, David UKBunyaratanavej, Sira Thailand

CCaplan, David USACaplan, Louis USACardoso, Francisco BrazilCarroll, William AustraliaCavalheiro, Esper BrazilChamorro, Angel SpainChandran, Siddharthan UKChankrachang, Siwaporn ThailandChaudakshetrin, Pongparadee ThailandChen, Christopher SingaporeChinnery, Patrick UKChinvarun, Yotin ThailandChopra, Jagjit IndiaChotmongkol, Veerajit ThailandClarke, Charles UK

Colosimo, Carlo ItalyComi, Giancarlo ItalyCompston, Alastair UKConfavreux,Christian FranceCornblath, David USACortelli, Pietro ItalyCross, Helen UKCruz-Sanchez, Felix SpainCulebras, Antonio USACummings, Jeffrey USACuratolo, Paolo Italy

DDaroff, Robert USADavis, Stephen Australiade Veber, Gabrielle Canadade Visser, Marianne The NetherlandsDel Brutto, Oscar EcuadorDesudchit, Tayard ThailandDeuschl, Gunther GermanyDiaz-Arrastia, Ramon USADiener, Hans-Christoph GermanyDiMauro, Salvatore USADiop, Amadou Gallo SenegalDodick, David USADonnan, Geoffrey AustraliaDoody, Rachelle S. USADuncan, John UK

EEbers, George UKEisert, Wolfgang GermanyEmre, Murat TurkeyEngel, Jerome USA

FFahn, Stanley USAFeldman, Eva USAFerrari, Michael The NetherlandsFerro, Jose PortugalFilippi, Massimo ItalyFinnell, Richard USAFisher, Marc USAFreedman, Mark CanadaFrench, Jacqueline USAFrisoni, Giovanni ItalyFujihara, Kazuo Japan

GGaillard, William D. USAGarcía, Hector H. PeruGauthier, Serge CanadaGerstenbrand, Franz Austria

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Gilhus, Nils Erik NorwayGoadsby, Peter USAGoodin, Douglas USAGouider, Riadh TunisiaGriggs, Robert USAGrönning, Marit Norway

HHachinski, Vladimir CanadaHacke, Werner GermanyHallett, Mark USAHamdy, Sharif EgyptHankey, Graeme AustraliaHanley, Daniel USAHardy, John UKHarvey, A. Simon AustraliaHemachudha, Thiravat ThailandHennerici, Michael GermanyHermann, Bruce USAHillert, Jan SwedenHillis, Argye USAHohlfeld, Reinhard GermanyHongo, Kazuhiro JapanHoward, Robin UKHughes, Mary USAHughes, Richard UKHusain, Masud UK

IIkeda, Akio Japan

JJacoby, Ann UKJensen, Troels DenmarkJohnson, Michael UKJohnson, Richard USAJordan, Barry USA

KKaji, Ryuji JapanKaminski, Henry USAKappos, Ludwig SwitzerlandKaps, Manfred GermanyKarenberg, Axel GermanyKarlawish, Jason USAKennard, Christopher UKKiernan, Matthew AustraliaKim, Beum-Saeng KoreaKimura, Jun JapanKing, Philip AustraliaKira, Jun-ichi JapanKoob, Olaf GermanyKorczyn, Amos IsraelKoroshetz, Walter USAKotchabhakdi, Naipinich ThailandKozlovskaya, Inessa B RussiaKumthornthip, Witsanu ThailandKuwabara, Satoshi JapanKwon, Sun U Korea

LLang, Anthony CanadaLassmann, Hans AustriaLee, Byung In KoreaLees, Andrew J UKLéger, Jean-Marc FranceLeigh, John USALeigh, Nigel UKLennon, Vanda USALim, Shih-Hui SingaporeLin, Yung Yang TaiwanLipton, Richard USALocharernkul, Chaichon ThailandLochmuller, Hanns UKLord Walton of Detchant UKLu, Chuan Zhen ChinaLueder, Hans USA

MMacleod, Sandy New ZealandMarin, Robert S. USAMarson, Tony UKMasdeu, Joseph SpainMastaglia, Frank AustraliaMathias, Christopher UKMatthews, Brandy USAMayer, Stephan USAMayeux, Richard USAMcArthur, Justin USAMcCusker, Elizabeth AustraliaMcKeith, Ian UKMeyding-Lamade, Uta GermanyMiller, Bruce USAMiller, David UKMing, Liu ChinaMisu, Tatsuro JapanMoskowitz, Michael A. USAMunsat, Ted AustraliaMuntoni, Francesco UK

NNacimiento, Wilhelm GermanyNance, Martha USANewman, Nancy USANewton, Charles KenyaNishino, Ichizo JapanNonaka, Ikuya Japan

OOng, Benjamin SingaporeOuvrier, Robert Australia

PPaik, Nam-Jong KoreaPandolfo, Massimo BelgiumPedley, Tim USAPhanthumchinda, Kammant ThailandPhra Phromkunaporn (Prayuth Prayutto) ThailandPhra Plein Panyapadhipo Thailand

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Posner, Jerome USAPoungvarin, Niphon ThailandPrasarnsuk, Suchitra ThailandPrineas, John AustraliaPrusiner, Stanley USAPulst, Stefan USA

RRamachandran, VS USARatanakorn, Disya ThailandRatanalert, Sanguansin ThailandRavishankar, K. IndiaRhodes, Jonathan UKRich, Jeremy N. USARinkel, Gabriel The NetherlandsRodriguez, Moses USARopper, Allan USARosales, Raymond The PhillipinesRosenberg, Roger USARosenkranz, Karin UKRoses, Allen USARossor, Martin UKRothwell, Peter UKRowland, Lewis USA

SSaid, Gérard FranceSaida, Takahiko JapanSakai, Nobuyuki JapanSampaio, Cristina PortugalSandercock, Peter UKSanders, Donald USASchapira, Anthony UKScheffer, Ingrid AustraliaScheltens, Philip The NetherlandsSchmutzhard, Erich AustriaSchoenen, Jean BelgiumSchwab, Stefan GermanySenanarong, Vorapun ThailandSerratosa, Jose SpainShakir, Raad UKShibasaki, Hiroshi JapanShinohara, Yukito JapanShiogai, Toshiyuki JapanShoulson, Ira USAShy, Michael USASilberstein, Stephen USASisodiya, Sanjay UKSolomon, Tom UKSpence, David CanadaSrikiatkhachon, Anan ThailandSt. George-Hyslop, Peter CanadaStadelmann, Christine GermanySteiner, Thorsten GermanyStern, Gerald UKSuputtitada, Areerat ThailandSuwantamee, Jithanom ThailandSuwanwela, Nijasri Thailand

TTakahashi, Yukitoshi JapanTan, CT MalaysiaTeasell, Robert CanadaTegeler, Charles USATenembaum, Silvia ArgentinaThompson, Alan UKTolosa, Eduardo S. SpainToole, James USATrenkwalder, Claudia GermanyTsuji, Shoji JapanTulayadechanond, Supoj Thailand

UUswatte, Gitendra USA

VValls-Solé, Josep Spainvan Doorn, Pieter The NetherlandsVedeler, Christian NorwayVejjajiva, Athasit ThailandVernino, Steve USAVerschuuren, Jan The NetherlandsVezzani, Annamaria ItalyVincent, Angela UKvon Reutern, G. GermanyVukusic, Sandra France

WWasi, Prawase ThailandWen, Patrick USAWillison, Hugh UKWitoonpanich, Rawiphan ThailandWolf, Peter DenmarkWolters, Erik The NetherlandsWong, K.S. Laurence Hong KongWu, Zhi-Ying China

YYoon, Byung-Woo KoreaYork, George USAYoung, Wise USA

ZZee, David USA

A few of the above speakers have yet to be confirmed. Furtherdetails will be published on www.wcn2009bangkok.com

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After the successful launch of the Tournament at the WCN 2001 London, the 3rd Tournament of the Minds will be one of thehighlights of the WCN 2009 Bangkok.

WFN member societies are invited to enter a team of 4 neurologists at the 3rd Tournament of the Minds. Teams will compete witheach other in a knockout competition, to answer questions across a range of neurological topics. The aim of the Tournament of theMinds is to be both educational and entertaining and the emphasis will be on visual material, videos and stills, with a minimum oftext. Clinical cases from around the world will form the basis of the questions and a prize will be awarded to the winning team whowill take home the WFN Cup and a trophy.

All teams will first take part in a Qualifying Round. The 8 teams that achieve the highest scores will progress to a Semi-Final Roundand compete in two groups of 4 teams, the winners of each group contesting the Final.

There will be one team per country but, where there are a limited number of neurologists, a team may consist of nationals frommore than one country. We hope that as many countries as possible will compete and if you wish to participate, please contact thepresident of your local Member Society who will be responsible for coordinating your national team.

For further details and the application form, please write to email: [email protected]

Th e 3 rd Tournament o f the Minds

Schedule of the 3rd Tournament of the Minds

Tuesday, 27 October 2009- Deadline of applications with acceptance until noon

Wednesday, 28 October 2009- Heats

Thursday, 29 October 2009- Semi-Finals

Friday, 30 October 2009- Finals, followed by the Closing Ceremony

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C a l l f o r Ab s t rac t s

Please read the instructions below carefully before you enter theonline submission form which is available at the congress website www.wcn2009bangkok.com.

Review Process

By submitting an abstract the authors thereby guarantee thatthe abstract submitted describes unpublished results and humanand experimental studies have been undertaken with theappropriate ethics approval and official permission from theproper authorities. A special criterion for finally acceptingabstracts will be their degree of innovation. In order to make theselection as objective and efficient as possible, the followingguidelines should be observed :

Abstract Submission Instructions

• Deadline is 27 May 2009• Submit an abstract only through Submission Online,

and thus NOT by letter, fax or email.• The abstract must be written in English.• Maximum 300 words / 2,000 characters (including

spaces and excluding the title and contact informa-tion of authors).

• The structure of the abstract should be as follows:a. Purpose - Aim of investigation.b. Method - Choice of study design, probands or

animals, method of investigation and analysis.c. Results - Results of research with specific data

and statistical significance.d. Conclusions - Conclusions from the result

obtained. Statements like “results are underdiscussion” are not acceptable.

• Figures or tables are NOT to be included in theabstract.

• It is the author’s responsibility to submit a correctabstract; any errors in spelling, grammar, or scientificfact will be published as typed by the author, ifaccepted.Poor English may be a cause for rejection.

• Each author may serve as Presenting Author for amaximum of three abstracts.

• All abstract presenters must pay the registration feeand are committed to make their presentation in thesession allocated by the Scientific ProgramCommittee. If the abstract is not accepted theregistration fee is refundable.

• The Presenting Author will receive all correspon-dence concerning the abstract and is responsible forinforming the other authors of the status of theabstract.

• Acknowledgement of abstract receipt will be sent tothe stated email address. If you do not receive thisconfirmation within 24 hours of submission, pleasecontact Congrex at: [email protected]

• Notification of acceptance/rejection of the abstractswill be emailed in July 2009. Changes to the abstractare possible until 27 May 2009 through yourPersonal Page, which can be accessed with thepassword included in the electronic confirmation ofreceipt.

If you have any questions please contact Congrex at:[email protected]

Deadline for abstract submission: 27 May 2009Notification on acceptance / rejection: July 2009

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Genera l In fo rmat ion

Welcome to BangkokBangkok, the capital of Thailand, is the cultural, educational,political and economic centre of the country, which has apopulation of over 62 million. The population of Bangkok isover 9 million.Bangkok - Krungthep, “city of angels” in Thai - offers aneclectic mix of traditional buildings and modern skyscrapers.The numerous temples and views of traditional Thai life alongthe city's canals and the Chao Phraya river are a "must" for allvisitors, along with Thailand’s world famous smiles, hospitalityand cuisine.

Banks and Post OfficesIn general, banks are open from 09:30 to 15:30 (Mon-Fri) andbranches in major shopping malls are open from 11:00 to 19:00everyday. Cash machines (ATMs) are open 24/7.There is a bank, ATMs and a Post Office at the Congress Venue.

Certification of AttendanceParticipating participants will receive a Certificate ofAttendance.

Climate and DressThe weather in Bangkok in October is usually humid withtemperatures ranging from night time lows of 20C to daytime32C. Occasional light showers can occur in October.For weather forecasts visit www.accuweather.com. Dress will besmart /casual throughout the congress

Congress SecretariatCongrex Sweden ABAttn: WCN 2009PO Box 5619SE-114 86 Stockholm, SwedenTelephone: +46 8 459 6600Fax: +46 8 661 91 25Email: [email protected] site: www.congrex.com

Congress VenueWCN 2009 will be held at Bangkok International Trade &Exhibition Centre (BITEC). BITEC is a top quality, multipur-pose, multi-functional convention and exhibition centre in theoutskirts of Bangkok's metropolitan. It is a 30-minute drivefrom Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport. For moreinformation on BITEC, please visit www.bitec.net

CurrencyThe local currency is the Thai Baht. For currency rates please seewww.oanda.com.Most major credit cards are accepted as well as traveller’s

cheques in principle currencies. Traveller’s cheques and theforeign currency notes of all major currencies may be exchangedat most commercial banks. Most hotels have exchange facilitiesavailable for guests. Cash can be withdrawn from local ATMmachines using leading international credit cards.

DisclaimerThe WCN 2009 Congress and Congrex Sweden AB cannotaccept liability for injuries or losses of whatever nature incurredby participants and/or accompanying persons, nor for loss of ordamage to their luggage and/or personal belongings.

Drinking WaterWe recommend that you do not drink tap water but instead buybottled water, which is available throughout the country.

ElectricityThe electricity in Thailand is 220 volts, 50 cycles/sec and canaccommodate both flat prongs (like in the USA and Japan) andround prongs (like much of Europe and Asia). Appliancesdesigned to operate on 110/120V need a voltage converter and aplug adapter.www.thailandguru.com/infra-electricity

Italian ParticipantsPandani Viaggi S.r.l has been appointed as the official agency forGovernment Authorisation for Italian participants.Please contact them at the following address:

PANDANI VIAGGI S.r.l, via Fara 1320124 Milano+39 02 669 45 41www.pandaniviaggi.it

LanguageThe official language of WCN 2009 is English.No simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

Letter of InvitationIndividuals requiring an official letter of invitation in order toobtain a visa and authorisation to attend the Congress arerequested to visit the Congress website where more informationis available: www.wcn2009bangkok.com

Local TimeThailand is seven (7) hours ahead of GMT

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Official Carrier of the World Congressof Neurology 2009Star Alliance is pleased to be appointed as the Official AirlineNetwork for the WCN 2009.To obtain details and conditions on Star Alliance ConventionPlus discounts and participating airlines*, please contact yourlocal Star Alliance Member and quote the followingEvent Co TG001S9.When making your travel plans please present confirmation ofyour registration or proof of attendance and ensure that theEvent Code is listed on your ticket.For further information about Star Alliance Members pleasevisit: www.staralliance.com/conventionsplus

* Participating airlines for this event: ANA, Air Canada, AsianaAirlines, Austrian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa,SWISS International Air Lines, Scandinavian Airlines,South African Airways, Spanair, TAP Portugal, THAI, United.

Passport and VisaParticipants are advised to make their own arrangements toenter Thailand. Please visit www.th.embassyinformation.com tosearch for a Thai embassy in your country. For more informa-tion regarding Thailand's visa requirements visitwww.mfa.go.th/web/12.php which is the official website of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Thailand.

Professional Conference OrganiserCongrex Sweden AB has been appointed as official Congressorganiser for this event. The Congrex Group works internation-ally with offices in Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdomand Latin America, offering integrated solutions for theassociation services industry and corporate and governmentalmeetings. For more information, please visit www.congrex.com

Taxation and VATThere is a 7% Government Value Added Tax (VAT) applied togoods and services sold in Thailand. In addition, a 10% servicecharge is normally added to bills in major hotels and restaurants.However, there is a VAT refund scheme for tourists.

Transportation in BangkokThe best way to go to the congress venue is by BTS Skytrain.The registration fee for delegates includes a BTS Skytrain ticketfor the congress days. The city is also serviced by MRT Under-ground. Public taxis are plentiful and operate 24 hours a day.For more information please visit www.bts.co.th

Travel InsuranceTravel insurance to cover theft, loss and medical problems isrecommended. The organiser will not be held liable for illness,accidents or thefts which may suffered by participants oraccompanying persons during the congress or their stay inThailand before or after the Congress.

Dates to Remember

Abstract submission deadline27 May 2009 - GMT time

Early bird registration3 June 2009 - GMT time

Registration deadline20 August 2009 - GMT time

CONTACT INFORMATION

Congress Website:www.wcn2009bangkok.com

WCN 2009 SecretariatWCN 2009 c/o Congrex SwedenP.O. Box 5619SE-114 86 StockholmSwedenTel: +46 8 459 6600Fax: +46 8 661 9125

WCN 2009 Organising Committeec/o The Neurological Society of Thailand7th Floor, Royal Golden Jubilee Bldg.Soi Soonvijai, New Petchburi Road, Huay KwangBangkok 10310, ThailandTel: +66 2 7165901Fax: +66 2 7166004

E-mail AddressesGeneral Information

[email protected] Handling

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected] Program

[email protected]

[email protected] Opportunities

[email protected]

WebsiteThe website contains information about the Scientific &Education Programs, Social Program, hotel booking andother congress related issues. Please visitwww.wcn2009bangkok.com

For WCN 2009 newsletter please sign up atwww.wcn2009bangkok.com

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The 19th World Congress of Neurology, (WCN 2009) will provide sponsors and exhibitors with exposure and access to delegateswho have the capacity to influence the selection of products and services within their organisations. The Congress will also provideyou with the opportunity to demonstrate your support and commitment internationally to the field of neurology and the widerneurosciences, while participating in our sponsorship program will extend your visibility beyond the exhibition hall to achievemaximum exposure at the meeting. In order to ensure that your company achieves its objectives by participating in WCN 2009,a wide range of sponsorship opportunities is being offered.

The exhibition will take place in Exhibition Hall at BITEC, which will form the hub of the Congress. This provides an excellentopportunity for delegates to interact with the biomedical industry and to familiarise themselves with the latest advances in technol-ogy and therapeutics. Our delegates increasingly welcome the opportunity to tap into the expertise provided by exhibitors to answerquestions and provide hands-on product demonstrations.

In addition to the commercial exhibits, tea and coffee will be served in the exhibition area and delegate lounges and internetfacilities will also be provided to maximise the amount of time delegates spend within the exhibition.

For further information concerning sponsoring or exhibiting at WCN 2009 please contact:

Alison ShamwanaIndustry Manager, WCN 2009c/o Industry SecretariatUnit 4B, 50 Speirs WharfPort DundasGlasgow G4 9THUKTel: +44 141 331 0123Fax: +44 141 331 0234Email: [email protected]

Sponso r sh ip and Exh ib i t i on Oppor tun i t i e s

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Serono Symposia International Foundation (http://www.seronosymposia.org) will submit the main congress program of the 19thWorld Congress of Neurology for accreditation by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education(EACCME).

Serono Symposia International Foundation will apply to the Royal College of Physicians, London, UK for CME accreditation ofthe WCN 2009.

The WCN 2009 program will be submitted for CME accreditation from the Italian Ministry of Health.

CME for USA participants:EACCME credits are recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA) towards the Physician's Recognition Award (PRA).To convert EACCME credit to AMA PRA category 1 credit, please contact the AMA.

The CME accreditation is valid for the main congress program only and does not cover the company-sponsored symposia.

More detailed information and instructions on how to apply for CME credits will be announced on the website closer to the event.

ISO 9001 Certification:Serono Symposia International Foundation has received the ISO 9001 Certification of Quality Management Systems. This Qualitycertification requires all participants to fill in a scientific questionnaire and to evaluate the overall quality of the event. Question-naires will be distributed onsite during the congress.

Acc r ed i t a t i on

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150 bursaries (comprising of complimentary Congress Registration) will be provided to support young neurologists wishing toattend the WCN 2009. The WCN 2009 Organising Committee will select 75 bursaries from the Asia/Oceania region and theWFN will select the remaining 75 from all other regions around the world.

Other eligibility criteria are:

• Below 40 years of age• Position below Assistant Professor• Preference will be given to:

1. Those currently in a PhD or equivalent neurology program2. Those residing in a developing country3. Those who have submitted an abstract

To be eligible to receive a bursary, you must send the following documents to email: [email protected], please note that you should NOT register in advance until your application is approved or not approved by us.

• An application form which can be obtained from www.wcn2009bangkok.com under the heading of “Bursaries and Awards”• A copy of your passport - the page on which your personal details and photograph appear• A Letter from your institution confirming your position and any study you have completed

The deadline of the bursaries application is 27 May 2009.

If you have any questions about the bursaries, please contact us at email : [email protected]

Bu r sa r i e s

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Reg i s t ra t i on and Paymen t In fo rma t io n

Please register online for the Congress, the Social Program, Accompanying Persons, and hotel reservation atwww.wcn2009bangkok.com.Please read and follow carefully the registration and payment instructions before registering online.

Registration fees in Euro

Congress Registration

Paid before Paid from Paid from3 June 3 June - 20 August 21 August and onsite

Full Delegate Euro 650 Euro 750 Euro 850

Trainee* Euro 500 Euro 500 Euro 550

Day Registration Euro 330 Euro330 Euro 360(fees are per day)

Accompanying Person Euro 95 Euro 110 Euro 130

Meet the Professor Euro 20 Euro 20 Euro 20(fees are per session)

Education Program - 24 & 25 October 2009

Teaching Courses / Paid before Paid from Paid fromWorkshops 3 June 3 June - 20 August 21 August and onsite

1 Course Euro 50 Euro 50 Euro 50

2 Courses Euro 80 Euro 80 Euro 80

3 Courses Euro 120 Euro 120 Euro 120

4 Courses Euro 150 Euro 150 Euro 150

Please register online at: www.wcn2009bangkok.com

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ENTITLEMENTS

Delegates and Trainees:• Admission to the Congress and the Exhibition• Congress documentation• Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception on Sunday, 25 October 2009• BTS Skytrain Transportation Card

Day Registration:• Admission to the Congress and the Exhibition (on the specific day)• Congress documentation

Accompanying Person:• Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception on Sunday, 25 October 2009• BTS Skytrain Transportation Card• One Bangkok Orientation Tour - This city tour will introduce your host city, Bangkok. You will explore three very different

and interesting places during a walk about in the city's bustling flower market, a Buddhist temple and what is claimed tobe the world's biggest jewellery store. Transfers are by air-conditioned vehicles with English commentary audio playedonboard.

• One Thai History, Royalty and Riches Tour - Thailand's rich cultural and artistic heritage is on display at the NationalMuseum, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia. A short walk, boat trip and road transfer brings you to Vimarnmek Palace,the world's largest building made entirely of golden teak wood.

Please note that the accompanying person's fee does not include admission to the scientific sessions, the Exhibition or the Congressdocumentation.

*Trainee RegistrationTrainee status must be certified by a Head of Department, and copy of a passport must be submitted with the registration.Please forward this by email to [email protected] or by fax +44 207 117 19 44, attention WCN 2009.

EDUCATION PROGRAM

Teaching Courses and WorkshopsTeaching Courses and Workshops will be available on Saturday, 24 October and Sunday, 25 October 2009. A fee of Euro 50 will becharged per course. If you wish to register for more than one course there will be a fee reduction. Registration will be possible onlineand onsite. To register for the Education Program a full registration must also be submitted.

Meet the Professor SessionsMeet the Professor sessions will be available during the Congress from Monday, 26 October to Friday, 30 October 2009from 07:00 to 08:00 hrs onwards. A fee of Euro 20 will be charged per session. Registration will be possible online and onsite.

Amendments to RegistrationsShould you be unable to attend, you may be substituted by a colleague. An administrative fee of Euro 50 will be charged.

Group RegistrationsGroup registrations will be offered to groups of 20 persons or more. Before the start of the Congress, appointments for pre-pickupof the Congress material can be made for pre-registered groups. Please contact Congrex Sweden AB for further information.E-mail: [email protected]

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PaymentPayment should be made in advance by one of the following methods :

• Visa or Eurocard/Mastercard

• Transfer to HandelsbankenPO Box 7190,SE-103 88 Stockholm, Sweden,BIC/SWIFT code HANDSESSIBAN no SE25 6000 0000 0000 4359 5189Account no. 43 595 189, in Euro toCongrex Sweden ABAttn: WCN 2009PO Box 5619SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden

Bank transfers will not be accepted after 24 September 2009.

Please do not forget to indicate the reference number 0908 and the serial number appearing on your confirmation,together with the name of the participant on all money transfers. If you do not have the serial number of theregistration, please write the name of the participant on the payment.

Tours and events will be confirmed when Congrex has received the payment. Admission to the Congress is permitted only ifCongrex has received the registration fee. Delegates who have made late payments should bring a proof of payment to the Congressupon registration. Failure to present this on request gives Congrex the right to charge the amount to your credit card.

CANCELLATION AND REFUND

Cancellation/Refund of RegistrationNotification of cancellation must be made in writing and sent to Congrex at E-mail : [email protected] of registration will be accepted until 16 September 2009, up to which date the total amount will be refunded less acancellation fee of Euro 50. No refunds will be made for the cancellation made after 16 September 2009.

Cancellation/Refund of Social Events and ToursNotification of cancellation must be made in writing and sent to Congrex at E-mail [email protected] of social events will be accepted until 16 September 2009, up to which date the total amount will be refunded.No refunds will be made for the cancellation made after 16 September 2009.

Cancellation/Refund of Hotel ReservationNotification of cancellation must be sent in writing to Congrex at E-mail : [email protected]. Cancellation of hotelreservation will be accepted until 9 September 2009, up to which date the hotel deposit will be refunded less a cancellation fee ofEuro 60. No hotel deposit will be refunded for the cancellation made after 9 September 2009.

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Hote l In fo rmat ionPlease make your hotel reservation online at www.wcn2009bangkok.com

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONA number of hotels in different price categories, ranging from luxury hotels to budget hotels, have been pre-booked at preferentialrates for the Congress.

* Remarks: A = Euro 150 and aboveB = Euro 100 - 150C = under Euro 100

Room rates are per room per night and including of breakfast, local VAT and service charges

Price Hotels Rate for Rate forCategory * Single Occupancy Double OccupancyA Banyan Tree Euro 200 Euro 210A Conrad Euro 200 Euro 210A Dusit Thani From Euro 190 From Euro 210A Grand Hyatt Erawan Euro 200 Euro 210A InterContinental Euro 200 Euro 210A JW Marriott Euro 185 Euro 200A Pan Pacific Euro 165 Euro 180A Plaza Athenée Le Meridien From Euro 195 From Euro 210A Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit Euro 200 Euro 210A Westin Grande Euro 185 Euro 200B Amari Watergate Euro 130 Euro 145B Amari Boulevard Euro 120 Euro 130B Centara Grand Euro 145 Euro 160B Courtyard by Marriott Euro 115 Euro 125B Holiday Inn Bangkok Euro 105 Euro 120B Imperial Queen's Park Euro 110 Euro 120B Landmark Euro 140 Euro 150B Novotel Lotus Euro 105 Euro 120B Pullman Bangkok King Power Euro 125 Euro 130B Rembrandt From Euro 105 From Euro 110C Chaophya Park From Euro 80 From Euro 85C Grand Mercure Fortune From Euro 75 From Euro 80C Swissôtel le Concorde Euro 90 Euro 95C Windsor Suites From Euro 85 From Euro 90

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Information and deadlinesAll hotel accommodation bookings must be accompanied by a deposit of Euro 200 in order to secure and guarantee yourreservation. Upon receipt of the deposit, each participant will receive a confirmation. An invoice for the final payment of the totalroom charge will be sent out. Please make sure to indicate the correct invoicing address on the registration form. Do not send anypayment to the hotel. Full payment has to be made to Congrex Travel by 9 September 2009.

If the total cost of your stay is less than the requested deposit, you will only be charged the actual cost.

Should the requested hotel be fully booked Congrex Travel reserves the right to book another hotel in the same price category.

Room availability is guaranteed by Congrex Travel on behalf of the delegates until 9 September 2009. After this date, bookings arepossible with full payment. Congrex Travel cannot guarantee availability after 9 September 2009.

Please make your hotel reservation online at www.wcn2009bangkok.com . For questions regarding hotel reservations, please [email protected]

GROUP BOOKINGSFor group reservations please contact [email protected] for further information.

Please note that all rates are per room per night inclusive of breakfast, service charges and local VAT. All rooms are sold on afirst-come-first-served basis.

PAYMENT• Visa or Eurocard/Mastercard may be used for all hotel charges. Please indicate your card number, expiry date and CVV code

on the online hotel reservation form.• Bank Transfer to UBS AG

CH-4005 Basel, SwitzerlandBIC/SWIFT code UBSWCHZH80AIBAN no CH62 0023 3233 5954 0061PAccount no. 233-595.400.61P, in Euro toCongrex Travel AG, Association HouseAttn: WCN 2009PO Box 4002 Basel, Switzerland V: Freie Strasse 90, Reference WCN 2009,followed by your personal booking number.

Bank transfers will not be accepted after 24 September 2009.

Hotel requests without payment cannot be accepted. Each participant will receive a confirmation/invoice. Final payment has to bemade before arrival to Congrex Travel.

CANCELLATION OF HOTEL RESERVATIONNotification of cancellation must be sent in writing to Congrex Travel. Cancellation of hotel reservation will be accepted until9 September 2009 up to which date the hotel deposit will be refunded less a cancellation fee of Euro 60. We regret that no refundscan be made after 9 September 2009.

CHANGE OF BOOKINGAny change to a hotel reservation must be notified to Congrex Travel at [email protected] and not directly to the hotel.The changes must be sent in writing and are subject to a handling fee of Euro 30.

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Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception

Date: Sunday, 25 October 2009Time : 18:00 - 21:00 hrs.Venue : BITEC

All delegates and registered accompanying persons are invited to attend the Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception.The uniqueness of Thai culture will be showcased through various performances during the Opening Ceremony. Our delegates willhave a chance to leisurely mingle, meet old friends and make new ones in an intimate setting during the Welcome Reception to beheld at the Exhibition Hall.

Name badges are required.

Soc ia l P rogram

Thai Night

Date : Wednesday, 28 October 2009Time : 19:00 - 22:00 hrs.Venue : BITECPrice : To be announced

This will be a night to be remembered when we enjoy traditions, cultures, food and arts from the four regions of Thailand underone roof which will allow delegates to experience the excitement of our beautiful country. The night will end with the lighting andfloating of floral lanterns in celebration of the famous traditional Thai festival known as Loy Kratong.

After the Thai Night, shuttle services will be provided back to the official congress hotels.

Tickets for the Thai Night can be purchased in advance upon registration or onsite.

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Dai l y Tour s

Sunday, 25 Monday, 26 Tuesday, 27 Wednesday, 28 Thursday, 29 Friday, 30October October October October October October

* Introduction * Introduction * Introduction Canal Cruise Canal Cruise Canal Cruiseto Bangkok to Bangkok to Bangkok 09.00-12.00 09.00-12.00 09.00-12.0013.30-17.00 09.00-12.30 or 09.00-12.30 or

13.30-17.00 13.30-17.00

Grand Palace Trio of Temples Trio of Temples Trio of Temples * Thai History, * Thai History,13.00-17.00 08.30-12.00 08.30-12.00 08.30-12.00 Royalty and Riches Royalty and Riches

13.30-17.30 09.00-13.00

Ayutthaya Grand Palace Grand Palace * Thai History, Damnern SaduakWorld Heritage City 08.30-12.00 or 08.30-12.00 or Royalty and Riches Floating Market

08.00-17.00 13.00-17.00 13.00-17.00 09.00-13.00 & Rose Garden07.30-17.30

River Kwai Damnern Saduak Ayutthaya07.30-18.00 Floating Market World Heritage City

& Rose Garden 08.00-17.0007.30-17.30

Daily Tour Program at a Glance

Daily Tours

We are pleased to offer you a selection of optional tours atspecial Congress rates which highlight unique Thai culture,history and religion.

Prepare yourself for an exciting tour program. We want yourstay in Bangkok to be enjoyable and memorable. We haveplanned a tour program every day to show you a little bit ofThailand's character and natural beauty. Tours will be accompa-nied by English-speaking guides. The organizers reserve theright to cancel any tours for which there is insufficient demand.

Details of these tours are :-

1. Introduction to Bangkok *Date : 25, 26 and 27 October 2009Time: 09:00 - 12:30 or 13:30 - 17:00Cost : Complimentary for the Accompanying Personsor Euro 26 for delegates

This city tour aims to give you an orientation to your host city,Bangkok. You will explore three very different and interestingplaces during a walk about in the city's bustling flowermarket, a Buddhist temple and what is claimed to be the world'sbiggest jewellery store. Transfers are by air-conditioned vehicleswith English commentary audio played onboard. A team oftour guides will ensure your smooth arrival and departure ateach stop.

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2. Trio of TemplesDate : 26, 27 and 28 October 2009Time : 08:30 - 12:00Cost : Euro 28

As 95% of Thais are Buddhist, there are more than 400 wats(temples) in the city. On this tour you will see three of the mostremarkable temples - the Golden Buddha Temple which housesa solid gold statue weighing 5.5 tones; the Reclining Buddhaat Wat Po with its enormous gold-covered Buddha image lyingmajestically on its side and the Marble Temple, WatBenchamaborpit, representing one of the finest examples ofThai temple architecture.

3. Grand PalaceDate : 25, 26 and 27 October 2009Time : 08:30 - 12:00 or 13:00 - 17:00Cost : Euro 35

A wonder of the modern world, the spectacular Grand Palace, isa "must see" attraction for all visitors to Bangkok. Built in 1782by King Rama I, the Palace is a venue for state and religiousfunctions. Within the Palace compounds you will be able toenter the interior chamber of Wat Phra Kaew - Temple of theEmerald Buddha, which houses Thailand's most reveredBuddha image, carved from a single piece of jade and believedto be the protector of the Kingdom.

4. Canal CruiseDate : 28, 29 and 30 October 2009Time : 09:00 - 12:00Cost : Euro 34

The most refreshing route around Bangkok remains off thetourist map for most, but traveling by boat is a fun way toexplore the exotic and traditional side of the city that wasonce known as "Venice of the East". Cruising along thebackwater canals of Thonburi, stop to visit Wat Arun - thetowering Temple of Dawn. We will also pass by the Royal BargeMuseum.

5. Thai History, Royalty and Riches *Date : 28, 29 and 30 October 2009Time : 09:00 - 13.00 or 13:30 - 17:30Cost : Complimentary for the Accompanying Personsor Euro 28 for delegates

Visit the National Museum, the largest of its kind in SoutheastAsia. The museum contains an 18th century palace and a groupof historically important buildings that house Thailand's artistictreasures from prehistoric to contemporary times. Then a shortwalk, boat trip and road transfer brings you to VimarnmekPalace, the favorite residence of King Chulalongkorn, theworld's largest building made entirely of golden teak wood.The palace was built by King Rama V at the turn of the centuryand now serves as a museum. The many gifts presented to theKings by foreign envoys and heads of state are on display.

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8. River KwaiDate : 26 October 2009Time : 07:30 - 18:00Cost : Euro 68

Fascinating, nostalgic and memorable sums up this full day tourto Kanchanaburi province. The famous bridge and the begin-ning of the 'Death Railway' is a poignant reminder of thethousands of POW's and forced laborers who lost their livesin the Second World War during the construction of therailway. Visit the Thailand-Burma Railway Museum which isdedicated to presenting the history of the Thailand-BurmaRailway. After a visit to the War Cemetery, enjoy a scenic long-tail boat trip along Maeklong River to the famous Bridge overthe River Kwai. Continue to a local restaurant for a lunch ( Thailunch - food only, included in the tour) , then board the localtrain for the thrilling ride across wooden viaducts, which offersfantastic scenery along the Kwai River. Coach-transfer back toBangkok.

All tours pick up point and return will be published on thewebsite.

For complete tour details, please visitwww.wcn2009bangkok.com.

* Following tours are included in the accompanying fee. Formore information see page 30

6. Damnern Saduak Floating Market & Rose GardenDate : 27 and 29 October 2009Time : 07:30 - 17:30Cost : Euro 68

Take a journey through the Thai countryside to Ratchburiprovince, 110 kms. outside Bangkok. Board a long-tail speed-boat for an exhilarating 15-minute ride along narrow canals tothe unique Damnern Saduak market, passing by riversidevillages and fruit plantations. At this colorful market, vendorsin wooden boats carry a variety of goods.

After 45 minutes at the market to continue to the Rose GardenCountry Resort where a buffet lunch is served (food only,included in the tour). After lunch, watch a Thai Village culturalshow which will give you an introduction to Thai life with aBuddhist monk ordination ceremony, a wedding, folk dances,martial arts and Thai boxing demonstrations. Local villagehandicraft will be on display and for sale.

7. Ayutthaya World Heritage CityDay : 25 and 28 October 2009Time : 08:00 - 17:00Cost : Euro 92

Visit the ancient capital of Siam for 417 years. Today, Ayutthayais a World Heritage Site and has some of Thailand's mostimportant historical landmarks. Located 80 kms. north ofBangkok, the province is rich in ruins of once magnificentpalaces, temples and fortresses. We also visit Bang Pa-In, thesummer residence of the early Chakri Kings which consists ofbuildings in Gothic, Renaissance, Chinese and Thai architec-ture. Cruise back to Bangkok with a buffet lunch servedonboard the modern river cruiser.

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Pre and Pos t Congre s s Tour s

PhuketDate: 20-22 October or 31 October-2 November 2009Price: Euro 328

The tropical island of Phuket, only 1 hour 20 minutes flight south from Bangkok, offers some ofThailand's most magnificent golden sand beaches, backed by swaying palm trees and washed byaquamarine clear waters of the Andaman Sea. Party lovers will enjoy the west coast town ofPatong with its lively shops and bars.

Chiang MaiDate: 20-22 October or 31 October-2 November 2009Price: Euro 355

Chiang Mai is an ancient city with a distinctive culture, arts, festivals, traditions, an exciting mixof local ethnic cultures and a heritage of its own. It was once the capital of an independentkingdom and the moat around the original town is still intact. It is the nation's second largestcity and is only 1 hour flight north of Bangkok.

Hua HinDate: 20-22 October or 31 October-2 November 2009Price: Euro 330

Hua Hin is the oldest beach resort of the country, located 3 hours drive south from Bangkok.Hua Hin has always been very popular for both Thai people and foreigners. Clean white sand,crystal clear water and a tranquil atmosphere has continued to attract tourists in search ofpeaceful and relaxing holidays. Today Hua Hin is a well-established beach destination withworld class facilities coupled with a true sense of Thai hospitality.

CambodiaDate: 20-23 October or 31 October-3 November 2009Price: Euro 910

Cambodia is one of the most fascinating destinations in Asia. Angkor Wat is one of the mostimpressive sights in the world. Once this was the bustling political, economical and religiouscentre of the mighty Khmer Empire. During the Ankorian Period the empire included much ofwhat is now Vietnam, Laos and Thailand and was the cultural heartland of Southeast Asia.Cambodia has a lot more to offer to the visitors than its ancient cultural heritage. There are oldcolorful Buddhist temples, undiscovered beaches, mighty rivers and dense tropical rainforests.

Please note that bookings are accepted subject to space availability. We highly recommend advance booking prior to 20 August 2009to avoid disappointment. Should your preferred hotel not be available, we will recommend a suitable option in the same category.The organizers reserve the right to change the price, should third party costs increase.

For more information on the tours, please visit www.wcn2009bangkok.com

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Sponso r Ack n o wled g emen t sThe Congress Organizers gratefully acknowledge the support of our current sponsors:

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