Draft Programme 2021

Please note: this a draft programme and as such may be subject to change

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Sunday – 7th November 2021

12:00-13:30                   Conference Registration opens. Setting up of posters 

13:30-13:45                    Opening address

Pierre Carlier and Hermien Kan 

Educational sessions (in parallel: auditorium and Bernhard von Langenbeck room)

13:45-15:30                      Basic muscle MRI: The Dixon technique -Melissa Hooijmans, Amsterdam

Basic muscle MRI: T2 mapping – Dominik Weidlich, Munich

Basic muscle biology – Clinical Perspective – Andoni Urtizberea

Basic muscle pathology in NMD –  Pathology and Basic Biology – Werner Stenzel

15:30-16:00                      Coffee break

16:00-17:00                     All you ever wanted to know about MRI – Q&A between pharma and MR experts

Teachers: Andrew Blamire & Gustav Strijkers

All you ever wanted to know about neuromuscular disease – Q&A between MR experts and clinicians-

Teachers: Anna Pichiecchio & Volker Straub

 

Reconvene for keynote lecture (auditorium)

17:00-18:00                   The past and future of MR development (in muscle imaging) – Peter Börnert

 

18:00-19:00                Welcome Reception

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Monday – 8th November 2021

07:45                               Conference desk opens

Session 1 – Emerging imaging approaches

8:30 – 9:00                   MR measurements to assess glycogen – Pete Thelwal

9:00 – 9:30                    MR fingerprinting – Fabian Balsinger

9:30 – 10:30                  Selected oral presentations (based on abstracts)

10:30 – 11:00                 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00                 Poster session

12:00 – 13:30                Lunch and exhibition

 

Session 2 – Other imaging modalities

13:30 – 13:50                 Optoacoustic imaging of fibrosis – Vasilis Ntziachristos

13:50 – 14:10                 Utrasound of nerve and muscle – Nens van Alfen

14:10 – 14:30                 Advanced bioimpedance and ultrasound elastography – Damien Bachasson

14:30 – 15:30                 Selected oral presentations (based on abstracts)

15:30 – 16:00                 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:00                 Muscle imaging in clinical practice: pros and cons

John Vissing (Copenhagen); Robert Carlier (Paris); Chiara Marini Bettolo (Newcastle);

Jodi  Warman-Chardon (Ottawa); Eugenio Mercuri (Rome); Jana Haberlova (Prague)

 

17:00 – 18:00                 Advances in neuromuscular therapy and what to expect from future developments – Kay Davies

 

19:00 – 22:00           Conference Dinner          Restaurant  TBD

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Tuesday – 9th November 2021

07:45                             Conference desk opens

Session 3 – Dynamic imaging

8:30 – 9:00                  Strain imaging and its applications – Usha Sinha

9:00 – 9:30                   Motor unit MRI – Linda Heskamp

9:30 – 10:30                 Selected oral presentations (based on abstracts)

10:30 – 11:00               Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00               Poster session

12:00 – 13:30              Lunch and exhibition

 

Session 4  – Imaging therapeutic approaches and ongoing clinical trials in NMD

13:30 – 14:00                MRI and ultrasound in therapy development in NMD –

Nicol Voermans

14:00 – 14:30               MRI and muscle mechanics – Silvia Blemker

14:30 – 15:00               Update on Imaging DMD – Erica Finanger

15:00 – 15:30               Coffee break

15:30 – 16:30               Selected oral presentations (based on abstracts)

16:30 – 17:00               Prize giving and closing of conference