Friday, 28 January 2011 9h00-18h00
9h00	Opening session	Maria José Sá, Dept. Neurology,  Administration HSJ, President of Portuguese Society of Neurology, President of National MS Study Group, President of Portuguese Board of Physicians
9h30 – 11h00	Session 1	Chairpersons:  Armando Sena Hospital dos Capuchos, Lisboa Maria Edite Rio  Hospital de S. João, Porto
	Etiology of multiple sclerosis (45’)	Alastair Compston  Department of Clinical Neurosciences  University Neurology Unit Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge University, UK
	Immunopathology of multiple sclerosis (45’)	Hans Lassmann  Center for Brain Research Medical University of Vienna Vienna, Austria
	Discussion
Coffee Break Exhibition Hall Poster view
11h30 – 13h00	Session 2	Chairpersons:  José Vale  Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa Joana Guimarães  Hospital de S. João, Porto
	Differential diagnosis in MS (45’)	Vesna Brinar Medical Faculty, Dept. of Neurology  University of Zagreb Croatia
	Neuromyelitis optica: state of art (45’)	Dean Wingerchuk Department of Neurology  Mayo Clinic  Scottsdale AZ, USA
	Discussion
Lunch	Restaurante da Ordem dos Médicos
14h30 – 15h30	Conference “The history of Porto in the XIX century”	Sérgio Lira Human and Social Sciences Faculty University Fernando Pessoa, Porto
15h30 – 16h30	Conference “Carlos Alberto Silva”  Commemoration of 25 years of MS Clinic and 40 years of CSF Lab HSJ	Chairperson:  Maria José Sá  Hospital de S. João, Porto
	CSF and biomarkers in demyelinating diseases	Luís Ramos R Machado  Department of Neurology University São Paulo Brasil
Coffee Break Exhibition Hall Poster view
17h00 – 18h00	Session 3	Chairperson:  Rui Pedrosa Hospital dos Capuchos, Lisboa
	New imaging tools in MS (45’)	Frederik Barkhof Image Analysis Center Vrije Universiteit Medical Center Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Discussion
18h00 – 19h30	Short-courses “MS in daily clinical practice”
20h00	Dinner and visit to Portwine caves

Saturday, 29 January, 2011 8h30-13h30
8h30 – 9h30	Poster presentations	Chairpersons:  Grilo Gonçalves Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra José Figueiredo Hospital de Braga Fernando Matias  Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra Joaquim Pinheiro Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos Jorge Reis Hospital S. João, Porto
9h30 – 11h00	Session 4	Chairpersons:  Ana Martins Centro Hospitalar do Porto João de Sá Hospital de Santa Maria
	Mechanisms of brain lesion formation and repair in MS (45’)	Christiane Wegner Institute of Neuropathology University Medical Centre Göttingen, Germany
	The etiopathogenesis of MS: where are we now? (45’)	Otto Hommes European Charcot Foundation Molenhoek, Netherlands
	Discussion
Coffee Break Exhibition Hall
11h 30– 13h30	Session 5	Chairpersons:  Lívia Sousa Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra Mário Veloso Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa
	Emerging MS therapies (45’)	Norman Putzki  MS Outpatient Clinic Department of Neurology Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen Switzerland
	The treatment of MS: where are we now? (45’)	Hans-Peter Hartung  Department of Neurology Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany
	Discussion
13h30	Concluding remarks	Maria José Sá
Lunch	Restaurante da Ordem dos Médicos
15h00	Afternoon tours