Friday, 25th January 2013 - 9h00 – 17h00 9h00 Welcome address  Maria José Sá, Dept. of Neurology, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Health Sciences Faculty, University Fernando Pessoa, Porto 9h15 – 11h15 Session 1 – MS and Neuroimmunology  Chairpersons: to be defined  The cytokines network in MS relapses and the impact of high dose intravenous methylprednisolone Christian Sindic, Dept. of Neurology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium Autoimmunity and MS Thomas Berger, Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, Clinical Dept. of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria Update in body fluid markers Gavin Giovannoni, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK 11h15 – 12h00 Coffee Break | Exhibition Hall | Poster view  12h00 – 13h00 Conference “Evidence for Disease Heterogeneity in MS: Update on Controversy” Chairpersons: Maria José Sá, Dept. of Neurology, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Health Sciences Faculty, University Fernando Pessoa, Porto Claudia Lucchinetti, Dept. of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, USA 13h00 – 14h30 Lunch 14h30 – 15h00 Conference "Tiles of a city: streets and monuments of Oporto"  Chairperson:  Salvato Trigo, Dean of the University Fernando Pessoa  Sérgio Lira, Human and Social Sciences Faculty, University Fernando Pessoa, Porto 15h00 – 17h00 Session 2 – Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis  Chairpersons: to be defined Assessment of cognition in MS Stephen Rao, Neurological Institute Cleveland Clinic, USA Cognitive Dysfunction in MS: problems and solutions Maria Pia Amato, Dept. of Neurology University of Florence, Italy Cortical lesions and atrophy in MS  Paolo Gallo, The Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Veneto Region, Dept of Neurosciences, University Hospital, Padova, Veneto, Italy 17h00 – 17h30 Coffee Break | Exhibition Hall | Poster view 17h30 – 19h00 Short-Courses (90’) - MS and Autoimmune diseases  - MS escalating therapy  - MS Team – focus in MS nurses 20h00 Gala Dinner Saturday, 26th January 2013 - 9h00 – 17h00 9h00 – 10h30  Session 3 – Centred-patient Therapy  Chairpersons: to be defined Treatment “a la carte”: reality or fiction? Oscar Fernandez, Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya, Malaga, Spain  Overview of rehabilitation approaches  Jurg Kesselring, Dept. of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Rehabilitation Centre, Valens, Switzerland 10h30 – 11h00 Coffee Break | Exhibition Hall | Poster view  11h00 – 12h00 Conference “2012 Hot Topics in MS”  Chairperson: to be defined Otto Hommes, European Charcot Foundation Molenhoek, Netherlands  Joint Meeting with Multiple Sclerosis Study Group of Portuguese Society of Neurology “Grupo de Estudos de Esclerose Múltipla (GEEM)” 12h00 Welcome address  Joaquim Pinheiro, Dept. of Neurology, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova Gaia/Espinho 12h15–13h30 Session 4 – Ten minutes vignettes of approved disease-modifying drugs Chairpersons: to be defined Avonex ® (Biogen Idec) Betaferon® (Bayer Healthcare) Copaxone® (Teva) Gylenia ® (Novartis Pharma) Rebif® (Merck Serono) Tysabri ® (Biogen Idec) 13h30 – 14h30 Lunch 14h30 – 15h30 Poster session  Chairpersons: to be defined 15h30 – 17h00 Oral presentations Chairpersons: to be defined 17h00 – 17h30 Coffee Break | Exhibition Hall  17h30 City Tour 20h00 Dinner PDF Version available here for download...