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WELCOME TO AES 2021
The Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, organized by the American Epilepsy Society (AES) will take place from 3rd December to the 7th December 2021 at the . The conference will cover areas like AES Annual Meeting brings together professionals from around the world who are involved in both research and clinical care for people with epilepsy - neurologists, epileptologists, neurophysiologists, neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, internists, pediatricians.
As the largest gathering on epilepsy in the world, the American Epilepsy Society's Annual Meeting is the event for epilepsy professionals in academia, clinical practice, industry, and advocacy.
AES Seattle 2021 is organized annually. 14000 guests are anticipated to visit AES 2021 this year. This Meeting is organized by American Epilepsy Society. Let must do attractions make you fall in love with this city when you are there for AES 2021.
Get ready for Chicago, Illinois!
This expansive annual programme will be held in the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois USA. Connect with your colleagues for an unmatched educational experience featuring exceptional sessions from leading Neurology experts. Educational sessions, training courses, presentations, lectures, and exhibition will be held for the attendees of the convention. Participants will also get an opportunity to form new connections and meet new peers for mutual learning and growth. This congress centre has also played host to the annual meeting on multiple occasions, and repeat visitors will be familiar with its bright, open spaces, generous meeting rooms and superb location.
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We look forward to welcoming you to Chicago, Illinois!
Future Meetings-
December 2-6, 2022 - Music City Center, Nashville, TN
December 1-5, 2023 - Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL
December 6-10, 2024 - Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
Venue: McCormick Place
Address: 2201 Fort Dearborn Dr, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
8:30 AM
Friday, December 03, 2021
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3
Time
Activity Type
Session
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
Symposium
Epilepsy Specialist Symposium | Epilepsy Surgery: A Case Based Discussion of “State of the Art”
This Symposium focuses on the current state-of-the-art methods and procedures related to epilepsy surgery.
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM CT
Professional Development
Career Skills | Nail that Interview and Land Your Next Job
The interview is your best opportunity to ensure the position is the right fit for you and to demonstrate to potential employers why you are the best candidate for the job.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Children's Hour: Precision Therapies in Pediatric Epilepsy
The 2021 Children's Hour Special Interest Group explores recent advances in precision therapy in pediatric epilepsies, from diagnostic testing to drug development and gene therapy.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Genetics: Astute Clinical Observation vs. Data Analytics
How do we improve in our understanding and care of patients with genetic epilepsies? This session debates big data mining approaches (e.g., PELHS) against the astute observations of thoughtful clinicians (e.g., Charlotte Dravet).
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Special Lecture
Special Lecture | Sodium Channel Blocking Antiseizure Medications & The Heart: Sifting and Winnowing the Data
This seminar will alert epilepsy providers about new FDA safety concerns regarding potential cardiac effects and other sodium channel blocking ASMs, and to offer guidance for clinical care and communicating with patients.
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Psychosocial Comorbidities: Beyond Generalized Anxiety Disorder—Unpacking the Various Anxieties in Epilepsy
The 2021 Psychosocial Comorbidities Special Interest Group highlights identification and management of anxieties in epilepsy, with a focus on epilepsy-specific anxieties and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) anxiety diagnoses besides generalized anxiety disorder, such as panic disorder and phobias.
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Status Epilepticus: The Broad Spectrum of Focal Status Epilepticus
This Special Interest Group serves as a platform to discuss complex approaches in the diagnosis of focal status epilepticus, from insights into its pathophysiology and etiology, to clinical features and electroencephalographic (EEG) abnormalities.
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM CT
Professional Development
Career Pathways | Clinical Care
Participants may explore career options through three concurrent Career Pathways panels, each with a different emphasis: Research, Clinical Care, and Interprofessional Careers.
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM CT
Professional Development
Career Pathways | Interprofessional Careers
Participants may explore career options through three concurrent Career Pathways panels, each with a different emphasis: Research, Clinical Care, and Interprofessional Careers.
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM CT
Professional Development
Career Pathways | Research
Participants may explore career options through three concurrent Career Pathways panels, each with a different emphasis: Research, Clinical Care, and Interprofessional Careers.
12:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Symposium
DEI Content
Annual Fundamentals Symposium | Individualizing Patient Care in Different Patient Populations
Epilepsy is not a monomorphic condition, and to achieve optimal patient outcomes, a provider must personalize care to the unique patient they are treating. A patient’s age, etiology for their seizures, and medical comorbidities all influence treatment and diagnostic testing options. In addition, treatment and diagnostic testing options for patients before, during, and after pregnancy need to be considered.
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Symposium
ILAE North American Symposium | Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence in Epilepsy Care
Articifical intelligence (AI) plays a unique role in the treatment of care of those with epilepsy. Explore the benefits afforded to clinical care teams in the assessment and treatment of epilepsy.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Critical Care: An Update on NORSE and FIRES
This year's Critical Care Special Interest Group focuses on the management of NORSE/FIRES in the intensive care unit (ICU).
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | The Potential of CRISPR for Treating Epilepsies
Gene editing, notably CRISPR, is an emerging field that has the potential impact epilepsy treatments.
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Special Interest Group
DEI Content
SIG | Neonatal: Neonatal Seizures Around the Globe—Accurate Diagnosis with Limited Resources
This Special Interest Group session expands on recommendations for the early diagnosis and treatment of neonatal seizures, particularly those at high risk for seizures.
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Sleep and Epilepsy: Stars and Seasons—The Impact of Epileptic Activity in Sleep
The 2021 Sleep and Epilepsy Special Interest Group focuses on young investigators by pairing cuttingedge findings from these rising stars with background from more seasoned mentors
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Special Lecture
Epilepsy Fellowship Program Directors Meeting
The AES Epilepsy Fellowship Program Directors Meeting is an annual education activity that provides continuing medical education (CME) credits for program directors running fellow ships in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology training programs. The session includes general updates for fellow ship program directors as well as opportunities for open discussion.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Exercise in Epilepsy — Just Getting Warmed Up
This workshop showcases the potential benefits and application of exercise in the management of epilepsy.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Basic Mechanisms and Neuroscience of Epilepsy: mTOR Dysregulation in Epilepsy – Targets and Pathways Beyond the Usual Suspects
This Special Interest Group discusses novel mTOR signaling components, their dysregulation, and how and if they could serve as potential treatment targets.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Tuberous Sclerosis: The Role of EEG Interictal Epileptiform Activity in Diagnosing and Treating Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
This Special Interest Group assesses the role of EEG interictal epileptiform activity as a biomarker, the impact of interictal epileptiform activity on behavior and cognition, and the use of advanced analytical techniques, machine learning, and connectivity measures with interictal epileptiform activity.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Machine Learning in Clinical Epilepsy
Expand your understanding and application of machine learning (ML) in the care and management of epilepsy.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
Special Lecture
DEI Content
Special Lecture | 19th Judith Hoyer Lecture in Epilepsy: Contemporary Care for Women with Epilepsy: Progress from the Past
Using a historical framework, this lecture highlights the progress that has been made in reproductive rights and pregnancy outcomes for women with epilepsy.
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM CT
Professional Development
Career Skills | Social Media Dos and Don’ts
This session presents arguments and considerations on the use of social media in the professional setting.
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Neurodegeneration in Epilepsy
This workshop addresses the intersection of epilepsy, neurodegeneration, and cognition
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Intractable Generalized Epilepsy: The Use of RNS in Generalized Epilepsy, Ketogenic Diet, Epilepsy Genes & Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment
This SIG encourages the use of novel techniques for accurate diagnosis and early treatment rather than later management, with the ultimate goal of better seizure control.
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG |Clinical Epilepsy for the Advanced Practice Provider: Advance Practice Providers’ Role in Clinical Management of Neuromodulation Device Therapies
Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS), Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), and Responsive Nerve Stimulation (RNS)therapies are part of the epilepsy treatment toolbox. This Special Interest Group will cover the basic concepts of neuromodulation device therapies along with practical applications for patient selection, education, counseling, and clinic management.
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM CT
Symposium
DEI Content
Spanish Symposium | Epilepsy in Women: A Journey Through Life
Simposio en Español | Epilepsia en las Mujeres: Un Viaje a Través de la Vida
Presented entirely in Spanish, this Symposium addresses the treatment and diagnosis of women with epilepsy. Presentado totalmente en Español, el simposio discute el tratamiento y diagnóstico de la epilepsia en la mujer.
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Basic Science Skills Workshop | Stem Cell-Derived Brain Organoid Approaches for Epilepsy Research
This workshop presents the current state of stem cell-derived human brain organoid technologies with a focus on their use in epilepsy research.
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Basic Science Skills Workshop | Computational Modeling from Neurons to Networks: How and Why to Get Started
This workshop provides insights into the multifaceted benefits of computational modeling and how it can be used in epilepsy research.
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Neuroimaging: Large Multicenter Databases–Big Data and Open Science
This Special Interest Group reviews existing datasets in the era of multi-center neuroimaging databases, big data, and open science.
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Practice Management: Building an Epilepsy Practice
The 2021 Practice Management Special Interest Group focuses on topics essential to building an epilepsy practice in today’s complex and evolving world.
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures: Virtual Tools for Non-Epileptic Seizures
This Special Interest Group investigates using telehealth in the management and treatment of non-epileptic seizures.
8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
McCormick Place Convention Center, in Chicago, Illinois
7:00 AM
Saturday, December 04, 2021
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4
Time
Activity Type
Session
8:45 AM - 11:45 AM CT
Symposium
Presidential Symposium | Recent Research Revolutions and Their Impact on Epilepsy Patient Care
The 2021 AES Presidential Symposium introduces recent advances in research on disease mechanisms, and interprets findings and progress through the lens of a practicing neurologist in the epilepsy clinic. These advances have the potential to impact patient care in the near term.
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT
Poster Session
Poster Session 1
Posters are grouped by general topic category at various times throughout the meeting. Poster authors available for discussion during each session.
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Multi-disciplinary Approaches for Cognitive and Affective Fingerprinting in Epilepsy
This workshop highlights recent efforts to characterize cognitive and affective abilities in individual patients, leveraging cutting-edge behavioral, imaging and electrophysiological techniques.
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Rationalizing Intervention Targets for SUDEP Risk Reduction: A Neuroimaging Perspective
This session unmasks factors, such as neural damage and network abnormalities, to help prevent Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP).
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
DEI Content
Investigators Workshop | Epilepsy Health Disparities
Now more than ever, focus on health disparities is needed and overdue in the care, treatment, and research of epilepsy.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Memory Mechanisms in the Epileptic Brain
This session explores ways to improve memory and cognition in temporal lobe epilepsy.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Quantitative Analysis of Epileptic Networks at Cellular Resolution
This workshop showcases the power of computational modeling, perturbation simulations, and network science for studying large-scale epileptic networks at single-cell resolution.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop |Anatomical and Neurobehavioral Consequence of Fetal Antiseizure Medication Exposure
This workshop invites a timely and multi-disciplinary dialog on the topic of anatomical, structural, and neurodevelopmental consequences of fetal antiseizure medication (ASM) exposure.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Engineering and Neurostimulation: Next Generation Approaches for Neurostimulation in Epilepsy
This Special Interest Group focuses on the advances of neurostimulation research across various fields of study
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Seizures in Autoimmune Encephalitis: Continuation Proposal Seizures in Autoimmune Encephalitis
Seizures in auto-immune encephalitis can be challenging to diagnose and manage.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Special Lecture
Special Lecture | NAEC-AES Joint Session: Coding and Reimbursement Policies of Interest to Epileptologists and Epilepsy Centers
This session covers major procedural services provided by epileptologists, including a review of the long-term EEG/VEEG monitoring CPT Codes that took effect on January 1, 2020.
2:15 PM - 4:45 PM CT
Symposium
Pediatric State of the Art Symposium | Electrical Status Epilepticus in Sleep: Sleeping with the Enemy
This session investigates electrical status epilepticus in sleep (ESES) and explores the potential for early diagnosis of at-risk patients to improve outcomes.
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Symposium
DEI Content
Best Practices in Clinical Epilepsy Symposium | Complexity of Care Across the Age Spectrum: What Healthcare Providers Should Not Overlook
This Symposium delves into the multi-faceted management of epileptic seizures across the age spectrum.
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Professional Development
Career Skills ? Mentoring: How to be Your Best Advocate for Mentoring
This session helps you maximize the benefits of mentorship along your career.
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Emerging Roles of Hypothalamus in Epilepsy and Comorbidities
This workshop highlights the role of the hypothalamus in epilepsy and multiple comorbidities.
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | The Chronobiology of Epilepsy
This session examines variations in epilepsy cycles and how understanding cycles may translate to improved diagnosis and treatment.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Epilepsy and Aging: Late-Onset Epilepsy–A Unique Clinical Entity
This Special Interest Group examines late-onset epilepsy as a unique disease of study.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Temporal Lobe Club: The Network in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
This Special Interest Group focuses on the aspects of the network underlying Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (mTLE).
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
Special Lecture
DEI Content
Special Lecture | CDC Public Health Workshop
Limitations in the number and geographic distribution of epilepsy specialists are major reasons for delays in access to appropriate care for people with epilepsy. Varied community service providers remain insufficiently trained to provide epilepsy-specific support.
7:00 AM - 8:00 PM
McCormick Place Convention Center, in Chicago, Illinois
8:30 AM
Sunday, December 05, 2021
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5
Time
Activity Type
Session
8:30 AM - 10:45 AM CT
Platform Session
Platform A – Basic Mechanisms
There will be two concurrent sessions of selected key scientific abstracts. Authors will present a 10-minute overview of their work followed by a five-minute Q&A session.
8:30 AM - 10:45 AM CT
Platform Session
Platform B – Genetics
There will be two concurrent sessions of selected key scientific abstracts. Authors will present a 10-minute overview of their work followed by a five-minute Q&A session.
8:45 AM - 5:15 PM CT
Symposium
Annual Course | How to Help Patients Live with Epilepsy
This day-long course presents contemporary issues in the treatment and care of patients with epilepsy and covers topics such as access to care, health equity, telehealth, as well as address comorbidities in epilepsy and updates in the treatment of epilepsy.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Functional and Medical Outcomes After Large Pediatric Epilepsy Surgeries
This workshop examines the post-operative implications of large epilepsy surgeries on children and their caregivers and offers strategies for clinicians to address patient outcomes.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Therapeutic Benefits of Targeting Neuropeptides in Epilepsy
Neuropeptides have long been known to be key modulators of neurological function. Moreover, several key neuropeptides have been identified as playing an important role in epilepsy pathophysiology.
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT
Symposium
Merritt-Putnam Symposium | Targeted Genetic-Based Therapies of Epilepsy-General Principles and Clinical Applications
This Symposium aims to present basic science and expanding clinical applications of targeted genetic-based therapy.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Data Science in Epilepsy: Natural Language Processing and EMR Phenotyping for Precision Epilepsy
This Special Interest Group examines the benefits of natural language processing in electronic health records for precision epilepsy treatment and care.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Neuroendocrinology: The Impact of Stress on Epilepsy Outcomes
This Special Interest Group explores the impact of stress on epilepsy treatment outcomes.
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Apnea Without Dyspnea Due to Stimulation of the Amygdala
This workshop reviews the evidence that seizure-invasion of the amygdala can cause central apnea.
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Disorders of GABA Metabolism
This session examines the breakthrough approach of personalized targeted therapies for inherited metabolic epilepsies.
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Somatic Genetics of Neocortical Epilepsy: SLC35A2
This session investigates the impact of SLC35A2 on non-lesional neocortical epilepsy (NLNE), a difficult-to-treat epileptic disorder.
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | EEG: The Problem of EEG Over-Interpretations – Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
This Special Interest Group reviews the causes and consequences of over-reading EEG records.
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Epilepsy Education: E-learning in Epilepsy in the Times of Pandemic and Beyond
The coronavirus pandemic and global lockdown posed a major challenge for traditional teaching methods. In response, e-learning tools and programs have been incorporated into postgraduate medical education.
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
Poster Session
Poster Session 2
Posters are grouped by general topic category at various times throughout the meeting. Poster authors are available for discussion during each session.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT
Poster Session
Basic Science Poster Session and Lunch
This session features the most exciting and innovative studies focused on understanding the basic mechanisms of epilepsy and using cutting edge approaches to understand and treat the mechanisms of epilepsy.
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Thalamic Neuromodulation in Focal and Generalized Epilepsies
This session delves into the role of the thalamus and the potential for therapeutic interventions targeting the thalamocortical network.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Clinical Applications of Functional and Effective Connectivity in Epilepsy
This workshop engages and informs attendees of clinical uses in computational measures of connectivity in the epileptic brain.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Investigators Workshop
Investigators Workshop | Novel Techniques and Models to Identify Epileptogenesis in Post-traumatic Epilepsy
This session uses animal models to understand post-traumatic epilepsy and presents new technologies and techniques found in the research.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Pediatric Epilepsy Case Discussions: Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges
This session highlights the importance of precision medicine and treatments for pediatric epilepsy.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG): The Stereo-EEG Approach to MRI-Negative Epilepsy
This Special Interest Group covers the best approach for patients with MRI-negative epilepsy with planned pre-surgical evaluation with SEEG.
2:15 PM - 4:30 PM CT
Platform Session
Platform C – Neuroimaging
There will be two concurrent sessions of selected key scientific abstracts. Authors will present a 10-minute overview of their work followed by a five-minute Q&A session.
2:15 PM - 4:30 PM CT
Platform Session
Platform D – Neurophysiology
There will be two concurrent sessions of selected key scientific abstracts. Authors will present a 10-minute overview of their work followed by a five-minute Q&A session
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Special Interest Group
DEI Content
SIG | Global Health: Overcoming Hurdles to Sustainable Care During a Pandemic
This Special Interest Group addresses the multi-faceted challenges presented in a pandemic for the treatment and care of epilepsy.
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Seizure and Cerebrovascular Disease: The Relationship Between Seizures, Stroke, and Associated EEG Abnormalities
This Special Interest Group covers the range of topics and studies related to epilepsy in cerebrovascular disease and stroke.
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
Special Lecture
Special Lecture| Management Strategies for Infantile Epilepsy: Perspectives on a Systematic Review Draft Report
This session will feature a panel presentation and participant interaction focusing on the Management of Infantile Epilepsy Systematic Review Draft Report produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Effective Healthcare Program.
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM CT
Poster Session
DEI Content
Poster Session | Better Patient Outcomes Through Diversity
Please join AES for an hour of learning and networking—plus refreshments!—at this Poster Session, which spotlights research relating to the needs of underserved populations along with showcasing the work of accomplished investigators who identify with underrepresented groups.
8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
McCormick Place Convention Center, in Chicago, Illinois
7:00 AM
Monday, December 06, 2021
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6
Time
Activity Type
Session
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Cognitive and Behavioral Treatment for Epilepsy: Pediatric Epilepsy Clinic–Cognitive Behavorial Therapy Applications for Patients and Caregivers
This Special Interest Group examines the impact of cognitive behavioral therapy in the adult and pediatric patient and caregiver population.
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | NIH and Non-Profit Research Resources/Junior Investigator Workshop: Non-Profit Funding Opportunities for Junior Investigators
This Special Interest Group spotlights funding opportunities in the non-profit space for junior investigators.
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM CT
Poster Session
Poster Session 3
Posters are grouped by general topic category at various times throughout the meeting. Poster authors available for discussion during each session.
8:30 AM - 10:45 AM CT
Platform Session
Platform E – Surgery
There will be two concurrent sessions of selected key scientific abstracts. Authors will present a 10-minute overview of their work followed by a five-minute Q&A session.
8:30 AM - 10:45 AM CT
Platform Session
Platform F – Clinical Research
There will be two concurrent sessions of selected key scientific abstracts. Authors will present a 10-minute overview of their work followed by a five-minute Q&A session.
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
Symposium
Scientific Symposium ? Seizures Go Virtual: Probing Mechanisms and Targeting Treatments with Multiscale Simulations
Hear from a panel of experts covering topics including research on channels to whole brain, how modeling can inform understanding of disease mechanisms, and patient management that highlights the power of collaborative multidisciplinary approaches to impact clinical care.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Ictal Semiology: Generators of Motor Symptoms Linked to Auras–The Localizing Significance of Propagation Patterns
This Special Interest Group focuses on applying seizure semiology for seizure localization.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Magnetoencephalography (MEG): What Are Dipoles Anyway? What Source Location Means and Doesn't Mean
This Special Interest Group examines the use of magnetoencephalography (MEG) in the pre-surgical evaluation for epilepsy treatment in three aspects: expectations, the science, and clinical interpretation.
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
Special Lecture
DEI Content
Special Lecture | ILAE-WHO Session: Global Actions on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders
The session will focus on the landmark Resolution of the 73 World Health Assembly (WHA) and the Draft of the 10-years Intersectoral Action Plan for Epilepsy and other Neurological disorders, which address the current significant gaps in prevention, early detection, care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons and families living with epilepsy and other neurological disorders, and the ongoing need for research in these domains.
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG |Epilepsy Surgery: The Learning Curve of Laser Ablation for Epilepsy
This Special Interest Group investigates the latest advances in laser ablation.
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Special Lecture
Special Lecture | Telehealth: One Year and More After COVID-19
This session highlights the impact of telehealth in patient care management during the COVID-19 pandemic.
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM CT
Symposium
DEI Content
Advanced Practice Provider Symposium? Crucial Conversations: When, Why, and How
This Symposium presents the blueprints for when, why, and how a clinicial care provider should address crucial health topics in epilepsy. Crucial topics include new diagnoses, SUDEP, functional seizures, pregnancy planning, and hormonal therapy for LGBTQ persons with epilepsy also on anti-seizure medication
2:00 PM - 4:15 PM CT
Platform Session
Pediatric Epilepsy Highlights
This session will showcase selected scientific abstracts focused on topics in clinical care and research in pediatric epilepsy. Authors will present a six-minute overview of their work.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Pregnancy Registry Outcomes: Pregnancy Data Outcome Update
This Special Interest Group reviews and updates attendees on the latest pregnancy outcome data from international studies and registries.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG? SUDEP: Failure to Autoresuscitate
This Special Interest Group highlights important topics that link the current knowledge of autoresuscitation, chemoresponsive brain regions, respiration, epilepsy and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP).
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT
Special Lecture
Special Lecture | Lombroso Lecture: Seizure-induced Epigenetic Regulation of Cognition in Alzheimer's Disease
This lecture will review recent studies demonstrating that seizures induce activity-dependent expression of ?FosB, a transcription factor with an unusually long half-life, which epigenetically suppresses the expression of target genes that are critical for plasticity and memory.
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies (DEE): Moving from a Seizure-Centric to a Holistic Evaluation of DEE Patients
This Special Interest Group features a holistic approach to the evaluation of Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies.
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Tumor-Related Epilepsy: A Focus on Low Grade Gliomas
This Special Interest Group provides an update in the diagnosis and management of tumor-related epilepsy for low grade gliomas.
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
Symposium
Hot Topics Symposium | Epilepsy and COVID 2021
This Symposium discusses the current status of the pandemic and its impact on people with epilepsy.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT
Special Lecture
Special Lecture | Dialogues to Transform Epilepsy
Dialogues to Transform Epilepsy is a Special Lecture that brings leaders in cutting-edge neuroscience to the epilepsy research community and transforms how to think about understanding and treating epilepsy.
7:00 AM - 8:15 PM
McCormick Place Convention Center, in Chicago, Illinois
7:00 AM
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7
Time
Activity Type
Session
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Dietary Therapies for Epilepsy: Therapy Innovations and Ketogenic Diet Mechanisms
This Special Interest Group explores two areas of dietary therapy research and practice.
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Epidemiology
Back by popular demand, the Epidemiology Special Interest Group features mixed-format presentation in two distinct parts.
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Quality and Safety: Continuous EEG/LTM–Who Do We Monitor vs. Who Should We Monitor?
This Special Interest Group explores both academic and practical aspects in the application of cEEG, particularly with how cEEG is currently being utilized and opportunities to refine use of cEEG.
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Neuropsychology: Reimagining Memory–Transient Amnesia, Long-Term Forgetting, Early Dementia
This Special Interest Group is focused on the diagnosis of memory disorders in patients with epilepsy across the lifespan.
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG | Professional Wellness in Epilepsy Care: Professional Wellness in Epilepsy Care
This Special Interest Group highlights initiatives that successfully promote professional health in the workplace.
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM CT
Special Interest Group
SIG ? Neuropharmacology: Managing Breakthrough Seizures–An Art or Science?
This Special Interest Group addresses the nuanced management of breakthrough seizures.
8:45 AM - 10:45 AM CT
Symposium
Epilepsy Therapies Symposium | Intractable Generalized Epilepsies: New Approaches to an Old Problem
This Symposium will review approaches to treatment of refractory generalized epilepsies, including medical, surgical, and dietary therapies.
9:15 AM - 11:15 AM CT
Symposium
Translational Research Symposium | Overcoming Systemic Barriers to Translating Research: Models of Success
This Symposium highlights several innovative translation initiatives to gather insight into bench-to-bedside pathways and barriers.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Clinical Skills Workshop | Genetics Testing in Epilepsy Patients
This interactive workshop reviews available testing platforms and outlines case scenario-driven testing algorithms. The aim is to provide practical clinical guide in selecting patients, testing methods, and the workflow involved in ordering, submitting, and reporting genetic tests.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Clinical Skills Workshop | Intracranial Electrode Studies: How Do You Choose a Technique for Optimum Localization
This is an interactive workshop where cases are presented to illustrate different problems to be solved by defining a region of epileptogenesis.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Clinical Skills Workshop | Neurostimulation in Epilepsy
This workshop discusses the trials and post-marketing experience that established the tolerability and efficacy of these devices, and instructs on how to use them effectively. Hand-on experience for interrogating and programming the devices will be covered.
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Clinical Skills Workshop | Alternative Therapies to Standard Anti-epileptic Therapies: My Seizure Drugs Aren’t Working, Now What?
With an emphasis on self-management, this Skills Workshop focuses on the non?conventional (or non?standard) medical treatments, surgical procedures, dietary approaches, and other non?pharmacological treatment approaches that may have a role in current management of the epilepsies.
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Clinical Skills Workshop | Self-Management Training for Providers
This workshop will share implementation strategies that epilepsy center teams (APRNs, MDs, neuropsychologists) can utilize to provide self-management programs to their patient population with the support of Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) teams.
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Clinical Skills Workshop | Treating Patients with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
This interactive workshop examines the role of the neurologist and of mental health providers in the diagnosis and management of patients with PNES. Speakers discuss common obstacles that preclude proper treatment and possible pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Clinical Skills Workshop | Genetics Testing in Epilepsy Patients
This interactive workshop reviews available testing platforms and outlines case scenario-driven testing algorithms. The aim is to provide practical clinical guide in selecting patients, testing methods, and the workflow involved in ordering, submitting, and reporting genetic tests.
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Clinical Skills Workshop | Intracranial Electrode Studies: How Do You Choose a Technique for Optimum Localization
This is an interactive workshop where cases are presented to illustrate different problems to be solved by defining a region of epileptogenesis. Participants work in groups to provide a consensus intracranial study. An experienced epileptologist will provide their institution's approach to the case and will describe the outcome.
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Clinical Skills Workshop | Optimal Use of Neuroimaging in Diagnosing and Treating Epilepsy
This interactive workshop reviews pre-surgical cases and the techniques used to diagnose epilepsy, emphasizing both basic MRI customized for epilepsy and advanced neuroimaging techniques. Speakers present a rational approach to the use of neuroimaging and highlight techniques that enhance diagnostic ability.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Clinical Skills Workshop | Misadventures in EEG
This workshop covers common and uncommon sources of EEG misreading, their potential implications, and how to avoid these systemic errors.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Skills Workshop
Clinical Skills Workshop | Pharmacologic Management of Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Epilepsy: Case Discussions
This workshop uses a case-based approach to educate epilepsy clinicians on key principles of the identification and pharmacologic management of comorbid mood and anxiety disorders in the outpatient epilepsy clinic.
7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
McCormick Place Convention Center, in Chicago, Illinois
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