CHAIRMENProf. Mohammed Saadah (UAE)Prof. Valery Feigin (NZ)

ICNEaid INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

ON NEUROLOGY & EPIDEMIOLOGY

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSON NEUROLOGY & EPIDEMIOLOGY

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Dear colleagues and friends,

Following the great success of the 2nd International Congress on Neurology

and Epidemiology (ICNE), we would like to invite Vou to the 3rd ICNE, which will be heId

in Abu Dhabi on November 21-23, 2013. The title of the congress will be "The use of

academic research and neuroepidemiology in improving neurological health" and

we would be pleased if vou could contribute and share your work at the congress.

Like previous ICNE congresses, this Congress will feature internationally recognized

invited speakers, platform lectures, oral presentations and poster sessions, and will

provide an ideal platform for continuing education in ail fields of experimental and

non-experimental clinical neurology and epidemiology. As such, the International

Congress will provide an excellent opportunity for many neurologists, neurosurgeons,

epidemiologists, neuropsychologists, rehabilitation specialists, geriatricians, family

physicians, nurses, aged care specialists and health care providers working in the area

of neurological disorders to share their new ideas, research findings and experience.

Please find more information on our homepage: www.icne2013.com

We would be happy to see vou in Abu Dhabi - enjoying agreat scientific program and a

great city!

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Shareefa Abdool-Chairman, Vinod Choondal, AI Baraha Hosp.Rashid Hosp. Mohamed El Hadi, Tawam Hosp.Tareq Afifi-Vice Chairman, Zayed Waseem Fathallah, AL Mafraq Hosp.Military Hosp. Atta Ghassan, Gemmy Hosp.Khalid AI Baghdadi, Private Practice Lucky Gupta, Private Practice

Ali AI Bar, Private Practice Hamid Reza Haghighat.lrani Hosp.Nazar Ibrahim AI Doori, Tawam Hosp. Hareth Hamdan, Private PracticeSarmad AI Fahad, Neurospinal Hosp. Suzan Ibrahim-Vice Chairman,Firas AI Rawi, Private Practice Rashid Hosp.Khalid AI Saffar, Private Practice Mohammed Ismail, Private PracticeSarmad AI Shammaa, Neurospinal Denish Jacob, Private PracticeSiarhei Bahushevich, Royal Hosp. Nayak D. Kotekar, Kuwaiti Hosp.Sharmila Changkakoti, Private Practice Sasi Kumar, Private Practice

Ettore BeghL ItalyNatan Bornstein, IsraelMichael Brainin, AustriaDominique Cadilhac, AustraliaStephen Davis, AustraliaValery Feigin, NZ - Chairman

Gururaj Aithala, UAEMohammed AI Kaylani- ViceChairman, UAESuhail AI Rukon, UAEAndrey Alexandrov, USASarmad Alfahad, UAENuman Amir, UAEKjell Asplund, SwedenMichael P. Barnes, UKDaniel Bartko, Czech RepublicJeffrey R. Basford, USADavid A. Bennett. USADerrick Bennett. UKGudrun Boysen, DenmarkCarol Brayne, UKMonique Breteler, NLAllen W.M.D. Brown, USAYury Bykov, RussiaDominique Cadilhac, AustraliaHonglei Chen, USAAntonio Culebras, USAJ-François Dartigues, FranceJacques L. De Reuck, BelgiumGeoffrey Donnan, AustraliaBruno Dubois, FranceMohamed El Tamawy, EgyptAlexis Elbaz, FranceMajid EzzatL USACristian Falup Pecurariu, RomaniaCesare Fieschi, ItalyJames Fisher, USAMarek R. GraczynskL PolandAnders Grisold, Sweden

Maurice Giroud, FranceWerner Hacke, GermanyArfan Ikram, The NetherlandsJianping JaL ChinaElan Louis, USAMan Mohan Mehndiratta ,India

Evgenii 1. Gusev, RussiaAnthony Hannan, AustraliaHans-Peter Hartung, GermanyKris Heggenhougen, USAMichael G. Hennerici, GermanyAlbert Hofman, NLKelly Jones, NZPavel Kalvach, Czech RepublicJürg Kesselring, SwitzerlandCarlos N. Ketzoian, UruguayLyad Khoudeir, UAEBrett Kissela, USAMiia Kivipelto, SwedenAmos D. Korczyn, IsraelRita KrishnamurthL NZAjit Kumar, UAEPrem Kumar Sinha, UAEJose Leon-Carrion, SpainLiping Liu, ChinaGiancarlo Logroscino,ltalyAbu Baker MadanL UAE - ViceChairmanHugh Markus, UKAlexandra Martiniuk, AustraliaMichael Y. Martinov, Russialan McDowell, CanadaMan Mohan Mehndiratta, IndiaGeorge Mensah, USALiu Ming, ChinaKen Nagata, JapanKenji Nakashima, JapanDavid Neary, UKJean-Marc Orgogozo, France

Walter Rocca, USAMohammed Saadah-Vice Chairman,UAERalph Sacco, USAYukito Shinohara, JapanMandy Thrift, Australia

Jeyaraj Durai Pandian, IndiaKameshwar Prasad, IndiaGabriel Rinkel, NLKenneth Rockwood, CanadaGustavo C. Roman, USAPeter Rothwell, UKMohammed Saadah-Chairman, UAEAhmed Sameer, UAEPeter Sandercock, UKGiovanni Savettieri, ItalyOmar Shafey, UAEMostafa Shaqra, UAEPeter Spencer, USAJan Staessen, BelgiumCon Stough, AustraliaIl Suh, South KoreaTania Tayah, UAEBruce Taylor, AustraliaAlice Theadom, NZMandy Thrift, AustraliaJaakko Tuomilehto, FinlandChristophe Tzourio, FranceHirotsugu Ueshima, JapanIngrid Van Der Mei, AustraliaJan Van Gijn, NLChong Victor, UKDemarin Vida, CroatiaHans Von Hoist. SwedenSabahat Asim Wasti, UAEDavid Wiebers, USACharles Wolfe, UK

Shareefa Abdool-Vice President.Rashid Hosp.Wafa Adhami, HAADKhalid AI Jaberi, HAAD

Mohammed AI KaylanL Tawam Hosp.Suhail AI Rukon, Rashid Hosp.Tawfiq AI Saadi, Sheikh KhalifaMedical CentreKhalid AI Shamsi-Vice President.

Wafa Adhami-Vice Chairman, HAADKhalid AI Baghdadi, Private PracticeNazar Ibrahim AI Doori-Vice Chairman,Tawam Hosp.

Ammar AI Kawi, KSAZuhair AI KawL KSANagi AI Riyashi, LebanonAbdul Rahman AI Tahan, KSAMohd AI Tamawi-Chairman, EgyptAdel Aljishi, Bahrain

Saqer Hosp.Kassem AI Shunnar, Neurosurgery,American Hosp.Numan Amir, Sheikh KhalifaMedical CentreMahfoud Y. El Bashari, Military Hosp.Imad Hashim, Neurosurgery,Rashid Hosp.Jihad Inshasi, Rashid Hosp.

LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

SOCIAL COMMITTEE

Firas AI RawL Private PracticeLucky Gupta, Private PracticeSuzan Ibrahim, Rashid Hosp.Oamar Mirza, Private Practice

Asmahan AI-Shubaili, KuwaitAhmed Beydoun, LebanonSaeed Bohlega, KSARiadh Guoider-Vice Chairman, TunisSaher Hashem, EgyptAhmad Khalifa-Vice Chairman, Syria

Deeb Kayed, Private PracticeAjith Kumar, Mafraq Hosp.Prem Kumar Sinha, Zulaikha Hosp.Abu Baker Madani, Rashid Hosp.Ayyanar Rajarathinam, Private Practice

Mohammad Saadah, President.Zayed Military Hosp.Ahmed Sameer, Rashid Hosp.Omar Shafey, HAAD

Oamar Mirza, Private PracticeKhaldoun Mosahem, Privarte PracticeNagi Moussa, Gemmy Hosp.Suresh Naryanan, Gemmy Hosp.Kasid Noori, WelCare Hosp.Taleb Abdul Rahim, Private PracticeSP. Rajendran, Private PracticeMohammed Tawfiq Ridha, Saqer Hosp.Ahmad Shahwan, Private PracticeAmin Shawabkeh, Private PracticeMiklos Szolics, Tawam Hosp.Tayseer Zain, AI Oasemi Hosp.

Nagi Moussa, Gemmy Hosp.Mohammed Tawfiq Ridha-Chairman,Saqer Hosp.

Walid Khoja, KSABoulenouar Mesraoua, OatarAmmar Mobayyedhin, JordanMohd Wasay, Pakistan

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KEY-NOTE LECTURE• Global burden of neurological disorders: updates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 Project (TBC)• The coming NCD-Crisis: How weil are we prepared to cope with it? (W Hacke, Germany)

INTERACTIVE SESSIONS:• Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy- is it truly benign? (E Beghi, Italy and MM Mehndiratta, India)• Controversies in epilepsy management (E Beghi, Italy)• Controversies in the primary prevention of CVB (B Arnold, NZ)

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION SESSIONS:• Observational vs experimental studies of effectiveness (G Logroscino, Italy)• Methodological issues of research in neurological disorders: lessons for young and emerging

neurologists/neuroscientists (G Logroscino and EBeghi, Italy)

WORKSHOPS:• Workshop on sleep disorders (K Mozahem, UAE)• Doppler ultrasound examination in neurological disorders (W Jonannson, UAE)• How to write ascientific article? (V Feigin, NZ)

• STROKE EPIDEMIOLOGY, PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT• Challenges in stroke research in low to middle income countries (A Thrift, Australia)• Epidemiology of stroke in South Asia (M Wasay, Pakistan)• Stroke management in UAE, where we are? (S AIRukon, UAE)• lmplementing thrombolysis on anationwide level (W Hacke, Germany)• Management of acute stroke: updates (N Amir, UAE)• Stroke Unit, Model of Stroke Care (S AIRukon, UAE)• Difficulties in measuring stroke rehabilitation and adherence to best practice: an example from

Australia (D Cadilhac, Australia)• Secondary Stroke Prevention (N Amir, UAE)• Hypertension management and the evaluation of the performance in primary health care in New

Zealand (B Arroll, NZ)• The impact of anticoagulation on stroke associated with atrial fibrillation (W Hacke, Germany)• Stroke and collateral circulation (S Kamran, Qatar)• When Policy precedes evidence: maximising opportunities to prevent recurrent stroke (A Thrift,

Australia)• MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND DEMENTIA

• Dementia is more than only cognitive decline: gait patterns as preclinical markers (A lkram, Netherlands)• Update on early onset Dementia (R Gouider, Tunis)• Dimorphic neurology: sex and gender effects in dementia (W ARocca, USA)• Predictors of post -stroke cognitive decline (N Bornstein, Israel)

• DISORDERS OF MOTILITY

• Dimorphic neurology: sex and gender effects in Parkinson's Disease (W Rocca, USA)

• Role of Botulinum Toxin in Oromandibular Dystonia (M El Tamawy, Egypt)

• Patterns of Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy in Arabs (S Boholega, Saudi Arabia)

• Update in Genetics of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (S Boholega, Saudi Arabia)

• Parasomnias and Sleep related movement disorders (M AIKaylani, UAE)

• Cervical artificial dise placement (K AI Shunnar, UAE)

• EPILEPSY AND SEIZURES

• Outcome of epilepsy and prognostic predictors for seizure recurrence after treatment discontinuation(E Beghi, ltaly)

• Quality of Iife in people with epilepsy and their caregivers (MM Mehndiratta, India)

• EEG patterns of ictal discharges in focal epilepsy (M AIKaylani, UAE)

• Post Stroke Epilepsy (N Bornstein, Israel)

• Epilepsy and sleep disorders (K Mozahem, UAE)

• GENERAL AND HEALTH ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

• Population neuro-imaging: history, highlights, future, and challenges (A Ikram, Netherlands)

• Uncovering the epidemic: findings on the true incidence of traumatic brain injury (V Feigin, NZ)

• Brain Death, Towards an Active Diagnosis (M AI Mamawy, Egypt)

• Reducing the Cumulative burden of Neurodisability on the Society (S Wasti, UAE)

• Economie implications of not translating evidence: acase study (D Cadilhac, Australia)

• PAIN AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS

• Fascinating and Atypical Neuropathic pain (M Saadah, UAE)

• Alternative headache therapy (D Kayed, UAE)

• Update in Polyneuropathy (AB Madani, UAE)

• Invasive headache therapy (D Kayed, UAE)

• MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

• Epidemiology of MS in Arab Countries (R Gouider, Tunis)

• Multiple sclerosis in Asian countries (M Wasay, Pakistan)

• An update on epidemiology of MS in Dubai (J lnshasi, UAE)

• Neurorehabilitation needs of an MS patient (S Wasti, UAE)

• CNS INFECTIONS AND TUMOURS

• CNS infections and Stroke (MM Mehndiratta, India)

• Neurobrucellosis at rise of present Millennium (M Saadah, UAE)

• Endoscopie pituitary surgery (K AI Shunnar, UAE)

• AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS

• New Criteria of ALS diagnosis (AB Madani, UAE)

• Predictors of long-term survival among patients with ALS (E Beghi, Italy)

• ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

• Air pollution and stroke incidence (M Giroud, France)

• Vitamin Dand stroke prognosis (Y Béjot, France)

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