Scientific Programme
Sunday 1st August | Monday 2nd August | Tuesday 3rd August | Wednesday 4th August
Sunday 1st August
09:00 -13:00
ALADE Course
Neurobiology
Chairs: Esper Cavalheiro (Brazil) / Rafael Gutierrez (Mexico)
Synaptic plasticity and epilepsy
Rafael Gutierrez (Mexico)
What do Experimental Models of Epilepsy Actually Model?
Norberto Garcia-Cairasco (Brazil)
Excitotoxicity and epilepsy
Ricardo Tapia (México)
EEG
electrical sources analysis and cortical excitability modulation with
transcranial magnetic stimulation in people with epilepsy
Efrain Santiago (Mexico)
Basic research and its application to clinical medicine
Esper Cavalheiro (Brazil)
14:00 – 18:00
ALADE Course
EEG and Video
Chairs: Silvia Kochen (Argentina) / Elza Marcia Yacubian (Brasil)
Hans Luders (USA)
19:00 – 20:00
Special Session
10 years on from the Santiago Declaration: Present and Future
Carlos Acevedo (Chile)
Marco Tulio Medina (Honduras)
Monday 2nd August
07:00 – 08:00Breakfast Symposium supported by GSK
Management of epilepsy in special populations
Chair: Mayor, LC (Colombia)
Comorbility of psychiatry and epilepsy: therapeutic perspective
Kanner, A (USA)
Management of epilepsy in women of childbearing age
Olivares, O (Chile)
Discussion panel
08:00 – 09:30
ALADE Course
Preventable epilepsies
Chairs: Francisco Rubio Donnadieu (Mexico) / Patricia Campos (Peru)
Perinatal disorders
Jorge Ibarra (Mexico)
Vascular disease
Federico Silva (Colombia)
Infections
Patricia Campos (Peru)
Head trauma
Americo Sakamoto (Brazil)
Conclusions
Francisco Rubio Donnadieu (Mexico)
09:30 – 10: 30
Presidential Symposium
Epilepsy destroys lives; from treatments to cures
Chairs:Moshé, SL (USA) / Glynn, M (Ireland)Beyond the treatment gap
Wiebe, S (Canada)
Demonstration project on epilepsy in Brazil – WHO/ILAE/IBE Global Campaign
Against Epilepsy
Min, L (Brazil)
11:00 – 12:30
Plenary Session
Challenges in neurocysticercosis and epilepsy
Chairs: Martin Torres (Colombia)Association between perilesional edema and seizure relapse in old, calcified neurocysticercosis
Hector Hugo Garcia (Peru)
Diagnostic and treatment controversies
Arturo Carpio (Ecuador)
Prevention strategies
Franz Chaves Sell (Costa Rica)
12:30 - 14:00
Satellite Symposium
UCB Satellite Symposium: Management inadequately controlled epilepsy
Chair:Eslava, J (Colombia)
Welcome and introduction
Eslava, J (Colombia)
Treatment guidelines for epilepsy. Clinical point of view
Vélez, A (Colombia)
Inadequately controlled epilepsy: clinical perspective
Eslava, J (Colombia)
Treatment for inadequately controlled epilepsy: ideal steps
Carreño, M (España)
Question and answer session
Vélez, A (Colombia)
14:00 - 14:50
Platform session 1
001 Surgical disconective procedures and multiple tractotomies in the treatment of children with medically refractory epilepsy in the Hospital Nacional de Niños Benjamín BloomMuñoz MA (El Salvador)
002 Epilepsy and neurocysticercosis: a field study in Tumbes, Peru (n=7442)
Moyano LM, Gonzalvez G, Olaya S, Ayvar V, Tsang VCW, Gonzales AE, Gilman R, Garcia HH, and the Cisticercosis Working Group of Peru (Peru)
003 Molecular studies of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: new findings
Alonso-Vilatela ME, Jara-Prado A, Martínez-Juárez IE, González -Quintana V,
Delgado- Escueta AV, Ochoa-Morales A, Medina MT (Mexico)
004 Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPS) in drug-metabolism and drug transporter genes associated with susceptibility to pharmacoresistance in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
Silva MS, Secolin R, Bilevicius E, dos Santos RO, Maurer-Morelli C, Velasco TR, Sakamoto AC, Cendes F, Lopes-Cendes I (Brazil)
14:50 -15:40
Posters presentations
15:40 - 17:00
Plenary session
Epilepsy and legislation. What exists? What initiatives are needed?
Chairs: Fernando Gracia (Panama) / Jaime Fandiño Franky (Colombia)Human rights: PHO / WHO
Angel Zarazua (Mexico)
The law in Colombia
Jaime Fandiño Franky (Colombia)
The law in Argentina
Silvia Kochen (Argentina)
The Global Campaign and epilepsy legislation
Hanneke de Boer (The Netherlands)
17:00 – 18:30
Bolívar 1
Discussion Group
New vs old antiepileptic drugs: advantages and disadvantages
Chairs: Marta Cabrera (Paraguay) / Pablo Lorenzana (Colombia)Advantages and disadvantages in adults
Emilio Perucca (Italy)
Advantages and disadvantages in children
Marilisa Guerreiro (Brazil)
Efficacy and safety profile
Orlando Carreño (Colombia)
17:00 – 18:30
Bolívar 2
Discussion Group
Challenges in quality of life of the people with epilepsy in Latin America
Chairs: Tomas Mesa (Chile) / Patricia Braga (Uruguay)Measurement tools
Sam Wiebe (Canada)
The Central American experience
Reyna Duron (Honduras)
The Brasilian experience
Laura Guilhoto (Brazil)
The Chilean experience
Tomas Mesa (Chile)
The Uruguayan experience
Patricia Braga (Uruguay)
Round table discussion
17:00 – 18:30
Bolívar 3
Discussion Group
Controversies among AEDs: original vs copies, generics and similar drugs
Chairs: Jesus Rodriguez (Colombia) / Franz Chaves Sell (Costa Rica)Bioequivalence, bioavailability and therapeutic equivalence
Patricia Saidon (Argentina)
When is it recommended to make a change?
Elza Marcia Yacubian (Brazil)
Costs implications of changing from branded AEDs to generic AEDs
Lilia Nuñez Orozco (Mexico)
18:30 – 20:00
Symposium supported by Sanofi Aventis
Management of infantile spasmsPociecha, J (Argentina)
Tuesday 3rd August
07:00 – 08:00
Breakfast Symposium supported by Janssen Cilag
Comorbility: migraine and epilepsyThomson, A (Argentina)
08:00 – 09:30
ALADE Course
Advances in epilepsy genetics
Chairs: Marco Tulio Medina (Honduras) / Alejandro Scaramelli (Uruguay)Genetic discoveries in focal epilepsies
Iscia Lopes-Cendes (Brazil)
Advances in generalised epilepsy genetics
Marco Tulio Medina (Honduras)
How does a clinician participate in genetic studies?
Alejandro Scaramelli (Uruguay)
Genetic predictors in epilepsy drug responses
Emilio Perucca (Italy)
09:30 - 11:00
Plenary Session
Challenges in epilepsy surgery
Chairs: Americo Sakamoto (Brazil) / Mario Alonso Vanegas (Mexico)Normal RNM surgery: indications and results
Manuel Campos (Chile)
Dual pathology surgery. When and what to operate?
Mario Alonso Vanegas (Mexico)
Epilepsy surgery prediction factors in curing and controlling seizures
Carlos Barzallo (Argentina)
Epilepsy surgery and children
Gary Mathern (USA)
Seizure outcome in extratemporal epilepsies
Americo Sakamoto (Brazil)
11:30 – 12:30
Plenary Session
Update on paediatric epilepsy
Chairs: Eugenia Espinosa (Colombia) / Marcelo Devilat (Chile)Panayiotopoulos syndrome: genetic, electrophysiological and forecasting aspects
Roberto Caraballo (Argentina)
Atypical benign rolandic epilepsy: is this a new syndrome or part of a spectrum?
Juvenal Gutierrez (Mexico)
Cognitive behavioural teratogenicity of AEDs
Andres Kanner (USA)
12:30 – 14:00
Satellite Symposium
GSK: Current epilepsy management
Chair:Campos, M (Chile)
Current state of clinical guides for epilepsy management
Campos, M (Chile)
Management of newly diagnosed epilepsy in adults: focus on efficacy and tolerability
Perucca, E (Italy)
Current focus of epilepsy management in paediatric patients
Ríos, L (Chile)
Discussion panel
14:00 – 15:00
Platform session 2
005 Incidence of status epilepticus in adult in Argentina: a prospective, epidemiological study based in captive populationRomano LM, Spadaro E, Sousa L, Castellino LG, Zorrilla JP, Latini FM, Alvarez Abud P, Ioli P, Gonorazky SE (Argentina)
006 Ictal semiology in epileptogenic zone estimation in temporal lobe refractory epilepsy
Zapata JF, Jimenez ME, Gomez B, Massaro M, Jaramillo H, Andrade R (Colombia)
007 Life quality of the main caregivers of children with epilepsy
Samsó Zepeda CL, Förster Mujica J, Vega Pavez M, Ibañez Rissetti C (Chile)
008 Modifications in the RNAm expression of GABAA receptor subunits in tissue of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy resistant to pharmacology treatment
Escalante Santiago D, Orozco-Suárez S, Rocha-Arrieta L, Feria-Romero IA, Alonso-Vanegas M, Nicolini-Sánchez H, Velasco AI (Mexico)
15:00 – 16:00
Poster presentations
16:00 – 17:30
Bolívar 1
Discussion Group
Epilepsy seizures vs. syncope
Chair: Beatriz Gonzalez del Castillo (Venezuela) / Santiago Cruz (Colombia)Neurocardiogenic seizures
Beatriz Gonzalez del Castillo (Venezuela)
Diagnostic approach to syncope
Chamia Benchedrit (Venezuela)
Syncope of unknown origin
Mario Gonzalez (Argentina)
16:00 – 17:30
Bolívar 2
Discussion Group
A continental challenge: primary care in epilepsy
Chair: Alberto Velez Van Meerbeke (Colombia) / Salvador González Pal (Cuba)Epilepsy care in rural areas
Salvador Gonzalez Pal (Cuba)
Diagnostic and treatment design
Arturo Carpio (Ecuador)
Availability of AEDs in Latin America
Eduardo Barragan (Mexico)
16:00 – 17:30
Bolívar 3
Discussion Group
WHO phenobarbitol indications:decisions based on evidence or on poverty?
Chair: Claudia Valencia (El Salvador) / Alvaro Izquierdo (Colombia)Use of phenobarbitol: systemic review
William Cornejo (Colombia)
Phenobarbitol in the third world
Emilio Perucca (Italy)
17:30 – 19:00
Symposium of the Colombian League Against Epilepsy (supported by the Medihumana Colombia)
State of the art in vagal nerve stimulation
Chairs:Carreño, O (Colombia) / Carrizosa, J (Colombia)
Indications and patient selection
Flamini, R (USA)
Callosotomy vs VNS ‘Indications and contraindications’
Alonso, M (Mexico)
Experience in Argentina
Cersósimo, R (Argentina)
Epilepsy genetics and refractory status epilepticus
Carreño, M (Spain)
Questions and answers
Wednesday 4th August
07:00 – 08:00
Breakfast Symposium supported by Abbott
Controversies in the treatment of epilepsyThomson, A (Argentina)
The ‘new’ definition of epilepsy
Treatment guidelines vs. clinical practice
Treatment in Pregnancy
08:00 – 09:30
ALADE Course
Clinical trials
Chairs: Sam Wiebe (Canada) / Natalio Fejerman (Argentina) Ranomized vs non-randomized studies - pros and cons
Sam Wiebe (Canada)
Clinical trials in children - importance of epileptic syndromes
Natalio Fejerman (Argentina)
Issues with open label studies
Li Li Min (Brazil)
09:30 – 11:00
Plenary Session
Epilepsy, reproduction and libido
Chair: Orlando Carreño (Colombia) / Franklin Montero (Dominican Republic)Effects of AEDs and epilepsy on libido
Andres Kanner (USA)
AED effects on sexual development in adolescents with epilepsy
Jaime Carrizosa (Colombia)
What does the evidence show and which AED to use?
Alejandro de Marinis (Argentina)
Epilepsy and fertility: effects of AEDs and epilepsy - should we be concerned?
Claudia Camejo (Uruguay)
11:30 – 12:30
Plenary Session
Neuroimaging
Chair: Fernando Cendes (Brazil)New MRI techniques and its role on clinical and surgical outcome
Fernando Cendes (Brazil)
Strategies to improve lesion visualization in patients with refractory epilepsy
Manuel Campos (Chile)
Frequency, prognosis and surgical treatment of structural MRI abnormalities in childhood epilepsy
Gary Mathern (USA)
12:30 – 13:30
