September 16, 2008

8:00 Registration

8:20 SSIF Opening
Giancarlo Comi, SSIF Scientific Committee President

Chairman: Hans- Peter Hartung, Germany

8:30 MS epidemiology: general aspects and environmental factors
Nils Koch-Henriksen, Denmark

9:00 Genetics of MS
Bruce Cree, USA

9:30 Immunopathogenesis of MS
Hans Peter Hartung, Germany

10:00 The biological bases for recovery
Jack Antel, Canada

10.30 Pathophysiology
Howard L. Weiner, USA

11:00 Coffee break

Chairman: Fred Lublin, USA

11:30 Diagnosis of MS today
Mar Tintoré, Spain

12:00 Clinical course and prognosis
Fred Lublin, USA

12.30 MRI in monitoring MS
Douglas Arnold, Canada

13:00 Neurophysiology to monitor MS
Letizia Leocani, Italy

13:30 Lunch

Chairman: Giancarlo Comi, Italy

14:30 Current disease modifying drugs: evaluating the evidence
Pierre Duquette, Canada

15.00 Induction versus escalating
Gilles Edan, France

15.30 Opportunistic infections in MS treatment
Joseph R. Berger, USA

16.00 Coffee Break

16.30 MS treatment in practice
Mark Freedman, Canada

17.00 Future therapies
Giancarlo Comi, Italy

17:30 General Discussion

18:00 End of the meeting