Professional Programme 19th – 22nd October 2021
All details available on the virtual platform as well as all poster abstracts.
Registration Times:
Day & Date | Time |
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Tuesday 19thOctober | 9am – 5pm |
Wednesday 20thOctober | 8am – 12 noon |
Thursday 21stOctober | 8am – 12 noon |
Friday 22ndOctober 8am | 8am – 12 noon |
Saturday 23rdOctober | 8am 12 noon |
Exhibition Times:
Day & Date | Time |
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Tuesday 19thOctober | 6pm – 8pm |
Wednesday 20thOctober | 9am – 5pm |
Thursday 21stOctober | 9am – 5pm |
Friday 22ndOctober 8am | 9am – 3pm |
Saturday 23rdOctober | 8am – 4pm |
Poster Viewing inHall 4:
Day & Date | Time |
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Wednesday 20thOctober | 9am – 5pm |
Thursday 21stOctober | 9am – 5pm |
Tuesday 19th October 2021
Tuesday 19th October 2021 | ||
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1.30pm | Welcome to Brighton | Helen Cross |
Ketogenic Diet Therapy – “Past, Present and Future” | ||
Chair: TBC | ||
2-2.30pm | Past - 100 Years of Ketogenic Dietary Therapies | Eric Kossoff |
2.30-3pm | Present – RCT’s, Consensus Guidelines, Clinical Widespread use | Helen Cross |
3-3.30pm | Future - Adults, First line therapy, beyond Epilepsy, INKS etc | Jong Rho |
3.30pm | TEA | |
Mechanisms of Action – Have we moved on? | ||
Chair: TBC | ||
4-4.30pm | The Microbiome – from animal to human; are we closer to understanding it? | Elaine Hsiao |
4.30-5pm | Medium chain fatty acids & Ketone Esters | Robin Williams |
5-5.30pm | The effect of the KD on dopamine metabolism - Implications for epilepsy and other diseases | Simon Heales |
5.30-6pm | DNA Methylation | Katja Kobow |
6pm | Close of Sessions | |
6.00–8pm | WELCOME RECEPTION IN EXHIBITION AREA |
Tuesday 20th October 2021
Wednesday 20thOctober 2021 | ||
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Utilising Ketogenic Dietary Therapies in special scenarios | ||
Chair: TBC | ||
8.30-9am | Ketogenic Diet in Pregnancy | Elles van der Louw |
9-9.30am | Ketogenic Diet in Status Epilepticus | Rima Nabbout |
9.30-10am | Epilepsy Syndrome specific response | Ingrid Scheffer |
10-10.30am | Metabolic approaches for treating Complications & comorbidities of epilepsy | Kristina A. Simeone |
10.30am | COFFEE | |
Metabolism & Epigenetics based paradigms for anti-seizure drug discovery | ||
Chair: Professor Jong Rho | ||
11-11.30am | Cellular & mitochondrial metabolic changes Seen in epileptic rodents and zebrafish | Manisha Patel |
11.30-12pm | A novel in vitro model of mitochondrial Epilepsy. | Mark Cunningham |
12-12.30pm | Novel approaches for the discovery of Epigenetically based antiepileptonic therapies | Detlev Boison |
12.30-1pm | How does this move us forward? | Susan Masino |
1-2.30pm | LUNCH | |
Nutricia UK - KETOCONFERENCE | ||
Practicalities of Administration 1 | ||
Chair: Susan Wood RD | ||
2.30-2.50pm | What factors are related to compliance And efficacy? | Jennifer Fabe |
2.50-3.10pm | Developing a ketogenic diet service | Christina Bergqvist |
3.10-3.30pm | Tailoring a service to resource | Kath Megaw |
3.30-3.50pm | Delivering a service during a pandemic | Valentina de Giorgis |
3.50-4pm | Q&A | All |
4pm | TEA | |
Utilising the Ketogenic Diet across the age spectrum | ||
Chair: TBC | ||
4.30-5pm | Use in Infants – a treatment of choice? | Anastasia Dressler |
5-5.30pm | Guidelines for use of the KD in Adults | Mackenzie Cervenka |
5.30-6pm | Practicalities of adult provision – a reality? | Colin Doherty |
6-6.30pm | Effect of Ketogenic Dietary Therapies on Growth and bone density | Marisa Laura Armeno |
6.30pm | Close of Sessions | |
6.30-8pm | SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM & DRINKS RECEPTION | |
Nutricia Global – Satellite Symposium – Benefits of the Ketogenic Diet Beyond Seizure Reduction |
Tuesday 21st October 2021
Wednesday 21stOctober 2021 | ||
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Exploring Ways of Administration | ||
Chair: TBC | ||
8.30-9am | Plant based – Vegan | Susanne Baum |
9-9.30am | Parenteral Nutrition | Stephane Auvin |
9.30-10am | Blended diets and tube feeds | Eunjoo Lee |
10-10.30am | Best Lipid selection for Ketogenic Diet | Sehee Kim |
10.30am | COFFEE | |
Practicalities of Administration 2 | ||
Chair: | Dr Elizabeth Neal RD | |
11-11.30am | Flexibility between diets and protocols | Beth Zupec-Kania |
11.30-12pm | How long to know the diet is working and when to stop | Heidi Pfieffer |
12-12.30pm | Management of concomitant medication | Magnhild Kverneland |
12.30-2pm | LUNCH | |
Vitaflo sponsored symposium | ||
Beyond the Epilepsies 1 | ||
Chair: TBC | ||
2-2.30pm | Glut 1 | Jörg Klepper |
2.30-3pm | Tauopathies | Hoon-Chul Kang |
3pm-3.30pm | Autism | Omniael-Rashidy |
3.30-4pm | Dementia | Janak Nathan |
4pm | TEA | |
4.30- 6pm | Poster Session – Stand by your boards! |
GLOBAL GALA DINNER FOR PRE-BOOKED TICKET HOLDERS ONLY THE GRAND HOTEL – 7pm
Tuesday 22nd October 2021
Wednesday 22ndOctober 2021 | ||
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8.30-10am | Oral Presentations for Best Posters and Matthew’s Friends Best Poster Prize Award John Freeman and Millicent Kelly Awards 2020 | |
10am | COFFEE | |
Beyond the Epilepsies 2 | ||
Chair: TBC | ||
10.30-11am | Ketogenic Diet in Mental Illness | Christopher Palmer |
11-11.30am | Migraine | FrancescoPierelli |
11.30-12pm | Neurogenerative Disorders | Jose de la Rubia Orti |
12-12.30pm | Diabetes | |
12.30-2pm | LUNCH | |
Beyond the Epilepsies 3 | ||
Chair: TBC | ||
2-2.30pm | Utilisation in brain cancer – Have we moved forward? | Adrienne Scheck |
2.30-3pm | Clinical Utilisation in brain cancer – Have we moved forward? | Michael Jenkinson |
3-3.30pm | Utilisation for other cancers – Beyond the brain | Caroline Cohen |
3.30-4pm | Where do we go from here? | Elizabeth Thiele |
4pm | CLOSING CEREMONY FOR PROFESSIONAL MEETING – HANDOVER FOR 2023 |
Parent/Carer/Patient Programme – 23rd October 2021
Chair: | Professor Helen Cross | ||
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9.00am | Welcome & Housekeeping How Matthew’s Friends can support you | Emma Williams | |
9.15am | Overview of Ketogenic Dietary Therapies
| Helen Cross | |
9.45am | Ketogenic Dietary Therapies for Children
| Eric Kossoff | |
10.30am | COFFEE BREAK | ||
11.00am | Ketogenic Diet in the Adult Community
| Mackenzie Cervenka | |
11.45am | Using diet in emergency situations & concurrent use with other medical treatments
| Anita Devlin | |
12.30pm | Tube Feeding and Blended Diets
| Elles van der Louw | |
1pm | LOW CARB LUNCHES AND COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS IN EXHIBITION HALL. | ||
Chair: | Emma Williams MBE | ||
2.30pm | CORE-KDT – Core Outcomes in Refractory EpilepsyWith Ketogenic Diet Therapy
| Jennifer Carroll | |
3pm | Supplementations, Medications & Polyols
| Sue Wood | |
3.30pm | TEA BREAK | ||
4pm | Feeding Problems and Gastrointestinal Issues
| Helena Champion | |
4.30pm | Interactive Ask the Dietitian Session All participating dietitians on stage to take questions.
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4.50pm | How Matthew’s Friends can support you. | Emma Williams | |
5pm | Close of Meeting |