SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
7TH GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM ON MEDICAL KETOGENIC DIETARY THERAPIES
Professional Programme 6-9th October 2020
Registration Times:
Tuesday 6th October: 9am – 5pm
Wednesday 7th October: 8am – 12 noon
Thursday 8th October: 8am – 12 noon
Friday 9th October: 8am – 12 noon
Exhibition Times:
Tuesday 6th October: 6pm – 8pm
Wednesday 7th October: 9am – 5pm
Thursday 8th October: 9am – 5pm
Friday 9th October: 9am – 3pm
Poster Viewing in Hall 4:
Wednesday 7th October: 9am – 5pm
Thursday 8th October: 9am – 5pm
Tuesday 6th October 2020
1.30pm
Welcome to Brighton
Helen Cross
Ketogenic Diet Therapy – “Past, Present and Future”
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?
4-4.30pm
The Microbiome – from animal to human; are we closer to understanding it?
4.30-5pm
Medium chain fatty acids & Ketone Esters
5-5.30pm
Effect of the KD on dopamine metabolism – Implications for epilepsy and other diseases
5.30-6pm
DNA Methylation
6pm
Close of Sessions
6.00–8pm
WELCOME RECEPTION IN EXHIBITION AREA
Wednesday 7th October 2020
Utilising Ketogenic Dietary Therapies in special scenarios
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
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
11.30-12pm
A novel in vitro model of mitochondrial Epilepsy.
12-12.30pm
A unique cell based epigenetic screening approach to identify potential anti-epileptogenic agents
12.30-1pm
How does this move us forward?
1-2.30pm
LUNCH
Live Keto Cooking from demonstration kitchen
Practicalities of Administration 1
Chair: Susan Wood RD
2.30-3pm
What factors are related to compliance and efficacy?
3-3.30pm
Developing a ketogenic diet service
3.30-4pm
Tailoring a service to resource
4pm
TEA
Utilising the Ketogenic Diet across the age spectrum
4.30-5pm
Use in Infants – a treatment of choice?
5-5.30pm
Guidelines for use of the KD in Adults
Mackenzie Cervenka
5.30-6pm
Practicalities of adult provision – a reality?
6-6.30pm
Effect of Ketogenic Dietary Therapies on growth and bone density
Marisa Laura Armeno
6.30pm
Close of Sessions
6.30-8.00pm
Nutricia Sponsored Symposium & Drinks Reception
Benefits of the Ketogenic diet beyond seizure reduction.
Thursday 8th October 2020
Exploring Ways of Administration
8.30-9am
Plant based – Vegan
9-9.30am
Parenteral Nutrition
Stephane Auvin
9.30-10am
Blended diets and tube feeds
10-10.30am
Best Lipid selection for Ketogenic Diet
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
12-12.30pm
Management of concomitant medication
12.30-2pm
LUNCH
Vitaflo Sponsored Symposium
Live Keto Cooking in the Exhibition Area
Beyond the Epilepsies 1
2-2.30pm
Glut 1
Jörg Klepper
2.30-3pm
Toropathies
3-3.30pm
Autism
3.30-4pm
Dementia
Janak Nathan
4pm
TEA
4.30-6pm
Poster Session – Stand by your boards!
7pm
GLOBAL GALA DINNER @ THE GRAND HOTEL 7PM – PRE-BOOKED TICKETS ONLY
Friday 9th October 2020
8.30-10am
Oral Presentations for Best Posters and Matthew’s Friends Best Poster Prize Award
John Freeman and Millicent Kelly Awards 2020
10-10.30am
COFFEE
Beyond the Epilepsies 2
10.30-11am
Ketogenic Diet in Mental Illness
11-11.30am
Migraine
11.30-12pm
Neurogenerative Disorders
12-12.30pm
Diabetes
12.30-2pm
LUNCH
Live Keto Cooking in the Exhibition Area
Beyond the Epilepsies 3
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?
3-3.30pm
Utilisation for other cancers – beyond the brain
3.30-4pm
Where do we go from here?
Elizabeth Thiele
4pm
CLOSING CEREMONY – HANDOVER FOR 2022
All presentations will given in English. Programmes are subject to change without notification.