Draft Programme subject to change Wednesday 23rd September - Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square 17:00 - 17:50Registration 17:50 - 18:00 Welcome – John Paul Leach, President ILAE British Chapter 18:00 - 19:45 Plenary Session 1: Refractory Epilepsy • Systems approaches to new drug discovery - Mike Johnson, London • Drug re-purposing - Tony Marson, Liverpool • Cannabinoids in epilepsy, Ben Whalley, Reading • The biology of psychosis in refractory epilepsy - Markus Reuber, Sheffield • Free communication slot 19:45 Drinks Reception Thursday 24th September - Logan Hall, Institute of Education 09:00 - 10:00 Registration and coffee 10:00 - 11:30 Plenary Session 2: Epigenetics • Epigenetic mechanism in Epilepsy - David Henshall, Dublin • Regulation of gene expression - John Quinn, Liverpool • Frontiers in epilepsy genomics - Gianpiero Cavalleri, Dublin • Free communication slot 11:30 - 12:15 London Lecture – What’s new in status epilepticus? - Simon Shorvon, London 12:15 - 14.00 Lunch and Satellite Symposium 14:00 - 15.30 Platform Presentation session In parallel with... 14:00 - 15.30 Basic Science session 15:30 - 16.00 Tea & Coffee 16:00 - 16.45 Debate: Motion that ‘Drug transporter proteins are of no consequence in the causation of pharmacoresistance in human epilepsy’ For the motion : Graeme Sills Against the motion : Matthias Koepp 16:45 - 17.15 AGM 19:30 (tbc) Gala Dinner Friday 19th September 08:00 - 09:30 Neurosurgery network meeting 09:30 - 10:15 ILAE British Chapter Annual International Lecture ‘The European Epilepsy Brain Bank: clinico-pathological findings in over 6000 children and adults submitted to epilepsy surgery’ - Ingmar Blümke, Erlangen, Germany 10:15 - 11:15 Coffee and Expert Led Poster Session 11:15 - 12:00 London Research update session 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch & Satellite Symposium 13:30 - 14:15 Excellence in Epilepsy Award and lecture - Jim Morrow, Belfast 14:15 - 16:00 Plenary Session 3: Non Surgical, non Drug therapies • Psychological therapies of epilepsy - Brent Elliott, London • Dietary therapy of Epilepsy - Helen Cross, London • Non-surgical physical therapies for Epilepsy - Yoko Nagai, Brighton • Lifestyle and Epilepsy - Ann Connolly, Dublin • Free communication slot 16:00 Tea and close