SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

 

12:45-13:00 Opening Ceremony
13:00-14:30 I. Session: Immune System and Central Nervous System Interaction
Session Chairs: Günnur Deniz, Güneş Esendağlı
13:00-13:30 Natural Immunity
Jülide Duymaz Tozkır
13:30-14:00 Adaptive Immunity
Güneş Esendağlı
14:00-14:30 Tolerance and Autoimmunity
Umut Can Küçüksezer
14:30-14:40 Coffee Break
14:40-16:10 II. Session: Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration
Session Chairs: Aslı Tuncer, Atay Vural
14:40-15:10 Routes of Immune Cell Entry into the Central Nervous System: Barriers and Glymphatic System
Tuncay Gündüz
15:10-15:40 Glial Cells in Neurodegeneration: Friends or Foes?
Şermin Genç
15:40-16:10

Inflammatory Mechanisms in Neurodegeneration
Atay Vural

16:10-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:15 Quality of Life in MS - With the contributions of Genveon
Session Chair: Hüsnü Efendi
  Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis, Lifestyle Changes
Ayşe Nur Yüceyar
  Turkish Yoga Study on Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Ahmet Özşimşek
17:15-18:00 Oral Presentations
Session Chairs: Murat Kürtüncü, Barbaros Oral
Speakers:
Zeynep Kaya, Ceyda Nur Altınışık, Merve Çebi
18:00-18:20 Coffee Break
18:20-19:00 Challenging Cases
Session Chairs: Levent Sinan Bir, Münire Kılıç, Belgin Petek Balcı
  Sedat Şen
Serkan Emekli
19:00-19:30 National and International Project Opportunities
Session Chairs: Vuslat Yılmaz, Yasemin Gürsoy Özdemir
  Nafize Selcan Türker
19:30-21:00 Dinner
08.00- 09.00 Oral Sessions
Poster Sessions
  Hall I:
Semra Mungan, Meral Seferoğlu
  Hall II:
Gençer Genç, Yusuf Tamam
  Hall III:
Hatice Mavioğlu, Mehmet Ufuk Aluçlu
  Hall IV:
Güher Saruhan Direskeneli, Tuncay Gündüz
  Posters:
Alev Leventoğlu, Yılmaz İnanç
09:00-10:30 III. Session: New Mechanisms of Autoimmunity
Session Chairs: Münife Neyal, Güher Saruhan Direskeneli
09:00-09:30 Mechanisms of Demyelination and Astrogliopathy
Edgar Meinl
09:30-10:00 The Role of Complement in Autoimmunity
Erdem Tüzün
10:00-10:30 IgG4-Related Autoimmunity Mechanisms
Adam Handel
10:30- 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 IV. Session: New Perspectives in the Immunopathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis
Session Chairs: Rana Karabudak, Ayşe Altıntaş
11:00-11:30 Meningeal Inflammation in Multiple Sclerosis
Richard Reynolds
11:30-12:00 EBV and Autoimmunity
Barbara Serafini
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-14:15 Long-Term Treatment Management and Clinical Reflections of Cladribine - With the contributions of Merck
Session Chair: Aksel Siva
  Long-Term Treatment Management and Clinical Reflections of Cladribine
Refik Pul
14:15- 14:30 Coffee Break
14:30-16:00 V. Session: Challenges in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Multiple Sclerosis
Session Chairs: Canan Yücesan, Burcu Altunrende
14:30-15:00 2017 MS Diagnosis Criteria: Unmet Needs
Aksel Siva
15:00-15:30 Rare Diseases in the Differential Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
Murat Kürtüncü
15:30-16:00 Special Situations (Pregnancy, Lactation, Military Service, Epilepsy)
Cihat Uzunköprü
16:00-16:10 Coffee Break
16:10-16:40 Oral Presentations
Session Chair: Erdem Tüzün, Haluk Gümüş
Speakers:
Özlem Ethemoğlu, Abdulkadir Tunç
16:40-17:25 Current Situation of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder - With the contributions of Alexion
16:40-16:50 Epidemiology of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder in Türkiye
Murat Kürtüncü
16:50-17:15 Recent Developments in the Treatment of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder and Eculizumab Treatment
Francesco Sacca
17:15-17:25 Q & A
17:25-17:45 Coffee Break
17:45-18:40 Challenging Cases
Session Chairs: Taşkın Duman, Esra Gürsoy, Erkingül Birday
  İlknur Aydın Cantürk
Gökçen Gözübatık Çelik
Ahmet Kasım Kılıç
19:00 Dinner
20:00-22:30 Karaoke Night
Jury: Gülşen Akman, Nur Yüceyar, Serkan Özakbaş, Serhan Sevim, Rana Karabudak, Recai Türkoğlu
08.00- 09.00 Oral Sessions
Poster Sessions
  Hall I:
Serpil Bulut, İlksen Çolpak Işıkay
  Hall II:
Muhteşem Gedizlioğlu, Figen Tokuçoğlu
  Hall III:
Hayat Güven, Aslı Tuncer
  Poster:
Dilcan Kotan, Nalan Güneş
09:00-10:30 III. Session: Challenges in the Monitoring of Multiple Sclerosis
Session Chairs: Şeref Demirkaya, Gülşen Akman
09:00-09:30 Clinical and Radiological Biomarkers
Serhan Sevim
09:30-10:00 Serological Biomarkers
Özgül Ekmekçi
10:00-10:30 Silent Progression
Serkan Özakbaş
10:30-10:50 Coffee Break
10:50-12:20 IV. Session: Other Autoimmune Diseases of the CNS
Session Chairs: Serkan Özakbaş, Recai Türkoğlu
10:50-11:20 Differential Diagnosis of Optico-Spinal Involvement
Uğur Uygunoğlu
11:20-11:50 Serological and Radiological Biomarkers in NMOSD and MOGAD
Canan Yücesan
11:50-12:20 Approach to Autoimmune Encephalitis
Nur Yüceyar
12:20-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-14:15 The Place of Ofatumumab in B Cell Therapies - With the contributions of Farmanova
Session Chairs: Aksel Siva, Rana Karabudak
  The Place of Ofatumumab in B Cell Therapies and Ofatumumab Clinical Studies
Cavit Boz
  Ofatumumab Real-Life Experiences and Metaanalysis Data
Serkan Demir
14:15-14:30 Coffee Break
14:30-16:00 V. Session: Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
Session Chairs: Aksel Siva, Ömer Faruk Turan
14:30-15:00 Treatment of Benign Multiple Sclerosis
Belgin Koçer
15:00-15:30 Treatment of Refractory Multiple Sclerosis
Hüsnü Efendi
15:30-16:00 Disease-Modifying Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis: Safety Profile
Bilge Piri Çınar, Serkan Demir
16:00-16:20 Coffee Break
16:20-17:05 The Place of Ocrevus in MS Treatment in  Light of Current Data - With the contributions of Roche
Session Chair: Aslı Tuncer
  Highly Effective DMTs in MS Treatment and Ocrelizumab
Uğur Uygunoğlu
  Ocrelizumab AAN 2024 Data
Cihat Uzunköprü
17:05-18:05 Oral Presentations
Session Chairs: Murat Terzi, Nefati Kıylıoğlu
Speakers:
Abdulkadir Tunç, Gökçen Gözübatık Çelik, Melis Suskun
18:05-18:30 Coffee Break
18:30-19:20 Challenging Cases
Oturum Başkanları: Cavit Boz, Aysun Ünal
  Aslı Tuncer
Funda Uysal Tan
Aylin Akçalı
19:20-19:40 Coffee Break
19:40-19:50 Rational Drug Use
Tahir Kurtuluş Yoldaş
20:00-22:00 Gala Dinner
08.30- 09:50 I. Session: Let's Discuss Together
Chairs: Ayşe Sağduyu Kocaman, Yeşim Beckmann
08:30-08:50 B Cell Therapies Can Be Used in Seronegative NMOSD
Yes: Mesude Tütüncü, No: Eda Derle Çiftçi
08:50-09:10 Biopsy Should Be Performed in All Possible Cases with Vasculitis
Yes: Destan Bünül, No: Cihat Uzunköprü
09:10-09:30 Treatment Can Be Discontinued in MS Patients
Yes: Mesrure Köseoğlu, No: Bilgin Öztürk
09:30-09:50 We Should Start to Treat Radiologically Isolated Syndromes
Yes: Melih Tütüncü, No: Bedile İrem Tiftikçioğlu
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:30 II. Session: Key Neuroimmunology Studies in 2023
Session Chairs: Nihal Işık, Nilüfer Kale
10:30-11:00 Basic Science Studies
Ahmet Eken, Vuslat Yılmaz
11:00-11:30 Clinical Science Studies
Mehmet Fatih Yetkin, Özlem Ethemoğlu
11:30-11:45 Closing Ceremony