Programme 2022
Northern Connections MS Annual Meeting
Across our events, we continue to draw an impressive line-up of speakers from a range of important centres across the UK and Europe.
Optional Breakfast Session – 8am, Friday 10 June 2022, Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh
8:00am – 9:00am
Breakfast Session – Complex Patient Cases
Stella Hughes, Victoria Royal Infirmary, Belfast
Main Meeting – 9am, Friday 10 June 2022, Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh
Morning Session 1- Chair: Professor Siddharthan Chandran
9.15am - 9.20am
Welcome & Meeting Aspirations
Dr Martin Duddy
9.20am - 09.55am
Autologous haematopoetic stem cell transplantation for MS: who and when? – the neurologist’s view
Professor Richard Nicholas
09.55am - 10.30am
Autologous haematopoetic stem cell transplantation for MS: what, how and why? – the haematologist’s view
Professor John Snowden
10.30am - 10.45am
Panel Discussion
Professor John Snowden
10.45am - 11.00am
Coffee
Morning Session 2 – Chair: Stewart Webb
11.00am - 11.45pm
Sharing experience: group clinics in Birmingham
Sam Colhoun
11.45pm - 12.30pm
Research Update – 4 x 10 minute presentations
Dr. Owen James, Dr. Peter Foley, Dr. Tom MacGillivray & Prof. David Hunt
12.30pm - 13.15pm
Lunch
Afternoon Session 1 – Chair: Dr Martin Duddy
13.15pm - 14.00pm
The role of T cells in CNS remyelination
Professor Denise Fitzgerald
14.00pm - 14.40pm
Emerging Insights into B cell Contributions and Targeting in MS
Professor Amit Bar-Or
14.40pm - 15.00pm
Coffee Break
Afternoon Session 2 – Chair: Dr Kate Petheram
15.00pm - 15.45pm
Real world evidence and big data from the Nordic MS population registries
Dr Tim Spelman
15.45pm - 16.25pm
Debate – All future phase 3 trials in multiple sclerosis should have a patient related outcome measure as a primary outcome
Prof Helen Ford vs Prof Jonathan O’Riordan
Chair: Dr Kate Petheram
16.25pm - 16.30pm
Closing Remarks
OTHER EVENTS
Past Programmes
Have a look at the programmes from other meetings to get a feel for some of our other speakers and topics.