Programme
Northern Connections MS Annual Meeting
You can see the draft programme below for our next meeting in June 2023. We will continue to update this over the coming weeks, as we confirm the remaining speakers. Across our events, we continue to draw an impressive line-up of speakers from a range of important
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Schedule and timings
We aim to have a diverse programme, led by a range of clinical and academic speakers and mixed with plenty of opportunities to network with colleagues.
Optional Breakfast Session – 8am, Friday 23 June 2023, Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh
8:00am – 9:00am
Breakfast Session – Complex Patient Cases
Stella Hughes, Victoria Royal Infirmary, Belfast
Main Meeting – 9am, Friday 23 June 2023, Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh
Morning Session 1- Chair: TBC
9.15am - 9.20am
Welcome & Meeting Aspirations
9.20am - 09.55am
Understanding MS Across All Populations
Dr Ruth Dobson
09.55am - 10.30am
EBV Talk
Professor Daniel Jons, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
10.30am - 10.40am
Panel Discussion
10.45am - 11.00am
Coffee
Morning Session 2 – Chair: TBC
11.00am - 11.45pm
Axon Pathology
Professor Julia Edgar
11.45pm - 12.30pm
Research Update – 4 x 10 minute presentations
Research speakers TBC
12.30pm - 13.15pm
Lunch
Afternoon Session 1 – Chair: TBC
13.15pm - 13.55pm
DMT Sequencing
Dr Will Brown
13.55pm - 14.35pm
Stopping Treatment
Professor Joep Killestein
14.35pm - 14.55pm
Coffee Break
Afternoon Session 2 – Chair: Professor Helen Ford
14.55pm - 15.25pm
Cognition, Employment
Speaker TBC
15.25pm - 15.45pm
Vocational Rehabilitation
Dr Siobhan Leary
15.45pm - 16.25pm
Debate: The time is right to talk to patients about PIRA
Dr Niraj Mistry vs Dr Gemma Maxwell
Chair: Professor Helen Ford
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.