Programme
Northern Connections MS Annual Meeting
We are in the process of preparing the programme for our next meeting in June 2023. Further details on the format for the event will be provided in early 2023. You can see below our programme for 2022 to give you a flavour of what you can expect at future meetings. 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 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.