Scientific Programme

Breakfast Seminars
Controversies in Epilepsy
Main Sessions
Platform Presentations
Invited Lectures
Global Campaign Against Epilepsy
Satellite Symposium

Breakfast Seminars

Friday 5th March
08:00 – 09:00
Practical approach to conduct valid epidemiological studies in East Mediterranean countries
Ettore Beghi (Italy)

Saturday 6th March
08:00 – 09:00
Practical approach to genetic testing in epilepsy: what and when to test
Eric LeGuern (France)

From the clinical presentation to the testing decision
Riad Gouider (Tunisia)

Controversies in Epilepsy

Thursday 4th March
Controversies in Epilepsy 1    
Jihad Inshasi (UAE) and Ibrahim Thubaiti (KSA) - Chairs

09:00 – 09:30
AED prophylaxis: what is the evidence? Brain tumours, trauma, SAH and ICH
Tania Tayah (UAE)
   
09:30 – 10:00  
 First seizure: to treat or not to treat?
Sheereen Qurashi (KSA)
   
10:00 – 10:30   
Do we need driving regulations for patients with epilepsy in East Mediterranean countries?
Abdulaziz Alsemari (KSA)

Thursday 4th March
Controversies in epilepsy 2                             
Chairs: Ibrahim Shoukry (Egypt) and Abdulaziz Alsemari (KSA)

11:00 – 11:30
Seizure-free post epilepsy surgery: should AEDs be discontinued?
Wassim Nasreddine (Lebanon)
   
11:30 – 12:00   
Alternate monotherapy or polytherapy after failure of first AED?
Taoufik Al Saadi (UAE)

Thursday 4th March
Controversies in epilepsy 3                        
Chair: Najib Kissani (Morocco) 

14:00 – 14:30
Alternative therapies in epilepsy: what is the evidence?
Yousef  Al-Said  (KSA)

14:30 – 15:00   
Febrile convulsions: when to treat?
Amira Masri (Jordan)

15:30 – 15:30   
Are benign epilepsies of childhood always benign?
Raidah Al Baradie (KSA)

Thursday 4th March
Controversies in epilepsy 4                          
Chairs: Hassan Al Hail (Qatar) and Mike Glynn (Ireland)

16:00 – 16:30
Do epilepsy associations help patients and families with epilepsy?
Nahida Al Assi (Lebanon)
   
16:30 – 17:00   
IGE: should EEG be used as a surrogate marker of drug efficacy?
Hassan Hosny (Egypt)

Main Sessions

Friday 5th March
09:00 – 10:00   
Safety and monitoring of AEDs       
Chairs: Ahmad Khalifa (Syria) and Abdalla Al Asmi (Oman)

Bone health and AEDs
Sonia Khan (KSA)

Monitoring for adverse events of AEDs
Mona Thakre (UAE)

Friday 5th March 
15:15 – 16:30   
Reflex epilepsy                       
Chair: Chahnez Triki (Tunisia)

Photosensitive epilepsies
Naji Riachi (Lebanon)

Primary reading epilepsies
Bassem Uthman (Qatar)
 
Friday 5th March 
16:30 – 17:30   
Epileptic encephalopathies           
Chairs: Sarmad A. Al-Fahad (Iraq) and Abdel Rahman Sallam (Yemen)

West, Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndromes
Ahmed Alrumayan (KSA)

CSWSS and Laudau-Kleffner syndromes
Ahmad Beydoun (Lebanon)

Progressive myoclonus epilepsies
Abdallah Rahbani (Lebanon)

Saturday 6th March   
09:00 – 10:30
Epilepsy in East Mediterranean countries      
Chairs: Hesham Awn (Yemen) and Adel Misk (Palestine)
   
How to optimise the use of video-EEG in East Mediterranean countries
Amina Gargouri-Berrechid (Tunisia)

Epilepsy stigma in East Mediterranean countries
Khaled Ali Al-Hourani (Jordan)

Treatment gap of epilepsy in East Mediterranean countries
Chahnez Triki (Tunisia)

Knowledge and traditional practices towards epilepsy in South Morocco
Najib Kissani (Morocco)

Saturday 6th March   
14:30 – 16:30
Video EEG                      
Chairs: Ahmad Beydoun (Lebanon) and Michel Baulac (France)

Idiopathic generalised epilepsies
Taoufik Al Saadi (UAE)

Extratemporal epilepsies
Sonia Khan (KSA)

Temporal epilepsies
Salah Baz (KSA)

Mimickers of Epilepsy
Wassim Nasreddine (Lebanon)

Platform Presentations

Saturday 6th March
11:00 – 13:00  
Platform Session
Chairs: Sonia Khan (KSA) and Ahmad Khalifa (Syria)

001
Definition of a stereotactic 3D model of the human insula for neurosurgical approach (epilepsy and stereotaxic surgery)
Afif Afif, Guillaume Becq, Patrick Mertens (France)

002
Laughter… seizure or not seizure?
Donia Mahjoub(1), Fabrice Bartolomei(1), Jean Régis(1), Patrick Chauvel(1), Chahnez Charfi Triki (2) - (1) France (2) Tunisia

003
The role of joint clinics in optimizing epilepsy service
Mohammed El Lahawi, (United Kingdom)

004
Genetic screening of two Tunisian families with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus
Nourhene Fendri- Kriaa (1), Fatma Kammoun (2), Ahmed Rebai (3), Dalinda Kolsi (2), Ikhlass Hadj Salem (1), Faiza Fakhfakh (1), Chahnez Triki (2) - (Tunisia)

005
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in a Moroccan family
Naima Marzouki (1), Andrew M Schlossman (2), Dominika Swistwn (2), Joseph Gerard Gleeson (2), Najib Kissani (1) - (1) Morocco (2) USA

006
Vagus nerve stimulation: indications and technique
Ali Turkmani, Marwan W. Najjar (Lebanon)

007
Intractable epilepsy and functional hemispherectomy: a report of 41 cases
Ibrahim Thubaiti, Abdulaziz Al Semari, Tariq Abalkhail, Suad Al Yamani, Aziza Chedrawi, Hesham Al Dhalaan, Salah Baz (KSA)

008
Demographic profile of patients with epilepsy
Abdualziz Alsemari, Salah Baz, Ibrahem Thubaiti, Soad Al Yamani, Aziza Chedrawi, Tareq Abalkhail, Hesham Al Dhalaan (KSA)

009
Determinants of quality of life among Libyan adult patients with epilepsy
Alaa Eldin Elsharkawy (1), Nagat Ibrahim (2), Ali Sakal (2) - (1) Germany (2) Libya

Invited Lectures

 
Friday 5th March
14:00 – 14:30 
ILAE Special Symposium                           
Chair: Chahnez Triki (Tunisia) 

Infantile spasms; how can we improve the outcome?
Solomon L. Moshe (USA)

Saturday 6th March
14:00 – 14:30   
Chairs: Ahmad Khalifa (Syria) and Riad Gouider (Tunisia)

Neonatal seizures
Ibrahim Shoukry (Egypt)

Global Campaign Against Epilepsy

Thursday 4th March
12:00 – 13:00
Global Campaign Against Epilepsy                         
Chairs: Ibrahim Shoukry (Egypt) and Abdulaziz Alsemari (KSA)

Introducing the World Health Organization and the Global Campaign Against Epilepsy
Tarun Dua, World Health Organisation (Switzerland)
       
Launch of WHO Eastern Mediterranean regional report on epilepsy
Khalid Saeed,  World Health Organisation (Pakistan)

Satellite Symposium

Friday 5th March
10:30 – 11:30   
GSK Satellite Symposium
Epilepsy Total Care - treating epileptic patients not only their seizures
Ley Sander (UK)