Plenary Sessions

Plenary Lecture 01: Fulton Award Lecture – Monitoring and Engineering Memory Engram Cells and their Circuits 

Sunday, September 17 | 08:00 – 08:45 | Main Hall - Plenary

Monitoring and Engineering Memory Engram Cells and their Circuits

Susumu Tonegawa, Japan 

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Plenary Lecture 02: Precision Medicine in TBI: Lessons from Dopaminergic Treatment of Cognitive Impairment

Sunday, September 17 | 08:45 - 09:15 | Main Hall - Plenary    

Precision Medicine in TBI: Lessons from Dopaminergic Treatment of Cognitive Impairment

David Sharp, United Kingdom  

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Plenary Lecture 03: Innovative Cybernic Interface in Neurology

Monday, September 18 | 08:00 - 08:30 | Main Hall - Plenary 

Innovative Cybernic Interface in Neurology

Yoshiyuki Sankai, Japan

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Plenary Lecture 04: Neurology Diseases Global Burden

Monday, September 18 | 08:30 - 09:00 | Main Hall - Plenary  

Neurology Diseases Global Burden

Valery Feigin, New Zealand 

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WFN Medals Presentation and Presidential Symposium

Monday, September 18 | 09:00 - 10:45 | Main Hall – Plenary

WFN Medals Presentation           

  • Medal for Services to International Neurology - Jun Kimura, Japan

       Citation: Hidehiro Mizusawa, Japan

  • Medal for Scientific Achievement in Neurology - Angela Vincent, United Kingdom 

       Citation: Kevin Talbot, United Kingdom 

  • Lifetime Achievement Award - Jagjit Chopra, India

       Citation: Chandrashekhar Meshram, India            

Presidential Symposium & Soriano Award Lecture      

  • Grid Cells and the Medial-Entorhinal Space Network       

       Edvard Moser, Norway 

  • Defining the Future of Neurology - Japan, Asia and Oceania         

       Hidehiro Mizusawa, Japan 

  • Global Neurology Challenges and Way Forward

       Raad Shakir, United Kingdom 

  • WFN President Elect View for the Four Years Ahead     

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Plenary Lecture 05: Masland Award Lecture - Spatial Navigation Mechanisms of The Brain

Tuesday, September 19 | 08:00 - 08:30 | Main Hall - Plenary    

Spatial Navigation Mechanisms of The Brain

Thomas Brandt, Germany   

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Plenary Lecture 06: Neurological Manifestations of Congenital Zika Syndrome

Tuesday, September 19 | 08:30 - 09:00 | Main Hall - Plenary   

Neurological Manifestations of Congenital Zika Syndrome

Andre Pessoa, Brazil 

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Plenary Lecture 07: Neurology Atlas

Wednesday, September 20 | 08:00 - 08:30 | Main Hall - Plenary    

Neurology Atlas

Tarun Dua, WHO, Switzerland 

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Plenary Lecture 08: Recent Progress in IPS Cell Research and Application

Wednesday, September 20 | 08:30 - 09:15 | Main Hall - Plenary    

Recent Progress in IPS Cell Research and Application

Shinya Yamanaka, Japan 

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Plenary Lecture 09: Singhal Award Lecture - Targeted Therapies for Dominant Ataxias 

Thursday, September 21 | 08:00 - 08:30 | Main Hall - Plenary   

Targeted Therapies for Dominant Ataxias 

Stefan Pulst, USA 

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Plenary Lecture 10: Physician Workplace Stress - is it Only an American Phenomenon?

Thursday, September 21, 2017 |08:30 - 09:00 | Main Hall - Plenary    

Physician Workplace Stress - is it Only an American Phenomenon?

Terrence Cascino, USA 

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