Peripheral Nerve Society Meesting 2001 Preliminary Program

Interalpen-Hotel, Tyrol, Austria

September 8-12, 2001

 

Saturday, September 8

Time

Activity

12:30-02:00

PNS Board Meeting Luncheon

03:00-07:00

Registration

07:00-08:00

Cocktail Reception

08:00

Tyrolean evening dinner buffet and music

Sunday, September 9

07:00-08:00

Breakfast

08:00-09:45

Platform Session 1 (7 speakers)

09:45-10:30

Break

10:30-11:45

Platform Session 2 (5 speakers)

11:45-12:30

PLENARY #1 – Hartmut Wekerle – “The Nervous System as Immune Milieu”

12:30-02:30

Lunch/Poster Session 1

02:30-03:15

PLENARY #2 – Hugh Willison - “Pathogenic Pathways in Anti-Glycolipid Antibody Mediated Neuropathy”

03:15-05:00

Small Groups/Breakouts - “Late Breaking News” – Bill Kennedy “Neuropathological Diagnosis of Diabetic Enteric Neuropathy”

07:30-08:30

Bunge Memorial Lecture – Steve Scherer – “The Molecular Dissection of Myelinated Fibers”

08:30

Dinner

Monday, September 10

07:00-08:00

Breakfast

08:00-10:00

Platform Session 3 (8 speakers)

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:15

PLENARY #3 – Kazim Sheikh – “Anti-Ganglioside Antibody Mediated Axonal Degeneration”

11:15-12:00

Platform Session 4 (3 speakers)

12:30-02:30

Lunch/Poster Session 2

03:00-07:00

Leisure Activities:  “Swarovski Kristallwelten” (Crystal world created by Andre Heller) or “Sightseeing in Innsbruck”

08:00

Dinner

Tuesday, September 11

07:00-08:00

Breakfast

08:00-08:45

Platform Session 5 (3 speakers)

08:45-09:30

PLENARY #4 – Doug Zochodne – “Pathogenesis of Diabetic Neuropathy:  Recent Advances”

09:30-10:00

Break

10:00-11:15

Platform Session 6 (5 speakers)

11:15-12:00

PLENARY #5 – Phillip Low – “Experimental Therapies of Diabetes Neuropathy”

12:00-12:30

General Membership Meeting

12:30-02:30

Lunch/Poster Session 3

02:30-03:15

PLENARY #6 – Guido Stoll – “Unusual Aspects of PNS Inflammation:  Expression and Function of Cytokines During Nerve Regeneration”

03:30-08:00

Leisure Activities

08:00

Gala/Farewell Dinner with music by “Doc’s Off-Beat”

Wednesday, September 12

07:00-08:00

Breakfast / PNS Board Meeting Breakfast w/New Board Members

 

Depart