Post Main Sessions
The main sessions of the congress will be supplemented by topical post main sessions which are as follows:
Management of first seizures
Chairs: Takao TAKAHASHI (Japan) and Shunglon LAI (Taiwan)
Do you need a second seizure for diagnosis of epilepsy?
Shih Hui LIM (Singapore)
Management decisions in children: investigation, treatment and counselling Anannit VISUDTIBHAN (Thailand)
Management decisions in adults and the elderly: investigation,
treatment and counselling
Nicholas LAWN (Australia)
Discussion
Epilepsy prevention
Chairs: Chong Tin TAN (Malaysia) and Satish JAIN (India)
Consanguinity and inherited epilepsies
Satish JAIN (India)
Interaction of genetic and acquired factors in epilepsies
Sam BERKOVIC (Australia)
Clinical trials in antiepileptogenesis: the evidence
Terence O'BRIEN (Australia)
Discussion
Social and economic aspects of epilepsy
Chairs: Grace TAN (Singapore) and Mike GLYNN (Ireland)
Economic consequences of newly-diagnosed epilepsy
Alexandra MARTINIUK (Australia)
Epilepsy and the workplace: risks, discrimination, insurance and disclosure Mike GLYNN ( Ireland)
Social impacts of depression in epilepsy
Vinod SAXENA (India)
Discussion
