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Day 1 | November 20
Day 2 | November 21
Day 3 | November 22
8h30 | Registration & Welcome
SESSION I | Anatomy-based topic: Multidisciplinary management of spinal cord tumors

9h-10h30

Chair: Cláudia Faria, PT

9h | Radiological aspects: Differential diagnosis and specific challenges

Carla Conceição, PT
Speciality: Neuroradiology

15' talk + 5' discussion

9h20 | Neurosurgical aspects

Guirish Solanki, UK
Speciality: Neurosurgery

15' talk + 5' discussion

9h40 | Radiotherapy

Yasmin Lassen, DK
Speciality: Radiation Oncology

15' talk + 5' discussion

10h | Oncology

Martin Benesch, AT
Speciality: Pediatric Oncology

15' talk + 5' discussion

10h30 | Coffee/Tea Break
SESSION II | Disease-based topic: Future directions in treating childhood medulloblastoma

11h-12h30

Chair: Yasmin Lassen, DK

11h | Molecular stratification, omics, and how this knowledge could help in designing next generation medulloblastoma clinical trials

Olivier Ayrault, FR
Speciality: Neuro-oncology Researcher 

20' talk + 10' discussion

11h30 | Neurosurgical questions in the MB-6 trial

Christian Dorfer, AT
Speciality: Neurosurgery

20' talk + 10' discussion

12h | Radiation therapy questions in MB-6 trial

Laetitia Padovani (FR)
Speciality: Radiation Oncology

20' talk + 10' discussion

12h30 | Keynote Lecture: HGG strategies in infants, children and young adults

Veronica Biassoni, IT
Speciality: Oncology

13h | Lunch Break
14h | Discipline Workshops

2 rotations; 45' each

Group 1: How to use an Ommaya - intraventricular chemotherapy
Cláudia Faria, PT and Christian Dorfer, AT

Group 2: Neuropsychology
Jurgen Lemiere, BE and Chiara Papini, USA

15h30 | Coffee/Tea Break
16h | Difficult cases discussion

15' per case (6 cases) - 5' presentation and 10' discussion

Camilla Satragno, IT and Sofia Nunes, PT

 

17h30 | Wrap up and end of day 1
19h30 | Dinner/Social Event
07h30 | Morning sportive activity – How to successfully run after a neurosurgeon

Walk or run 5k

SESSION III | Specific morbidities in CNS tumors

9h30-10h30

Chair: Enrico Opocher, IT

9h30 | Endocrine/Hypothalamic complications - Diagnosis and management

Hanneke van Santen, NL
Speciality: Neuro-endocrinology

20' talk + 10' discussion

10h | Neuro-ophthalmological aspects

Ana Cláudia Fonseca, PT
Speciality: Neuro-ophthalmology

20' talk + 10' discussion

10h30 | Ototoxicity

Enrico Opocher, IT
Speciality: Pediatric Oncology

20' talk + 10' discussion

11h | Coffee/Tea Break
SESSION IV | Innovative strategies in pediatric neuro-oncology

11h-12h30

Chair: Christian Dorfer, AT

11h30 | Update on novel chemotherapy delivery methods (CEDelivery, focused ultrasound)

Jacques Grill, FR
Speciality: Pediatric Oncology

20' talk + 10' discussion

12h | Targeted treatments and new toxicities

Jacques Grill, FR
Speciality: Pediatric Oncology

20' talk + 10' discussion

12h30 | Keynote Lecture: Surgical resection in recurrent PFA ependymoma – Balancing risks and benefits

Christian Dorfer, AT
Speciality: Neurosurgery

13h | Lunch Break
14h | Difficult cases discussions presented by participants

Maria João Gil da Costa, PT and John Apps, UK

15' per case (6 cases) - 10' presentation and 5' discussion

15h30 | Coffee/Tea Break
16h | Discipline workshops

2 rotations; 45’ each

Group 1: How to perform a brainstemp biopsy
Alexandre Campos, PT and Amets Sagarribay, PT

Group 2: 
Neuroradiology – Tips and pitfalls of:
- Assess RAPNO criteria;
- Differential diagnosis (sequences);
- What do we use diffusion.
Carla Conceição, PT and Shivaram Avula, UK

17h30 | Wrap up and end of day 2
19h30 | Dinner/Social Event
SESSION V | Patient-centered care

9h-10h30

Chair: Cláudia Faria, PT

9h | Round table on patients and family empowerment in pediatric neuro-oncology

Integrating patient decisions into research and clinical prioritisation

Patients Association (ACREDITAR, PT), Katrin Scheinemann (Oncologist and BTG chair), Guirish Solanki (Neurosurgeon) and Beate Timmerman (Radiation Oncologist)

10h | Oncofertility in survivors of a CNS tumor

Katrin Sheinemann, CH
Speciality: Pediatric Oncology

20' talk + 10' discussion

10h30 | Coffee/Tea Break
SESSION VI | Research talks by participants

11h-12h30

Chair: John Apps, UK and Maria João Gil da Costa, PT

11h | Research pitch

TBD

10' talk + 5' discussion

11h15 | Research pitch

TBD
10' talk + 5' discussion

11h30 | Research pitch

TBD

10' talk + 5' discussion

11h45 | Research pitch

TBD

10' talk + 5' discussion

12h | Empowering young researchers

Chair: Camilla Satragno, IT and John Apps, UK

20' talk + 10' discussion

12h30 | Keynote Lecture: When, how and why to use RT in infants with a CNS tumor?

Beate Timmermann, DE
Speciality: RT

13h | Lunch Break
SESSION VII | Cancer predisposition & CNS – Focus on neurocutaneous syndromes

14h-15h

Chair: John Apps, UK

14h | NF1-associated tumors: New opportunities and challenges

João Passos, PT
Speciality: Pediatric Oncology

20' talk + 10' discussion

14h30 | NF2- associated CNS tumors: Clinical management beyond surgery

James Nicholson, UK
Speciality: Pediatric Oncology

20' talk + 10' discussion

15h | Test and course evaluation
16h | Award ceremony (Best Clinical Case and Best Research Pitch) and Adjourn

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