Program: Genetic Epilepsy Family Conference 2019
The program for this year’s conference featured world leading researchers and clinicians at the cutting edge of research in to treatments for genetic epilepsy.
Videos of all lectures are available on the conference resource page or by clicking the link on each speaker’s name.
Saturday 4th May, Ian Potter Auditorium, Kenneth Myer Building, University of Melbourne
| 9:00am – 9:45am | Professor Daniel Lowenstein | Living with Epilepsy: Finding the balance between reality and hope |
| 9:45am – 9:50am | Danny Williams – A Dad’s perspective | |
| 9:50am – 10:35am | Professor Ingrid Scheffer | Natural history studies of the developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: the what, why and how |
| 10-:35 – 10:40am | Kellie Clohessy – The impact on siblings | |
| 10:40am – 11:00am | Morning tea | |
| 11:00am – 11:45am | Assoc Professor Annapurna Poduri | Individualized treatments for epilepsy – following the genes |
| 11:45am – 11:50am | Dr Nelson Olivier, Praxis Precision Medicines – Our vision for rare genetic epilepsies | |
| 11:50am – 12:35pm | Professor Steven Petrou | The importance of disease mechanism in therapy: lessons from SCN1A |
| 12:35pm – 1:25pm
1:25pm – 1:30pm |
Lunch
Sara Crawford – Life as a parent of a child with refractory epilepsy, survival tips for the chaotic life |
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| 1:30pm – 2:15pm | Dr Emma Palmer | Making sense of rare genetic diagnoses: working with families to inform and support |
| 2:15pm – 2:20pm | Dannielle Goodwin – A Dravet patient’s perspective | |
| 2:20pm – 3:05pm | Dr Katherine Howell | Genetic diagnosis: will it change my child’s current treatment? |
| 3:05pm – 3:30pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3:30pm – 3:35pm | Heather Renton – Syndromes Without A Name (SWAN) | |
| 3:35pm – 4:30pm | Panel Discussion | Sara James leads the panel of experts |
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