18.30 Arrival and Registration

19.30 NENA Lecture: Dame Prof Pamela Shaw

20.30 Drinks reception

21.00 Dinner and Presidential Address

08.30 Coffee

09.00 Research symposium I - Chair: Dr S Butterworth

• "High resolution diffusion tensor imaging in multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block" by Dr Ryan YS (Manchester)

• "Mycophenolate is better tolerated than azathioprine in myasthenia gravis" by Dr K Dodd (Manchester)

• "Epilepsy and the risk of adverse cardiovascular events" by Dr J Meyer (Liverpool)

• "Meningioma oedema and seizures: a meta-analysis and retrospective observational study" by Dr M Tanti (Leeds)

• "Hearing today, remembering tomorrow!" by Dr M Lad (Newcastle)

• "Morbidity and mortality risks associated with valproate withdrawal in men and women aged 16–54 years with epilepsy" by Dr GK Mbizvo (Liverpool)

10.30 Coffee and exhibition

11.15 Research symposium II - Chair: Dr I Mavroudis

• "What do we understand about the prevalence of cognitive impairment in spinal cord injury patients?" by Dr S Bell (Sheffield)

• "Grade 2 glioma and seizures. Relationship status: it's complicated" by Dr S Fairclough (Leeds)

• "Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients Exposed to Onabotulinum toxin A Treatment" by Dr R Khan (Hull)

• "Proteolysis in IBM: dead ends and other avenues" by Dr A Snedden (Manchester)

• "Automated real time tracking of glioblastoma cell cycle transitions in tumour assembloids links G2 cells to infiltration" by Dr CY Akhunbay-Fudge (Leeds)

• "Multimodal mechanistic disease stratification in sporadic Parkinson's disease" by Dr T Payne (Sheffield)

12.45 Annual General Meeting

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Presentation: Presidential Medal, Liversedge Prize and Crawford Prize

14.15 Clinicopathological conference

"Tough as old boots..." by Dr Malcolm Proudfoot (York) - discussant

14.45 Clinical cases

• Dr Ahamad Hassan (Leeds)

• Dr Nikolas Hitiris (Middlesbrough)

• Dr Gemma Maxwell (Sunderland)

• Dr Stephen Butterworth (Leeds)

• Dr Sandra Sungailaite (Middlesbrough)

• Dr David McKee (Manchester)

• Dr Michael Bonello (Liverpool)

16.30 NENA magnum award and close of meeting