You can find the presentations and the summary of the abstracts here.21th November 2014, Friday13:30 Registration is opening 14:00-17:00 Satellite meeting only for FEWS representatives (room Andrássy) 18:00-19:00 Welcome Reception (room Budapest) - Opening concert of artists of the Hungarian State Opera - Opening of a Photo Exhibition and the Poster Session 22th November 2014, Saturday 09:00 Opening Speeches. Confirmed speakers: Attila Beneda (Deputy Secretary of State, Ministry of Human Resources, Hungary), Paul Pyck (Secretary of FEWS), Zsuzsanna Bojtor Pogányné (President of HWSA), Marion Coutarel (France) - "Chromosome 7", a story of an actress living with Williams Syndrome Session one. Session chair: Dr. Gábor Pogány (Hungary) 10:00 An overview of the genetic aspects of Williams
syndrome and research approaches. Confirmed speaker: Dr. Kay Metcalfe (UK) 10:35 Williams-Beuren Syndrome - A multisystem disorder. Confirmed speaker: Prof. Dr. Rainer Pankau (Germany) 11:10 Coffee break 11:40 Cardiovascular
anomalies in patients with Williams syndrome. Confirmed speaker: Prof. Dr.Damien Bonnet (France) 12:15 Oral health (care) and Williams-Beuren syndrome: challenges and opportunities. Confirmed speaker: Prof. Dr. Dominique Declerck (Belgium) 12:50 Lunch Session two. Session chair: Prof. Dr. Rainer Pankau (Germany) 13:50 The need for European-wide network for evaluating medicines for WBS, Example of minoxidil a randomized controlled trial for children with WBS in France. Confirmed speaker: Pro. Dr. Behrouz Kassai (France) 14:25 Cross border health care information. Confirmed speaker: Dr. Gábor Pogány (Hungary) 15:00 Coffee break 15:30 The Williams syndrome cognitive profile: Implications for education. Confirmed Speaker: Hannah Broadbent, Dr. Emily Farran (UK) 16:05 Music Therapy. Confirmed Speaker: Anita Toth-Bakos (Slovakia) 16:40 Closing the day 18:00 Optional dinner and sightseeing Tour on the Danube (in case of enough applicants) 23rd November 2014, Sunday Session three. Session chair: Prof. Dr. Csaba Pléh (Hungary) 10:00 Neurocognitive studies of infants and toddlers with Williams syndrome. Confirmed speaker: Dr. Dean D'Souza, Prof. Dr. Annette Karmiloff-Smith (UK) 10:35 Cognitive and Behavioural phenotype. Confirmed speaker: Prof. Dr. Stefano Vicari (Italy) 11:10 Coffee break 11:40 Sleep in Williams syndrome: Insights from EEG studies. Confirmed speaker: Prof. Dr. Ilona Kovács, Dr. Robert Bódizs (Hungary) 12:15 Syndrome-specific linguistic markers of Williams syndrome - experimental and intervention data. Confirmed speaker: Prof. Dr. Julia Siegmüller (Germany) 12:50 Support of Social Participation of People with Disabilities. Confirmed speaker: Dr. Lucie Procházková, Lenka Kratochvilova (Czech Republic) 13:25 Closing the conference and lunch |
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