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Tournament of the Minds

Sunday, 12 October, 2025

Time	Auditorium	Grand Ballroom 103	Grand Ballroom 102	Grand Ballroom 104	Grand Ballroom 105	Room 201	Room 203	Exhibition
07:00-08:00					PAN-ARAB REGIONAL SESSION (PAUNS)	ASIAN AND OCEANIC REGION (AOAN) - VASCULAR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: ADVANCES IN ASIA AND BEYOND
08:00-08:30	PLENARY LECTURE: MASLAND AWARD LECTURE
08:30-09:00	PLENARY LECTURE: YAHR AWARD LECTURE
09:00-10:30	MS AND DEMYELINATING DISEASES: WFN/MSIF JOINT SESSION -DIAGNOSIS OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS	WFN/WSO JOINT SESSION: INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE – THE END OF NIHILISM	CLINICAL TRIALS AND STRATIFICATION IN ALS/MOTOR NEURON DISEASE	ENVIRONMENTAL TOXIN AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE	FREE PAPER	MEET THE PROFESSOR: EEG AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE	CHALLENGING CASES IN BOTULINUM TOXIN THERAPY - TICKETED EVENT
10:30-11:00								COFFEE BREAK, POSTER VIEWING, EXHIBITION AND COFFEE TALKS
11:00-12:30	MS AND DEMYELINATING DISEASES: WFN/MSIF JOINT SESSION - NEW THERAPEUTIC HORIZONS: XM AND JO	WFN/WSO JOINT SESSION: INTERVENTION IN STROKE	NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES: WFN/ICNMD JOINT SESSION - ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING OF VASCULITIC NEUROPATHIES	MOTOR NEURON DISEASE: DIAGNOSIS OF MND/ALS	HOT TOPICS IN NEUROINTENSIVE CARE		EMG WORKSHOP - TICKETED EVENT
11:00-12:10						WFN GLOBAL ACTIVITIES
12:30-14:30								LUNCH BREAK, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION VISIT
13:00-14:30		SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM -NON CME SESSION	SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM -NON CME SESSION
14:30-14:35								SHORT BREAK
14:35-16:05	MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) – AN APPROACH TO DIAGNOSING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) INFLAMMATORY SYNDROMES AND DISTINGUISHING POTENTIAL MIMICS	DEMENTIA UPDATE FOR CLINICIANS	CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL AUTONOMIC DISORDER BIOMARKERS UPDATE	NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF IMMUNOTHERAPIES	CASE PRESENTATION FOR COMPREHENSIVE SLEEP MEDICINE EDUCATION	FREE PAPER	ULTRASONOGRAPHY WORKSHOP VASCULAR: TEACHING AND HANDS-ON NEUROSONOLOGY: AN ACCURATE BEDSIDE TOOL IN CLINICAL NEUROLOGY - TICKETED EVENT
16:05-16:35								COFFEE BREAK, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION VISIT
16:35-18:05	MOVING FORWARD IN EPILEPSY MANAGEMENT	PANEL DISCUSSION: NEUROLOGICAL, NEUROSURGICAL, PSYCHIATRIC AND REHABILITATIVE ISSUES CAUSED BY ARMED CONFLICTS	NEW TARGETED THERAPIES FOR BRAIN TUMORS: IDH-MUTANT GLIOMAS, PEDIATRIC GLIOMAS, AND NON-GLIOMAS	DEMENTIA AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES	FREE PAPER	FREE PAPER	INTERSECTORAL GLOBAL ACTION PLAN (IGAP)
18:05-18:10								SHORT BREAK
18:10-19:10	OPENING CEREMONY
19:10-20:50								WELCOME RECEPTION IN THE EXHIBITION

Monday, 13 October, 2025

Time	Auditorium	Grand Ballroom 103	Grand Ballroom 102	Grand Ballroom 104	Grand Ballroom 105	Room 201	Room 203	Exhibition
08:30-09:00	PLENARY LECTURE: ALI AWARD LECTURE
09:00-10:30	PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM, WFN MEDALS PRESENTATION & PRESIDENTIAL KEYNOTE LECTURE
10:30-11:15								COFFEE BREAK, POSTER VIEWING, EXHIBITION AND COFFEE TALK
11:15-12:45	HEADACHE AND PAIN: WFN/IHS JOINT SESSION: THE IHS GLOBAL PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE	MOVEMENT DISORDERS: VIDEO ROUND/ NON-MOTOR SYMPTOMS IN PD 1	MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATED DISORDERS	SUDEP AND AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION IN EPILEPSY, IS THERE A LINK?	HEART AND BRAIN (MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION OF CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE)	CUTTING EDGE OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY	FREE PAPER
12:45-14:45								LUNCH BREAK, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION VISIT
13:00-14:00	TOURNAMENT OF THE MINDS: "HEATS" QUALIFYING ROUND
13:15-14:45		SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM -NON CME SESSION	SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM -NON CME SESSION
14:45-15:00								SHORT BREAK
15:00-16:30	HEADACHE AND PAIN: WFN/IHS JOINT SESSION: IMPORTANT CLINICAL ISSUES FOR HEADACHE DISORDERS	MOVEMENT DISORDERS: VIDEO ROUND/ NON-MOTOR SYMPTOMS IN PD 2	EPILEPSY: WFN/ILAE JOINT SESSIONTHE IMPORTANCE OF DIAGNOSIS IN EPILEPSY MANAGEMENT	INFLAMMATORY NEUROPATHIES AND MYOPATHIES	AUTONOMIC TESTING: BEDSIDE AND LABORATORY		FREE PAPER
15:00-16:25						MEET THE PROFESSOR: STROKE AND MOVEMENT DISORDERS
16:30-17:00								COFFEE BREAK, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION VISIT
17:00-18:30	NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND MENTAL HEALTH	PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DYSTONIA	EPILEPSY: WFN/ILAE JOINT SESSION: THE PROMISE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN THE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF EPILEPSY	ETIOLOGIC CHALLENGES IN ENVIRONMENTAL NEUROLOGY: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE	AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE: OVERVIEW OF NEURAL ANTIBODIES: HOW TO TEST AND WHAT THEY MEAN?	PALLIATIVE CARE IN STROKE AND REHABILITATION	FREE PAPER: AWARD PRESENTATIONS
17:30-21:30								NETWORKING EVENT (TICKETED)

Tuesday, 14 October, 2025

Time	Auditorium	Grand Ballroom 103	Grand Ballroom 102	Grand Ballroom 104	Grand Ballroom 105	Room 201	Room 203	Exhibition
07:00-08:00				NORTH AMERICA REGION (AAN): CURRENT SCIENTIFIC PRIORITIES FOR OPTIMAL BRAIN HEALTH	EAN REGIONAL SESSION: DISPARITIES IN DIAGNOSIS AND CARE OF PATIENTS WITH MOVEMENT DISORDERS	PAN-AFRICAN REGIONAL SESSION (AFAN): NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN AFRICA	PAN-AMERICA REGIONAL SESSION (PAFNS)
08:00-08:30	PLENARY LECTURE: SINGHAL AWARD LECTURE
08:30-09:00	THE IMPORTANCE OF BRAIN HEALTH FOR THE UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC)
09:00-10:30	DEMENTIA: WFN/ APHASIA, DEMENTIA AND COGNITIVE DISORDERS SPECIALTY GROUP JOINT SESSION: ATYPICAL ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE	MOVEMENT DISORDERS: WFN/MDS JOINT SESSION: DIAGNOSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE	HEADACHE: ADVANCES IN HEADACHE MANAGEMENT	DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPIES OF RARE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 1	MEET THE PROFESSOR: DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS	FREE PAPER	BASIC NEUROMUSCULAR ULTRASONOGRAPHY - TICKETED EVENT
10:30-11:00								COFFEE BREAK, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION VISIT
11:00-12:30	DEMENTIA: WFN/ APHASIA, DEMENTIA AND COGNITIVE DISORDERS SPECIALTY GROUP JOINT SESSION: ADVANCES IN MANAGEMENT OF DEMENTIA	MOVEMENT DISORDERS: WFN/MDS JOINT SESSION: INPATIENT MOVEMENT DISORDER CONSULTATIONS	HEADACHE: INTEGRATIVE AND TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES	DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPIES OF RARE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 2	EFFECTS OF WAR IN NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY: A JOINT SYMPOSIUM WITH THE WPA, WFNR AND WFN	HOW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES ARE IMPROVING RARE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE MANAGEMENT
11:00-13:00							POLYSOMNOGRAPHY_HANDS-ON COURSE - TICKETED EVENT
12:30-14:30								LUNCH BREAK, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION VISIT
13:00-14:00	TOURNAMENT OF THE MINDS: SEMI FINAL	TOURNAMENT OF THE MINDS: SEMI FINAL	SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM -NON CME SESSION	SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM -NON CME SESSION
14:30-15:00	PLENARY LECTURE: FULTON AWARD LECTURE
15:00-15:05								SHORT BREAK
15:05-16:05			DEBATE: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN NEUROLOGY: READY FOR PRIME TIME?
15:05-16:35	FLUID BIOMARKERS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA: CLINICAL USE	CHILD NEUROLOGY: WFN/ICNA JOINT SESSION: CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR KEY COMPLEX CHILDHOOD DISORDERS. PRECISION THERAPY ASSISTED BY ACCURATE DIAGNOSTICS		FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS: CLINICAL PRESENTATION, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT	MYASTHENIA GRAVIS: INSIGHTS, CHALLENGES, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS	PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS: FROM CORTEX TO MUSCLE!	FREE PAPER

Wednesday, 15 October, 2025

Time	Auditorium	Grand Ballroom 103	Grand Ballroom 102	Grand Ballroom 104	Grand Ballroom 105	Room 201	Room 203	Room 205AB	Exhibition
08:00-08:30	PLENARY LECTURE: SORIANO AWARD LECTURE
08:30-09:00	PLENARY LECTURE: BARUCHA AWARD LECTURE
09:00-10:00				DEBATE ON: OLD AND NEW THERAPIES IN DEMENTIA
09:00-10:30	KEY INSIGHTS FROM THERAPEUTIC INNOVATIONS IN AUTOIMMUNE MYASTHENIA GRAVIS	IFCN-WFN SESSION: NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES	GBD LATEST FINDINGS ON NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS		WHY ARE PARKINSON’S DISEASE RATES CHANGING? AGE, ENVIRONMENT, (EPI)GENETICS?	FREE PAPER: EPILEPSY	FREE PAPER
09:00-12:00								WORLD FEDERATION OF NEUROLOGY: PATIENT ADVOCACY SUMMIT
10:30-11:00									COFFEE BREAK, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION VISIT
11:00-12:30	NEURO-OTOLOGY: 2025+ UPDATE ON CENTRAL, FUNCTIONAL AND PERIPHERAL VESTIBULAR DISORDERS	NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES: WFN/ICNMD JOINT SESSION - ADVANCES IN DIAGNOSIS OF ACQUIRED AND HEREDITARY MYOPATHIES	PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, CLASSIFICATION AND DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO INFECTION-RELATED MOVEMENT DISORDERS	NEUROINFECTIOUS DISEASES	YOUNG NEUROLOGISTS: HOW TO IMPROVE NEUROLOGICAL TRAINING	FREE PAPER	FREE PAPER
12:30-14:30			SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM -NON CME SESSION	SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM -NON CME SESSION					LUNCH BREAK, POSTER VIEWING AND EXHIBITION VISIT
13:30-14:30		TOURNAMENT OF THE MINDS: FINAL
14:30-14:45									SHORT BREAK
14:45-16:15		NEUROPATHIC PAIN	NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY: DIPLOPIA DEMYSTIFIED: A GLOBAL DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH FROM BRAIN TO MUSCLE		FREE PAPER	FREE PAPER	FREE PAPER
14:45-16:05				ESSENTIAL MEDICINE LIST
16:15-16:30		CLOSING CEREMONY