Program
Draft program as at 6 March, subject to change
All times are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
| 2.00pm | Registration open Conference Centre Foyer |
| 2.00pm | Arrival afternoon tea Conference Centre Foyer |
| 3.15pm - 3.30pm | Welcome from MDSANZ President Professor Carolyn Sue |
| 3.30pm - 5.00pm | Session 1: Atypical parkinsonism Conference Centre Auditorium |
| 3.30pm - 4.00pm | PSP Professor Huw Morris |
| 4.00pm - 4.30pm | MSA: where are we at? Professor Tim Anderson |
| 4.30pm - 5.00pm | Dementia with Lewy Bodies for Neurologists: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Professor Simon Lewis |
| 5.00pm - 6.30pm | Welcome function Conference Centre Foyer and Porte Cochere Drinks and canapes |
| 8.00am - 8.45am | Clinical Trials Network meeting Conference Centre Boardroom |
| 8.30am - 9.00am | Registration open Conference Centre Foyer |
| 9.00am - 10.30am | Session 2: DBS and neurointervention Conference Centre Auditorium |
| 9.00am - 9.30am | DBS programming and sensing technology Dr Joohi Jimenez-Shahed |
| 9.30am - 10.00am | Focused ultrasound for movement disorders Associate Professor Stephen Tisch |
| 10.00am - 10.30am | DBS for OCD and psychiatry Dr Sarah Farrand |
| 10.30am - 11.00am | Morning tea Conference Centre Foyer |
| 11.00am - 12.30pm | Session 3: Emerging technologies Conference Centre Auditorium |
| 11.00am - 11.30am | How emerging assistive technologies can be used to improve the treatment of PD Professor Roongroj Bhidayasiri |
| 11.30am - 12.00pm | Cerebellar Ataxia: new diseases, genes and measurement tools Associate Professor David Szmulewicz |
| 12.00pm - 12.30pm | Emerging therapies Dr Kelly Bertram |
| 12.30pm - 1.30pm | Lunch Conference Centre Foyer |
| 1.30pm - 3.00pm | Session 4: Genetics Conference Centre Auditorium Kindly sponsored by Encapsulate Pharma / Official Partner of Merz Therapeutics |
| 1.30pm - 2.00pm | Genetics of complex Parkinson’s disease Professor Huw Morris |
| 2.00pm - 2.30pm | Update on Young onset Parkinson's Disease Professor Roongroj Bhidayasiri |
| 3.20pm - 3.00pm | Genetics- how genetics informs new therapies and trials Professor Carolyn Sue |
| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | Afternoon tea Conference Centre Foyer |
| 3.30pm - 5.00pm | Session 5: Video session Conference Centre Auditorium |
| Professor Huw Morris | |
| Dr Joohi Jimenez-Shahed | |
| 6.15pm - 7.00pm | Pre-dinner drinks Beach Pavilion Lawn |
| 7.00pm - late | Gala dinner Beach Pavilion |
| 8.00am - 8.15am | Registration open Conference Centre Foyer |
| 8.15am - 9.45am | Session 6: Tourette's, dystonia and Huntington's Conference Centre Auditorium |
| 8.15am - 8.45am | My approach to Tourette syndrome Dr Joohi Jimenez-Shahed |
| 8.45am - 9.15am | Dystonia Update Dr Florence Chang |
| 9.15am - 9.45am | Huntington’s Disease Update Associate Professor John O’Sullivan |
| 9.45am - 10.00am | Poster prizes Farewell and meeting close |
| 10.00am | Morning tea Conference Centre Foyer |