2025 Programme

The conference will be delivered as a hybrid event in Oxford on 8-10 January 2025. 

Registration will open from 09.00 on Wednesday 8 January 2025, with the first session beginning at 09.45. The conference will finish on Friday 10 January 2025 at 16.45. 

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Wednesday 8 January 2025

Session 1: Neuroinflammatory 

Prof Angela Vincent
'Tales of the unexpected; Ignoring fashions and dispelling dogmas'

Session 2: Neurodegeneration 

Dr Chris Verity
‘The PIND Study - 27 years, 5222 children with suspected neurodegenerative diseases, loads of work by UK paediatricians. What have we learnt from all this?’

Session 3:  Video Challenge

Can the expert panel diagnose the neurological disorder? 

Research workshops (parallel sessions): 

  • Children’s Sleep Research – the potential and the pitfalls
  • Keeping everyone safe - lessons from industry and patient experience 

 

Wednesday Welcome Evening Reception (Bodleian Library, Oxford)

We would be delighted if you could join us for the welcome reception at the historic Divinity School, Bodleian Library on the evening of Wednesday 8 January 2025. After the reception you are free to make your own dinner arrangements and explore the wonderful range of restaurants that Oxford has to offer.

Thursday 9 January 2025

Personal Practice sessions (parallel sessions): 

  • Recognising preventable complications of ataxia syndromes
  • Difficult decisions, risk and consensus building in paediatric palliative care

 

Session 4: Epilepsy 

Prof Helen Cross & Prof Finbar O'Callaghan
Debate: A diagnosis of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome is no longer relevant in paediatric neurology practice in 2025

Dr Sanjay Sisodiya
'Working the genome harder - an example from epilepsy'

Session 5: Neuromuscular

Prof Mahendra Patel 
‘Bridging the gap: Addressing health inequities through inclusive research’

Session 6: The Presidential Plenary

Ronnie MacKeith Prize: Dr Elizabeth Radford
'Turning the tide of variants of uncertain significance: a role for saturation mutagenesis?’

Prof Anna Jansen
'Implementation of the Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders (IGAP) – a call for action to the child neurology community’

Ronnie MacKeith Guest Lecturer: Prof Renzo Guerini
‘Epilepsy in children, aetiology and pathophysiological processes: relevant steps towards current knowledge’

Thursday Annual Conference Dinner (Museum of Natural History, Oxford)

We invite you to join us for an enchanting evening at Oxford University Museum of Natural History for our conference reception and dinner. The night begins with a drink’s reception, providing exclusive access to the adjoining Pitt Rivers Museum, followed by dinner set amidst the captivating exhibits of the Museum of Natural History.

Friday 10 January 2025

Personal Practice sessions (parallel sessions): 

  • Newborn screening - to screen or not to screen
  • Patient involvement: paying more than lip service

 

Session 7: Neurodevelopment/Neurodisability

Prof Stephan Sanders
‘Therapeutic Genomics: how do we bring genetic therapies to genetic disorders?’

Session 8: Hot Topics

Prof Richard Gilbertson
'Large language models of virtual brain tumours for biological and therapeutic discovery'