28 October 2021, 12:00 – 13:30 CEST

Opening, Awards and Late Breaking Clinical Trials

WSO Award for Contributions to Clinical Research

Speaker: Mayowa Owolabi, Nigeria

WSO Award for Stroke Services

Introduction: Werner Hacke, Germany

Speaker: Thomas Fischer, Germany

WSO President’s Award

Introduction: Marc Fisher, USA

Speaker: Philip Bath, UK

Late Breaking Clinical Trials

28 October 2021, 19:15 – 20:45 CEST

Prehospital Stroke Care

Chairs:

James Grotta, USA

Natalia Perez de la Ossa, Spain

Latest Trial Results from BEST-MSU 

Speaker: James Grotta, USA

PRESTO Consortium: New Studies Going Forward

Speaker: Heirich Audebert, Germany

Prehospital Triage for Large Vessel Occlusion

Speaker: Alexandra Czap, USA

Prehospital Strategies for Brain Hemorrhage Management 

Speaker: Stephen Davis, Australia

Implementation of Mobile Stroke Units in Developing Countries 

Speaker: Yongchai Nilanont, Thailand

29 October 2021, 11:30 – 13:00 CEST

Stroke in Low to Middle Income Countries

Chairs:

Norlinah Ibrahim, Malaysia

Mayowa Owolabi, Nigeria

Overview of the Lancet Commission

Speaker: Mayowa Owolabi, Nigeria

The Changing World Landscape in Stroke Epidemiology

Speaker: Nijasri Suwanwela, Thailand

Economic Burden of Stroke

Speaker: Ajay Mahal, Australia

Realistic and Aspirational Stroke Prevention Goals

Speaker: Valery Feigin, New Zealand

Challenges in Delivering Comprehensive Stroke Care

Speaker: Jeyaraj Pandian, India

28 October 2021, 8:00 – 9:30 CEST

COVID Thrombosis and Stroke

How COVID 19 Impacted Stroke Services

Does COVID-19 Really Cause Stroke, What Types and Why?

COVID Vaccine Related Thrombosis

28 October 2021, 8:00 – 9:30 CEST

Establishing Stroke Services in Low and Middle Income Countries

Establishing Stroke Systems of Care from the Bottom to the Top: A Global Perspective

Improving Stroke Systems of Care in LMIC:

Indonesia

Sri Lanka

Pakistan

Philippines

28 October 2021, 10:00 – 11:30 CEST

Neuroimaging 

CT scan for Treatment Selection in Acute Ischemic Strokes

CT Perfusion in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Interpretation and Pitfalls

MRI in Acute Ischemic Stroke Within and Beyond the Established Time Windows

Portable MRI: What’s Possible Now and What’s Coming

28 October 2021, 10:00 – 11:30 CEST

Stroke Action Plans Around the World

European Stroke Action Plan

American Stroke Association 2030 Goals

China’s National Stroke Plan

Africa’s National Stroke Plan

28 October 2021, 15:45 – 17:15 CEST

Emerging Treatments for Brain Hemorrhage

Pro-coagulants in Hyperacute Phase of ICH

Stereotactic Minimally Invasive Evacuation 

Upcoming Treatment Approaches from Bench to Bedside

Blood Pressure Control after ICH

28 October 2021, 15:45 – 17:15 CEST

Implementation of Guidelines in Clinical Practice

Development of Guidelines: How Implementation is Considered

Working with the Government

The Role of Patients’ Organizations

Scientific Societies Contribution: Get with the Guidelines

28 October 2021, 17:45 – 19:15 CEST

Enhancing Stroke Care with Artificial Intelligence

Automated Evaluation of Acute Stroke Imaging

Clinical Decision Tools for Hospitalized Stroke Care

Neurocritical Care and AI

Stroke Recovery – ENIGMA 

Imaging, AI and Prediction of Recovery

29 October 2021, 8:00 – 9:30 CEST

Latest Advances in Recovery and Rehabilitation

Prognostic Modeling and Algorithms for Arm Impairment

Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Motor Recovery

Telerehabilitation

Cell-based Regenerative Therapies

29 October 2021, 8:00 – 9:30 CEST

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Stroke: An Update

Psychological and Psychiatric Triggers and Risk Factors for Stroke

Post-stroke Delirium

Post-stroke Depression, Apathy and Anxiety

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of CADASIL

29 October 2021, 10:00 – 11:30 CEST

Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases and Vascular Cognitive Impairment: A New WSO Task Force on Major Understudied Brain Conditions

Global Pandemics Require a Global Taskforce: The Aims of the cSVD & VCI Taskforce in WSO

cSVD/VCI in Developing Countries: What do we Know, What do we Need to Learn?

Neurology and Neuroradiology Collaborations to Detect cSVD

Lessons from Cardiology to Reduce cSVD/VCI Risks

29 October 2021, 10:00 – 11:30 CEST

Transient Ischemic Attacks: Where are we ?  

Models of TIA Care

New Diagnostic Tools

Risk of Transient Neurological Symptoms

Treatment Update

29 October 2021, 15:15 – 16:45 CEST

Vascular Cognitive Impairment

Vascular Cognitive Impairment: When and How to Screen in Clinical Practice?

Predicting Dementia After Stroke

Biomarkers of Vascular Cognitive Impairment

Mixed Dementia: Inter-relationships of Vessel and AD Pathology

29 October 2021, 17:15 – 18:45 CEST

Big Data and Public Health Initiatives

COVID-19 Registry Datasets

GWTG

Eastern Europe

Clinical Application of Large Datasets

29 October 2021, 17:15 – 18:45 CEST

Future Directions in Stroke Therapy Development

Intra-arterial Therapy Development in Stroke Pig Models

Molecular Imaging

The Potential Therapeutic Applications of Microvessicles

Emerging Concepts from Basic Science

Gut-brain Axis and NeuroInflammation

Satellite RAISE Sessions

28 October 2021, 15:00 – 16:30 CEST

New Frontiers in Neurocardiology in 2020s

The Role of the Neurologist in the Management of Neurocardiologic Conditions

Advances in Atrial Fibrillation Detection

Left Atrial Appendage Closure: From RCTs to Worldwide Implementation

PFOs: To Close of Not to Close

28 October 2021, 17:00 – 18:30 CEST

Health Care Delivery Models and Transitions of Care

Transitions of Care after Stroke: Who, Where, and When?

Community-based Interventions for Management of Stroke Risk Factors

Post-stroke Care in Subsaharan Africa. Utilization of MHealth and Implications for Optimization of Care Delivery in Under-resourced Populations

The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Transitions of Care and Post-Stroke Care

Satellite TTST Sessions

29 October 2021, 15:15 – 16:45 CEST

Future of IVT

Future of Tenecteplase

Future of IVT in Patients with LVO

Future of IVT Beyond 4,5 Hours

Future Guidelines on IV Treatment

29 October 2021, 17:15 – 18:45 CEST

Stroke Logistics Beyond Borders

ANGELS Project IVT

ANGELS Project EVT

Role of Prehospital CT-Ambulance

Role of Remove Proctoring in EVT