PROGRAMME
Tuesday, September 8th 2020
4.00 pm-6.00 pm Opening Cerimony
4.00 pm
Introduction to Summer School
“Converging pathways and management strategies in neurodegeneration”
Alessandro Padovani, Brescia, Italy
4.30 pm
Nutritional strategies for prevention of neurodegeneration
Nikolaous Scarmeas, Athens, Greece
5.00 pm
Implementation of mobile health technology in pharmacological trials
Walter Maetzler, Kiel, Germany
5.30 pm
Welcome presentation
Wednesday, September 9th 2020
9.00 am-11.00 am Risk factors and prevention strategies
9.00 am
Epidemiology of Alzheimer and Parkinson’s disease
Giancarlo Logroscino, Bari, Italy
10.00 am
Multidimentional prevention strategies for dementia
Laura Fratiglioni, Solna, Sweden
Open Discussion
2.00 pm-4.00 pm Hands-on
2.00 pm
Prodromal Parkinson’s disease: from detection to life-style prevention strategies
Alastair Noyce, London, UK
3.00 pm
Nutrients implementation in AD and PD: a converging pathway?
Emanuele Cereda, Pavia, Italy
4.30 pm-5.00 pm
Faculty-all and students discussion in small groups
Group 1: High-risk population identification
Giancarlo Logroscino, Bari, Italy – Alessandro Padovani, Brescia, Italy
Group 2: Trial design
Laura Fratiglioni, Solna, Sweden – Emanuele Cereda, Pavia, Italy
Group 3: Outcome measures in AD and PD
Alastair Noyce, London, UK – Andrea Pilotto, Brescia, Italy
5.00 pm-5.30 pm
Faculty-all and students discussion (all groups together)
5.30 pm-6.00 pm Keynote – today and tomorrow
Microbiome and inflammation: common target in neurodegeneration?
Anna Maria Cattaneo, Brescia, Italy
Discussant: Alessandro Padovani, Brescia, Italy
Thursday, September 10th 2020
9.00 am -11.00 am Disease-modifying treatments
9.00 am
Methodology issues in preclinical and early intervention trials
Joaquim Ferreira, Lisbon, Portugal
10.00 am
Disease modifying therapies in Alzheimer disease
Alessandro Padovani, Brescia, Italy
Open Discussion
02.00 pm – 04.00 pm Hand-on
2.00 pm
Disease modifying therapies in alpha-synucleinopathies
Fabrizio Stocchi, Rome, Italy
3.00 pm
Quantifying interventions: what can we learn from Huntington disease?
Ralf Reilmann, Munster, Germany
04.30 pm – 05.00 pm
Faculty-all and students discussion in small groups
Group 1: Mobile technology/ Q- motor assessment – Andrea Pilotto, Brescia, Italy/Ralf Reilmann, Munster, Germany
Group 2: Trial design – Joaquim Ferreira, Lisbon, Portugal/Fabrizio Stocchi,Rome, Italy
Group 3: Outcomes for Disease modifying trials – Alessandro Padovani, Brescia, Italy
5.00 pm -5.30 pm
Faculty-all and students discussion (all groups together)
05:30 pm – 6.00 pm Keynote – today and tomorrow
New digital outcomes in neurodegenerative diseases
Andrea Pilotto, Brescia, Italy
Discussant: Ralf Reilmann, Munster, Germany
Friday, September 11th 2020
9.00 am -11.00 am The Clinical Management of Alzheimer Disease and of Parkinson Disease in Clinical Settings
9.00 am Pharmacological Management of Alzheimer Disease across clinical stages
Alessandro Padovani, Brescia, Italy
10.00 am The treatment of Motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease
Angelo Antonini, Padua, Italy
Open Discussion
02.00 pm-04.00 pm Hands-on
2.00 pm
Mood and behavioral disturbances: therapeutic strategies in AD and PD
Afina W. Leemstra, Amsterdam Netherlands
3.00 pm
Innovative strategies for AD and PD: what’s next?
Giovanni Frisoni, Geneva, Switzerland/Brescia, Italy
04.30 pm – 05.00 pm
Faculty-all and students’ discussion in small groups
Group 1: Movement disorder clinical cases – Angelo Antonini, Padua, Italy/Andrea Pilotto, Brescia, Italy
Group 2: Management of cognitive disturbances: clinical cases – Alessandro Padovani, Brescia, Italy/Giovanni Frisoni, Geneva, Switzerland/Brescia, Italy
Group 3: Management of BPSD in MCI and Dementia – Afina W. Leemstra, Amsterdam Netherlands/Alberto Benussi, Brescia, Italy
5.00 pm-5.30 pm
Faculty-all and students discussion (all groups together)
Saturday, September 12th 2020
9.00 am -12.00 pm The Clinical Management of Alzheimer Disease and of Parkinson Disease in Clinical Settings
9.00 am
TDCS and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Highlihts on Clinical effects
Alberto Benussi, Brescia, Italy
10.00 am
Repetitive TMS as therapeutic tool: lights and shades
Giacomo Koch, Rome, Italy
11.00 am
TDSC – and rTMS how to do it
Alberto Benussi, Brescia, Italy, Andrea Pilotto, Brescia, Italy