Topics
The symposium will be in the traditional WMS format with 3 selected topics:
- New Therapeutic Targets for Neuromuscular Disorders
- Congenital Muscular Dystrophies
(Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy) - Distal Myopathies and Protein Aggregation Myopathies
One day of the symposium will be dedicated to each of the three selected topics. Invited keynote speakers will summarize the state of the art on the selected topics, covering clinical, molecular and other aspects. The sessions will comprise contributed oral papers and poster presentations with guided discussions.
Submissions for poster presentations [and possibly a few oral presentations] will be welcomed on New Advances in ALL Neuromuscular Disorders.
Tentative Schedule
| Tue, 12 | Wed, 13 | Thu, 14 | Fri, 15 | Sat, 16 | |
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| AM | Opening of the congress Invited Lecture(s) Oral Sessions |
Invited Lecture(s) Oral Sessions Poster Sessions |
Invited Lecture(s) Oral Sessions WMS General Assembly |
Oral Sessions Breaking News |
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| PM | Registration | Poster Sessions | Excursion (Mt.Aso) |
Poster Sessions | Prize Announcement Closing Ceremony |
| EV | Opening Ceremony Welcome Reception |
Poster free discussion time |
Gala Dinner |
Confirmed Speakers
- New Therapeutic Targets for Neuromuscular Disorders
Thomas Voit
Kevin Flanigan - Congenital Muscular Dystrophies
(Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy)
Yukio Fukuyama
Tamao Endo
Carsten Bönnemann
Haluk Topaloglu - Distal Myopathies and Protein Aggregation Myopathies
Bjarne Udd
Rolf Schröder
Ichizo Nishino
Anders Oldfors
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Programme (Summary)
Tuesday 12 October 2010
| 12:00-18:30 | Registration and setting up of posters - Sojo University Municipal Auditorium, Main Hall |
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| 12.30- | WMS Executive Board Meeting - Sojo University Municipal Auditorium, Conference Room 9, 2nd fl |
| 17:00 | Opening Ceremony - Sojo University Municipal Auditorium, Main Hall |
| 18:30 | Welcome Reception - Bugyo-Maru in Kumamoto Castle |
Wednesday 13 October 2010
| 08:00-08:30 | Registration and setting up of posters - Sojo University Municipal Auditorium, Lobby for Main Hall, Poster Room A/B/C/D |
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| 08:30-09:00 | Opening of Congress - Message from the president Victor Dubowitz - Main Hall |
| 09:00-10:30 | Congenital Muscular Dystrophies (Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy) 1; Invited lectures (C.I.1-3) - Main Hall |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea and Coffee |
| 11:00-13:00 | Congenital Muscular Dystrophies (Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy) 2; Invited lectures (C.I.4), Oral Presentations (O.1-6) - Main Hall |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch and Exhibition |
| 14:30-16:00 | Poster Session 1: Congenital muscular dystrophies, congenital myopathies; other muscular dystrophies Chaired poster discussion session 1: parallel sessions (1-8) - Poster Room A/B Congenital muscular dystrophies; Poster 1 (P1.01-02) Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy; Poster 2 (P1.03-08) Collagen VI; Poster 3 (P1.09-14) Limb girdle muscular dystrophies; Poster 4 (P1.15-33) Congenital Myopathies; Poster 5 (P1.34-47) Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy/Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy; Poster 6 (P1.48-50) Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Poster 7 (P1.51-52) Miscellaneous; Poster 8 (P1.53-57) |
| 16:00-16:30 | Afternoon tea and coffee and exhibition - Lobby for Main Hall, 1st and 2nd fl. |
| 16:30-18:00 | Poster session 2: Distal and myofibrillar myopathies, myotonic dystrophies, myotonia, myasthenia, and inflammatory myopathies Chaired poster discussion session 2: parallel sessions (9-16) Poster Room A/B GNE; Poster 9 (P2.01-11) Distal myopathies; Poster 10 (P2.12-15) Myofibrillar myopathies; Poster 11 (P2.16-21) Vacuolar myopathies; Poster 12 (P2.22-27) Myotonic dystrophy 1+2; Poster 13 (P2.28-33) Myotonia; Poster 14 (P2.34-36) Myasthenia; Poster 15 (P2.37-40) Inclusion body myositis; Poster 16 (P2.41-52) |
| 18:00 - | Wine and Cheese - Open Poster Session Poster Room A/B/C/D |
Thursday 14 October 2010
| 09:00-10:30 | Distal Myopathies and Protein Aggregation Myopathies; Invited lectures (D.I.1-3) - Main Hall |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea and Coffee |
| 11:00-13:00 | Distal Myopathies and Protein Aggregation Myopathies; Invited lectures (D.I.4), Oral Presentations (O.7-8) - Main Hall New Diseases; Oral Presentations (O.9-12) - Main Hall |
| 13:30- | Excursion (Mt. Aso) |
Friday 15 October 2010
| 09:00-10:30 | New Therapeutic Targets for Neuromuscular Disorders 1; Invited lectures (T.I.1-2), Oral Presentations (O.13-14) - Main Hall |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea and Coffee |
| 11:00-12:00 | New Therapeutic Targets for Neuromuscular Disorders 2; Oral Presentations (O.15-18) - Main Hall |
| 12:00-13:00 | WMS General Assembly - Main Hall |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch and Exhibition |
| 14:30-16:00 | Poster session 3: Theraeuatic approaches; gene therapy; cell therapy; pharmacological therapy Chaired poster discussion session 3: parallel sessions (17-21) - Poster Room C/D Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other muscle disorders; Poster 17 (P3.01-14) Myostatin et al; Poster 18 (P3.15-19) Cell Therapy; Poster 19 (P3.20-28) Spinal muscular atrophy/Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis gene therapy; Poster 20 (P3.29-38) Dystrophinopathies: pharmacological approaches; Poster 21 (P3.39-54) |
| 16:00-16 :30 | Afternoon Tea and Coffee and Exhibition - Lobby for Main Hall, 1st and 2nd fl. |
| 16:30-18:00 | Poster session 4: General posters; Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy; muscle imaging; outcome measures; databases; glycogen-related disorders; metabolic myopathies; mitochondrial disorders Chaired poster discussion session 4: parallel sessions (22-28) - Poster Room C/D Dystrophinopathies: Clinical and genetic; Poster 22 (P4.01-20) Muscle Imaging; Poster 23 (P4.21-32) Outcome measures; Poster 24 (P4.33-39) Databases and registries; Poster 25 (P4.40-44) Glycogen disorders; Poster 26 (P4.45-52) Metabolic myopathies; Poster 27 (P4.53-57) Mitochondrial disorders; Poster 28 (P4.58-67) |
| 19:00 - | Gala Dinner - Hotel Nikko Kumamoto |
Saturday 16 October 2010
| 09:00-10:00 | New Diseases; Oral Presentations (O.19-22) - Main Hall |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Morning Tea andCoffee |
| 10:30-12:30 | Short Oral Presentations for Selected Posters - Main Hall |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Late Breaking News - Main Hall |
| 15:30-16:30 | Prize giving and welcome to the 16th WMS Congress,Algarve, Portugal,18-22 October 2011 - Main Hall Handover of the WMS flag and Closing of the Congress - Main Hall |
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