DECEMBER 3rd - 5th 2015

SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT:
Giorgio Brunelli Foundation
Località Campiani 77, 25060 Cellatica (BS), Italy
Phone +39(0)30.3385131 - Cell. +39 338 1133779
Fax +39(0)30.3387595
E-mail: segreteria@midollospinale.com

ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT:
Studio Progress S.n.c.
via C. Cattaneo 51, 25121 Brescia (Italy)
Phone +39(0)30.290326 - Fax +39(0)30.2809839
E-mail: info@studioprogress.it

MEETING VENUE:
University of Brescia Medical School
Viale Europa 11, Brescia (Italy)
December 3rd/5th 2015

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
For information about hotel accommodation or travel please contact:
EPICENTRO
Via Moretto 52 – 25121 Brescia
Tel 030/2944144 – Fax 030/2899073
www.epicentroviaggi.it

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COMMITTEES:

Organised by: The Giorgio Brunelli Foundation

Congress Presidents
Giorgio Brunelli
Klaus von Wild

Scientific Committee
Giorgio Brunelli
Milan R. Dimitrijevic
Marco Fontanella
Maurizio Memo
Sergio Pecorelli
Luigi F. Rodella
Alberto Rovetta
Aruna Sharma
Hari Shanker Sharma
Pierfranco Spano
Klaus von Wild

Scientific Committee Young Neuroscientist Investigator Award
Giancarlo Comi
Sergio Dompè
Maurizio Memo
Luisa Monini
Marina Pizzi
Alessandro Padovani
Sergio Pecorelli
Hari Shanker Sharma

Scientific Committee and Organizing Committee for the 4th Brunelli Club Meeting
Bruno Battiston
Alain Gilbert
Riccardo Luchetti
Luisa Monini

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Venue
Salone Vanvitelliano - Palazzo della Loggia - Piazza Loggia, 1  Brescia – Italy
University of Brescia Medical School, viale Europa 11, Brescia (Italy)

Official language of the Symposium:
English

Registration
Registration is required for all Symposium participants and accompanying persons. Individual registrations are available via the online registration form attached to this website Registration Fees (22% VAT included)
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*Early Bird Registration available before September 30th 2015
**A copy of the student certificate or student card is required

The full registration fee includes:
Participation in all lectures and access to the exhibition area Programme & proceedings on the website
Snack lunches
Workshop access
The Social Dinner is not included in the registration fee and has to be booked separately (70.00€ per person)

Certificate of Attendance
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued to all registered participants.

Refreshment and Lunches
During breaks, refreshments will be available to participants wearing Symposium badges. Snack lunches are included in the registration fees.

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SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION:

Main Symposium Topics:

Basic and applied research in spinal cord repair and regeneration
Experimental studies and clinical use of stem cells and neurotrophic factors
Robotics, Informatics and Telemedicine
Young Neuroscientist Investigator Award supported by Dompè
Club Brunelli Meeting: Hand Palsies

Call for Papers & Abstracts

Speakers are kindly requested to keep their lecture time under 8-12 minutes.
Full Authors' names are required (first name, middle initial/s, surname).
Abstracts (max. 300 words) should be submitted as Word files to the Scientific Committee (presidenza@midollospinale.com) by September 30th 2015
Free contributions will be presented as posters.Authors are invited to provide short abstracts.
Accepted abstracts will be published on the official website of the Foundation www.midollospinale.com
Accepted Posters must be brought to the Symposium by the presenting Author and should not be mailed in advance.
The required size is 95 cm (width) by 140 cm (height). At the top of the poster, please provide the title of the paper, names of the authors and their affiliations, all in bold lettering of about 2.5 to 3 cm in size.
Posters will be displayed in front of the Lecture Hall.

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME:

THURSDAY 3rd DECEMBER 2015
Salone Vanvitelliano - Palazzo della Loggia - Piazza Loggia, 1  Brescia – Italy

AULA MAGNA

13.00 - 14.00 Registration

14.00 - 14.30 Welcome remarks
Giorgio Brunelli (Brescia, Italy)
(President of the Symposium)
Sergio Pecorelli (Brescia, Italy)
Chancellor of the University of Brescia)

Opening Lectures
14.30 - 15.00 K. Von Wild (Münster, Germany)
(Co-President of the Symposium)
15.00 - 15.30 M.R.Dimitrijevic (Houston, Texas, USA)
15.30 - 16.00 H.S. Sharma (Uppsala, Sweden)
16.00 - 16.30 P.N. Soukakos (Athens, Greece)
16.30 - 17.00 A. Rovetta (Milan, Italy)
17.00 - 17.30 S. Pecorelli (Brescia, Italy)

17.30 - 18.10 Honorary Lecture
"Curiosity and its Fruits: From Basic Science to Advanced Medicine"
A.E. Yonath (Rehovot, Israel)
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2009 

18.10-19.00 Welcome cocktail

FRIDAY 4th DECEMBER 2015
University of Brescia - Viale Europa, 11 Brescia - Italy

AULA MAGNA 

Morning Session
Neurorestoration and Neuroregeneration: from basic research to clinical application
Chairpersons: D.F. Muresanu (Cluj-Napoca, RO), G. Raisman (London, United Kingdom), H.S. Sharma (Uppsala, Sweden), K. Von Wild (Münster, Germany)

8.00 – 11.00 (15 Free communications 10' – 12')

11.00 – 11.30 General Discussion

11.30 - 13.15 Panel
"Stem Cells and neurotrophic factors"
Chairpersons: G. Brunelli (Brescia, Italy), S. Geuna (Torino, Italy), M. Memo (Brescia, Italy), W. Young, (New York, USA)

13.15 - 14.00 Snack Lunch

Afternoon Session
Progress and Prospects in Neurorehabilitation
Chairpersons: H. Cerrel Bazo (Treviso, Italy), M. Dimitrijevic (Houston, Texas, USA)

14.00 – 17.00 (15 Free communications 10' – 12')

17.00 - 17.30 General Discussion

17.30 - 19.00 Round Table
"Robotics - Informatics - Telemedicine"
Chairpersons: M. Molinari (Roma, Italy), A. Pedotti (Milano, Italy), A. Rovetta (Milano, Italy), S. Scalvini (Brescia, Italy)

20.00 – 22.30 Social Dinner

SATURDAY 5th DECEMBER 2015
University of Brescia - Viale Europa, 11 Brescia – Italy

AULA MAGNA 

Morning Session Miscellanea
Chairpersons: M. Fontanella (Brescia, Italy), G.Gili Cirera (Barcelona, Spain), P.N. Soukakos (Athens, Greece)

08.00 - 10.00 Free communications 10'-12'

10.00 - 14.00 AWARD CEREMONY
Remembering Rita with Young Neuroscientists 

10.00 – 10.30 WELCOME REMARKS

Sergio Dompé, President, Dompé Pharma
Maurizio Memo, Vice Chancellor, University of Brescia
Luisa Monini, President G. Brunelli Foundation
Hari Shanker Sharma, President International
Association of Neurorestoratology (IANR)

10.30 – 10.40 VIDEO MESSAGE FOR YOUNG NEUROSCIENTISTS
Ada E. Yonath (Rehovot, Israel)
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2009

10.40 – 10.55 LECTURE
Giuseppe Nisticò (Rome, Italy)
E.B.R.I. General Director
Rita Levi Montalcini Institute: past, present and future perspectives

10.55 – 11.20 LECTURE
Antonino Cattaneo (Rome, Italy)
Leader of NGF Laboratory E.B.R.I.
NGF therapeutic perspectives

11.20 – 13.00
Young Neuroscientist's Session
(10 communications 8' each)

13.00 – 13.30
Presentation of the winning paper
Award by Dr. Sergio Dompé

13.30 - 14.00
Farewell Lunch

AULA B

9.00 - 19.00
4th CLUB BRUNELLI
HAND PALSIES (SPASTIC AND FLACCIDS) 

AULA B 9.00 – 19.00

9.00 – 11.00 Registration

11.00 - 11.30 Welcome Remarks
Giorgio Brunelli (Italy)
Bruno Battiston (Italy)
Max Haerle (Germany)
Roberto Adani (Italy)
PierLuigi Tos (Italy)

11.30 – 12.00 Giorgio Brunelli Lecture

12.00 - 13.30 (Free Comunications 12')
F. Brunelli (France)
M. El-Mahy (Egypt)
G. Gili Cirera (Spain)
J. Monsivais (Texas, USA)
P. Soukakos (Greece)
Y. Yamano (Japan)
A. Yuceturk (Turkey)

13.30 - 14.30 Snack Lunch

14.30 – 15.30 Flaccid Palsies
Chairmen: R. Adani (Italy), B. Battiston (Italy), R. Luchetti (Italy), A. Vigasio (Italy)
15.30 – 16.00 General Discussion

16.00 – 17.00 Plexus Palsies
Chairmen: G. Brunelli (Italy), A. Gilbert (France), P. Raimondi (Italy)
17.00 – 17.30 General Discussion

17.30 – 18.30 Spastic Palsies
Chairmen: G. Brunelli (Italy), V.R. Hentz (California, USA), M. Herle (Germany), C. LeClercq (France)
18.30 – 19.00 General Discussion

20.30 Social Dinner

SOCIAL PROGRAMME:

Thursday, December 3rd 2015
19:00 – 19:30 Welcome cocktail 

Friday, December 4th 2015
20:00 – 22:30 Social dinner 

Saturday, December 5th 2015
20:00 - 22:30 Social dinner CLUB BRUNELLI MEETING