This meeting is sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Industry with the presence of exhibition stands.

Programme

Day 1 – Thursday 26th November 2026

TimeDescriptionSpeaker/Location
10:00Arrival Registration and Coffee
10:30Chair WelcomeJoe Gormley & Sonali Dharia
Consultant Neurologist
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT
10:45Deep brain stimulation for movement disordersMs Reiko Ashida
Consultant Functional and Paediatric
Neurosurgeon, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
11:30Coffee
12:00Novel fluid biomarker approaches to enhance diagnosis, treatment and clinical trial design across parkinsonian disordersDr Edwin Jabbari
Consultant Neurologist and MRC Clinician Scientist
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
12:45Lunch
14:00NeurovascularDr Laura Benjamin
Principal Research Fellow, Honorary Consultant Vascular Neurologist
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
14:45Dilemmas in neurological rehabilitationProfessor Diane Playford
Professor of Neurological Rehabilitation
University of Warwick, Consultant in Neurorehabilitation, Central England Rehabilitation Unit
15:30Stroke: Acute reperfusion treatmentsProfessor Martin James
Consultant Stroke Physician
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Honorary Clinical Professor at the University of Exeter Medical School
16:15Tea
16:45Muscle channelopathies in the general neurology clinicDr Dipa Jayaseelan
Consultant Neurologist
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery & Honorary Lecturer at UCL Institute of Neurology
17:30Cases from the cognitive clinicDr Tim Wilkinson
Senior Clinical Research Fellow
University of Edinburgh & Consultant Neurologist, NHS Fife
18:15Close of SessionsAll
18:45DinnerExeter Guildhall

Day 2 – Friday 27th November 2026

TimeDescriptionSpeaker/Location
09:00Coffee
09:25WelcomeChairs
09:30Interesting neurological infections and diagnostic conundrumsDr Marina Morgan
Consultant in Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
10:15Neuro-otologyDr Barry Seemungal
Neurologist & Head
Centre for Vestibular Neurology at Imperial College London
11:00Coffee
11:30Neuro ophthalmology: optic disc swellingDr Luke Bennetto
Consultant Neurologist & Neuro-ophthalmologist
University of Bristol & North Bristol NHS Trust, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Neurology at the University of Bristol
12:15EpilepsyProfessor Tony Marson
Professor of Neurology / Dean of the Institute of Systems
Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool and honorary consultant neurologist at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
13:00Lunch
14:15The changing landscape of migraine management Dr Ben Wakerley
Consultant Neurologist
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham
15:00Multiple Sclerosis Update: From pathophysiology insights to new therapiesDr Joe Guadagno
Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Clinical Lecturer with a special interest in M.S. at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
15:45Close of Meeting followed by refreshments