This meeting is sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Industry with the presence of exhibition stands.
Day 1 – Thursday 26th November 2026
| Time | Description | Speaker/Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Arrival Registration and Coffee | |
| 10:30 | Chair Welcome | Joe Gormley & Sonali Dharia Consultant Neurologist Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT |
| 10:45 | Deep brain stimulation for movement disorders | Ms Reiko Ashida Consultant Functional and Paediatric Neurosurgeon, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust |
| 11:30 | Coffee | |
| 12:00 | Novel fluid biomarker approaches to enhance diagnosis, treatment and clinical trial design across parkinsonian disorders | Dr Edwin Jabbari Consultant Neurologist and MRC Clinician Scientist National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London |
| 12:45 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Neurovascular | Dr Laura Benjamin Principal Research Fellow, Honorary Consultant Vascular Neurologist National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London |
| 14:45 | Dilemmas in neurological rehabilitation | Professor Diane Playford Professor of Neurological Rehabilitation University of Warwick, Consultant in Neurorehabilitation, Central England Rehabilitation Unit |
| 15:30 | Stroke: Acute reperfusion treatments | Professor Martin James Consultant Stroke Physician Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Honorary Clinical Professor at the University of Exeter Medical School |
| 16:15 | Tea | |
| 16:45 | Muscle channelopathies in the general neurology clinic | Dr Dipa Jayaseelan Consultant Neurologist National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery & Honorary Lecturer at UCL Institute of Neurology |
| 17:30 | Cases from the cognitive clinic | Dr Tim Wilkinson Senior Clinical Research Fellow University of Edinburgh & Consultant Neurologist, NHS Fife |
| 18:15 | Close of Sessions | All |
| 18:45 | Dinner | Exeter Guildhall |
Day 2 – Friday 27th November 2026
| Time | Description | Speaker/Location |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Coffee | |
| 09:25 | Welcome | Chairs |
| 09:30 | Interesting neurological infections and diagnostic conundrums | Dr Marina Morgan Consultant in Clinical Microbiology and Infection Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| 10:15 | Neuro-otology | Dr Barry Seemungal Neurologist & Head Centre for Vestibular Neurology at Imperial College London |
| 11:00 | Coffee | |
| 11:30 | Neuro ophthalmology: optic disc swelling | Dr Luke Bennetto Consultant Neurologist & Neuro-ophthalmologist University of Bristol & North Bristol NHS Trust, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Neurology at the University of Bristol |
| 12:15 | Epilepsy | Professor 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 |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:15 | The changing landscape of migraine management | Dr Ben Wakerley Consultant Neurologist Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham |
| 15:00 | Multiple Sclerosis Update: From pathophysiology insights to new therapies | Dr Joe Guadagno Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Clinical Lecturer with a special interest in M.S. at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle |
| 15:45 | Close of Meeting followed by refreshments |
