Chair

Dr. Jaime Tisnado, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Dr. Martin Marsala, Professor, University of California, San Diego, USA

08:30-08:35

Chair’s Introduction

08:35-08:55

Title: How Selective is Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy
Dr. Dirk MP Van Roost, Chairman Neurosurgery, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

08:55-09:15

Title: Interventional Radiologic Management of Trauma to the Central Nervous System
Dr. Jaime Tisnado, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

09:15-09:35

Title: Combined Approaches in Lumbar Spine Microsurgery Revisited
Dr. Martin D Woodtli, Consultant Neurosurgeon FMH, KSGR, Chur, Switzerland

09:35-09:55

Title: Acute Improvement of Intraoperative EMG following Common Fibular Nerve Decompression in Patients with Symptomatic Diabetic Sensorimotor Peripheral Neuropathy 
Dr. James Anderson, Anderson Center for Nerve Pain, USA

Title: Under Preparation
Dr. Amjad Shad, Professor, University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire, UK

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:50

Title: Preclinical Large Animal Studies to Define the Properties of Syngeneic and Allogeneic Porcine iPSCs-derived Neural Precursors after Spinal Grafting in Naive or Spinally-injured Minipigs
Dr. Martin Marsala, Professor, University of California, San Diego, USA

10:50-11:10

Title: Lateral Atlanto-occipital Space Puncture and Stem Cell Therapy
Dr. Dianrong Gong, Professor, Department of Neurology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Taishan Medical University, China

11:10-11:30

Title: Creating a Biohybrid Interface with Peripheral Nerves for Application in Neuroprosthesis
Dr. Amitabha Lahiri, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Title: Hippocalcin Promotes Neuronal Differentiation and Inhibits Astrocytic Differentiation in Neural Stem Cells
Dr. Shin-Young Park, Research Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, South Korea

Title: Neurogenesis Facilitated by the Green Tea Amino Acid Theanine
Dr. Yukio Yoneda, Professor Emeritus, Section of Prophylactic Pharmacology, Venture Business Laboratory, Kanazawa University, Japan

12:10-12:30

Title: Identification of Early Changes in Neuronal Cells Derived from Genomic Edited Alzheimer's Disease (AD)-iPSCs
Dr. John Yu, Distinguished Chair Professor/Director, Institute of Stem Cell and Translational Cancer Research, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linko, Taiwan

Time: 08:30-09:50, May 18, 2018 (Friday); Place: Air 3, 10^th Floor

Chair

Dr. Areerat Suputtitada, Professor, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkon Memorial Hospital, Thailand

08:30-08:35

Chair’s Introduction

08:35-09:00

Title: Different Needs? Looking for Alternatives for the Global Attention of Citizens with Neurological Impairments
Dr. Francisco Fernandez Nistal, CEO, Asociacion de Dano Cerebral de Navarra (ADACEN), Spain

09:00-09:25

Title: Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Sensitization
Dr. Areerat Suputtitada, Professor, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkon Memorial Hospital, Thailand

09:25-09:50

Title: Rehabilitation and Care Robotics Applied to Japan's Social System
Dr. Taisuke Sakaki, Director, Human Robotics Research Center, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break