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  Wednesday, August 23, 2017

  Thursday, August 24, 2017

  Friday, August 25, 2017

  Saturday, August 26, 2017

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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• Aluizio Marques Ballroom
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13:00-13:20	Opening Session Presenter: PAULO DINIZ DA GAMA (Brazil) Presenter: DAGOBERTO CALLEGARO (Brazil) Presenter: MARCO A. LANA-PEIXOTO (Brazil) Presenter: JEFFERSON BECKER (Brazil) Opening Lecture: Current neurology education in Brazil Speaker: GILMAR FERNANDES DO PRADO (Brazil)
13:20-15:00	LACTRIMS Symposium Chairperson: BENITO PEREIRA DAMASCENO (Brazil) Chairperson: PATRICIO ABAD (Ecuador) Chairperson: HELOÍSA HELENA RUOCCO (Brazil) Increased Cases of Multiple Sclerosis in Latin America Speaker: FERNANDO HAMUY (Paraguay) Discussion Biological and diagnostic role of CSF OCB in MS. Its frequency in Latin American MS patients Speaker: CARLOS OEHNINGER (Uruguay) Discussion Unmet need in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis in Latin America Speaker: CARLOS NAVAS (Colombia) Discussion
15:00-18:00	Satellite Symposium: TEVA - Current treatment trends of multiple sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis Beyond EDSS Speaker: TJALF ZIEMSSEN (Germany) Immunosuppressants on MS: What’s next? Speaker: GIANCARLO COMI (Italy) Pregnancy and MS: learning and evolving through worldwide experience Speaker: YARA DADALTI FRAGOSO (Brazil)

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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• Posters Exhibition Area
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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• Roberto Melaragno Filho Ballroom
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08:00-12:00	Pre-Congress Course: Poster presentation workshop – Exclusive to BCTRIMS Youth League members

Thursday, August 24, 2017

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• Aluizio Marques Ballroom
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Thursday, August 24, 2017

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• Posters Exhibition Area
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18:30-20:00	Coffee, fruits, beer and posters discussion session Panel 2: Immunology and basic science of MS Reviewer: KAZUO FUJIHARA (Japan) Reviewer: ALESSANDRO DOS SANTOS FARIAS (Brazil) Reviewer: JEAN PIERRE PERÓN SCHWARTZ (Brazil) Reviewer: CARLOS BERNARDO TAUIL (Brazil) Panel 3: NMO, ADEM, CIS Reviewer: MARCELO MATTIELO (United States) Reviewer: GUTEMBERG SANTOS (Brazil) Reviewer: NIVEA DE MACEDO OLIVEIRA MORALES (Brazil) Reviewer: RONALDO MACIEL DIAS (Brazil) [access abstracts]

Thursday, August 24, 2017

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• Roberto Melaragno Filho Ballroom
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14:30-16:30	Basic Immunology Symposium: Part I Chairperson: DORALINA GUIMARÃES BRUM SOUZA (Brazil) Chairperson: HENRY KOITI SATO (Brazil) Chairperson: RENATA BRANT DE SOUZA MELO (Brazil) Innate immune response in multiple sclerosis Speaker: HELOÍSA HELENA RUOCCO (Brazil) Discussion The role of CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocytes in multiple sclerosis Speaker: ADRIEL S. MORAES (Brazil) Discussion The role of B-lymphocytes in multipe sclerosis Speaker: LEONILDA M. B. SANTOS (Brazil) Discussion The role of B-lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis Speaker: CARLOS OTÁVIO BRANDÃO (Brazil) Discussion
16:30-17:00	Break
17:00-18:40	BCTRIMS Youth League Symposium: Part I Chairperson: MARIA LUCIA VELLUTINI PIMENTEL (Brazil) Chairperson: ADAUCTO WANDERLEY DA NOBREGA JUNIOR (Brazil) Chairperson: NISE ALESSANDRA DE CARVALHO SOUSA (Brazil) Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (concepts of DIS and DIT; how to exclude alternative diagnosis; typical MRI lesions and MAGNIMS criteria; the role of CSF examination) Speaker: ANTÔNIO PEREIRA GOMES NETO (Brazil) Discussion Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (differences in comparison to MS; how not to miss a diagnosis of NMOSD; role of AQP4-IgG and MOG-IgG in the diagnosis) Speaker: SAMIRA APOSTOLOS PEREIRA (Brazil) Discussion Disease-modifying drugs (how to prescribe and monitor therapy & pivotal studies of the most widely used drugs for MS and NMOSD: IFN-B, glatiramer, azathioprine, rituximab) Speaker: RENAN DOMINGUES (Brazil) Discussion Guide to Safe Use of Immunomodulatory Therapies (how to prescribe and monitor the use of therapies Speaker: BIANCA ETELVINA SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (Brazil) Discussion

Friday, August 25, 2017

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• Aluizio Marques Ballroom
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Friday, August 25, 2017

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• Posters Exhibition Area
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Friday, August 25, 2017

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• Roberto Melaragno Filho Ballroom
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Saturday, August 26, 2017

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Saturday, August 26, 2017

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• Roberto Melaragno Filho Ballroom

Event Venue

Tivoli Mofarrej - São Paulo

Alameda Santos, 1437 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo - SP

Welcome to São Paulo - the economic and cultural capital of South America, its largets city and home to over 70 nationalities. Vibrant, diverse and utterly fascinating. In the exclusive Jardins neighbourhood, minutes away from the acclaimed São Paulo Museum of Art Assis Chateaubriand the luxurious Tivoli Mofarrej is an urban oasis.