10:15am | Opening Ceremony – Acknowledgment of Country

10:30am | Session 1

  • 10:30am-11:10am | Reparative neuroinflammation V. Wee Yong (Canada)
  • 11:10am-11:50am | Novel Techniques to Interrogate Neuroinflammation Francisco Quintana (USA) via Zoom
  • 11:50am-12:30pm | The Genetic of Neuroimmunology Noriko Isobe (Japan)

12:30pm | Lunch Break

13:30 | Session 2

  • 1:30pm-2:10pm | Neuronal Dysfunctions in Neuroimmunology Trevor Kilpatrick (Australia)
  • 2:10pm-2:50pm | Psychoimmunology David Brown (Australia)
  • 2:50pm-3:00pm | Discussion

3:00pm | Coffee Break

3:30pm | Session 3

  • 3:30pm-4:10pm | The Neuroimmunology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Wakiro Sato (Japan)
  • 4:10pm-4:50pm | Neuroimmunology and Neurodevelopment Russell Dale (Australia)
  • 4:50pm-5:00pm | Discussion

5:00pm-6:00pm | Mini Talks 1

6:00pm-7:00pm | Poster Session, Drinks & Canapés

8:30am | Session 4

  • 8:30am-9:10am | Bone Marrow Dysfunction in MS Qiang Liu (China)
  • 9:10am-9:50am | Biomarkers in MS Roberto Furlan (Italy) by Zoom
  • 9:50am-10:30am | Platelets in Neuroimmunology Jacqueline Orian (Australia)
  • 10:30am-10:45am | Discussion

10:45am | Coffee Break

11:00am | Workshops

Workshop 1 Workshop 2
Clinical Neurology from Natural History to Diagnosis
Sudarshini Ramanathan (Australia)
 Single Cell Analysis (RNA seq)
Sarah Alshammery (Australia)
Brook Keating (Australia)
Shrujna Patel (Australia)

12:45pm | Lunch Break – Meet the Expert

2:00pm | Session 5

  • 2:00pm-2:40pm | Microbiome and neurological disorders Takashi Yamamura (Japan)
  • 2:40pm-3:20pm | Immunomodulatory role of Calorie Restriction in MS and its animal models Laura Piccio (Australia/USA)
  • 3:20pm-3:30pm | Discussion

3:30pm | Coffee Break

3:45pm-5:00pm | Mini Talk Session 2

5:00pm-6:00pm | Posters, Drinks & Canapés

9:00am | Session 6

  • 9:00am-9:40am | Spinal Cord Injury Marc Ruitenberg (Australia)
  • 9:40am-10:20am | Animal models of MS Judith Greer (Australia)
  • 10:20am-10:30am | Discussion

10:30am | Coffee Break

11:00am | Workshops

Workshop 1 Workshop 2
High-dimensional cytometry

Felix Marsh-Wakefield (Australia)
Thomas Ashhurst (Australia)
Alanna Spiteri (Australia)
MRI in the diagnosis of MS and other neuroimmunological conditions

Todd Hardy (Australia)

12:45pm | Lunch Break

1:45pm Session 7

  • 1:45pm-2:25pm | Effect of Pregnancy and Gender in Neurological Disorders Including MS Pamela McCombe (Australia)
  • 2:25pm-3:05pm | Principles of Immunotherapy in NMOSD and MOGAD Sun-Hyun Kim (Korea)
  • 3:05pm-3:15pm | Discussion

3:15pm | Coffee Break

3:30pm-4:30pm | Debate | A career in neuroimmunology, what to expect?

08:30 | Neuroimmunology Australia Workshop