3rd World Congress on Brain Injury
 
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Saturday Highlights: IBIA Board of Governors Meeting

Sunday Highlights: Special Interest Workshops. Keynote Address: "Violence and Brain Injury". Opening Plenary Session: "Quebec's Model System of Care for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury". Welcoming Reception.

Monday Highlights: "The Power of the Dream". "Guidelines and Standards of Care". "Prevention and Epidemiology of Brain Injury".

Tuesday Highlights: "Rehabilitation and Brain Injury". "Families and Children".

Wednesday Highlights: "Rehabilitation and Brain Injury". "Perspectives on Research". "Findings from the Central European Traumatic Brain Injury Data Bank". "Innovative Programs in TBI". Reception and Dinner. Awards Ceremony.

Thursday Highlights: World Health Organization Neurotrauma Committee briefing.


  Sunday June 13, 1999
8:00 am- 5:00 pm   Conference Registration at the Quebec City Convention Centre
     
  Special Interest Workshops
(Open to all Congress participants)
8:00 am-10:00 am   American Academy for Certification of Brain Injury Specialists (AACBIS)* Clinical Instructor Examination
8:00 am-11:00 am
  Penetrating Head Injury Work Group (by invitation)
9:00 am-3:00 pm   Children & Adolescents
10:00 am-12:00 pm
  Baclofen Therapy Workshop (ITB) (sponsored by an educational grant from Medtronic)
10:00 am-12:00 pm   AACBIS Clinical Examiner Performance-Based Assessment Training
12:00 pm-3:00 pm
  Mild TBI Work Group (by invitation)
1:00pm - 4:00 pm   Botox® Training Seminar for Professionals (sponsored by an educational grant from Allergan)
1:00pm - 5:00 pm   NIDRR TBI Model Systems: Developing a TBI Database
3:30 pm-4:00 pm
  Orientation for first time attendees
     
  CONGRESS OPENING
     
4:15 pm-4:30 pm  

WELCOMING REMARKS

George A. Zitnay, PhD, President, IBIA
The Honuorable Allan Rock, Federal Minister of Health, Canada (invited)
Guy Coallier, President, CBIC
James S. Brady, Chairman, BIA
Martin B. Foil, Jr., Chairman, IB


4:30 pm-5:30 pm
 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Violence and Brain Injury Mark Rosenberg, MD, PhD, Director of Center for Injury Prevention, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA


5:30 pm-7:00 pm  

OPENING PLENARY SESSION

Quebec's Model System of Care for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury
Pierre Lapointe, MD, Canada
Claude Manseau, PhD, Canada
Lucie Dumas, Canada
Pierre Frechette, MD, Canada
Michele Gadoufy, Canada
Michel Pepin, PhD, Canada


7:00 pm- 9:00 pm
 

Welcome Reception and opening of Exhibit Hall at the Convention Centre




  Monday June 14, 1999
7:00 am-5:00 pm   Conference Registration Center Open
8:00 am-9:00 am
 

The Power of the Dream

Rick Hansen, CC, OBC President and CEO, Rick Hansen Institute


9:00 am-10:30 am  

MORNING PLENARY SESSION:
GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS OF CARE

Medical Issues in Management of Severe Brain Injury

Andrew Maas, MD, The Netherlands


10:45 am-12:15pm
 

MORNING WORKSHOPS:
PERSPECTIVES ON GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS

Do They Make a Difference in Outcomes?

Glen Merrie, MD, PhD, Australia
Alexander Potapov, MD, Russia
Franco Servadei, MD, Italy
Randall M. Chesnut, MD, USA


12:15 pm-1:45 pm   Lunch in Exhibit Area
1:45 pm-3:15 pm
 

AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION:
PREVENTION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BRAIN INJURY

Prevention Strategies in TBI
Robert Conn, MD, Canada


3:30 pm-5:00 pm  

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS:
PERSPECTIVES ON PREVENTION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

Causes and Trends in TBI
Jess Krause, PhD, USA David J. Thurman, MD, USA

Epidemiology of Mild Brain Injury
Hans von Holst, MD, Sweden

International Perspective from the World Health Organization George A. Zitnay, PhD, USA

Traumatic Brain Injuries in Developing Countries: Challenges and Solutions
Gopalakrishna Gururaj, MD, India

Brain Building Basics
Mary-Garrett Bodel, MEd, MSW, USA


6:00 pm
  Sugar Shack Evening (Optional)


  Tuesday June 15, 1999
8:00 am- 5:00 pm   Conference Registration Center Open
9:00 am-10:30 am  

MORNING PLENARY SESSION:
REHABILITATION AND BRAIN INJURY

Ethics of Management of the Patient in the Vegetative and Minimally Conscious State
Keith Andrews, MD, FRCP, United Kingdom


10:45 am-12:15 pm
 

MORNING WORKSHOPS:
PERSPECTIVES ON REHABILITATION

Cognitive Rehabilitation for Persons with Brain Injury
Anne-Lise Christensen, PhD, Denmark

The Vegetative and Minimally Conscious Patient
Joseph T. Giacino, PhD, USA

National Priorities for Rehabilitation in Israel
Zeev Grosswasser, MD, MPH, Israel

Rehabilitation: Cutting Edge Issues in TBI
Nathan Zasler, MD, FAAPM&R, FAADEP, USA

Mild Brain Injury: Guidelines for Diagnosis
Jay Rosenberg, MD, USA

Novel Clinical Trials and Research - DVHIP
Andres M. Salazar, MD, USA


12:15 pm-1:45pm   Lunch in Exhibit Hall

1:45 pm-
3:15 pm

 

AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION:
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

Impact of TBI on Children
William D. Singer, MD, USA


3:30 pm-5:00 pm  

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS:
PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

Educational Issues for Children with TBI
Ronald C. Savage, EdD, USA

Family Issues in TBI
Panel: James S. Brady, Moderator
Guy Coallier, Canada
Aase Engberg, MD, Denmark
Alice Demichelis, USA
Anna Veneri Zanichelli, Italy
Rita Rees, MBE, United Kingdom

Involving Persons with TBI and Family Members in Recovery
Robert D. Voogt, PhD, CRC, USA

Role of Family Members in Recovery
Jose Leon-Carrion, PhD, Spain
Claudio Perino, MD, Italy

United Nations Disability Policy for Rehabilitation
Fred J. Krause, USA
Susan B. Parker, USA
Kenneth D. Nibali, USA


6:00 pm
  Sugar Shack Evening (Optional)


  Wednesday June 16, 1999
8:00 am- 5:00 pm   Conference Registration Center Open
9:00 am-10:30 am  

MORNING PLENARY SESSION:
REHABILITATION AND BRAIN INJURY

Cutting Edge Research in Brain Injury
John. T. Povlishock, PhD, USA


10:45 am-12:15 pm
 

MORNING WORKSHOPS:
PERSPECTIVES ON RESEARCH

Brain Injury Research - Success or Failure?
Tracy McIntosh, PhD, USA

Pharmacological Interventions in Brain Injury
Elkan R. Gamzu, PhD, USA

Brain Research in the Next Decade Professor
Leopold Saltuari, MD, Austria

Imaging: Emerging Technology
J. Hunter Downs, III, PhD, USA Dan Evans, MD, Canada

Regeneration and Gene Therapy in Brain Injury
Professor Anders Bjorklund, PhD, Sweden


12:15 pm-1:45pm   Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:45 pm-3:15 pm
 

AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION:
FINDINGS FROM THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY DATA BANK

J. Douglas Miller Memorial Lecture
Jam Ghajar, MD, PhD


3:30 pm-5:00 pm  

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS:
INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS IN TBI

Sports and Concussion: Research Perspective Jeffrey T. Barth, PhD, USA

Sports and Brain Injury: Its Impact
Mark Aubrey, PhD, Canada
Carl Lindros, Canada

Headway House in the United Kingdom
David Turner, United Kingdom

Rick Hansen Neurotrauma Initiative:
Reducing the Impact and Incidence of SCI and TBI
Nancy Thompson, Canada

Certification of Brain Injury Specialists: A National and International Perspective
George W. Niemann, PhD, USA
Victor A. Booth, PhD,

England Building Community Programs for Persons with Brain Injury
Barry Willer, PhD, Canada


7:00 pm
 

Gala Reception and Dinner at the Chateau Frontenac (Optional)

Robert Voogt, PhD, Master of Ceremonies
Sponsored by:
Robert D. Voogt & Associates
Bancroft NeuroHealth 3
Bancroft Rehabilitation Living Centers, Inc.


   

Awards Ceremony






  Thursday June 17, 1999
9:00 am-4:00 pm   World Health Organization Neurotrauma Committee briefing
Open to all Congress Participants
At the Chateau Frontenac