21st Annual Scientific Meeting,
Melbourne

The 21st ESA Annual Scientific Meeting, organised through ICMS and chaired by A/Prof Terry O'Brien and Prof Graeme Jackson, was held at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne 5-7 October 2006. A total of 289 delegates attended the conference.

Meeting Themes | International Keynote Speakers | ASM Prize Winners | Sponsors

Meeting Themes

Imaging of Epileptogenesis and Epilepsy Progression
Syncope and Seizure Mimickers
Optimising Epilepsy Treatments in the Pharmacogenomics age

The meeting program details, along with the slides for some of the presentations, can be obtained from the Program Details page.

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International Keynote Speakers

	Shih Hui Lim, Singapore General Hospital Singapore
	Reeta Kälviäinen, Kuopio Epilepsy Centre, Finland
	Pat Dean, Miami Children's Hospital, USA

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ASM Prize Winners

Best Platform Leasha Lillywhite, Brain Research Institute
Contributions of the hippocampus and perirhinal cortex to verbal memory: A T2-relaxometry study in epilepsy

Best Poster Rink-Jan Lohman, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Anticonvulsant and anti-epileptogenic effects of protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) in amygdala kindling in rats

ESA Awards
Sophie Adams, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Jeremy Freeman, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Sarah Velissaris, The University of Melbourne
Thomas Zheng, Royal Melbourne Hospital

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Sponsors

UCB Pharma Principal Sponsor, International Keynote Speaker Sponsor, Meeting Dinner Sponsor

Janssen-Cilag Gold Sponsor, Best Poster Award Sponsor, Best Platform Award Sponsor, Welcome Reception Sponsor

Pfizer Silver Sponsor, Merritt-Putnam Symposium Sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Bronze Sponsor

sanofi aventis Internet Lounge Sponsor, ENSIGA Symposium Sponsor

Mayne Pharma International Keynote Speaker Sponsor

Genetic Technologies Pads and Pens Sponsor

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21st Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne

21st Annual Scientific Meeting,
Melbourne