NNS

Program

Wednesday 25th September

19.00: Get together with City of Turku, Visitor and Innovation Centre Joki, Lemminkäisenkatu 12 B [Link Google maps] 

Thursday 26th September

Future Brain Neuromodulation: Emerging Techniques & Technologies

08.30 – 09.00: Registration, coffee

09.00 – 09.10: Welcome

Kliment Gatzinsky, President of the Nordic Neuromodulation Society

Parallel Session 1: Searching novel targets for therapeutic neuromodulation

Chair Mikael von und zu Fraunberg

09.10 – 09.55: Return of lesions for localization and therapy

Juho Joutsa (University of Turku)

09.55 – 10.40: At the crossroads; taking neuromodulation into clinical practice

Magnus Thordstein (Linköping University Hospital)

10.40 – 11.25: Can pain classification help us choose the treatment method?

Jukka-Pekka Kouri (Orton Pain Clinic)

11.25 – 12.25: Lunch

Parallel Session 2: Novel non-invasive neuromodulation techniques for pain and co-morbidities

Chair SatuJääskeläinen

12.25 – 13.10: Therapeutic transcranial magnetic (rTMS) and direct current (tDCS) stimulation for chronic pain

Satu Jääskeläinen (Turku University Hospital and University of Turku)

13.10 – 13.55: Transcranial brain stimulation for depression and anxiety

Tero Taiminen (Turku University Hospital)

Parallel Sessions 1 & 2: Hands-on neuromodulation for nurses and implanters

Arranged by Finnish Association for Study of Pain. Medisiina D, Kiinamyllynkatu 10 [Link Google maps] 

09.10 – 12.10: SCS / DRG / ONS / SNS / PNS implantation and programming - workshop for nurses and implanters

12.10 – 12.55: Lunch

12.55 – 13.55: SCS / DRG / ONS / SNS / PNS implantation and programming - workshop for nurses and implanters

Session 3: Novel focused ultrasound techniques for clinical therapy and research

Chair Jaakko Rinne

13.55 – 14.25: Neuro-HIFU for movement disorders and pain

Janek Frantzén (Turku University Hospital)

Andreas Nørgaard Glud (Aarhus University Hospital)

14.25 – 14.55: Brainswashing with LIFU

Vesa Kiviniemi (Oulu University Hospital)

14.55 – 15.25: Coffee

15.25 – 16.10: KEYNOTE: EBRAINS - A digital ecosystem for neuroscience (virtual)

Viktor Jirsa (EBRAINS)

16.30 – 17.30 General assembly - The board of NNS, Presidentti auditorium. Click here for the agenda

19.00 – 00.00: Networking dinner at restaurant Grädda, Piispankatu 15 [Link Google maps], Turku

Friday 27th September

Optimizing Efficacy of Neuromodulation in Pain and Epilepsy

Session 4: Improving neuromodulation efficacy with teamwork and digital solutions

Chair Helga Gulisano and Bård Lundeland

08.30 – 09.00: ONS for chronic headache

Ida Fogh-Andersen (Aarhus University Hospital)

09.00 – 09.30: Case discussions: Pocket pain / Influence of trial period / Infection prophylaxy

Kaare Meier (Aarhus University Hospital)

09.30 – 10.00: Rapid fire session: Poster presentations 1-3

10.00 - 10.30: Coffee

10.30 – 11.00: New study on neuromodulation for trigeminal pain

Rares Miscov (Aalborg University Hospital)

11.00 – 12.00 KEYNOTE: How to manage your team to success?

Emma Kimiläinen

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

Session 5: Novel neuromodulation treatments for pain and epilepsy and digital soloutions

Chair Kliment Gatzinsky

13.00 – 14.00: Collaborator presentations - Novel technologies in spinal cord stimulation

SmartLoop dose-controlled technology: objective biomarker based neural dosing

Tom Haagen, Saluda Medical / Dr Kallewaard, Amsterdam UMC (partly virtual)

Closed-loop spinal cord stimulation

Dave Dinsmoore, Medtronic (virtual)

Stimulation in the FAST lane

Johan Carlström, Boston Scientific

A novel approach in SCS: frequency and follow-up

Mark Duff, Nevro

The value of digital health technology integration using NeuroSphere virtual clinic

Stephen Ward, Abbott

14.00 – 14.45: Digital care paths improving the efficacy of SCS treatment

Nora Leino (Oulu University Hospital)

14.45 – 15.15:Vagal nerve stimulation for refractory epilepsy

Jukka Peltola (Tampere University Hospital)

15.15 – 15.30: Summary and closing

Mikael von und zu Fraunberg (Oulu University Hospital)