Wednesday 10th February 2010 Symposium on Disorders of Memory (convened by Prof Michael Kopelman)
0920-1000Concepts of memory - Alan Baddeley (UK)
1000-1040Clinical varieties of memory disorders - Michael Kopelman (UK)
1040-1120 Theories of hippocampal function in anterograde amnesia -Andrew Mayes (UK)
1120-1140 Refreshments
1140-1220A theory of hippocampal function in retrograde amnesia -Morris Moscovitch (Toronto)
1220-1300A theory of confabulation - Armin Schnider (Geneva)
1300-1400Lunch
1400-1440 Clinical advances in our understanding and classification of the dementia - Nick Fox (UK)
1440-1520Clinical, neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies of MCI - Peter Nestor (UK)
1520-1540Refreshments
1540-1620Neuropsychological advances in our understanding and classification of the dementias - Julie Snowden (UK)
1620-1700Rehabilitation of memory disorders - Barbara Wilson (UK)
Thursday 11th February 2010
Encephalopathy and delirium plus members’ papers
0830-0930Registration and refreshments
0930-0955Pathogenesis and Practical Management of Delirium - Alasdair MacLullich (UK)
1000-1025Exploring animal models of delirium during dementia - Colm Cunningham (Ie)
1030-1100Refreshments
1100-1125Encephalitis - Lance Turtle (UK)
1130-1155Differential diagnosis of rapidly progressive dementia - Richard Knight (UK)
1200-1300Members’ Papers
1300-1430Lunch
1430-1530Members’ Papers continued
1530-1600Refreshments
BNPA Guest Lecture
1600-1700Antibodies in neuropsychiatric disorders and more - Angela Vincent (UK)
1700Close of day oneBNPA RECEPTION
Friday 12th February 2010
Head Injury/Neuropsychiatryand the self
0830-0930Registration and refreshments
0930-0955 A perspective of Head Injury Management and Outcome -Sir Graham Teasdale (UK)
1000-1025Rehabilitation for dysexecutive symptoms - JonathanEvans (UK)
1030-1100Refreshments
1100-1125Epidemiology of mild brain injury - David Cassidy (CA)
1130-1155A Judge's thoughts on the presentation of expert medical evidence in court - Lord Malcolm (UK)
1200-1300BNPA 2010 AGM (BNPA members only)
1200-1400Lunch
1400-1425Brain imaging studies of self processing - Steven Laureys (Be)
1430-1455Self Awareness and Insight in Neuropsychiatric Disorder - Anthony David (UK)
1500-1600Personal Identity, Mind and Body - Raymond Tallis (UK)
Future BNPA teaching weekends
The first BNPA teaching weekend proved to be a great success. The committee have decided to hold this event biannually. Therefore the next teaching weekend will be inDecember 2010. The exact date and registration details will be announced in the Spring newsletter of 2010.