8:30 AM

Canada/Eastern

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM EDT

Mots de bienvenue / Opening Statements

Drs Catherine Larochelle, Alexandre Prat & Nathalie Arbour

8:45 AM

Canada/Eastern

8:45 AM - 9:25 AM EDT

BLOCK 5: Dr Stephanie Zandee

Neuroimmune mechanisms in MS and their clinical relevance from a neuropathological perspective Dr Imke Metz Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany

9:25 AM

Canada/Eastern

9:25 AM - 10:05 AM EDT

BLOCK 5: Dr Stephanie Zandee

Phenotyping immune cell-derived extracellular vesicles in MS provides novel insights into potential disease mechanisms and biomarker discovery Dr Craig Moore Memorial University, St. John's NL Canada

10:05 AM

Canada/Eastern

10:05 AM - 10:45 AM EDT

BLOCK 5: Dr Stephanie Zandee

Immune Mediated Remodeling of Damaged CNS Vasculature Dr Dorian McGavern National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

10:45 AM

Canada/Eastern

10:45 AM - 11:05 AM EDT

PAUSE-CAFÉE / COFFEE BREAK

11:05 AM

Canada/Eastern

11:05 AM - 11:45 PM EDT

BLOCK 6: Dr Haritha Desu

The central nervous system at risk – interaction with the immune system Dr Frauke Zipp Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

11:45 AM

Canada/Eastern

11:45 AM - 12:25 PM EDT

BLOCK 6: Dr Haritha Desu

Improving the lesion microenvironment for remyelination Dr V. Wee Yong University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

12:25 PM

Canada/Eastern

12:25 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

LUNCH & SESSION D'AFFICHE / POSTER SESSION

2:15 PM

Canada/Eastern

2:15 PM - 2:55 PM EDT

BLOCK 7: Dr Raphael Schneider

The interleukin-1 cytokine system mediates neuroinflammation and pain in MS Dr Steve Lacroix Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada

2:55 PM

Canada/Eastern

2:55 PM - 3:35 PM EDT

BLOCK 7: Dr Raphael Schneider

The inflammasome/pyroptosis axis in progressive MS Dr Christopher Power University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada

3:35 PM

Canada/Eastern

3:35 PM - 3:55 PM EDT

PAUSE-CAFÉ / COFFEE BREAK

3:55 PM

Canada/Eastern

3:55 PM - 4:35 PM EDT

BLOCK 8: Dr Alyson Fournier

Grey Matters: B cells, Ageing and MS Dr Jennifer Gommerman University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

4:35 PM

Canada/Eastern

4:35 PM - 5:15 PM EDT

BLOCK 8: Dr Alyson Fournier

The T cell/Phagocyte interface in NeuroinflammationThe T cell Dr Burkhard Becher University of Zurich, Institute of Experimental Immunology, Zurich, Switzerland

7:00 PM

Canada/Eastern

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT

BANQUET

La Scena Quai Jacques-Cartier (in front of Place Jacques-Cartier) Montréal, QC, H2Y 4B2

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