You can now register for the meeting in Hakadal. Please visit the conference page on our website. There you will find more detailed information on the meeting and you can register for the meeting. Click the register button or click HERE to go directly to the registration form.

Overview meeting information

Meeting topic:The OT challenges in daily practice with PwMS

Meeting Venue: MS-Senteret Hakadal - Blomsterbakken 33, 1487 Hakadal, Norway - 0047/67062900

Hotel/Accommodation:Thon Hotel Lillestrøm - Storgaten 25, 2001 Lillestrøm, Norway -0047/66936330
https://www.thonhotels.no/hoteller/norge/lillestrom/thon-hotel-lillestrom/

The rooms will be booked by the Organization, in agreement with the hotel. When registering, please mention whether you choose 1 or more nights and what type of room you prefer.

• Welcome drink Thursday, October 12th, at 7 pm
• Dinner Friday, October 13th at 7 pm

Registration deadline: 5th of september 2017
Preliminary programme would be available as of september 11th 2017.

Topic: The expert MS patient: Moving along the illness trajectory

Location: Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "C Besta" via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan - Italy

MEETING AGENDA

Agenda

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16 (ongoing projects)

11:00 – 11:30 Welcome, outline of the meeting, and of the day C Heesen, A Solari

11:30 – 12:00 ManTra - a resource to help patients manage the SPMS transition AM Giovannetti

12:00 – 12:30 Patient information booklets on immunotherapy – German wide project A Rahn

12:30 – 13:00 Engaging MS patients and carers in guideline production A Giordano

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:30 UMIMS: The German project on MRI I Shiffmann

14:30 – 15:00 The Italian IN-DEEP project on MRI C Colombo

15:00 – 15:30 The ‘Ready for MS’ project AM Giovannetti

15:30 – 16:15 General discussion and wrap-up of the day C Heesen, A Solari

16:30 – 17:30 Closed section (SIG members only) C Heesen, A Solari

19:30 Dinner at “ I Valtellina”, via Taverna 34

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 (projects not yet financed and new proposals)

09:00 – 09:15 Outline of the day C Heesen, A Solari

09.15 – 09:45 weMoMS: update & planning C Heesen, A Giordano

09:45 – 10:45 2018-2020 Financing opportunities: an overview C Finocchiaro

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee

11:00 – 13:00 Presentation* of 4 projects/proposals (20’ each, plus 10’ discussion)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 Feedback from the Grant Office C Finocchiaro

15:00 – 15:30 Meeting wrap-up, farewell C Heesen, A Solari

PARTICIPANTS

• Anna Barabasch Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg - DE
• Marta Bassi Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan - IT
• Cinzia Colombo IRCCS Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan - IT
• Marie D’hooghe Nationaal Multiple Sclerose Centrum, Melsbroekbe - BE
• Sara Elgott MedDay pharmaceuticals, Maidenhead - UK
• Monica Falautano Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Università Vita-Salute, Milan - IT
• Graziella Filippini Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta”, Milan - IT
• Carla Finocchiaro Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta”, Milan - IT
• Andrea Giordano Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta”, Milan - IT
• Ambra M Giovannetti Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta”, Milan - IT
• Marco Heerings National MS Foundation of the Netherlands, Rotterdam - NL
• Christoph Heesen Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg - DE
• Katia Mattarozzi Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia Universita' di Bologna, Bologna – IT
• Paola Mosconi IRCCS Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan – IT
• Richard Nicholas Imperial College, London - UK
• Jana Pöttgen University Medical Center, Hamburg - DE
• Rui Quintas Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta”, Milan - IT
• Alberto Raggi Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta”, Milan - IT
• Anne Rahn Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg - DE
• Insa Schiffmann Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg - DE
• Alessandra Solari Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta”, Milan - IT
• Valentina Torri Clerici Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta”, Milan – IT
• David Wilkie Imperial College, London - UK

       * Those interested in presenting their projects should send a one-page summary of the project to alessandra.solari@istituto-besta.it  by September 30^th, 2017.

"Technology- supported assessment and rehabilitation in persons with multiple sclerosis"

Information

Start date: 17th Nov. 2017
End date: 18th Nov. 2017
Welcome drink: 16th Nov. 2017

For RIMS members: free registration, free ‘welcome drink’ on Thursday, free 1 night hotel (friday-Saturday), free lunch Friday-Saturday, and co-funded conference dinner on Friday.
For non-RIMS members: 100,00€ for registration, and personal coverage of other costs.

You can find more information, a flyer and an abstract form in our "Conference" section of the website or click HERE to go directly to the info page. You can also download the flyer and abstract form (.docx or .pdf) below.

Join a Special Interest Group (SIG)

RIMS has established a number of Special Interest Groups (SIG).
Do you have a special interest in one of the following topics?

• Bladder, Bowel & Sexuality
• Communication and Swallowing
• Mobility
• Occupation
• Patient Autonomy
• Psychology and Neuropsychology

Have a look at our website for more information how to join one of our SIG’s.

Upcoming SIG’s

• SIG’s will meet at the RIMS Annual Conference in Barcelona on Thursday 4 May 2017
• The SIG Mobility in-between meeting is scheduled on 17-18 November 2017 in Overpelt (Belgium)

Change in SIG Leadership

The new chair of the SIG on Communication and Swallowing is Leonie Ruhaak from the Netherlands.
Lots of success, Leonie!

On the picture: Members of the Executive Board and SIG Leadership.

Upcoming deadline for Early Bird registration fee!

RIMS is delighted to invite you for its 22nd Annual Conference in Barcelona.

The conference takes place May 4-6, 2017, and will be organised in partnership with the MS Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat).

Early Bird deadline = 17 February 2017 (RIMS members have an extra discount).

Do not miss the opportunity and register online now!