Theoretical Session

Thursday June 13th, 2024

Congress Venue for Theoretical Session

Sala Filarmonica Via Giuseppe Verdi, 30 - Trento 

08:30 - 09:00 |Registration

09:00 - 10:00 | Opening - Authorities

10:00 - 10:30 | Lecture introduced by Silvio Sarubbo (Department of Neurosurgery, APSS, Trento)

The brain before and the brain today, Chiara Maffei (Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School) 

10:30 - 11:15 | SESSION I "Introduction to advanced imaging"

Chairmen: Annalisa Trianni (Department of Medical Physics, APSS, Trento), Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi (CISMed, University of Trento)

Principles of resting-state fMRI for human brain mapping, Bharat Biswal (Department of Radiology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)

Techniques and limitations in tractography of the human brain white matter, Francois Rehault (University of Sherbrooke, Canada)

How to track the brain: tools, Paolo Avesani (Neuroinformatics Lab, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento)

11:15 - 11:45 | Discussion and Questions

11:45 - 12:30 | SESSION II "Applications of advanced functional mapping imaging in glioma"

Chairmen: Yuri Bozzi (Center for Mind and Brain Sciences, University of Trento), Giuseppe Della Pepa (Department of Neurosurgery, La Cattolica University, Rome)

Extracting brain networks by resting-state fMRI, Jorge Jovicich (Center for Mind Brain Sciences, University of Trento)

Anatomy and features of brain networks at resting state, Francesca Saviola (Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia )

Tools and principles for analysis of functional connectivity and brain plasticity, Ludovico Coletta (Neuroinformatics Lab, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento)

12:30 - 13:00 | Discussion and Questions

10:30-12:30 Open Coffee

13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch

14:30 - 15:00 Lecture introduced by Luca Zigiotto (Department of Neurosurgery, APSS, Trento)
Understanding brain organization: from lesion mapping studies to brain connections and disconnections, Stephanie Forkel (Radboud University, The Netherlands) 

15:00 - 15:45| SESSION III "Evidences of brain connectivity"

Chairmen: Bruno Giometto (CISMed, University of Trento), Luigi Cattaneo (Center for Mind and Brain Sciences, University of Trento)
Dorsal and ventral pathways of the human brain by tractography, Laurent Petit (GIN-IMN, University of Bordeaux)
Exploring structural connection with BraDiPho, Laura Vavassori (Department of Neurosurgery, APSS, Trento)
Brain connections explored by TMS, Sandro Krieg (Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital) 

15:45 - 16:15| Discussion and Questions

16:15-17:00 | SESSION IV "Invasive mapping"

Chairmen: Alessandro Olivi (Department of Neurosurgery, La Cattolica University, Rome), Giuseppe Barbagallo (Department of Neurosurgery, University of Catania)

Direct electrical stimulation of the human brain for awake surgery, Emmanuel Mandonnet (Lariboisiere Hospital, University of Paris 7 Diderot)

Intraoperative monitoring for asleep surgery, Andrea Szélenyi (Neurophysiology Unit, University of Munich)

Intraoperative monitoring for exploring supra- and infra-tentorial connections, Francesco Sala (Department of Neurosurgery, University of Verona)

17:00- 17:30 |Discussion and Questions

17:30 - 18:00| Lecture introduced by Jorge Jovicich (Center for Mind Brain Sciences, University of Trento)

The era of connectomics: the present and future for clinics, Michael D. Fox (Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, US)

18:00 | Take home messages and closure

15:30 - 17:30 Open coffee 

Friday June 14th, 2024

09:00 - 09:30 |  Lecture introduced by Domenico D’Avella (University of Padua)
The surgery of brain gliomas across a century, Hugues Duffau (Department of Neurosurgery, University of Montpellier, France) 

09:30 - 10:15 |  SESSION V "Anatomical challenges in brain surgery"

Chairmen: Silvio Sarubbo (CISMed, University of Trento), Giannantonio Spena (Department of Neurosurgery, Pavia University-Hospital)

Insula and temporal stem anatomy, Federico Pessina (Department of Neurosurgery, Humanitas University, Milan)

Perisylvian language networks, Alessandro De Benedictis (Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Rome)

Subpial dissection and the access to the insula of Reil, Michael Sabel (Department of Neurosurgery, University of Düsseldorf, Germany)

10:15 - 10:45| Discussion and Questions

10:45- 11:30 | SESSION VI "Techniques for motor and cognitive mapping"

Chairmans: Rocco Quatrale (Department of Neurology, APSS), Diego Garbossa (Department of Neurosurgery, University of Turin)

Motor and higher motor mapping in asleep and awake surgery, Marco Rossi (Departement of Neurosurgery, University of Milan) 

Monitoring higher cognitive functions in awake surgery, Marco Fontanella (Department of Neurosurgery, University of Brescia)

Outcomes and perspectives in glioma surgery, Tamara Ius (Department of Neurosurgery, University Rome “La Sapienza”)

11:30 - 12:00 |  Discussion and Questions

12:00 - 12:30 | Lecture introduced by Francesco Sala (Department of Neurosurgery, University of Verona)

Advancements in genetics and biology of brain tumors, Alessandro Quattrone (Department of Cellular Computational and Integrative Biology, University of Trento)

10:00 - 12:00 Open coffee 

12:30-14:00 | Lunch

14:00 - 14:45 | SESSION VII "Cognitive testing and outcomes in brain tumor surgery"

Chairmen: Filippo Flavio Angileri (Department of Neurosurgery, University of Messina), Jacopo Bonavita (Department of Reabilitation Medicine, APSS, Trento)

Neuropsychological testing and outcome, Luca Zigiotto (Department of Neurosurgery, APSS,Trento)

Novelties in intra-operative cognitive monitoring, Guillamme Herbet (Department of Neurosurgery, University of Montpellier, France)

Cognitive rehabilitation and brain plasticity, Lorella Battelli (Italian Institute of Technology, Trento)

14:45 - 15:15 | Discussion and Questions

15:15 - 15:45 | Lecture introduced by Luca Zigiotto (Department of Neurosurgery, APSS, Trento)
Updates on education and training opportunities in Neurooncology in the EANS framework, Giovanni Raffa (Division of Neurosurgery, BIOMORF Department, University of Messina) 

15:45-16:45 | SESSION VIII "Standards and novelties in treatments of brain tumors"

Chairmans: Mattia Barbareschi (CISMed, University of Trento), Valentina Vanoni (Department of Radiotherapy, APSS)

Neurosurgery and neuro-oncology: adapting medical treatments and surgical strategies,  Marion Rapp (Department of Neurosurgery, University of Düsseldorf)

New frontiers in IDH-mutated gliomas treatment, Roberta Rudà (Department of Neurology, University of Torino)

New insights in the medical treatment of high-grade gliomas, Giuseppe Lombardi (Department of Oncology, Istituto Oncologico Veneto)

Radiotherapy and proton-beam therapy for treatment of intrinsic brain tumors, Dante Amelio (Department of Protontherapy, APSS, Trento)

16:45 - 17:15 | Discussion and Questions

17:15 - 17:45 | Lecture introduced by Emmanuel Mandonnet (Lariboisiere Hospital, University of Paris 7 Diderot)

New insights in neuro-oncological surgery: technical and conceptual, Nader Sanai (Ivy Brain Tumor Center, Barrow Neuological Insitute, Arizona, US)

18:00 | Take home messages and Closure

15:30 - 17:30 Open coffee