40TH MAGNIMS PLENARY MEETING AND WORKSHOP

November 9^th

From 12.30: light lunch

 13.30 Arrival and registration of participants

 14.00 Welcome and introduction

 From 14 to 18 Plenary meeting Programme available soon

 From 18 to 19.30 Steering Committee meeting

 20.00 Social dinner

November 10^th

Imaging the aging CNS in multiple sclerosis

08.30 – 08.40: Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop

08.40-10.40 Immuno-pathology and lesional features

08.40-09.00 – Senescence of the immune system

09.00-09.20: Pathological mechanisms and aging in MS

09.20-09.40: Virchow-Robin spaces: from pathology, to imaging, to diagnosis and differential diagnosis in MS, NMOSD and other MS mimickers

09.40-10.00: Comorbidities: effects on imaging features

10.00-10:20: MS Diagnostic criteria and age

10.20-10.40: Round table and discussion. Do we need different diagnostic criteria in the aged MS patient?

10.40-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-11.40 Second session – Age and neurodegenerative and repair mechanisms

11.00-11.20: Aging and brain atrophy in MS

11.20 -11.40: Quantification of iron abnormalities (relaxometry, SWI, etc)

11.40- 12.00: Quantification of myelin damage and repair (MT, MWF, T1/T2, etc.)

12.00-12.20: Measuring treatment effect using MRI in the aged MS patient

12.20-12.40: Round table and discussion. Outcome MRI measures in the aged MS patient: how and when?

12.40-13.00: Wrap-up and future actions