OrganisatiOnal remarks

Congress President Programme ChairLeopold Saltuari Volker HömbergTirol Kliniken SRH GesundheitszentrumNeurology Bad Wimpfen GmbH6170 Hochzirl (AT) 74206 Bad Wimpfen (DE)

Local Organising Committee ChairKarin DiserensHead of the Acute Neurorehabilitation UnitDepartment of Clinical NeurosciencesCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois1011 Lausanne (CH)

Core Organising CommitteeH. Binder (Vienna/AT) D. Muresanu (Cluj Napoca/RO)K. Diserens (Lausanne/CH) W. Oder (Vienna/AT)V. Hömberg (Bad Wimpfen/DE) G. Sandrini (Pavia/IT)C. Kaetterer (Basel/CH) L. Saltuari (Hochzirl/AT)

Presidents of Affiliated National Societies I Programme CommitteeV. Golyk (L’viv/UA) D. Muresanu (Cluj Napoca/RO)C. Kaetterer (Basel/CH) W. Oder (Vienna/AT)G. Kwakkel (Amsterdam/NL) C. Pistarini (Pavia/IT)T. Mokrusch (Lingen/DE) D. Playford (Warwick/GB)

Local Organising Committee

Call fOr abstraCts, awards and registratiOn

Call for AbstractsWe cordially invite you to submit abstracts for oral and poster pre-sentations related to one of the topics mentioned in the follow-ing. Abstracts need to be submitted online at www.ecnr-congress.org, where the submission guidelines and information on the review process can also be found.

The supplement of all accepted abstracts of the 4th European Congress of NeuoRehabilitation will be published in the journal “Neurologie & Rehabilitation” of the Hippocampus Verlag, Bad Honnef.

The deadline for abstract submission is Sunday, 18 June 2017!

Abstract Topics• Publichealthissues • Motorrehabilitation • Healthcareprofessions• Diseasespecificrehabilitation• Neuropsychology,neurophysiologyandneuroimaging • Neuromodulation, pharmacology and post-surgical rehabilitation • Neuromodulation,visualandauditoryperception • Earlyneurorehabilitation • Dysphagia,paediatrics,pharmacology,neurosurgery, pain and spinal cord

AwardsEFNR award for young researchers and travel grantsThe EFNR award for young researchers endowed with 500 EUR as well as travel grants will be approved on an individual application basis and are subject to executive board recommendations.

Registration The online registration system can be found at www.ecnr-congress.org.

Early bird Late breaking Onsite until 17 July until 24 October from 25 OctoberEFNR Member 440 EUR 540 EUR 600 EURNon-Member 550 EUR 650 EUR 710 EURTrainee* 300 EUR 400 EUR 480 EURTherapist* 300 EUR 400 EUR 480 EURStudent* 190 EUR 250 EUR 290 EURWelcome Reception included

*Proof of status is required.

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25–28 October 2017SwissTech ConventionCenter Lausanne (CH)

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Venue SwissTech Convention Center Lausanne Quartier Nord de l’EPFLRoute Louis-Favre 21024 Lausanne (CH)

Date25–28 October 2017

Conference Homepage I IUp-to-date information can be found online at www.ecnr-congress.org.

Hosting SocietyEFNR European Federation of NeuroRehabilitation Societies

In Collaboration withAustrian Society of Neurorehabilitation (OeGNR)

Swiss Society of NeuroRehabilitation (SGNR)

Important DeadlinesAbstract submission 18 JuneEarly bird registration fee 17 July

Industrial ExhibitionThe conference will host an exhibition, which will bring together manufacturers and suppliers in the field of rehabilitation. Latestdevelopments and new applications will be highlighted during in-dustrial symposia. Interested companies please contact Conventus.

Professional Congress OrganiserConventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbHMarlen Schiller & Ariane KärgerCarl-Pulfrich-Straße 1 I 07745 Jena (DE)Phone +49 3641 31-16-325 I Fax +49 3641 31 16-243ecnr@conventus.de I www.conventus.de

J.-M. Annoni (Fribourg/CH)C. Bassetti (Bern/CH)M. Baumberger (Nottwil/CH)C. Benaim (Lausanne/CH)G. Borasio (Lausanne/CH)T. Buclin (Lausanne/CH)S. Clarke (Lausanne/CH)R. Du Pasquier (Lausanne/CH)T. Ebrahimi (Lausanne/CH)S. Engelter (Basel/CH)T. Ettlin (Rheinfelden/CH)S. Garlepp (Basel/CH) M. Hund-Georgiadis (Basel/CH)A. Kaelin (Lugano/CH)C. Kaetterer (Basel/CH)

J. Kesselring (Valens/CH)I. Kramers (Zürich/CH)M. Levivier (Lausanne/CH)C. Lienert (Walzenhausen/CH)A. Luft (Zurich/CH)A. Meyer (Affoltern am Albis/CH)R. Müri (Bern/CH)C. Newman (Lausanne/CH)W. Raffoul (Lausanne/CH)P. Ryvlin (Lausanne/CH)A. Schnider (Genève/CH)C. Vaney (Randogne/CH)P. Vuadens (Sion/CH)P. Vuillemier(Genève/CH)D. Zutter (Zihlschlacht/CH)

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welCOme nOte Of the exeCutive COmmittee

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

The mission of the European Federation of NeuroRehabilitation (EFNR) is to advance the quality of science, services and education inthefieldofneurorehabilitationacrossEurope.Due to the different approaches for neurorehabilitation in the vari-ous European countries, the EFNR promotes a common platform for discussion of organisational models and rehabilitation ideologies.

We accordingly invite you to join us for the next European Congress of NeuroRehabilitation in Lausanne in 2017. Once again, interna-tional experts from Europe and overseas will address hot topics on a multidisciplinary basis with a major emphasis on new treatments, pharmacology, and technology.

In addition, poster and free communication sessions will allow for exchanginganddiscussionofthefreshestscientificdata.

We look forward to welcoming you in beautiful Olympic Lausanne in October 2017!

With kindest regards,

Leopold Saltuari Volker HömbergCongress President Programme Chair

sCientifiC PrOgramme infOrmatiOn

Neuropharmacology and Biomarkers:• Pros and cons – Recovery prognosis after stroke:

Clinical or biomarkers?• Are genetic/epigenetic markers useful in neurorehabilitation?

BDNF polymorphism and learning

Sessions• Plenary lectures• “Meet the professor” morning sessions• Invited symposia• Sessions for oral communications•Workshops• E-poster sessions• Industrial symposia

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welCOme nOte Of the lOCal Organising COmmittee

Dear Colleagues,

The exchange of the newest research results and the construction of transnational networks is essential for the development of our medicalfieldandtoconstructimportantnetworks.Therefore,itisour pleasure to invite you to the ECNR 2017 – the 4th European Con-gress of NeuroRehabilitation from 25–28 October in Lausanne.

The main focus will be on „Newest developments in Neuroreha-bilitation – Treatments, Pharmacology and Technology”. With the collaboration of the programme committee, we want to create an exciting programme around the main topics acute and post-acute neurorehabilitation, neuropharmacology and biomarkers as well as neurotechnologies. We are sure to win current pioneers for our key-note lectures.

Organising this congress at the SwissTech Convention Centre Laus-anne gives our European society the exceptional occasion to sym-bolise the technological and scientificprogressofneurehabilita-tion. The high tech environment joint to cultural and natural beauty in the centre of Europe encourages the network for researchers and clinicians.

We are looking forward to a stimulating and successful exchange at the ECNR 2017 in Lausanne.

Yours sincerely,

Karin DiserensLocal Organising Committee Chair

sCientifiC PrOgramme infOrmatiOn

Newest Developments in Neurorehabilitation: Treatments, Pharmacology and Technology

Highlights of the Congress• Acute neurorehabilitation• Impairment vs. compensation oriented approaches in stroke

rehabilitation – how shall future rehabilitation be organised followingourcurrentneuroscientificknowledge

• Better epistemological and biometric strategies for clinical trials• Use of High-tech approaches such as intelligent training

devices or virtual reality in neurorehabilitation• New horizons in neurobiology and neuropharmacology• New drugs against impairment in combination with rehabilitation procedures• Better cognitive training strategies• Nutritional aspects in neurorehabilitation

Symposia TopicsAcute and Post-acute Neurorehabilitation:• The enigma of critical illness neuro-myopathy• Definitionandtreatmentofdeliriumandrelatedneuro-behav-

ioural disturbances• Neuropsychiatric problems• “Dissociative“ disorders• “Proportional recovery“• Advancedneuroimaging–fromfibretractstoconnectomes:

What can be used in neurorehabilitation?• From academic concepts to clinical practice• From clinical practice to society outreach

Neurotechnology:• Pros and Cons – Is Virtual Reality a useful therapeutic tool?• Robotics in neurorehabilitation • Brain computer •When to start neurorehabilitation?• Controversy – What should we address in stroke rehabilitation:

Impairment or function?• Assessment of DOC• TBI state of the art• The future of neuropsychology (constructural or behavioural)• Dialogue between clinicians and politicians – How to bridge the

different discourses?