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Scientific Program

Scientific Program

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08:30 – 08:45Welcome and Opening Ceremony Jesús Lafuente, David Rodríguez, Magdy Selim
09:00 – 11:00Special session Management Chronic Subdural Hematoma
12:00 – 17:00HEADS
16:00 – 20:00Ismins
08:30 – 08:45OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Chairs: Craig Anderson & Magdy Selim
08:45 – 10:30SESSION I – WHERE NEXT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT?
Chairs: David Rodríguez, Chao You
08:45 – 09:10Haemostatic therapy, Nikola Sprigg
09:10 – 09:30Blood pressure lowering treatment, Xia Wang, Lili Song
09:30 – 09:45Expert discussants, Kazunori Toyoda, Timothy Kleinig, Adnan Qureshi
09:45 – 10:00Audience discussion
10:00 – 10:30Oral Presentations
Optimal Magnitude of Blood Pressure Reduction and Hematoma Growth and Functional Outcomes in ICH, Qi Li
Stable SBP Reduction as a Therapeutic Goal in ICH: Pooled Analysis of ATACH-2 and INTERACT-2 Trials, Adnan I. Qureshi
Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Patients With Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage (RICH-2), Wenbo Zhao
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
11:00 – 12:20SESSION II – BASIC SCIENCE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, NOVEL THERAPIES
Chairs: Richard Keep, Adrian Parry-Jones
11:00 – 11:20Expert Overview, Richard Keep
11:20 – 11:40Expert discussant, Adrian Parry-Jones, Nikola Sprigg
11:40 – 12:00Audience discussion
12:00 – 12:20Oral Presentations
Desmopressin for reversal of Antiplatelet drugs in Stroke due to intracerebral Haemorrhage (DASH-2), Nikola Sprigg
Complement cascade shapes early inflammatory and phagocytic homeostasis in intracerebral hemorrhage, Fan Xia
12:20 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00SESSION III – EAST MEETS WEST FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT
Chairs: Xunming Ji, Gao Chen
13:30 – 13:45Minimally invasive surgery in China, Zhenchun Liu, Xia Wang
13:45 – 14:00Minimally invasive surgery outside China, Karin Klijn

14:00 – 14:10

Minimally invasive surgery in Australia, Amal Abou-Hamden

14:10 – 14:20

RAINBOW-ICH: a multicentre, RAndomIsed, coNtrolled, umBrella trial fOr minimally invasive neurosurgery With AI-assisted robotic guIdanCe for Haemorrhagic stroke, Xiaobo Yu
14:20 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Association Between Hematoma Evacuation and Ischemic Events: A MISTIE III and ATACH-2 Analysis, Wendy Ziai
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Deep and Lobar Intracranial Hemorrhages: 180-day MIND study results, Christopher Kellner
Comparison of Minimally Invasive Surgery Treatments for Hypertension Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Yuanwei Li
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00SESSION V – DIRECTIONS FOR PRE-HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Chairs: Thorsten Steiner, Carlos Molina
15:30 – 15:45GFAP and clinical prediction, Cheryl Carcel
15:45 – 16:00Novel imaging and devices,Geoffrey Donnan
16:00 – 16:15Ambulance pathways and management, David Paterson
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Pre-hospital blood pressure variability in intracerebral hemorrhage on a Mobile Stroke Unit, Chloe Mutimer
Impact of Direct Transfer of ICH to the Angiosuite on BP and Anticoagulation Reversal Time Metrics, David Rodriguez-Luna
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00

SESSION IV – ISSUES OF REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY

Chairs: Sylaja PN, Michael Pollack

13:30 – 13:45Early mobilisation, Emily Ramage
13:45 – 14:00Cognition and dementia, Hsin-Hsi (Cynthia) Tsai
14:00 – 14:10Management of complications, Michael Pollack
14:10 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Intracerebral hemorrhage intelligent staging based on a symptom-time extracted large language model, Xiaochao Luo
Quality of Functional Outcome and its determinants in ICH. Insights from the INTERACT3 trial, Carlos Delfino
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00

SESSION VI – TRENDS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOMES

Chairs: Octavio Pontes Neto, Sylaja PN

15:30 – 15:45Burden of disease – Vasileios-Arsenois Lioutas
15:45 – 16:00Recovery patterns – Octavio Pontes Neto
16:00 – 16:15Management in low-resource settings – Sylaja PN
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Burden of Stroke and Risk Factors in China: an Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Siyu Yan
Impact of socioeconomic status on functional outcome after stroke in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Yijie Gao
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
08:30 – 08:45 Welcome and Opening Ceremony Jesús Lafuente, David Rodríguez, Magdy Selim
08:45 – 10:15 Improving ICH Systems of Care
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15 Emergency Management
12:15 – 13:45 Lunch
13:30 – 15:15 Cocktail I
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 Surgical Treatment (I)
18:00 – 19:30 Welcome Reception
08:30 – 8:45:00WICH Executive Board meeting – (Meeting Room: Pendlebury)
(per invitation only)
10:00 – 10:30Morning break
10:30 – 12:00Advancing Clinical Trials
(per invitation only)
Chairs: Craig Anderson & Magdy Selim
INTERACT5, Lili Song & Xin (Eric) Hu
International cooperation and funding – ACT Global, Xiaoying Chen
StrokeNet perspectives, Magdy Selim
Prospective meta-analysis and data sharing, Xia Wang, Niki Sprigg
Registries, David Seiffge
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 15:15HEADS Meeting EVERY MINUTE COUNTS: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ICH
(per invitation only)
Session I
Welcome / introductions
Chairs: Chao You, Kazunori Toyoda
Detection of ICH in the field (GFAP and imaging), Love-Preet Kalra, Geoffrey Donnan, Stuart Crozier 
Approaches to surgical evacuation, Jay Mocco, Amal Abou-Hamden, Xing (Eric) Hu, Andrew Mould
Reversal of coagulopathy, Geoffrey Donnan, David Seiffge
15:15 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00HEADS Meeting EVERY MINUTE COUNTS: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ICH
(per invitation only)
Session II
Chairs: Karin Klijn, Xin Chen
Approaches to BP lowering, Lili Song, Craig Anderson
Reorganizing ICH systems of care and use of AI, Teresa Ullberg, Carlos Molina
17:00 – 18:30Break
19:00HEADS DINNER
(per invitation only)
08:30 – 10:00Advancing clinical trials on the surgical management of ICH
10:00 – 10:30Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00WICH General Ass
The Hoff Award
11:00 – 12:30Cocktail I
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
13:30 – 15:30Surgical Treatment II Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage and Intraventricular Therapies
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:15Prevention & Challenging Decision-Making
17:15 – 17:30Closing Ceremony and Group Photo
18:00Guided tour Sagrada Familia
20:30Gala dinner Hospital de Sant Pau
08:30 – 08:45OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Chairs: Craig Anderson & Magdy Selim
08:45 – 10:30SESSION I – WHERE NEXT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT?
Chairs: David Rodríguez, Chao You
08:45 – 09:10Haemostatic therapy, Nikola Sprigg
09:10 – 09:30Blood pressure lowering treatment, Xia Wang, Lili Song
09:30 – 09:45Expert discussants, Kazunori Toyoda, Timothy Kleinig, Adnan Qureshi
09:45 – 10:00Audience discussion
10:00 – 10:30Oral Presentations
Optimal Magnitude of Blood Pressure Reduction and Hematoma Growth and Functional Outcomes in ICH, Qi Li
Stable SBP Reduction as a Therapeutic Goal in ICH: Pooled Analysis of ATACH-2 and INTERACT-2 Trials, Adnan I. Qureshi
Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Patients With Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage (RICH-2), Wenbo Zhao
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
11:00 – 12:20SESSION II – BASIC SCIENCE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, NOVEL THERAPIES
Chairs: Richard Keep, Adrian Parry-Jones
11:00 – 11:20Expert Overview, Richard Keep
11:20 – 11:40Expert discussant, Adrian Parry-Jones, Nikola Sprigg
11:40 – 12:00Audience discussion
12:00 – 12:20Oral Presentations
Desmopressin for reversal of Antiplatelet drugs in Stroke due to intracerebral Haemorrhage (DASH-2), Nikola Sprigg
Complement cascade shapes early inflammatory and phagocytic homeostasis in intracerebral hemorrhage, Fan Xia
12:20 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00SESSION III – EAST MEETS WEST FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT
Chairs: Xunming Ji, Gao Chen
13:30 – 13:45Minimally invasive surgery in China, Zhenchun Liu, Xia Wang
13:45 – 14:00Minimally invasive surgery outside China, Karin Klijn

14:00 – 14:10

Minimally invasive surgery in Australia, Amal Abou-Hamden

14:10 – 14:20

RAINBOW-ICH: a multicentre, RAndomIsed, coNtrolled, umBrella trial fOr minimally invasive neurosurgery With AI-assisted robotic guIdanCe for Haemorrhagic stroke, Xiaobo Yu
14:20 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Association Between Hematoma Evacuation and Ischemic Events: A MISTIE III and ATACH-2 Analysis, Wendy Ziai
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Deep and Lobar Intracranial Hemorrhages: 180-day MIND study results, Christopher Kellner
Comparison of Minimally Invasive Surgery Treatments for Hypertension Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Yuanwei Li
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00SESSION V – DIRECTIONS FOR PRE-HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Chairs: Thorsten Steiner, Carlos Molina
15:30 – 15:45GFAP and clinical prediction, Cheryl Carcel
15:45 – 16:00Novel imaging and devices,Geoffrey Donnan
16:00 – 16:15Ambulance pathways and management, David Paterson
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Pre-hospital blood pressure variability in intracerebral hemorrhage on a Mobile Stroke Unit, Chloe Mutimer
Impact of Direct Transfer of ICH to the Angiosuite on BP and Anticoagulation Reversal Time Metrics, David Rodriguez-Luna
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00

SESSION IV – ISSUES OF REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY

Chairs: Sylaja PN, Michael Pollack

13:30 – 13:45Early mobilisation, Emily Ramage
13:45 – 14:00Cognition and dementia, Hsin-Hsi (Cynthia) Tsai
14:00 – 14:10Management of complications, Michael Pollack
14:10 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Intracerebral hemorrhage intelligent staging based on a symptom-time extracted large language model, Xiaochao Luo
Quality of Functional Outcome and its determinants in ICH. Insights from the INTERACT3 trial, Carlos Delfino
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00

SESSION VI – TRENDS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOMES

Chairs: Octavio Pontes Neto, Sylaja PN

15:30 – 15:45Burden of disease – Vasileios-Arsenois Lioutas
15:45 – 16:00Recovery patterns – Octavio Pontes Neto
16:00 – 16:15Management in low-resource settings – Sylaja PN
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Burden of Stroke and Risk Factors in China: an Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Siyu Yan
Impact of socioeconomic status on functional outcome after stroke in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Yijie Gao
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
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08:30 – 08:45OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Chairs: Craig Anderson & Magdy Selim
08:45 – 10:30SESSION I – WHERE NEXT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT?
Chairs: David Rodríguez, Chao You
08:45 – 09:10Haemostatic therapy, Nikola Sprigg
09:10 – 09:30Blood pressure lowering treatment, Xia Wang, Lili Song
09:30 – 09:45Expert discussants, Kazunori Toyoda, Timothy Kleinig, Adnan Qureshi
09:45 – 10:00Audience discussion
10:00 – 10:30Oral Presentations
Optimal Magnitude of Blood Pressure Reduction and Hematoma Growth and Functional Outcomes in ICH, Qi Li
Stable SBP Reduction as a Therapeutic Goal in ICH: Pooled Analysis of ATACH-2 and INTERACT-2 Trials, Adnan I. Qureshi
Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Patients With Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage (RICH-2), Wenbo Zhao
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
11:00 – 12:20SESSION II – BASIC SCIENCE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, NOVEL THERAPIES
Chairs: Richard Keep, Adrian Parry-Jones
11:00 – 11:20Expert Overview, Richard Keep
11:20 – 11:40Expert discussant, Adrian Parry-Jones, Nikola Sprigg
11:40 – 12:00Audience discussion
12:00 – 12:20Oral Presentations
Desmopressin for reversal of Antiplatelet drugs in Stroke due to intracerebral Haemorrhage (DASH-2), Nikola Sprigg
Complement cascade shapes early inflammatory and phagocytic homeostasis in intracerebral hemorrhage, Fan Xia
12:20 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00SESSION III – EAST MEETS WEST FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT
Chairs: Xunming Ji, Gao Chen
13:30 – 13:45Minimally invasive surgery in China, Zhenchun Liu, Xia Wang
13:45 – 14:00Minimally invasive surgery outside China, Karin Klijn

14:00 – 14:10

Minimally invasive surgery in Australia, Amal Abou-Hamden

14:10 – 14:20

RAINBOW-ICH: a multicentre, RAndomIsed, coNtrolled, umBrella trial fOr minimally invasive neurosurgery With AI-assisted robotic guIdanCe for Haemorrhagic stroke, Xiaobo Yu
14:20 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Association Between Hematoma Evacuation and Ischemic Events: A MISTIE III and ATACH-2 Analysis, Wendy Ziai
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Deep and Lobar Intracranial Hemorrhages: 180-day MIND study results, Christopher Kellner
Comparison of Minimally Invasive Surgery Treatments for Hypertension Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Yuanwei Li
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00SESSION V – DIRECTIONS FOR PRE-HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Chairs: Thorsten Steiner, Carlos Molina
15:30 – 15:45GFAP and clinical prediction, Cheryl Carcel
15:45 – 16:00Novel imaging and devices,Geoffrey Donnan
16:00 – 16:15Ambulance pathways and management, David Paterson
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Pre-hospital blood pressure variability in intracerebral hemorrhage on a Mobile Stroke Unit, Chloe Mutimer
Impact of Direct Transfer of ICH to the Angiosuite on BP and Anticoagulation Reversal Time Metrics, David Rodriguez-Luna
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00

SESSION IV – ISSUES OF REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY

Chairs: Sylaja PN, Michael Pollack

13:30 – 13:45Early mobilisation, Emily Ramage
13:45 – 14:00Cognition and dementia, Hsin-Hsi (Cynthia) Tsai
14:00 – 14:10Management of complications, Michael Pollack
14:10 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Intracerebral hemorrhage intelligent staging based on a symptom-time extracted large language model, Xiaochao Luo
Quality of Functional Outcome and its determinants in ICH. Insights from the INTERACT3 trial, Carlos Delfino
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00

SESSION VI – TRENDS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOMES

Chairs: Octavio Pontes Neto, Sylaja PN

15:30 – 15:45Burden of disease – Vasileios-Arsenois Lioutas
15:45 – 16:00Recovery patterns – Octavio Pontes Neto
16:00 – 16:15Management in low-resource settings – Sylaja PN
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Burden of Stroke and Risk Factors in China: an Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Siyu Yan
Impact of socioeconomic status on functional outcome after stroke in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Yijie Gao
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
08:30 – 08:45

Welcome

Jesús Lafuente & Ramon Torné 

09:00 – 12:00

15 min each

Special session Management Chronic Subdural Hematoma

Moderators: J. Lafuente y Ramon Navarro

  • Mechanisms and Pathophysiology of Chronic Subdural Hematoma – Alejandra Mosteiro
  • Current Evidence Landscape: Literature Review and Ongoing Clinical Trials – Nikolay Velinov
  • Clinical Decision-Making: Indications and Patient Selection for Treatment – Ramon Torne
  • MMA Anatomy, Collateral Networks, and Endovascular Access Strategies – Mariano Wegner
  • State-of-the-Art Techniques and Devices for MMA Embolization – Simone Peschillo
  • Hybrid Management Strategies for Chronic Subdural Hematoma – Jeroen Boogaarts
  • Avoiding and Managing Complications in MMA Embolization – Luis Sanroman
  • Implementing an MMA Embolization Program: Clinical Pathways and Workflow Integration – Jordi Blasco
  • ENS Guidelines in Midle Meningeal embolization for CSH – Jiri Bartek
  • Oral Discussion
12:00 – 17:00HEADS – Surgery in ICH:  Challenges, Opportunities and Future Frontiers.

17:00 – 20:00

15 min each

Special session ISMINS guest society: Surgical management of Intracranial bleeding

Moderators: Francisco Gonzalez Llanos (SENEC President) &  Shinichi Yoshimura

  • Welcome – Jesús Lafuente & Xu Bin in representation of ISMINS Society
  • Surgical management for hemorrhagic Moyamoya – Xu Bin
  • Endoscopic aspiration of ICH through a burr hole: technique and devices – Alberto Feletti
  • Endovascular and surgical approaches to large and giant cerebral aneurysms – Shinichi Yoshimura
  • Current Status and Challenges of Endoscopic Surgery for Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Japan: Insights from the Prospective RICH-trend Registry – Takuji Yamamoto
  • Role of Endoscopy in Intracranial and Intraventricular Hemorrhage – Azmi Alias
  • Minimally invasive management of hemorrhagic cavernomas – Ekkasrd Kasper
  • Surgical management for acute ischemic stroke – Jorge Mura
  • Management of hemorrhagic AVM – Nils Hecht
  • How does AVM/Aneurysm related hemorrhage helps in deciding when to operate or embolize –
    Christoph Griessenauer
  • Endoscopic Evacuation of Deep Intracerebral Haemorrhage versus Medical Treatment – Mao Yokota
  • Advantages and pitfalls on the surgical treatment of SAH – Francisco Gonzalez Llanos
  • Anatomic and physiology considerations in the management of cerebral AVM – Watanabe
  • Minimally invasive surgery for intracerebral hemorrhage in the emergency setting – Du Zhuoying
08:30 – 08:45

Welcome and Opening Ceremony

Jesús Lafuente, David Rodríguez, Magdy Selim

08:45 – 10:15

Improving ICH Systems of Care

Moderators: Vasileios Lioutas & Pablo Villoslada

  1. GFAP and other Blood markers – Joan Montaner
  2. Ultra-early radiological diagnosis of ICH with portable devices – Adrian Parry-Jones
  3. Acute system of transfer: ambulance and mobile units for ICH: – Lucia Picazo
  4. Direct Transfer of ICH to the Angiosuite – D. Rodriguez-Luna
  5. ICH care bundles and quality metrics – Teresa Ullberg
  6. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
10:15 – 10:45Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15

Emergency Management

Moderators: Craig Anderson & Jesús Lafuente

  1. Haematomal and peri-haematomal injury and repair after ICH – Laurent Puy
  2. Reversal of Coagulopathy: INCH, ANNEXA-I, & RE-VERSE AD – What have we learned? What’s next? – Thorsten Steiner
  3. Haemostatic Therapy: FASTEST, TICH3 and DASH2 – JP Broderick
  4. Lowering blood pressure: synthesizing the evidence ATACH2 trial and the INTERACT2 – Afshin Divan
  5. Influence of time-to-achieve target systolic BP on outcome after ICH – Adnan Qureshi
  6. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
12:15 – 13:30Lunch
13:30 – 15:15

Cocktail

Moderators: Kazunori Toyoda & Carlos Molina

  1. Defining patient responder groups and prognostic algorithms – Andrea Morotti
  2. The use of vagus nerve stimulation in an animal model of ICH – Afshin Divani
  3. Past & future of neuroprotection against secondary injury after ICH – Magdy Selim
  4. Related and remote ischemic events in patients with ICH – Wendy Ziai
  5. Perihematomal oedema & functional outcome after ICH – Floris Schreuder
  6. The role of ultrasound in minimal invasive rurgery for ICH – Aditya Pandey
  7. Use of MRI to map out white matter tracts within the hematoma – Neeraj Chaudhary
  8. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
15:15 – 15:30Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00

Surgical Treatment (I)

Moderators: Xun Ming Ji & David Rodríguez

  1. Latest meta-analysis on minimally invasive surgery for ICH – David Rodriguez
  2. Rationale and future perspectives for the surgical treatment of ICH – Luís Ley
  3. Indications and optimal timing for minimally invasive surgery – Karin Klijn
  4. Appropriate ICH volume requiring evacuation and whether this varies based on ICH location –
    Marc Viles
  5. Overview of the modern minimally invasive evacuation techniques – Christopher Kellner
  6. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
18:00 – 19:30Welcome Reception
08:30 – 8:45:00WICH Executive Board meeting – (Meeting Room: Pendlebury)
(per invitation only)
10:00 – 10:30Morning break
10:30 – 12:00Advancing Clinical Trials
(per invitation only)
Chairs: Craig Anderson & Magdy Selim
INTERACT5, Lili Song & Xin (Eric) Hu
International cooperation and funding – ACT Global, Xiaoying Chen
StrokeNet perspectives, Magdy Selim
Prospective meta-analysis and data sharing, Xia Wang, Niki Sprigg
Registries, David Seiffge
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 15:15HEADS Meeting EVERY MINUTE COUNTS: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ICH
(per invitation only)
Session I
Welcome / introductions
Chairs: Chao You, Kazunori Toyoda
Detection of ICH in the field (GFAP and imaging), Love-Preet Kalra, Geoffrey Donnan, Stuart Crozier 
Approaches to surgical evacuation, Jay Mocco, Amal Abou-Hamden, Xing (Eric) Hu, Andrew Mould
Reversal of coagulopathy, Geoffrey Donnan, David Seiffge
15:15 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00HEADS Meeting EVERY MINUTE COUNTS: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ICH
(per invitation only)
Session II
Chairs: Karin Klijn, Xin Chen
Approaches to BP lowering, Lili Song, Craig Anderson
Reorganizing ICH systems of care and use of AI, Teresa Ullberg, Carlos Molina
17:00 – 18:30Break
19:00HEADS DINNER
(per invitation only)
08:30 – 10:00

Advancing clinical trials on the surgical management of ICH

Moderators: Christopher Kellner & Carlo Marras

  1. From ENRICH to REACH – Gustavo Pradilla
  2. From MIND to MINUTE – J Mocco
  3. EVACUATE – Amal Abou-Hamden
  4. EMINET – Soleman Jehuda
  5. DIST – Ruben Dammers
  6. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
10:00 – 10:30Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00The Hoff Award
WICH General Assembly
Magdy Selim, Richard Keep & Dan Hanley
11:00 – 12:30

Cocktail II

Moderators: Xia Wang & Esther Duarte

  1. Hydrocephalus, reebleeding, seizures and long term surgical complications management –
    Ramón Navarro
  2. Mobilization and robotics in rehabilitation of ICH – Montse Bernabeu
  3. Cognition and Dementia after ICH – Mar Matarín
  4. Non-invasive ICH monitoring: O3© and Sedline@ – Cristina Climent
  5. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
13:30 – 15:30

Surgical Treatment II Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage and Intraventricular Therapies

Moderators: Ramon Navarro & José Hinojosa

  1. Minimally invasive surgery for IVH – Kristian Varga
  2. Advanced intraventricular therapies – Beatriz Fernández Muñoz
  3. ICH and vascular malformations in children – José Hinojosa
  4. Germinal matrix hemorrhage: pathophysiology and clinical spectrum – Ana Alarcón
  5. Outcomes of treatment with an Ommaya reservoir – Carlos Valencia
  6. Intraventricular lavage: how I do it – Javier Márquez
  7. Results of the TROPHY study: intraventricular lavage – Ulrich Thomale
  8. Prognosis and long-term outcomes – Thais Agut
  9. Oral Abstracts + Discussion
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:15

Prevention & Challenging Decision-Making

Moderators: Lili Song & Thomas Topzcewski

  1. When OAC cannot be restarted after ICH: The role of left atrial appendage occlusion in AF –
    Ashkan Shoamanesh
  2. How many pills do we need for BP control after ICH? The TRIDENT Trial – Craig Anderson
  3. Antiplatelet and anticoagulant treatment after ICH: A systematic review of the guidelines –
    David Seiffge
  4. Management of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy – Ellis Van Etten
  5. Discussion
17:15 – 17:30

Closing Ceremony and Group Photo

Jesus Lafuente, Magdy Selim, Xun Ming Ji & David Rodríguez

18:00Guided tour Sagrada Familia
20:00Gala dinner Hospital de Sant Pau
08:30 – 08:45OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Chairs: Craig Anderson & Magdy Selim
08:45 – 10:30SESSION I – WHERE NEXT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT?
Chairs: David Rodríguez, Chao You
08:45 – 09:10Haemostatic therapy, Nikola Sprigg
09:10 – 09:30Blood pressure lowering treatment, Xia Wang, Lili Song
09:30 – 09:45Expert discussants, Kazunori Toyoda, Timothy Kleinig, Adnan Qureshi
09:45 – 10:00Audience discussion
10:00 – 10:30Oral Presentations
Optimal Magnitude of Blood Pressure Reduction and Hematoma Growth and Functional Outcomes in ICH, Qi Li
Stable SBP Reduction as a Therapeutic Goal in ICH: Pooled Analysis of ATACH-2 and INTERACT-2 Trials, Adnan I. Qureshi
Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Patients With Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage (RICH-2), Wenbo Zhao
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
11:00 – 12:20SESSION II – BASIC SCIENCE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, NOVEL THERAPIES
Chairs: Richard Keep, Adrian Parry-Jones
11:00 – 11:20Expert Overview, Richard Keep
11:20 – 11:40Expert discussant, Adrian Parry-Jones, Nikola Sprigg
11:40 – 12:00Audience discussion
12:00 – 12:20Oral Presentations
Desmopressin for reversal of Antiplatelet drugs in Stroke due to intracerebral Haemorrhage (DASH-2), Nikola Sprigg
Complement cascade shapes early inflammatory and phagocytic homeostasis in intracerebral hemorrhage, Fan Xia
12:20 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00SESSION III – EAST MEETS WEST FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT
Chairs: Xunming Ji, Gao Chen
13:30 – 13:45Minimally invasive surgery in China, Zhenchun Liu, Xia Wang
13:45 – 14:00Minimally invasive surgery outside China, Karin Klijn

14:00 – 14:10

Minimally invasive surgery in Australia, Amal Abou-Hamden

14:10 – 14:20

RAINBOW-ICH: a multicentre, RAndomIsed, coNtrolled, umBrella trial fOr minimally invasive neurosurgery With AI-assisted robotic guIdanCe for Haemorrhagic stroke, Xiaobo Yu
14:20 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Association Between Hematoma Evacuation and Ischemic Events: A MISTIE III and ATACH-2 Analysis, Wendy Ziai
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Deep and Lobar Intracranial Hemorrhages: 180-day MIND study results, Christopher Kellner
Comparison of Minimally Invasive Surgery Treatments for Hypertension Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Yuanwei Li
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00SESSION V – DIRECTIONS FOR PRE-HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Chairs: Thorsten Steiner, Carlos Molina
15:30 – 15:45GFAP and clinical prediction, Cheryl Carcel
15:45 – 16:00Novel imaging and devices,Geoffrey Donnan
16:00 – 16:15Ambulance pathways and management, David Paterson
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Pre-hospital blood pressure variability in intracerebral hemorrhage on a Mobile Stroke Unit, Chloe Mutimer
Impact of Direct Transfer of ICH to the Angiosuite on BP and Anticoagulation Reversal Time Metrics, David Rodriguez-Luna
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00

SESSION IV – ISSUES OF REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY

Chairs: Sylaja PN, Michael Pollack

13:30 – 13:45Early mobilisation, Emily Ramage
13:45 – 14:00Cognition and dementia, Hsin-Hsi (Cynthia) Tsai
14:00 – 14:10Management of complications, Michael Pollack
14:10 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:00Oral Presentations
Intracerebral hemorrhage intelligent staging based on a symptom-time extracted large language model, Xiaochao Luo
Quality of Functional Outcome and its determinants in ICH. Insights from the INTERACT3 trial, Carlos Delfino
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00

SESSION VI – TRENDS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOMES

Chairs: Octavio Pontes Neto, Sylaja PN

15:30 – 15:45Burden of disease – Vasileios-Arsenois Lioutas
15:45 – 16:00Recovery patterns – Octavio Pontes Neto
16:00 – 16:15Management in low-resource settings – Sylaja PN
16:15 – 16:30Discussion
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
Burden of Stroke and Risk Factors in China: an Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Siyu Yan
Impact of socioeconomic status on functional outcome after stroke in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Yijie Gao
17:00Finish
18:30 – 21:30WELCOME RECEPTION