#WICH2025

Scientific Program

07:30 – 08:00Registration
08:00 – 10:00WICH Executive Board meeting
(per invitation only)
10:00 – 10:30Morning break
10:30 – 12:00Advancing Clinical Trials
(per invitation only)
ACT Global platform trial with INTERACT5
International cooperation and funding – ASPIRING experience
StrokeNet perspectives
Prospective meta-analysis and data sharing
Registries
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 15:15HEADS Meeting
EVERY MINUTE COUNTS: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ICH

(per invitation only)
Session I
Welcome / introductions
Detection of ICH in the field (GFAP and imaging)
Approaches to surgical evacuation
Reversal of coagulopathy
15:15 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00HEADS Meeting
EVERY MINUTE COUNTS: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN ICH

(per invitation only)
Session II
Approaches to BP lowering
Reorganizing ICH systems of care and use of AI
17:00 – 18:30Break
19:00HEADS DINNER
(per invitation only)
07:30 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 08:45 OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME TO COUNTRY
08:45 – 10:30 SESSION I – WHERE NEXT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT?
08:45 – 09:10 Haemostatic therapy
09:10 – 09:30 Blood pressure lowering treatment
09:30 – 09:45 Expert discussants
09:45 – 10:00 Audience discussion
10:00 – 10:30 Oral Presentations
10:30 – 11:00 Morning break
11:00 – 12:30 SESSION II – BASIC SCIENCE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, NOVEL THERAPIES
11:00 – 11:20 Expert Overview
11:20 – 11:40 Expert discussant
11:40 – 12:00 Audience discussion
12:00 – 12:30 Oral Presentations
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
12:45 – 13:30 MODERATED POSTER SESSION I
INTERACTIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS
13:30 – 15:00 SESSION III – APPROACHES TO SURGICAL TREATMENT
13:30 – 13:45 Minimally invasive surgery in China
13:45 – 14:00 Minimally invasive surgery in the US
14:00 – 14:10 Minimally invasive surgery in Australia
14:10 – 14:20 Minimally invasive surgery in Holland
14:20 – 14:30 Discussion
14:40 – 15:00 Oral Presentations
15:00 – 15:30 Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00 SESSION V – DIRECTIONS FOR PRE-HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
15:30 – 15:45 GFAP and clinical prediction
15:45 – 16:00 Novel imaging and devices
16:00 – 16:15 Ambulance pathways and management
16:15 – 16:30 Discussion
16:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations
17:00 Finish
18:30 – 21:30 WELCOME RECEPTION
07:30 – 08:30 Registration
10:30 – 11:00 Morning break
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
12:45 – 13:30 MODERATED POSTER SESSION I
INTERACTIVE TRAINING WORKSHOPS
13:30 – 15:00 SESSION IV – ISSUES OF REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY
13:30 – 13:45 Early mobilisation
13:45 – 14:00 Cognition and dementia
14:00 – 14:10 Management of complications
14:10 – 14:20 Neuromodulation of recovery
14:20 – 14:30 Discussion
14:40 – 15:00 Oral Presentations
15:00 – 15:30 Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00 SESSION VI – TRENDS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOMES
15:30 – 15:45 Burden of disease
15:45 – 16:00 Recovery patterns
16:00 – 16:15 Management in low-resource settings
16:15 – 16:30 Discussion
16:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations
17:00 Finish
18:30 – 21:30 WELCOME RECEPTION
08:00 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 09:00 THE JULIAN T HOFF AWARD & AWARDS
09:00 – 10:30 SESSION VII – MANAGEMENT OF ANTICOAGULATION-RELATED CEREBRAL HAEMORRHAGE
09:00 – 09:20 Expert Overview
09:20 – 09:40 Expert discussants
09:40 – 10:00 Audience discussion
10:00 – 10:30 Oral Presentations
10:30 – 11:00 Morning break
11:00 – 12:30 SESSION VIII – CARE BUNDLE PROTOCOLS AND NURSING CARE
11:00 – 11:20 Expert Overview
11:20 – 11:40 Expert discussants
11:40 – 12:00 Audience discussion
12:00 – 12:30 Oral Presentations
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
12:45 – 13:30 MODERATED POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00 SESSION IX – DEVELOPMENTS IN MANAGEMENT OF SAH, AVM AND STRUCTURAL
13:30 – 13:50 Management of SAH
13:50 – 14:10 Management of cavernomas
14:10 – 14:40 Management of AVMs
14:40 – 15:00 Oral Presentations
15:00 – 15:30 Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00 SESSION XI– SECONDARY PREVENTION
15:30 – 15:50 Blood pressure control
15:50 – 16:10 Antithrombotic treatment
16:10 – 16:30 Lipid lowering and other strategies
16:30 – 17:00 Oral Presentations
17:00 Finish
08:00 – 08:30Registration
10:30 – 11:00Morning break
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
12:45 – 13:30MODERATED POSTER SESSION I
13:30 – 15:00SESSION X – DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASE AND CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY
13:30 – 13:50Diagnosis
13:50 – 14:10Advancing medical management
14:10 – 14:40Outcome prediction
14:40 – 15:00Oral Presentations
15:00 – 15:30Afternoon break
15:30 – 17:00SESSION XII – PROGNOSTIC ALGORITHMS
15:30 – 15:50Imaging markers
15:50 – 16:10NeuroICU care
16:10 – 16:30Defining patient responder groups
16:30 – 17:00Oral Presentations
17:00Finish
19:00 – 22:00GALA DINNER