Thursday, 23 May

Big Hall, Jurmala Culture Centre

Jomas street 35, Jūrmala

9:00-10:00	Registration
10:00-10:10	Opening remarks by President of the Latvian Society of Child Neurologists and President of the 17th BCNA Dr Mikus Dīriks
10:10-10:40	Keynote: Prof. Janis Grundspenkis (LV)	Artificial intelligence – behind the facade
10:40 - 13:15	Epilepsy	Chairs: Prof. Walter Van Emde Boas (NL), Jurģis Strautmanis (LV)
10:40-11:10	Keynote: Prof. Walter Van Emde Boas (NL)	History of EEG and how that has affected our knowledge and management of epilepsy
11:10-11:30	Jurgis Strautmanis (LV)	Epilepsy surgery in eloquent cortex
11:30-11:45	Dace Pretkalniņa (LV)	Febrile infection related epilepsy syndrome treatment over years Latvian experience
11:45-12:05	Coffee Break
12:05-12:25	Dana Apela (LV)	VNS therapy in epilepsy, 5 years Latvian experience.
12:25-12:45	Jurgita Karandiene (LT)	Expanding horizons: the ketogenic diet beyond epilepsy - applications in treating other neurological disorders
12:45-13:00	Rasa Traberg (LT)	Phenotype diversity in patients with PRRT2 gene variant: case series report
13:00-13:15	Discussion
13:15-14:00	Lunch
14:00-16:15	Neuromuscular diseases	Chairs: Prof. Bjarne Udd (FI), Milda Dambrauskiene (LT)
14:00-14:30	Keynote: Prof. Bjarne Udd (FI)	Recessive Titinopathies – an important category of pediatric myopathies
14:30-15:00	Keynote: Prof. Damjan Osredkar (SL)	The changing landscape of treatment of spinal muscular atrophy
15:00-15:10	Break
15:10-15:25	Mikus Diriks (LV)	Latvian experience in the treatment of presymptomatic and symptomatic patients with SMA
15:25-15:40	Milda Dambrauskiene (LT)	An expanded access program of risdiplam for patients with Type 1 or 2 spinal muscular atrophy in Lithuania
15:40-15:50	Jurgita Grikinienė (LT)	Newborn screening for SMA: first year in Lithuania
15:50-16:00	Milda Dambrauskiene (LT)	Gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy: first experience in Lithuania
16:00-16:15	Discussion
16:15-16:45	Coffee break
16:45-18:45	Sleep medicine	Chairs: Marta Celmiņa (LV); Dovydas Burkojus (LT)
16:45-17:15	Marta Celmiņa (LV)	Pharmacological management of sleep disturbance in children
17:15-17:35	Dovydas Burkojus (LT)	Sleep and epilepsy: a kind of a two-way street relationship
17:35-17:55	Una Purviņa (LV)	Non-pharmacological management of sleep disturbance in children
17:55-18:05	Break
18:05-18:35	Industry Symposium	More info
18:35-18:45	Discussion
18:45	Welcome Reception at the Conference venue, White Hall (2nd floor)

Friday, 24 May

Big Hall, Jurmala Culture Centre

Jomas street 35, Jūrmala

8:30-9:00	Industry Symposium	more info
9:00-11:05	Genetics	Chairs: Prof. Eric Legius (BE), Dmitrijs Rots (LV)
9:00-9:30	Keynote: Prof. Eric Legius (BE)	Diagnosis and monitoring of children with neurofibromatosis type 1
9:30-10:00	Dmitrijs Rots (LV)	Genetics of hereditary neuropathies
10:00-10:20	Coffee Break
10:20-10:35	Kajus Merkevicius (LT)	Genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of 956 cases of PDHA1-related pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
10:35-10:50	Rita Perminaitė (LT)	Clinical phenotype of SCNxA gene mutation: case series
10:50-11:00	Jovita Urbaitė-Bernotė (LT)	Diagnostic odyssey of unexplained paroxysms: case report of TANGO2 deficiency
11:00-1:15	Discussion
11:15-12:00	Moderated poster session/Industry Symposium	more info
11:30-12:00	Industry Symposium	more info
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13.00-15:05	Neurorehabilitation	Chairs: Inga Talvik (EE), Mikus Dīriks (LV)
13:00-13:15	Inga Talvik (EE)	Selective dorsal rhizotomy indication
13:15-13:30	Tarmo Areda (EE)	Selective dorsal rhizotomy - surgical and neurophysiological aspects
13:30-13:45	Cristina Lõokene (EE)	Rehabilitation after selective dorsal rhizotomy
13:45-14:00	Jana Kritt (EE)	Selective dorsal rhizotomy principles
14:00-14:10	Break
14:10-14:25	Marija Luīze Kalniņa (LV)	Selective Dorsal rhizotomy in spastic cerebral palsy patients in Latvia: a case series
14:25-14:40	Anneli Kolk (EE)	Child- Robot Interaction Patterns: A Comprehensive Overview
14:40-14:50	Kätlin Kits (EE)	Social Robots as Companions in Reducing Children's Hospital Fear and Pain
14:50-15:05	Discussion
15:05-15:30	Coffee break
15:30-17:45	Autoimmune and Demyelinating neurological disorders	Chairs: Katrin Gross-Paju (EE), Elīna Kalniņa (LV)
15:30-16:00	Keynote: Katrin Gross-Paju (EE)	Demyelinating disorders
16:00-16:20	Elīna Kalniņa (LV)	Epidemiology of paediatric autoimmune encephalitis in Latvia
16:20-16:35	Marija Luize Kalnina (LV)	Paediatric anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in Latvia: a case series
16:35-16:45	Break
16:45-17:05	Kristina Zaveckienė (LT) and Rūta Samaitienė-Aleknienė (LT)	Measles and Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: A Case Report from Lithuania
17:05-17:20	Dace Pretkalniņa (LV)	Relapse probability and characteristics after acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
17:20-17:30	Milda Endziniene (LT)	Childhood multiple sclerosis: are initial manifestations and disease course specific?
17:30-17:45	Discussion
19:30 - 23:00	Conference dinner at the "Simply Beach House" cafeteria Pilsoņu street 1, Jūrmala

Saturday, 25 May

Big Hall, Jurmala Culture Centre

Jomas street 35, Jūrmala

9:00-10:00	Industry Symposium	more info
10:00-12:20	Acute and other conditions in pediatric neurology	Chairs: Prof. em. Maja Steinlin (CH), Prof. Nerija Vaičiene-Magistris (LT)
10:00-10:30	Keynote: Prof. em. Maja Steinlin (CH)	Emergency management in childhood stroke
10:30-10:50	Rael Laugesaar (EE)	Pediatric Stroke Research in Estonia
10:50-11:05	Sandis Kovaļovs (LV)	Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke: Insights from Latvian Clinical Practice from 2012 to 2023
11:05-11:25	Coffee Break
11:25-11:40	Nerija Vaičiene-Magistris (LT)	Pediatric visual snow syndrome: a case series
11:40-11:55	Sandis Kovaļovs (LV)	Cerebral venous thrombosis in children: clinical experience from Latvia
11:55-12:05	Jānis Vētra (LV)	Successful Mechanical Thrombectomy for Basilar Artery Occlusion in a Pediatric Patient
12:05-12:20	Discussion
12:20-13:00	Moderated poster session	More info
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:15	Biomarkers in neurological disorders	Chairs: Dace Pretkalniņa (LV), Signe Setlere (LV)
14:00-14:30	Keynote: Viktorija Ķēniņa (LV)	Biomarkers in peripheral neurology
14:30-14:45	Signe Setlere (LV)	Searching for metabolic markers of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
14:45-15:00	Dace Pretkalnina (LV)	Evaluating Axonal damage Plasma Biomarkers NfL and GFAP, as Indicators of Disease Severity in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Patients
15:00-15:15	Discussion
15:15-15:45	Awards and Closing remarks