PACTALS Seoul 2018

Day 1 – Friday, July 20
International Meeting of Pan-Asian Consortium for Treatment and Research in ALS (PACTALS)

Time
Title
Speaker/Chairperson
Country

09:00-09:20

Opening Remarks

Welcome Address

Sangmee Ahn

Korea

Welcome from The International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations

Carol Birks

Australia

09:20-10:40

Plenary Session 1

Chairs

Nortina Shahrizaila

Malaysia

Ryuji Kaji

Japan

09:20-10:00

ALS Researches toward The Stratified and Personalized/Precision Medicine

Seung Hyun Kim

Korea

10:00-10:40

ALS Treatments: 2018 Breakthroughs

Merit E. Cudkowicz

USA

10:40-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:40

Basic and Clinical Researches in Pan-Asian countries 1

Chairs

Ching Piao Tsai

Taiwan

Paul Talman

Australia

11:00-11:20

The Australasian ALS/MND Registry, Defining Clinical Phenotypes

Paul Talman

Australia

11:20-11:40

ALS in Developing Countries: Addressing the Challenges

Nortina Shahrizaila

Malaysia

11:40-12:00

The Genetic Spectrum of ALS in Taiwan

Yi-Chung Lee

Taiwan

12:00-12:20

Genetic Spectrums of ALS/MND in Korea

Chang-Seok Ki

Korea

12:20-12:40

Computational Approach for Understanding Protein-aggregation Diseases

Sihyun Ham

Korea

12:50-13:30

Luncheon Symposium 1

Chair

Dae-Seong Kim

Korea

12:50-13:10

Stem Cell Therapy (Neruronata-R) in ALS

Jung-Im Huh

Korea

13:10-13:30

Intermission

13:30-14:30

Plenary Session 2

Chairs

Mandaville Gourie-Devi

India

In Soo Joo

Korea

13:30-14:00

JaCALS Registry Based Therapeutic Research in ALS

Gen Sobue

Japan

14:00-14:30

The Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioral ALS Screen in a Chinese ALS Population

Dongsheng Fan

China

14:30-14:40

Intermission

14:40-16:10

Oral Presentation 1

Chairs

Ahmad Yanuar

Indonesia

Atchayaram Nalini

India

16:20-18:00

Poster Presentation & Welcome Reception

18:00-21:00

PACTALS Board Meeting by Invitation Only

Day 2 – Saturday, July 21
International Meeting of Pan-Asian Consortium for Treatment and Research in ALS (PACTALS)

Time
Title
Speaker/Chairperson
Country

09:00-09:20

Introduction on PACTALS

Organizing Committee

Nortina Shahrizaila

Malaysia

Gen Sobue

Japan

09:20-10:40

Plenary Session 3

Chairs

Paul Matthew Pasco

Philippines

Kwang-Woo Lee

Korea

09:20-10:00

Standardization and Harmonization for global data sharing in ALS/MND registry

Masanori Fukushima

Japan

10:00-10:40

Suppressing Neuroinflammation: Cell-Based Therapy in ALS

Stanley H. Appel

USA

10:40-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:40

Basic and Clinical Researches in Pan-Asian countries 2

Chairs

Dongsheng Fan

China

Jong Seok Bae

Korea

11:00-11:20

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in India: Insights into Genetics and Living with ALS

Mandaville Gourie-Devi

India

11:20-11:40

FUS/TLS-mediated miRNA Deregulation Defines Underlying Vulnerability in ALS and FTD

Shuo-Chien Ling

Singapore

11:40-12:00

Population Based Studies of ALS in Taiwan

Ching Piao Tsai

Taiwan

12:00-12:20

Genetics of ALS in Chinese Population

Hui-fang Shang

China

12:20-12:40

RNA Dysregulation in SOD1 ALS and its Beyond

Jung-Joon Sung

Korea

12:50-13:30

Luncheon Symposium 2

Chair

Jung-Joon Sung

Korea

12:50-13:10

Edaravon (Radivaca, Radicut) Therapy in ALS

Hiide Yoshino

Japan

13:10-13:30

Intermission

13:30-14:30

Oral Presentation 2

Chairs

Win Min Thit

Myanmar

Sheila Agustini

Indonesia

14:30-15:30

For Harmonization of Pan-Asian and International ALS/MND Association

Chairs

Hemangi Sane

India

Carol Birks

Australia

14:30-14:40

Current and Future Direction of International ALS Alliance

David Ali

Australia

14:40-14:50

Introduction of Korean ALS Alliance

Seok Jin Choi

Korea

14:50-15:00

Introduction of Japanese ALS Alliance

Hitomi Hasebe

Japan

15:00-15:10

Introduction of Australian ALS Alliance

Carol Birks

Australia

15:10-15:30

Panel Discussion
with All Participants from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan, USA, etc.

15:30

Closing Remark / Presentation Awards

16:00-19:00

Seoul City Tour (All participants, Advanced Reservations Required)