Scientific Program
| Wednesday, 11 November 2026 | ||||||
| 12:00 Noon |
Registration Opens |
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| 14:00-16:00 | Skills Workshop Sessions
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| 17:00-18:00 |
Welcome to IAPRD 2026 – Opening Ceremony and Award Lectures |
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| Congress Welcome and Invited Award Lectures • Welcome and announcements from IAPRD President, Andreas Puschmann • Announcement of Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Award 2026 Winner • IAPRD Melvin Yahr Lecture (selected by Awards Committee) • IAPRD Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture (selected by Awards Committee) |
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| 18:00-19:00 |
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| Thursday, 12 November 2026 | ||||||
| 07:45-08:45 | Morning Coffee (Exhibit and Poster Hall Open) |
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| 08:45-10:15 | Plenary Session 1: Looking at Parkinson’s Disease With a 2026 Lens—Breaking Advances Around the Globe Chair: Andreas Puschmann (Sweden) Chair: Elena Moro (France) |
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| 08:45-09:15 | 1a: Today’s Leading Hypotheses on How Parkinson’s Disease Begins Tiago Outiero (Germany) |
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| 09:15-09:45 | 1b: Is It or Is It Not? Diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease from Different Angles Kailash Bhatia (UK) |
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| 09:45-10:15 | 1c: Emerging Therapies That Are Likely to Make a Difference in How We Manage Parkinson’s Disease Lorraine Kalia (Canada) |
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| 10:15-11:00 | Coffee Break (Exhibit and Poster Hall Open) |
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| 11:00-12:30 | Parallel Session 1: Genetics and Environment—The Yin & Yang of Parkinson’s Disease Chair: Huifang Shang (China) |
Parallel Session 2: Recent Advances in Prediction and Modelling of PD Progression—Are They Ready for the Bedside? Chair: Ioannis Isaias (Italy) Chair: Alfonso Fasano (Italy) |
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| 11:00-11:30 | 1a: Untangling the Tangled World of PD Genetics: The 2026 Update Vincenzo Bonifati (Netherlands) |
2a: Sticking With What We Know Best—Recognizing Motor and Non-Motor Features to Predict PD Progression Haidar Dafsari (Germany) |
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| 11:30-12:00 | 1b: Spotlight on the Environmental Triggers of Parkinson’s Disease Alexis Elbaz (France) |
2b: Spotting Which PD Patient is In for a Rough Ride—Can Neuroimaging See What Our Eyes Could Not? Irena Rektorova (Czechia) |
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| 12:00-12:30 | 1c: What Can We Do Now to Avoid Parkinson’s Disease? Caroline Tanner (USA) |
2c: Harnessing the Power of Technology for a Better and More Accurate Prediction of PD Progression Álvaro Sánchez-Ferro (Spain) |
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| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break (Exhibit and Poster Hall Open) |
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| 14:00-15:30 | Plenary Session 2: The Mahlon DeLong Plenary—What Matters Most: The 2026 Therapeutics Update on Parkinson’s Disease Chair: Alberto Albanese (Italy) |
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| 14:00-14:30 | 2a: What Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Are Likely to Be Taking: Monotherapy vs Polytherapy in Parkinson’s Disease Angelo Antonini (Italy) |
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| 14:30-15:00 | 2b: Drip by Drip: Can Infusion Therapies Fill the Gap When Oral Therapies Fall Short? Maja Trošt (Slovenia) |
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| 15:00-15:30 | 2c: The Very Latest on Functional Neurosurgery for Parkinson’s Disease Suneil Kalia (Canada) |
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| 15:30-16:30 |
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Guided Poster Tours I |
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| 16:30-18:00 | Parallel Session 3: Beneath the Parkinson’s Iceberg—Exploring Nonmotor Symptoms Chair: Marie Saint-Hilaire (USA) Chair: Gulnora Rakhimbaeva (Uzbekistan) |
Parallel Session 4: Spotting the PD Chameleons—Update on Atypical Parkinsonism Chair: Pramod Pal (India) Chair: Luca Marsili (Italy) |
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| 16:30-17:00 | 3a: The Big Two—Cognitive and Behavioral Features of Parkinson’s Disease Roberta Biundo (Italy) |
4a: Surveying the Synucleinopathies in 2026 Wassilios Meissner (France) |
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| 17:00-17:30 | 3b: No Longer a Sleeping Giant—Addressing Sleep Dysfunction in PD Aleksander Videnovic (USA) |
4b: Towering Over Tauopathies: Recent Advances Yaroslau Compta (Spain) |
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| 17:30-18:00 | 3c: Cracking One Tough Iceberg—The Latest on Dysautonomia in PD Alessandra Fanciulli (Austria) |
4c: Here, There and Everywhere: Not To Miss Secondary Parkinsonian Disorders Pramod Pal (India) |
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| 18:00-18:15 | The New IAPRD High-Low Challenge: Round 1 (Test your knowledge of recently published articles in PRD and CPRD journals – Open to ALL attendees) Host: Hubert Fernandez (USA) Host: Huifang Shang (China) |
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| Friday, 13 November 2026 | ||||||
| 07:45-08:45 | Morning Coffee (Exhibit and Poster Hall Open) |
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| 08:45-10:15 | Plenary Session 3: The Mark Hallett Plenary—Spotlight on Hyperkinetic Disorders Chair: Alberto Priori (Italy) Chair: Karen Frei (USA) |
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| 08:45-09:15 | 3a: Sharpening Our Clinical Lens: Incorporating the Two—Axis Classifications of Hyperkinetic Disorders Alberto Albanese (Italy) |
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| 09:15-09:45 | 3b: When Machine Wins—Using Technology in Our Approach to Hyperkinetic Disorders Roongroj Bhidayasiri (Thailand) |
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| 09:45-10:15 | 3c: Is Functional Neurosurgery Offering New Hope for Patients with Hyperkinetic Disorders? Raja Mehanna (USA) |
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| 10:15-11:00 | Coffee Break (Exhibit and Poster Hall Open) |
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| 11:00-12:30 | Parallel Session 5: Dystonia, Tics, and Chorea Chair: Emilia Gatto (Argentina) Chair: Zoltan Mari (USA) |
Parallel Session 6: Cerebellar Ataxias and Spastic Paraplegias Chair: Oksana Suchowersky (Canada) Chair: Ashraf Yahia (Sudan) |
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| 11:00-11:30 | 5a: Navigating the Complex Map of Dystonia Genetics Michael Zech (Germany) |
6a: Recently discovered genetic causes and optimized genetic testing in 2026 Oksana Suchowersky (Canada) |
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| 11:30-12:00 | 5b: Treatments and Trials in Tics and Tourette’s Andreas Hartmann (France) |
6b: Treatable Disorders: Friedreich ataxia and others Deborah Hall (USA) |
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| 12:00-12:30 | 5c: Synchronizing Choreography: Closing in on (non-HD) Choreas Emilia Gatto (Argentina) |
6c: Repeat Expansion Disorders: Molecular mechanisms and emerging therapies Henry Houlden (UK) |
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| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break (Exhibit and Poster Hall Open) |
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| 14:00-15:30 | Plenary Session 4: The Nir Giladi Plenary—The Heart of It All: Therapeutics in Movement Disorders Chair: Hubert Fernandez (USA) Chair: Jaroslaw Slawek (Poland) |
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| 14:00-14:30 | 4a: Hope or Hype: Update on Huntington’s Disease Treatment Tiago Mestre (Canada) |
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| 14:30-15:00 | 4b: The Ever-Expanding Universe of Botulinum Neurotoxin in Movement Disorders Raymond Rosales (Philippines) |
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| 15:00-15:30 | 4c: The Formula One Approach: Neurorehabilitation in Movement Disorders Shinsuke Fujioka (Japan) |
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| 15:30-16:30 |
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Guided Poster Tours II |
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| 16:30-18:00 | Parallel Session 7: Unmasking Rare and Remarkable Movement Disorders Chair: Roberto Erro (Italy) Chair: Vladimira Vuletic (Croatia) |
Parallel Session 8: Last Pieces of the Puzzle: Emergencies, Gait Disorders and Neuropalliative Care Chair: Prashanth Kukkle (India) Chair: Jinyoung Youn (Korea) |
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| 16:30-17:00 | 7a: Revealing Autoimmune Disorders, the Masters of Disguise | 8a: Knowing What To Do During Movement Disorder Emergencies Prashanth Kukkle (India) |
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| 17:00-17:30 | 7b: Seeking the Hidden Diagnostic Clues in Pediatric Movement Disorders Divyani Garg (India) |
8b: A Balancing Act: The Modern Approach to Gait Disorders Jinyoung Youn (Korea) |
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| 17:30-18:00 | 7c: New Genetic Variants and Expanding Phenotypes of Known Genetic Disorders: Deciphering Nature’s Secret Code Alessio Di Fonzo (Italy) |
8c: Developing a Neuropalliative Care Mindset Manon Auffret (France) |
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| 18:00-18:15 | The New IAPRD High-Low Challenge: Round 2 (Test your knowledge of recently published articles in PRD and CPRD journals – Open to ALL attendees) Host: Zoltan Mari (USA) Host: Marie Saint-Hilaire (USA) |
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| Saturday, 14 November 2026 | ||||||
| 08:00-09:00 |
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Guided Poster Tours III |
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| 09:00-10:00 | Plenary Session 5: A Master Clinician’s Approach to Challenging Movement Disorders Master Clinician: Roongroj Bhidayasiri (Thailand) |
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| 10:00-12:15 | Plenary Session 6: IAPRD’s Grand Video Challenge—Team Innovation versus Team Collaboration Moderator: Hubert Fernandez (USA) Moderator: Ai Huey Tan (Malaysia) Discussant: Roberto Erro (Italy) Discussant: Luca Marsili (USA) Discussant: Philippe Salles (Chile) Discussant: Huifang Shang (China) Discussant: Miryam Carecchio (Italy) Discussant: Oksana Suchowersky (Canada) |
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| 12:15-12:30 | IAPRD 2026 Congress Awards and Closing Ceremony |
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