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2023 International Regional Meetings

2023 Barcelona, Vienna, and Copenhagen Regional Meetings

Join us this March for an EU Regional Meeting Near you!

Have you, or a loved one, recently been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) or Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN)? Or, perhaps you have been coping for some time but would like more information and resources. Our one-day regional meetings, are the ideal place to connect with medical experts, learn more about available treatments and current research studies, meet other patients & caregivers and build a local network too.

Topics discussed will include:

  • An overview of GBS, CIDP, & MMN
  • Residuals Symptoms and How to Cope
  • Current Treatments and Global Clinical Trials
  • Ask the Experts – Q & A with attendees and medical experts (bring your questions!)
  • Patient & Caregiver Story sharing

Meeting Schedule & Location

Barcelona Regional Meeting

*Presented in Spanish

Thursday, March 16, 15:30
Location: Meliá Barcelona Sky, C. de Pere IV, 272, 28 6,08005 Barcelona, Spain
Presenters: Luis A Querol Gutierrez MD PhD
Dinner included.

(This meeting will be presented in Spanish, with English translation available.)

Click here to view Barcelona Meeting schedule.

Vienna Regional Meeting

*Presented in German

Saturday, March 18, 10:00-14:00
Location: Novotel Wien Hauptbahnhof, Canettistraße 6, 1100 Wien, Austria

Speakers:  Prof. Dr. Helmar C. Lehmann
Facharzt für Neurologie, Neurologische Intensivmedizin
Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie
Universitätsklinikum Köln

Lunch included.
Cost is $25 per person.

(This meeting will be presented in German.)

Vienna Meeting Agenda

  • 9:45am – Welcome
  • 10:00am – GBS CIDP MMN overview
  • 10:45am – Residual Management 
  • 11:30am – Coffee Break
  • 12:00pm – Treatments and Trials
  • 12:45pm – Lunch 
  • 2:00pm – Ask the Experts
  • 3:00pm Meet and Greet Patient Networking 
  • 4:00pm Meeting End

 

Copenhagen Regional Meeting

*Presented in Danish

Monday, March 20, 10:00-14:00

Location: Scandic Copenhagen, Vester Søgade 6, 1601 København, Denmark

Speakers: Dr. Johannes Klitgaard Jakobsen & Lars Kjøbsted Markvardsen, Arhus
University Hospital Neurology, A GBS|CIDP Foundation Center of Excellence
Lunch included.

Cost is $25 per person.

(This meeting will be presented in Danish)

Copenhagen Agenda

  • 9:45am – Welcome
  • 10:00am – GBS CIDP MMN overview
  • 10:45am – Residual Management 
  • 11:30am – Coffee Break
  • 12:00pm – Treatments and Trials
  • 12:45pm – Lunch 
  • 2:00pm – Ask the Experts
  • 3:00pm Meet and Greet Patient Networking 
  • 4:00pm Meeting End  

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