IPSO 2024 Congress Program

Inspiring Innovation, Transforming Care and Improving Outcomes in Pediatric Stroke

March 22nd-24th, 2024

Toronto, Canada

The IPSO 2024 Congress will offer: 

• Both multidisciplinary and international speakers
• Diverse content of interest to multiple disciplines 
• Content will range from clinical review sessions to clinical debates
• Oral Abstract & Poster Sessions 
• Networking with Colleagues & Industry Sponsors 
• IPSO committees, councils, and working groups meetings

Note: This program is subject to change. 

Times in EST. 

Pre-Congress: Friday, March 22^nd, 2024

• 8:00AM-9:00AM: Check-In & Poster Set Up

Day 1: Friday, March 22^nd, 2024 9:00am-5:30pm

• 9:00AM: Opening of the IPSO 2024 Congress (General Assembly): Updates on Collaborative Initiatives
• 9:30AM: Keynote: Pushing the Envelope for Pediatric Cerebrovascular Disease:Evolution of a Novel Fetal Treatment Approach for VOGM
• 10:00AM: Session #1: Clinical Focus: Advances in the Care of Cerebral Vascular Malformations
  • Genetics of intracranial vascular malformations in children and the role of endovascular biopsy
  • Standard and controversial approaches to treating cavernous malformations: surgical resection to obliterative surgery to medical management
• 11:00AM: Session #2: Clinical Highlight: Cerebral Proliferative Angiopathy
• 11:30AM-1:00PM: Lunch and Poster Session
• 1:00PM: Oral Abstracts Session #1
• 2:00PM-2:10PM: Break
• 2:10PM: Session #3: Clinical Focus: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) as a Venous Disease
  • "Idiopathic intracranial hypertension” versus “symptomatic venous stenosis": what is the evidence?
  • The glymphatic system – what it means, how we can image it, and how it might play a role in IIH
  • Endovascular management of IIH: Pros and Cons
• 3:20PM-3:40PM: Break
• 3:40PM: Clinical Review #1: Fetal and Perinatal Stroke
  • Fetal and perinatal stroke: the spectrum from venous to arterial to hemorrhagic stroke
  • Improving function for perinatal stroke survivors: from standard to experimental approaches
• 4:30PM: Workshop: Harnessing Multidisciplinary Care for Pediatric Stroke
• 5:30PM: Day 1 Ends
• 5:35PM-6:35PM: AVM Research Interest Group Meeting

Day 2: Saturday, March 23^rd, 2024 8:30am-5:00pm

• 8:30AM: Day 2 Welcome
• 8:30AM: Challenging Case Conference
• 10:00AM: Global Perspective Session
• 10:30AM-10:45AM: Break
• 10:45AM: Session #4: Clinical Focus: Endovascular Thrombectomy (EVT) in Children with Large Vessel Occlusion
  • Overview of Pediatric LVO: Picking Patients and Avoiding Pitfalls
  • Updates on EVT: Emerging Adult Literature and How It Should Affect Pediatric Practice
  • The Evolution of Pediatric EVT: New Results from the SaveChilds Study
• 11:45AM-1:15PM: Lunch and Poster Session
• 1:15PM: Session #5: Scientific Session: Anatomy and Biology of Cerebrovascular Disease in Childhood
  • Insights from single cell genomics on the development of cerebral vasculature
  • Biology of Pediatric Aneurysms and Drivers of Growth
  • Cerebral arterial variant anatomy and its relevance to stroke thrombectomy
• 2:45PM-3:00PM: Break
• 3:00PM: Clinical Review #2: Stroke in Congenital Heart Disease: Risks and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
  • Monitoring for Stroke in the Congenital Heart Disease Population in the ICU
  • Neuropsychological outcomes and interventions in the Congenital Heart Disease Population (with or without stroke)
• 3:45PM: Clinical Review #3: Michael Scott Memorial Symposium on Clinical Management of Moyamoya
  • Moyamoya medical management
  • Moyamoya surgical management
  • How should imaging guide decision making in moyamoya?
• 5:00PM: Day 2 Ends
  
• 5:05PM: Group Photo 
• 5:15PM-6:15PM: Moyamoya Research Interest Group Meeting

Post Congress: Saturday, March 23^rd, 2024

• 6:30PM-8:30PM: Congress Dinner Event

Day 3: Sunday, March 24^th, 2024, 8:00am-12:30pm

• 8:00AM: Clinical Review #4: Tools for Managing Pediatric Cerebrovascular Disease
  • Antithrombotic treatment for childhood ischemic stroke: arterial and venous
  • Endovascular devices and their improvements over time
• 9:00AM: Day 3 Welcome
• 10:30AM-10:40AM: Break
• 10:40AM: Session #7: Clinical Focus: Looking Towards the Future: Technology Improving the Care of Cerebrovascular Diseases in Children
  • 3-D modeling of cerebral aneurysms and AVMs
  • Gaming for rehabilitation: Bootle Blast
  • Invasive brain-computer interface: current state and potential to help pediatric stroke survivors
• 11:35AM: Collaborative Research Updates from IPSO Members
• 12:05PM: Closing Remarks
• 12:15PM: IPSO 2024 Congress Ends
• 12:30PM-1:30PM: Optional Breakouts for IPSO Committees, Councils & Working Group
• 12:30PM-1:30PM: Workshop: Endovascular Workshop for Pediatric Ischemic & Hemorrhagic Stroke

Post-Congress: Sunday, March 24^th, 2024

• 12:30PM-2:00PM: IPSO Board of Directors Meeting
• 2:00PM-2:30PM: IPSO Steering Committee Meeting