- Day One
- Day Two
Monday 10 March 2025 Clarion Congress Hotel, Prague
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08:45 - 09:00
Welcome from the programme committee chairs
Meridian
University Ss Cyril and Methodius, North Macedonia
Associate Professor Nicola Hancock
University of East Anglia, UK
09:00 - 09:30
Life after stroke in the Czech Republic
Meridian
Chair: Dr Dagmar Součková, Hospital Na Homolce, Czech Republic
Introduction to life after stroke in Czech Republic
Hospital Na Homolce, Czech Republic
Our life after stroke in the Czech Republic
Stroke survivor, Czech Republic
Peer support, Czech Republic
09:30 - 10:45
Plenary: Long-term secondary stroke prevention
Meridian
Chair: Ass Professor Aleš Tomek, Czech Republic and Nenad Nikolić Stroke Association, Serbia
Long-term secondary prevention after stroke
University of L’Aquila, Italy
Associate Professor Olive Lennon
University College Dublin, Ireland
Holistic prevention post-stroke
Public Advocate, Person with Lived Experience, Switzerland
10:45 - 11:30
REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING
Foyer
11:30 - 12:30
Parallel: Quality of life after stroke in women: when gender matters
Meridian
Chair: Diana Wong Ramos, Stroke survivor, Portugal and Katherine Staley, Stroke Association, UK
Cognitive impairment after stroke in women
Assistant Professor Hrvoje Budincevic
University Hospital Sveti Duh, Croatia
Pain and depression after stroke in women
General Hospital Cuprija, Serbia
11:30 - 12:30
Parallel: How to involve people with stroke as research partners
Zenit
Chair: Dr Marina Charalambous, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
A personal experience as a research partner
Stroke survivor, Cyprus
Enhancing patient involvement in stroke research
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK
How to involve patients with communication difficulties in stroke research
Associate Professor Jytte Isaksen
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
11:30 - 12:30
Parallel: Enhancing health literacy and skills to reduce risk of secondary stroke
Nadir
Chair: Grethe Lunde, Stroke survivor, Norway and Ass. Professor Carina Persson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Prevention strategies through multiple methods and engaging everyday activities
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Mood management for stroke secondary prevention
Leeds Beckett University, UK
Lifestyle behaviour change theories/techniques relevant to stroke secondary prevention
Associate Professor Olive Lennon
University College Dublin, Ireland
12:30 - 14:30
LUNCH, EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING
Veduta
14:30 - 15:45
Plenary: Life after stroke and the Stroke Action Plan for Europe
Meridian
Chair: Ass. Professor Melinda Roaldsen, University Hospital of North Norway, MD with lived experience, Norway and Professor Avril Drummond, University of Nottingham, UK
My perspective on life after stroke
Associate Professor Melinda Roaldsen
University Hospital of North Norway, MD with lived experience, Norway
The new Stroke Action Plan for Europe, life after stroke focus
University of Nottingham, UK
Life after stroke care provision in England – a collaborative approach
Stroke Association, UK
Stroke Association, UK
Life after stroke care provision in Estonia – a new national stroke navigator programme'
University of Tartu, Estonia
15:45 - 16:15
REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING
Foyer
16:15 - 17:30
Workshop: Reimagining wellbeing for life after stroke: a call to action
This 90-minute interactive workshop is designed to bring together people affected by stroke, clinicians and researchers from across Europe to share ideas and experiences on what wellbeing after stroke looks like. Join us in shaping the priorities to make supported wellbeing a fundamental part of future life after stroke care and research.
Note: Registrations to the workshop is now closed. If you didn’t get a space, the key discussion points from the workshop will be shared with all delegates during the closing session of the conference.
Nadir
Chair: Saran Chamberlain stroke advocate, researcher, and survivor, Australia and Professor Lisa Kidd, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Associate Professor Felicity Bright
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Stroke advocate, researcher and survivor.
University of Nottingham, UK
Dalarna University, Sweden
University of South Australia, Australia
Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Associate Professor Elizabeth Lynch
Flinders University, Australia
16:15 - 17:15
Parallel: A technology enabled life after stroke
Meridian
Chair: Yago Bundgaard, Stroke Survivor, Denmark and Ass. Professor Nicola Hancock, University of East Anglia, UK
Associate Professor Nicola Hancock
University of East Anglia, UK
Co-creating a technological approach to rehabilitation and life after stroke
Strathclyde University, UK
Patient Virtual Assistant and insights into the RES-Q+ project
Health Management Institute, Czech Republic
16:15 - 17:15
Parallel: Caregiving
Zenit
Chair: Christina Franzisket, German Stroke Foundation, Germany and Dr Hrvoje Jurlina, Specialised Doctor of Family Medicine, Croatia
My experience of being a caregiver
Carer, Portugal
The role of a stroke patient support organisation in supporting caregivers
Fundacio Ictus, Catalonia
Concept of long-term support for caregivers
ERGO Aktiv, Czech Republic
19:00 - 21:00
WELCOME RECEPTION
Foyer
Tuesday 11 March 2025 Clarion Congress Hotel, Prague
09:00 - 10:15
Plenary: By survivors, for all: Inclusive approaches to life after stroke
Meridian
Chair: Stacie Broek, Public Advocate, Person with Lived Experience, Switzerland and Ass. Professor Nicola Hancock, University of East Anglia, UK
Advocacy in action: personal perspectives and broader impact
Public Advocate, Person with Lived Experience, Switzerland
Stroke Survivor, Norway
Stroke survivor, Portugal
Associate Professor Melinda Roaldsen
University Hospital of North Norway, MD with lived experience, Norway
Stroke survivor, Sweden
Lived experience of acalculia after stroke
Stroke survivor, UK
10:30 - 11:30
Parallel: Returning to work: Empowerment to make the invisible visible
Zenit
Chair: Grethe Lunde, Stroke Survivor, Norway and Helen Gaynor, Irish Heart Foundation, Ireland
Navigating invisible disabilities in the workplace – a stroke survivors perspective
Stroke Survivor, Norway
Navigating the road back to work after stroke: what does the evidence say
Galway University Hospitals, Ireland
University of Manchester, UK
10:30 - 11:30
Parallel: Communication challenges in long-term stroke
Meridian
Chair: Professor Jean-Marie Annoni, University of Fribourg, Switzerland and Board of Aphasia International and Dr Marina Charalambous, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Introduction: Survivors’ choice: a Roadmap to select topics in communication impairment after stroke
University of Fribourg, Switzerland and Board of Aphasia International
Awareness of aphasia and the communication challenges of long-term stroke
Person with lived experience of stroke and aphasia, Slovenia
University Hospital Sveti Duh, Croatia
Psychological changes in people with communication difficulties after stroke
Person with lived experience of stroke and aphasia, UK
Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
ESO aphasia rehabilitation guidelines
City University London, UK
10:30 - 11:30
Parallel: Top scoring scientific and service abstracts
Nadir
Chair: Jennifer Crow, Imperial College London, UK and Chris Macey, Irish Heart Foundation, Ireland
March of Dimes, Canada
Service: A vocational return to work programme for stroke survivors in Ireland
Irish Heart Foundation, Ireland
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK
Scientific: Exploring Unmet Psychosocial Care and Recovery Needs in Young Survivors of Stroke
University of Toronto, Canada
11:30 - 12:00
REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING
Foyer
12:00 - 12:30
Closing remarks
Meridian
University Ss Cyril and Methodius, North Macedonia
Associate Professor Nicola Hancock
University of East Anglia, UK
12:30 - 16:30