Programme

  • Day One
  • Day Two

Monday 10 March 2025 Clarion Congress Hotel, Prague

08:45 - 09:00

Welcome from our chairs

Anita Arsovska

Professor of Neurology, University Ss Cyril and Methodius, North Macedonia

Nicola Hancock

Associate Professor in Physiotherapy, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation, University of East Anglia, UK

09:00 - 09:30

Life after stroke in the Czech Republic

Our life after stroke in the Czech Republic

Karolina Rysova

Stroke survivor

Katerina Bockova

Peer support

09:30 - 10:45

Plenary: Long-term secondary stroke prevention

No more stroke

Stacie Broek

Motivational Speaker, Patient and Public Advocate, Person with Lived Experience

Two additional speakers to be confirmed

10:45 - 11:30

REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING

11:30 - 12:30

Parallel: Quality of life after stroke in women: when gender matters

Cognitive impairment after stroke in women

Simona Sacco

Professor of Neurology, University of L’Aquila, Italy

Second speaker to be confirmed

11:30 - 12:30

Parallel: Caregiving

Speakers to be confirmed

11:30 - 12:30

Parallel: Enhancing health literacy and skills to reduce risk of secondary stroke

Prevention strategies through multiple methods and engaging everyday activities

Susanne Guidetti

Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Lifestyle behaviour change theories/techniques relevant to stroke secondary prevention

Olive Lennon

Associate Professor, University College Dublin, Ireland

Mood management for stroke secondary prevention

Suzie Xu Wang

Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University, UK

12:30 - 14:30

LUNCH, EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING

14:30 - 15:45

Plenary: Life after stroke and the Stroke Action Plan for Europe

My perspective on life after stroke

Melinda Roaldsen

Associate Professor, MD with lived experience, University Hospital of North Norway, Norway

The new Stroke Action Plan for Europe, life after stroke focus

Avril Drummond

Professor of Healthcare Research, University of Nottingham, UK

Additional speakers to be confirmed

15:45 - 16:15

REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING

16:15 - 17:30

Workshop: Reimagining life after stroke: a call to action

Speakers to be confirmed

16:15 - 17:15

Parallel: A technology enabled life after stroke

Title to be confirmed

Andy Kerr

Reader in Biomedical Engineering, Strathclyde University, UK

Two additional speakers to be confirmed

16:15 - 17:15

Parallel: How to involve people with stroke as research partners

Enhancing patient involvement in stroke research

Jytte Isaksen

Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

A personal experience as a research partner

Alexia Kountouri

Stroke survivor, Cyprus

Title to be confirmed

Hatice Ozkan

Postdoctoral Researcher and Clinical Neuroscientist, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK

19:00 - 21:00

WELCOME RECEPTION

Tuesday 11 March 2025 Clarion Congress Hotel, Prague

09:00 - 10:15

Plenary: By survivors, for all: Inclusive approaches to life after stroke

Speakers to be confirmed

10:30 - 11:30

Parallel: Returning to work: Empowerment to make the invisible visible

Navigating invisible disabilities in the workplace – a stroke survivors perspective

Grethe Lunde

Stroke Survivor, Norway

Speakers to be confirmed

10:30 - 11:30

Parallel: Communication challenges in long-term stroke

Survivors’ choice: a Roadmap to select topics in communication impairment after stroke

Jean Marie Annoni

Professor Neurology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Awareness of aphasia and the communication challenges of long-term stroke

Jernej Sluga

Person with lived experience of stroke and aphasia, Slovenia

Jelena Bartolović Vučković

University Hospital Sveti Duh, Croatia

Psychological changes in people with communication difficulties after stroke

Hanka Mayhew

Person with lived experience of stroke and aphasia, UK

Dr Marina Charalambous

Clinical Lecturer, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

10:30 - 11:30

Parallel: Top scoring scientific and service abstracts

Four speakers to be confirmed

11:30 - 12:00

REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING

12:00 - 12:30

Close

Awards

Call to action in life after stroke

Anita Arsovska

Professor of Neurology, University Ss Cyril and Methodius, North Macedonia

Nicola Hancock

Associate Professor in Physiotherapy, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation, University of East Anglia, UK