- Day One
- Day Two
Monday 10 March 2025 Clarion Congress Hotel, Prague
08:45 - 09:00
Welcome from our chairs
Professor of Neurology, University Ss Cyril and Methodius, North Macedonia
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
Stroke survivor
Peer support
09:30 - 10:45
Plenary: Long-term secondary stroke prevention
No more stroke
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
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
Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Lifestyle behaviour change theories/techniques relevant to stroke secondary prevention
Associate Professor, University College Dublin, Ireland
Mood management for stroke secondary prevention
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
Associate Professor, MD with lived experience, University Hospital of North Norway, Norway
The new Stroke Action Plan for Europe, life after stroke focus
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
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
Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
A personal experience as a research partner
Stroke survivor, Cyprus
Title to be confirmed
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
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
Professor Neurology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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
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
Professor of Neurology, University Ss Cyril and Methodius, North Macedonia
Associate Professor in Physiotherapy, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation, University of East Anglia, UK