Programme

  • Day One
  • Day Two

Monday 10 March 2025 Clarion Congress Hotel, Prague

08:45 - 09:00

Welcome from our chairs

Professor Anita Arsovska

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

Introduction

Dr Dagmar Souckova

Hospital Na Homolce, Czech Republic

Our life after stroke in the Czech Republic

Karolina Rysova

Stroke survivor, Czech Republic

Katerina Bockova

Peer support, Czech Republic

09:30 - 10:45

Plenary: Long-term secondary stroke prevention

Long-term secondary prevention after stroke

Professor Simona Sacco

University of L’Aquila, Italy

Approaches to lifestyle modifications and rehabilitation strategies for long-term secondary stroke prevention

Associate Professor Olive Lennon

University College Dublin, Ireland

Holistic prevention post-stroke

Stacie Broek

Public Advocate, Person with Lived Experience, Switzerland

10:45 - 11:30

REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING

11:30 - 12:30

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

Introduction

Professor Anita Arsovska

University Ss Cyril and Methodius, North Macedonia

Cognitive impairment after stroke in women

Assistant Professor Hrvoje Budincevic

University Hospital Sveti Duh, Croatia

Pain and depression after stroke in women

Professor Ivan Milojevic

General Hospital Cuprija, Serbia

11:30 - 12:30

Parallel: How to involve people with stroke as research partners

Introduction

Dr Marina Charalambous

Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

A personal experience as a research partner

Alexia Kountouri

Stroke survivor, Cyprus

Enhancing patient involvement in stroke research

Dr Hatice Ozkan

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

Introduction

Associate Professor Carina Persson

University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Prevention strategies through multiple methods and engaging everyday activities

Professor Susanne Guidetti

Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Mood management for stroke secondary prevention

Dr Suzie Xu Wang

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

14:30 - 15:45

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

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

Professor Avril Drummond

University of Nottingham, UK

Life after stroke care provision in England – a collaborative approach

Katherine Staley

Stroke Association, UK

Jacqui Cuthbert

Stroke Association, UK

Life after stroke care provision in Estonia – a new national stroke navigator programme'

Professor Janika Korv

University of Tartu, Estonia

15:45 - 16:15

REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING

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: Due to limited capacity and the interactive format, pre-registration to this session is required. Register your interest here by 21 February. 

Associate Professor Felicity Bright

Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Saran Chamberlain

Stroke advocate, researcher and survivor.

Professor Avril Drummond

University of Nottingham, UK

Professor Marie Elf

Dalarna University, Sweden

Professor Susan Hillier

University of South Australia, Australia

Professor Lisa Kidd

Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

Associate Professor Elizabeth Lynch

Flinders University, Australia

16:15 - 17:15

Parallel: A technology enabled life after stroke

Introduction

Associate Professor Nicola Hancock

University of East Anglia, UK

Co-creating a technological approach to rehabilitation and life after stroke

Dr Andy Kerr

Strathclyde University, UK

Patient Virtual Assistant and insights into the RES-Q+ project

Veronika Nemcova

RESQ+, Czech Republic

16:15 - 17:15

Parallel: Caregiving

Introduction

Dr Dagmar Souckova

Hospital Na Homolce, Czech Republic

The role of a stroke patient support organisation in supporting caregivers

Esther Duarte

Fundacio Ictus, Catalonia

Concept of long-term support for caregivers

Doubravka Koubkoba

ERGO Aktiv, Czech Republic

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

Elin Andersson

Stroke survivor, Sweden

Stacie Broek

Public Advocate, Person with Lived Experience, Switzerland

Associate Professor Nicola Hancock

University of East Anglia, UK

Colin Jenkinson

Stroke survivor, UK

Grethe Lunde

Stroke Survivor, Norway

Diana Wong Ramos

Stroke survivor, Portugal

Associate Professor Melinda Roaldsen

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

10:30 - 11:30

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

Introduction

Helen Gaynor

Head of Community Support, Irish Heart Foundation, Ireland

Navigating the road back to work after stroke: what does the evidence say

Ciara Breen

Galway University Hospitals, Ireland

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Pr”ACT”ical Takeaways for Stroke Survivors Returning to Work

Dr Emma Patchwood

University of Manchester, UK

Navigating invisible disabilities in the workplace – a stroke survivors perspective

Grethe Lunde

Stroke Survivor, Norway

10:30 - 11:30

Parallel: Communication challenges in long-term stroke

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

Professor Jean-Marie Annoni

University of Fribourg, Switzerland and Board of Aphasia International

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

Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

ESO aphasia rehabilitation guidelines

Professor Katerina Hilari

City University London, UK

10:30 - 11:30

Parallel: Top scoring scientific and service abstracts

Service: Experience implementing best practices in a stroke support organization: navigation, peer support and virtual programs

Suzanne Smith-Bayley

March of Dimes, Canada

Service: A vocational return to work programme for stroke survivors in Ireland

Helena Heffernan

Irish Heart Foundation, Ireland

Scientific: Prevalence and Predictors of Patient-Reported Sexual Dysfunction After Stroke: A multi-centre observational study

Dr Hatice Ozkan

UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK

Scientific: Exploring Unmet Psychosocial Care and Recovery Needs in Young Survivors of Stroke

Ms Syeda Hashmi

University of Toronto, Canada

11:30 - 12:00

REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING

12:00 - 12:30

Close

Awards

Call to action in life after stroke

Professor Anita Arsovska

University Ss Cyril and Methodius, North Macedonia

Associate Professor Nicola Hancock

University of East Anglia, UK

12:30 - 16:30

SAFE members meeting - By invitation only