25^TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR TREATMENT AND RESEARCH IN
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
http://www.congrex.ch/ectrims2009/

Date

Wednesday, September 9 –
Saturday, September 12, 2009

Venue

Congress Center Düsseldorf, Germany (CCD)
www.duesseldorfcongress.de

Call for Abstracts

Deadline for submission of abstracts (online):
May 5, 2009

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

We warmly invite you to the 25^th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) which will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany, 9-12 September 2009.

ECTRIMS congresses have over the years evolved into the largest and most important annual international meeting dedicated to multiple sclerosis. As always, we will bring together in Düsseldorf leading international experts in MS research, both scientists and clinicians, to share and discuss recent advances in this fast moving field. Clearly, the ultimate goal of all these efforts is to combat and eventually cure this disabling disease which affects some two million individuals throughout the world.

Düsseldorf on the river Rhine is the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most densely populated federal state in Germany. Düsseldorf was founded in the 12^th century and is a lively business, trade fair, fashion and media centre. From the shopping boulevard Königsallee, the historic “Altstadt” (Old Town), and the fancy media centre “Medienhafen” in the harbour neighbourhood with its leaning Gehry buildings and many hip restaurants and bars, to the late baroque Benrath Palace, there are many places and sites to absorb and enjoy the atmosphere of this bustling cosmopolitan city and its surrounding Rhineland area.

You are certain to have a most successful and constructive ECTRIMS Congress in Düsseldorf in 2009 which will benefit from your active participation.

We again invite you to join us and very much look forward to welcoming you all in Düsseldorf next year!

Hans-Peter Hartung Chair ECTRIMS 2009 ECTRIMS President

Michel Clanet ECTRIMS Vice-President and President-elect

Ludwig Kappos ECTRIMS Secretary

Main Topics

• New therapeutic avenues
• Early treatment
• Imaging
• Neurobiology of MS
• Biomarkers
• Modelling MS pathology
• MS at the interface of inflammation and neurodegeneration
• Cognition: causes of dysfunction, diagnosis and treatment
• Symptom management in MS
• Neurorehabilitation in MS