IMNDA Annual Conference Event - Zoom Link

01 Oct 2024
Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA)
Annual Conference Agenda
Friday 4th October 2024

 

All of the morning sessions will be live streamed on Zoom

(Running order is provisional & subject to change)

 

10am

Conference opens with welcome from IMNDA Chairperson Jonathan Healy

10.05am

IMNDA Updates

Kevin Burn (CEO of IMNDA)

10.10am

Assistive Technology: What it can do for you

Shaun McCormack, Safecare Technologies

10.20am

Brain Imaging & EEG Research

Prof Peter Bede, Trinity College Dublin and St. James Hospital, IMNDA Medical Patron

10.45am

My Experience of MND

Catriona Dixon, diagnosed in 2023

10.55pm

The Psychological Impact of MND

Dr. Annette Lloyd, Senior Clinical Psychologist MND, Beaumont Hospital

11.20am

Ice Bucket Challenge: 10 Years Later

11.25am

Coffee Break

11.45am

The Caregiver Experience

Catherine Jennings

 

11.55am

Latest News on Precision ALS & Genetics

Prof Orla Hardiman, Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity College Dublin and Beaumont Hospital

12.20pm

Financial Planning

Irish Life  

12.40pm

Panel Q&A

Questions to all of the speakers

1.05pm

Close of Conference by Jonathan Healy

1.10pm

Lunch