The MND Australia youtube channel features presentations from the International Ask the Experts session held on 28 November 2011 in Sydney, Australia
MND Australia in partnership with MND NSW were the hosts for the 19th International ALS/MND Alliance meetings and the 22nd International ALS/MND Symposium in Sydney in 2011. The Ask the Experts session is organised each year by the International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations and the host association and is sponsored by ALS Hope Foundation. This session is an opportunity for people living with MND, their family and friends to ask international experts about the latest developments in MND care and research
Chairman: Professor Dominic Rowe
Welcoming address: Ralph Warren, President MND Australia
What do we now understand about MND compared to 5 to 10 years ago? How has clinical and scientific research impacted on current clinical care for people living with MND? Kevin Talbot, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford, UK
How might stem cell research lead to a cure for ALS/MND? Kevin Eggan, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, USA
Lessons from ALS/MND genetics, Robert Brown Jr, Harvard, NEALS, USA
Clinical Trials in MND/ALS: Past, Present and Future, Orla Hardiman Clinical Professor of Neurology at the University of Dublin a Consultant Neurologist at the National Neuroscience Center of Ireland at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Q and A, Questions from the audience and people who attended via the live streaming website