The 5th Asia Pacific Conference Against Stroke
Programme
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SCHEDULE:

MARCH 13-15, 2008
0700 -1700 HRS
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FOR WORKSHOPS
EARLY. ONLY 30
SEATS AVAILABLE
FOR EACH SESSION
DAY TO DAY PROGRAMME FOR THE CONVENTION (text
format)
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
TIME
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
0700
Teaching Courses/
Workshops
BREAKFAST
 BREAKFAST AND MORNING SESSIONS
BREAKFAST
0730
SESSION 1:
ASIA PACIFIC
STROKE
INITIATIVES
Ballroom C
SESSION 2
RECENT
PROGRESS IN
STROKE
GUIDELINES
Ballroom D
SESSION 3
Rehabilitation
after Stroke
Ballroom E
  
0800
Plenary Session 1
Epidemiology of Stroke in the
Asia-Pacific Region
Grand Ballroom A and B
ORAL PAPER
PRESENTATION
Grand Ballroom A and B
0830
0900
PLENARY SESSION 3
UPDATES IN EVIDENCE-BASED ACUTE STROKE
THERAPY
Grand Ballroom A and B
0930
Scientific Symposium 5
Controversies/ Consensus in
Stroke Management
Grand Ballroom A and B
1000
COFFEE/TEA BREAK
1030
Scientific Symposium 2
Risk Factors and Stroke
Prevention
Grand Ballroom A and B
1100
ORAL PAPER PRESENTATION
Grand Ballroom A and B
Plenary Session 6
Interventional/endovas
cular treatment of
Stroke
Grand Ballroom A and B
1130
1200
Insight from the JIKEI Heart
Study
(Lunch Symposium)
Grand Ballroom A and B
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Exploring Novel Antiplatelet
Strategies for Stroke
Prevention
Grand Ballroom A and B
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Role of Angiotensin II Receptor Blockade in stroke
Prevention
Grand Ballroom A and B
1230
ON TARGET
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Grand Ballroom A and B
1300
1330
ORAL PAPER
PRESENTATION
Grand Ballroom A and B
Plenary Session 4
Spectrum of Vascular Dementia
Grand Ballroom A and B
1400
Scientific Symposium 3
Revisiting the Role of
Neuroprotection in Stroke
Grand Ballroom A and B
Plenary Session 8
CURRENT AND FUTURE
DIRECTIONS OF CLINICAL
TRIALS IN STROKE
Grand Ballroom A and B
1430
1500
COFFEE/TEA BREAK
1530
Scientific Symposium 4
Management of Cerebrovascular Atherothrombotic
Disease: Insights in Antiplatelet Therapy
Grand Ballroom A and B
CLOSING CEREMONIES
1600
COFFEE/TEA BREAK
 
1630
Plenary Session 2
Stroke Units and Stroke
Teams in  the ASPAC
Grand Ballroom A and B
1700
Plenary Session 5
Optimizing Treatment for Intracerebral
HemorrhageGrand Ballroom A and B
 
1730
 Scientific Symposium  1
Neurovascular and Cardiovasclar
Protection with Statins and
Calcium Channel Blockers
1800
1830
Free Night
FELLOWSHIP NIGHT
1900
OPENING CEREMONIES
The APCAS
2008 is hosted
through the
collaborative
efforts of
The Philippine
Neurological
Association
and the
Stroke Society
of the
Philippines