Building research: networks and tools Tuesday, 17th June 2014 Central Library Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta Via Celoria 11, Milan Time Speaker Chairs: Matilde Leonardi Alarcos Cieza Matilde Leonardi 14.30 – 15.00 15.00 – 15.25 Alberto Albanese 15.25 – 15.50 Irene Tramacere 15.50 – 16.15 Michela Morbin 16.15 – 16.35 ---------------------- 16.35 – 17.00 Giuliano Avanzini 17.00 – 17.25 Tadeusz Hawrot 17.25 – 17.50 17.50 – 18.00 Alarcos Cieza Matilde Leonardi Topic Welcome and introduction: Research on the burden of neurological diseases Organizing research and publishing results Cochrane network as a tool for evidence-based multidisciplinary research The national strategic plan on dementia: importance of developing translational research Coffee-break European research on Epilepsy: how to build, develop, support and use networks Developing brain research in Europe: EBC and Horizon 2020 The challenge of health measurement Closing remarks List of Speakers Alberto Albanese Director, Division of Neurology I - Movement Disorders INNCB* Giuliano Avanzini Former Director, Division of Neurophysiology and Experimental Epileptology INNCB* Alarcos Cieza Coordinator, Maratone Project Professor of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences Honorary Chair Professor, Faculty of Medicine University of Southampton, UK Tadeusz Hawroth Senior Public Affairs Manager European Brain Council, Brussels Matilde Leonardi P.I. Maratone Project Director, Neurology, Public Health and Disability Unit INNCB* Michela Morbin Neurologist, Division of Neuropathology INNCB* Irene Tramacere Statistician, Neuroepidemiology Unit INNCB* * Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta