Program
Friday, 12. June 2026
8.30
Registration
9.00 Uhr
Welcome
Prof. Dr. med. Roland Veltkamp, Chief Physician of the Department of Neurology, Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus, Essen
Dr. Michaela Lemm, Managing Director, Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus, Essen
Volker Troche, Spokesperson for the Executive Board, Krupp Stiftung, Essen
Prof. Ursula Gather, Chairmanship of Krupp Stiftung, Essen
9.15-10.15
Special Session: 50 years of Neurology at the Krupp - Science interwoven with patient care | Prof. Roland Veltkamp, Essen
Stroke Neurology at the Interface - Understanding & treating cerebral vasculitis | Prof. Peter Berlit, Berlin
The science and clinical treatment of Moya-Moya angiopathy | Prof. Markus Krämer, Essen
Stroke in the young | Dr. Jana Becker, Essen
Syncope – a systematic approach | Prof. Rolf Diehl, Essen
10.15
Main targets for stroke prevention until 2050 - the epidemiologist´s point of view | Prof. Peter Heuschmann, Würzburg
10.30-12.00
Heart and Brain
Crosstalk between Brain and Heart – implications for the clinician | Prof. Matthias Endres, Berlin
Breakthrough strokes – in search of solutions for a neglected condition | Prof. David Seiffge, Bern, Prof. Eleni Korompoki, Athens
A rational approach to the search for AF after stroke and TIA | Prof. Rolf Wachter, Leipzig, Prof. Lucio D´Anna, London
Should we get stroke patients with AF back into sinus rhythm | Prof. Kars Neven, Essen, Prof. Götz Thomalla, Hamburg
Left atrial appendage – To close or not to close? | Prof. Karl-Georg Häusler, Ulm, Scheitz
12.00
Short Bio Break
12.15-13.15
Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Pathophysiological insights that will change our approach to Cerebral Small vessel disease | Prof. Huge Markus, Cambridge
Developing new therapies for cerebral arteriosclerotic small vessel disease | Prof. Martin Dichgans, München
Perspectives for a better treatment of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy | Prof. Antreas Charidimou, Boston
13.15
Lunch Break
14.00
Acute Ischemic stroke – Hot stuff | Prof. Werner Hacke, Heidelberg & Prof. Christos Krogias, Herne
State of the Art: Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy | Prof. Urs Fischer, Bern
Ongoing acute stroke trials recanalization | Prof. Götz Thomalla, Hamburg
Moving the frontiers: New techniques in interventional neuroradiology | Prof. Rene Chapot, Essen
What´s in the pipeline - trials beyond recanalization | Prof. Christos Krogias, Herne
Debate: Prehospital stroke care in metropolitan areas should include Mobile Stroke Units | Prof. Lucio D´Anna, London, Prof. Martin Köhrmann, Essen
15.30
Coffee Break
16.00 -17.15
Stroke Prevention – Atherosclerosis | Prof. Huge Markus, Cambridge, Prof. Georgios Ntaios, Thessaloniki
Managing stenosing atherosclerotic disease – how I choose between surgery, intervention and medical management | Prof. Peter Ringleb, Heidelberg, Prof. Peter Rothwell, Oxford
How to approach non-stenosing vulnerable carotid Plaques? | PD Dr. Anna Kopczak, München, Prof. Götz Thomalla, Hamburg
New approaches for Preventing atherosclerotic stroke | Prof. Pierre Amarenco, Paris
17.15-17.45
Special lecture
Managing TIAs – Past, Present and Future | Prof. Peter Rothwell, Oxford, Prof. Pierre Amarenco, Paris
17.45
Tour of the Villa Hügel – Hügel Park – Krupp Museum
18.45-19.15
Evening lecture
Metal and Fire at Krupp - A hard rocking history of severe stroke treatment | Prof. Werner Hacke, Heidelberg
