10.15 
Main targets for stroke prevention until 2050 - the epidemiologist´s point of view | Peter Heuschmann, Würzburg

10.35-11.05 
Coffee Break

11.05-12.35
Heart and Brain | Urs Fischer, Götz Thomalla
Crosstalk between Brain and Heart – implications for the clinician | Matthias Endres, Berlin
Breakthrough strokes – in search of solutions for a neglected condition | David Seiffge, Bern
A rational approach to the search for AF after stroke and TIA | Rolf Wachter, Leipzig
Should we get stroke patients with AF back into sinus rhythm | Kars Neven, Essen
Left atrial appendage – To close or not to close? | Karl-Georg Häusler, Ulm

12.40-13.15
Cerebral Small Vessel Disease | Peter Berlit, Sarah Pendleburry
Pathophysiological insights that will change our approach to Cerebral Small vessel disease | Hugh Markus, Cambridge
Perspectives for a better treatment of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy  | Andreas Charidimou, Boston

13.15-14.15
Lunch Break

14.15-15.45
Acute Ischemic stroke – Hot stuff | Werner Hacke, Matthias Endres
State of the Art: Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy | Urs Fischer, Bern
Moving the frontiers: New techniques in interventional neuroradiology | Rene Chapot, Essen
Ongoing recanalization trials | Götz Thomalla, Hamburg
What´s in the pipeline - trials beyond recanalization | Christos Krogias, Herne
Optimizing prehospital acute stroke pathways | Martin Köhrmann, Essen
Should prehospital stroke care in metropolitan areas incluce Mobile Stroke Units? | Lucio D´Anna, London

15.45-16.30
Coffee Break

16.30 -17.30
Stroke Prevention – Atherosclerosis | Peter Rothwell, George Ntaios
Managing stenosing atherosclerotic disease – how I choose between surgery, intervention and medical management | Peter Ringleb, Heidelberg
How to approach non-stenosing vulnerable carotid Plaques? | Anna Kopczak, München
New approaches for preventing atherosclerotic stroke | Pierre Amarenco, Paris

17.45-18.15
Special lecture | Pierre Amarenco
Managing TIAs – Past, Present and Future | Peter Rothwell, Oxford

18.30-19.00 
Evening lecture | Roland Veltkamp
Metal and Fire at Krupp - A hard rocking history of severe stroke treatment | Werner Hacke, Heidelberg

19.30-22.30
Faculty Dinner at Parkhaus Hügel

10.45-11.15 
Coffee Break

11.15-12.15 
Innovations: Part 1 New Meds on the block – Developing approaches for stroke prevention | Eleni Korompoki, Jan Purrucker
Antithrombotics | Roland Veltkamp, Essen
Lipid lowering therapy | Georgios Ntaios, Thessaloniki
Antidiabetics | Waltraud Pfeilschifter, Lüneburg

12.15-13.15 
Innovations: Part 2 Quo vadis – visions for the future | Hugh Markus, Karin Klijn
Developing drugs using genetics | Dipender Gill, London
How can blood-based biomarkers guide stroke prevention? | Joan Montaner, Seville
How will Artificial Intelligence alter everyday work in the Clinical Neurosciences? | Michael Forsting, Essen

13.15 
Summary and Adjourn

13.30
Tour or the Villa Hügel - Hügel Park - Krupp Museum

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