Dr. Sean Connolly, President of the Irish Neurological Association 2009, announces the 45th Annual Irish Neurological Association Meeting which will take place on May 14th and 15th 2009, at Ballsbridge Court Hotel, Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4

Abstract Submission
Noel Callaghan Guest Lecture
Programme
Awards
Registration
Directions to Venue and Car Parking
Accommodation
INA Dinner

Abstract Submission

This is the final call for abstracts for poster or platform presentation to the meeting. 
Abstracts should be submitted in Microsoft Word, must be limited to 200 words and include the names of authors, indicating the presenter, the Institution(s)/place of work and contact email address. Please indicate preference for platform or poster presentation.
Receipt of abstracts will be notified to the presenter, who will again be contacted following selection of abstracts.
Please note that abstracts may be submitted by virus-free email direct to the Administrator, Ms. Colette Fitzpatrick at the IICN, [info@iicn.ie]
The closing date for submission is Friday, 13th March. N.B. Submissions will not be accepted following the closing date.
For queries, please contact Ms. Fitzpatrick at the contact telephone number or email address as below.

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Noel Callaghan Guest Lecture

The Irish Neurological Association is honoured to welcome Professor Robert Brown, Chair of Neurology, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, to deliver the Noel Callaghan Guest Lecture at the meeting.

Robert H. Brown Jr., MD, DPhil,
Professor and Chair, Neurology, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine

Prof. Brown has an international reputation for his commitment to develop advanced therapies for devastating neuromuscular disorders. His work bridges translational research and clinical care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), muscular dystrophy and related neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases. He is renowned for his contributions to the understanding of the biology, and in particular, the inherited basis of many of these disorders, including identification of several genes involved in familial ALS.

The title of Professor Brown's lecture will be "New Approaches to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: From Mutations to Medicines"

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Programme

Please see the outline programme of the Irish Neurological Meeting below.

For the detailed scientific programme please click on the link to follow Irish Neurological Association Scientific Programme

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Awards

A number of prestigious awards are made at the Irish Neurological Association Meeting

• The Harold Millar prize for best overall presentation at the meeting
• The John Kirker Prize for best epilepsy related presentation
• Prize for best Neurosurgical presentation
• Best Poster Presentation

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Registration

Registration for the meeting must be submitted on or before Monday, May 11th as hospitality services cannot be provided if notified after May 11th. To register for the INA Meeting please click on the link to follow and complete the form. Registration fees may be posted in advance or may be paid at the meeting. Registration form

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Directions to the Venue

The Ballsbridge Court hotel was formerly known as the Berkeley Court hotel and is situated on Lansdowne Road in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Please click on the link to follow to view directions and map Directions Ballsbridge Court hotel
Car parking is offered to residents and to delegates subject to availability at a charge of 5 euro per day. Extra car park spaces may be available if required in Ballsbridge Inn hotel (formerly Jurys hotel), from which there is a pedestrian walkway to the Ballsbridge Court hotel.

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Accommodation

Accommodation has been reserved at the hotel for delegates to book at the rates as below and will be available until Friday April 24th

€99 per room per night bed and full Irish breakfast (based on single occupancy)
€115 per room per night bed and full Irish breakfast (based on double occupancy)

To make a reservation contact the hotel's reservation department email: rooms@d4hotels.com Tel: 01 6684468

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INA Dinner

Transport from the meeting venue, Ballsbridge Court Hotel, will be provided to the National Museum for Decorative Arts and History at Collins Barracks, Benburb Street. Coach departs Ballsbridge Court at 19.15 to arrive at the National Museum at 19.30. A reception in the museum foyer will be followed by a walk-through tour of the museum to the Palatine room where dinner will be served.

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The National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History is home to a wide range of objects, which include weaponry, furniture, silver, ceramics and glassware; as well as examples of Folklife and costume. One remarkable item housed in the National Museum, Collins Barracks is the Fonthill Vase. Of celadon porcelain, it was made about 1300 AD. When the vase was brought to Europe shortly afterwards, it was treated as semi-precious stone and hence given silver-gilt mounts. As Europeans were unable to make porcelain until over four centuries later, such objects were treated with great respect. The vase, which is one of the best-documented pieces of Chinese porcelain known, is recorded through the centuries in the collections of Louis the Great of Hungary, Charles III of Durazzo, the Dauphin of France and William Beckford of Fonthill Abbey. Unrecognised because the mounts were removed in the 19th Century, the vase was acquired by the Museum at auction in 1882 for about £28.