Encephalitis 2026
Full Programme will be available later in the Summer.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Dr Irene Cortese
Experimental Immunotherapeutics Unit; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH Bethesda, USA
Immunotherapies for Infectious Encephalitis
Dr Jamil Said
Moi Teaching and Referal Hospital (MTRH) and Moi University School of Medicine (MUSOM); Neuroconsortium Co-lead – AMPATH, Kenya
Where You Live Shouldn’t Decide if You Survive: Encephalitis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
GUEST SPEAKERS:
Professor Soon-Tae Lee
Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
When Antibodies Are Absent: Progress and Priorities in Seronegative Autoimmune Encephalitis
Sophia Rekers
Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
From Acute Care to Real Life: Improving Outcomes That Matter to Patients
BASIC INTRODUCTION TO ENCEPHALITIS SPEAKERS
Dr Nicholas Davies, Chelsea and Westminster, Charing Cross, and the Royal Marsden Hospitals, London, UK – Infectious encephalitis
Dr Sophie Binks, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK
Autoimmune encephalitis
Encephalitis 2026 Conference Running Order
8.30 Registration
9.30-10.15 Basic Clinical Introduction to Infectious Encephalitis
Dr Nicholas Davies, Chelsea and Westminster, Charing Cross, and the Royal Marsden Hospitals, London, UK
10.15-11.00 Basic Clinical Introduction to Autoimmune Encephalitis
Dr Sophie Binks, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK
11.00-11.20 Break
11.20-12.20 Clinical Case Presentation
12.20- 13.00 How to Get Your Grant or Fellowship
13.00- 14.30 Lunch/Satellite Meeting (TBC) (13.30- 14.15)/Poster viewing
14.30-17.15 Data Blitz Session (to include 15 minutes break)
17.15- 18.30 Drinks Reception/Poster Presentation
18.30- 20.00 London Christmas Walking Tour
8.00 Registration
8.30- 9.30 Poster Presentation/Satellite Meeting (8.30-9.15)
9.30- 13.00 Morning session
13.00 -14.15 Lunch/Poster viewing
14.15- 17.15 Afternoon session
17.15- 18.00 Drinks reception