VENUE
DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol City Centre
Redcliffe Way
Bristol
BS1 6NJ
Website: https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/brsrwdi-doubletree-bristol-city-centre/?SEO_id=GMB-EMEA-DI-BRSRWDI
Telephone: +44 (0)117 926 0041
Car parking: Parking is available at the hotel. Parking is charged at £5 per day and £15 for those staying overnight. All parking fees must be paid for at the reception desk.
Public transport: Bristol Temple Meads train station is a 10-min walk to the hotel.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is available on an en-suite, single occupancy, bed and breakfast basis.
B&B per night: GBP 140.00
Accommodation is available from Wednesday 16 September 2026. Please note this course starts at 9.00am on Thursday 17 September 2026.
Accommodation address:
DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol City Centre
Redcliffe Way
Bristol
BS1 6NJ
Telephone: +44 (0)117 926 0041
Website: https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/brsrwdi-doubletree-bristol-city-centre/?SEO_id=GMB-EMEA-DI-BRSRWDI
COURSE DINNER
The faculty would be delighted if you could join them for a 3 course dinner, including wine and soft drinks on Thursday 17 September 2026 at 19.30.
Course dinner is Thursday 17 September 2026
Cost: GBP 46.00
OBJECTIVES
Expert to Expert Movement Disorders provides an excellent opportunity to listen to international expert lectures and discuss the topics and approaches with your peers in small-group workshops. This is a 2-day course delivered by 8 faculty. The emphasis of the meeting is on discussion and participation of delegates. The themes of the programme change for every course.
For this course we will focus on important recent advances, relating to new and upcoming disease-modifying therapies for childhood-onset movement disorders, including deep brain stimulation, small molecules and genetic therapies.
PROGRAMME
The course will start promptly on Thursday 17 September at 10.00 and will finish on Friday 18 September at 16.00.
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Day 1, Thursday 17 September 2026
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| 09.00-10.00 |
Registration with tea, coffee and pastries |
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| 10.00-10.00 |
Welcome and introduction |
Large Group |
Prof Manju Kurian |
| 10.10-10.55 |
Treatable movement disorders: What not to miss |
Large Group |
Dr Lucinda Carr |
| 10.55-11.40 |
Deep Brain Stimulation as a Precision Medicine for Movement Disorders |
Large Group |
Dr Carolina Gorodetsky |
| 11.40-12.10 |
Tea and coffee break |
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| 12.10-12:55 |
DNA-based Genetic Therapies for Paediatric Movement Disorders |
Large Group |
Dr Toni Pearson |
| 12.55-14.00 |
Lunch |
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| 14.00-14.05 |
Gather for workshops |
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| 14.05-14.55 |
Workshop 1: Neurosurgical interventions for tone and movement - how to ensure the correct intervention is offered? |
Small Group |
Dr Dan Lumsden and Dr Santosh Mordekar |
| 14.55-15.45 |
Workshop 2: Implementing advanced precision therapies into the clinical movement disorder service |
Small Group |
Dr Lucinda Carr and Prof Manju Kurian |
| 15:45-16.00 |
Questions and close for the day |
Large Group |
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| 19.30 |
Course dinner in the hotel restaurant (for those who have booked) |
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Day 2, Friday 18 September 2026
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| 08.30-09.00 |
Registration with tea, coffee and pastries |
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| 09.00-09.45 |
Debate: Movement disorder phenomenology does not influence precision medicine |
Large Group |
Dr Dan Lumsden & Dr Carolina Gorodetsky |
| 09.45-10.30 |
Precision Medicine for Movement Disorders Associated with Neurodegeneration: Gene and enzyme therapy for Batten's disease |
Large Group |
Prof Paul Gissen |
| 10:30-11.00 |
Tea and coffee break |
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| 11.00-11.05 |
Gather for workshops |
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| 11.05-11.55 |
Workshop 3: Outcome measures in paediatric movement disorders - What to use, when and why? |
Small Group |
Dr Rob Spaull & Dr Kathleen Gorman |
| 11.55-12.45 |
Workshop 4: How will the application of AI improve precision medicine for paediatric movement disorders? |
Small Group |
Prof Sameer Zuberi & Dr Apostolos Papandreou |
| 13.45-13.55 |
Lunch |
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| 13.55-15.55 |
Hot Topics: new advances, controversies and updates |
Large Group |
All Faculty: 5-minute presentations |
| 15.55-16.00 |
Wuestions and close |
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| 16.00 |
Tea and coffee available before departure |
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WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Expert to Expert: Movement Disorders has been designed for Consultant Paediatric Neurologists, paediatric neurology associate specialists and final year neurology trainees who see children with movement disorders.
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