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The Movement Disorder Society's 6th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders June 11–15 2000, Barcelona, SPAIN "http://www.akm.ch/mds2000" Sunday, June 11, 2000 09:00: Parkinson's disease (Non-treatment issues) (Teaching Course 1) 09:00: Parkinson's disease (Medical treatment issues) (Teaching Course 2) 09:00: Motor control in health and disease (Teaching Course 3) 09:00: Gait disorders in the elderly (Teaching Course 4) 09:00: Behavioral disturbances in movement disorders (Teaching Course 5) 09:00: Advances in dystonia (Teaching Course 6) 14:30: Genetics of movement disorders (Teaching Course 7) 14:30: Surgical treatment for movement disorders (Teaching Course 8) 14:30: Mechanisms of cell death in neurodegeneration (Teaching Course 9) 14:30: Apraxia and related higher level motor disorders (Teaching Course 10) 14:30: Treatment of common movement disorders (Teaching Course 11) Monday, June 12, 2000 07:30: Basic Science (Poster Session A) 09:00: Opening ( ) 09:30: Mechanisms of neurodegeneration (Plenary Session 1) 11:30: Genetics of Parkinson's disease (Plenary Session 2) 13:15: Surgical therapy in Parkinson's disease (Poster Session B) 14:30: Clinical and public health issues in Parkinson's disease (Plenary Session 3) 17:15: Tapas Seminars I (Tapas Seminars I) 19:00: Dinner and Video Session (Video Dinner Session) Tuesday, June 13, 2000 08:00: Neurophysiology (Poster Session C ) 08:00: Tremor (Poster Session C) 08:00: Myoclonus (Poster Session C) 09:30: Neurobiology of movement disorders (Plenary Session 4) 11:30: Clinical trials in Parkinson's disease: new releases (Plenary Session 5) 13:15: Parkinson's disease: Pharmacology (Poster Session D) 14:30: Medical therapies in Parkinson's disease (Plenary Session 6) 17:15: Tapas Seminars II (Tapas Seminars II) Wednesday, June 14, 2000 08:00: Dystonia; Applications of botulinum toxin (Poster Session E) 09:30: Pathophysiology of movement disorders (Plenary Session 7) 11:30: Surgery for movement disorders (Plenary Session 8) 13:15: Parkinson's disease: Non pharmacological issues (Poster Session F) 13:15: Genetics (Poster Session F) 14:30: What's in the pipeline? (Plenary Session 9) 18:45: Video Tapas (Video Tapas) Thursday, June 15, 2000 08:00: Neuroimaging (Poster Session G) 08:00: Parkinson plus syndromes (Poster Session G) 08:00: Secondary parkinsonism (Poster Session G) 09:30: Updates in movement disorders (I) (Plenary Session 10) 11:30: Updates in movement disorders (II) (Plenary Session 11) 13:15: Ataxias (Poster Session H) 13:15: Huntington's disease (Poster Session H) 13:15: Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome (Poster Session H) 13:15: Chorea (Poster Session H) 13:15: Stiff-person syndrome (Poster Session H) 14:30: Updates in movement disorders (III) (Plenary Session 12) 17:15: Tapas Seminars III (Tapas Seminars III) The Movement Disorder Society Organization Officers President: M. Hallett (USA) President-Elect: W. Poewe (Austria) Secretary: P. Lewitt (USA) Secretary-Elect: N.P. Quinn (UK) Treasurer: W. C. Koller (USA) Treasurer-Elect: R.E. Burke (USA) Past-President: E. Tolosa (Spain) International Executive Committee M.R. DeLong (USA) W. H. Oertel (Germany) A. Lozano (Canada) O. Rascol (France) E. Melamed (Israel) P. D.Thompson (Australia) J. Nutt (USA) N.Yanagisawa (Japan) J. Obeso (Spain) A.B.Young (USA) Combined International and Local Organizing Committee E. Tolosa (Spain) (Chair 6th Congress, Principal Organizer) L. Deecke (Austria) S. Fahn (USA) S. Giménez-Roldán (Spain) M. Hallett (USA) (NIH, CME Provider) A.J. Lees (UK) O. Lindvall (Sweden) M.J. Martí (Spain) Y. Mizuno (Japan) W.H. Oertel (Germany) C.W. Olanow (USA) M. Rueda (Colombia) F. Valldeoriola (Spain) J. Valls-Solé (Spain) Past Presidents E. Tolosa (Spain) 1997–1998 J. Jankovic (USA) 1994–1996 C.D. Marsden (UK) 1991–1994 S. Fahn (USA) 1988–1991 Congress Chair Eduardo Tolosa, MD Hospital Clínic Universitari Neurology Department Villarroel 170 08036 Barcelona/Spain Tel. +34 93 227 54 14 Fax +34 93 227 57 83 Email: [log in to unmask] Administrative Secretariat The Movement Disorder Society Kim Stanton Director of Administration 611 East Wells Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 / USA Tel. +1 414 276 2145 Fax +1 414 276 2146 E-mail: [log in to unmask] homepage: http://www.movementdisorders.org Congress Secretariat MDS 2000 c/o AKM Congress Service P. O. Box CH-4005 Basel/Switzerland Tel. +41 61 686 77 11 Fax +41 61 686 77 88 E-mail: [log in to unmask] homepage: http://www.akm.ch/mds2000 Acknowledgements The Organizing Committee expresses its thanks and appreciation to all those who are generously contributing to the success of the 6th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. 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