Preliminary Programme

Friday, April 24 - State of the art course for continuous education

08:30-09:00 am CEST

Registration and online connection 

09:00-09:15 am CEST

Welcome and presentation
Esteban Martínez & Jordi Blanch

09:15-10:00 am CEST

Course session 1: Early-Stage Age-Related Cognitive Impairment

Moderator: Esteban Martínez

  • Clinical psychology perspective. José A. Muñoz-Moreno
  • Clinical neurology perspective. Pending confirmation
10:00-10:45 am CEST

Course session 2: Psychiatric Contributors to Neurocognitive Impairment

Moderator: Jordi Blanch

  • How psychosis influences. Eduard Parellada
  • How major depression influences. Narcís Cardoner
10:45-11:15 am CEST

Coffee Break

11:15-12:00 pm CEST

Course session 3: Menopause: Medical and psychiatric perspectives 

Moderator: Esteban Martínez

  • Medical perspective. Karoline Aebi-Popp
  • Psychiatric perspective. Judith Usall
12:00-12:45 pm CEST

Course session 4: Addressing Fatigue and Insomnia in People Living with HIV

Moderator: Jordi Blanch

  • Medical and systemic perspective. Joaquim Fernández-Solà
  • Clinical and neurological perspective. Alan Winston
12:45-01:30 pm CEST

Course session 5: The use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs)

Moderator: Esteban Martínez

  • Digital tools, measurement science, and methodological frameworks. Carme Carrión
  • Clinical application, real-world translation, and the specific implications of PROMs for HIV care. Alfonso Cabello
01:30-02:30 pm CEST

Lunch break

02:30-03:30 pm CEST

Roundtable: Anxiety, the neglected sibling of depression

Chair: Guida da Ponte 
Community perspective – “what I feel”: Ben Collins
HIV physician perspective – “what can I do?”: Esteban Martinez
Psychiatrist perspective – “what should to be done”: Michael Newson

03:30-04:30 pm CEST

Clinical cases session (4 cases)

Chairs: Jordi Blanch & Esteban Martínez

04:30-05:30 pm CEST

Lecture: Global mental health

Chair: Annemiek Schadé
Milton Wainberg

Saturday, April 25 - Update for specialist and experts in research and clinical management of mental health aspects of HIV infection

09:00-10:30 am CEST

Roundtable: Antirretroviral therapy and the CNS: The good, the bad and what's next

Chair: Ignacio Pérez-Valero

  • Community perspective. Pending confirmation
  • Pharmacological issues. Catia Marzolini
  • Clinical impact. Scott Letendre
10:30-11:15 am CEST

Viral persistence in the CNS and neuropathogenesis

Chair: Scott Letendre

  • Basic science for non-experts. Sarah Joseph
  • Clinical impact. Andrea Calcagno
11:15-11:45 am CEST

Coffee Break

11:45-12:30 pm CEST

Other CNS infections and comorbidities (Long-Covid, PML, herpesvirus) 

Chair: Andrea Calcagno

  • Long COVID. Lourdes Mateu
  • Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Paola Cinque
12:30-01:15 pm CEST

Psychoactive substances and neurocognitive health.  

Chair: Milton Wainberg

  • Clinical and neurocognitive impact of psychoactive substances in PLWH. Lorena de la Mora
  • Action of psychedelic substances: how they can help in therapeutic use in mental health. Santiago Madero
01:15-01:30 pm CEST

Closure and farewell