TIME DAY 1 - THURSDAY 29th NOVEMBER 2012

0730 – 0800 Registration

0800 – 0810 Welcome address by Co-Chairman of the organizing committeeDr Yusniza Mohd Yusof (Malaysia)

Kristal Ballroom

Kristal Ballroom

0810 – 0830

Keynote address 1Overview of SCI Management - Basic to Advanced:

International PerspectivesAssociate Professor Dr Douglas J. Brown (Australia)

0830 – 0850

Keynote address 2Overview of SCI Management - Basic to Advanced:

Asian PerspectivesAssociate Professor Dr Apichana Kovindha (Thailand)

0850 – 0915

Panel Discussion: Basic to Advanced SCI Rehabilitation:ASCoN Country Perspectives

ASCoN membersMr Eric Weerts (Vietnam), Dr H.S. Chhabra (India),

Dr. Tunku Nur Taayah Tunku Zubir (Malaysia), Ms Esha Thapa (Nepal),Dr. M Narendra Pinto (Sri Lanka), Mr Shafiqul Islam (Bangladesh)

0915 – 0945

Official Opening CeremonyYBhg Dato’ Dr Noor Hisham bin Abdullah

Deputy Director General of Health Malaysia

0945 – 1035

Introduction and Asia Launch of elearnSCI Web-Based Resource forHealth Professionals & Consumers

Mr Stephen Muldoon (Ireland), Dr H.S. Chhabra (India), Associate Professor Dr Douglas J. Brown (Australia)

1035 – 1105Exhibition Booth & Poster Viewing

Tea BreakKristal Ballroom, Kristal 1 & 2, Serunai 1 & 2

1105 – 1150

Plenary 2Application of ICF in SCI clinical

research & practiceProfessor Dr Shiv Lal Yadav (India)

Consumer workshopPlenary 1Assessment of Autonomic Dysfunctionsfollowing SCI: Past, Present, and Future

Professor Dr Andrei Krassioukov (Canada)

1150 – 1210

1210 – 1245 Presentation of best abstracts

Psychosocial Adjustmentto Spinal Cord Injury

Dr Stanley Ducharme (USA)Mr Shivjeet Raghaw (India)

Teratai

TIME DAY 1 - THURSDAY 29th NOVEMBER 2012

1245 – 1300 Industrial Perspective: EKSO Bionics showcase

1300 – 1400 Lunch Symposium (Hocoma)Kristal Ballroom

Inaugural MARP LectureProfessor Dato’ Dr Zaliha Omar (MARP President)

1400 – 1630

1630 – 1700

Welcome Reception / TeaKristal Ballroom1700 – 1730

Workshop: Nursing I

Skin, bladder and bowel care in SCIMs Gail Richmond (Australia)

Anggerik

Workshop: Physiotherapy I

General physiotherapy managementof SCI patients

Ms Marsha Ben (Australia)

Robotic Assisted Treadmill WalkingMr Jeffrey Sashitaran (Malaysia)

Hydrotherapy in SCIDr Chitra Kataria (India)

Dahlia

Consumer Workshop:

Sexuality and Fertilityafter Spinal Cord Injury

Dr Stanley Ducharme (USA)Professor Dr Carlotte Kiekens

(Belgium)Mr Shivjeet Raghaw (India)

Teratai

Sexuality and Fertility after Spinal Cord Injury

Making a positive adjustment to SCI

Impact of SCI on Relationship

Sexual Functioning after SCI

Parenting and Fertility Issues after SCI.

Workshop:Occupational Therapy

& Assistive Technology I

Mr Nekram Upadhyay (India)

Poinsettia

TIME DAY 2 – FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER 2012

0800 – 0825

0825 – 0850

0850 – 0915

0915 – 1015

0900 - 1700

Active Rehab Camp & Wheelchair Games

Venue: UMMC

Associate Professor Tomasz Tasiemski (Poland)

1015 – 1045 Tea Break

Kristal Ballroom, Kristal 1 & 2, Serunai 1 & 2

1045 – 1130

Forum 1: Current surgical practices in acute SCI managementDr H S Chhabra (India),

Dr Kwan Mun Keong (Malaysia), Dato Dr Zamyn Zuki Bin

Tan Sri Mohd Zuki (Malaysia)Moderator:

Professor Wagih El-Masri (UK)

1130 – 1230

1230 – 1245Industrial Perspective: Sanctuary Health Showcase

Kristal Ballroom

1245 – 1430 Lunch @ Paya Serai RestaurantExhibition Booth & Poster Viewing

Psychosocial Adjustment to Spinal Cord InjuryDr Stanley Ducharme (USA)

Plenary 3

Non traumatic SCI classificationDr Ruth Marshall (Australia)

Plenary 4

Complications in the acute phase after a spinal a cord injuryProfessor Dr Carlotte Kiekens (Belgium)

Plenary 5

Fact and fiction about cell transplants after spinal cord injury

Professor John Steeves (Canada)

Plenary 6

Active Physiological conservative management of the injured spineProfessor Wagih El-Masri (UK)

Plenary 7

TIME DAY 2 – FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER 2012

1430 – 1600

Workshop: SCI PreventionMr Eric Weerts (Belgium), Assoc Prof Dr Douglas Brown (Australia)

Dr Bonne Lee (Australia), Dr Michael Priebe (USA), Dr Norlen Mohamed (Malaysia)

Moderator: Dr HS Chhabra (India)

Anggerik

Symposium: Basic Neuro-urology

Prof JJ Wyndaele (Belgium), Prof H. Madersbacher (Austria)

Anggerik

Workshop: FES technology for Rehabilitation (Hasomed)

Prof. Glen Davis (Australia), Dr Nur Azah Hamzaid (Malaysia), Dr Nazirah Hasnan (Malaysia)

Dahlia

Symposium: FES and Exercise in SCI Rehabilitation

Prof. Glen Davis (Australia), Dr Nur Azah Hamzaid (Malaysia), Dr Nazirah Hasnan (Malaysia)

Dahlia

Workshop:Occupational Therapy & Assistive Technology I

Mr Nekram Upadhyay (India)

Poinsettia

Free Paper Presentation

Teratai

Workshop: Nursing II Goal-setting and Discharge

Ms Gail Richmond (Australia)

Poinsettia

Free Paper Presentation

Teratai

1600 – 1630 Tea BreakKristal Ballroom, Kristal 1 & 2, Serunai 1 & 2

1630 – 1730

TIME DAY 3 – SATURDAY 1st DECEMBER 2012

0800 – 0900

Forum 2: Systems of Care for SCIsDr Yusniza Yusof (Malaysia),

Dr Shaun Xiong (New Zealand), Mr Eric Weerts (Belgium), Dr Ronald K Reeves (USA)

Moderator: Dr Nazirah Hasnan (Malaysia)

0900 – 0930

0930 – 1015

0845 - 1015

Consumer Workshop:

Consumer Network

Ms Bathmavathi KMr Adam Miskun

(Malaysia)Mr Cyril Siriwardene (Sri Lanka)

Mr Frans Penninx (The Netherlands)

Teratai

1015 – 1045 Tea BreakKristal Ballroom, Kristal 1 & 2, Serunai 1 & 2

1045 – 1115

1115 – 1145

1145 – 1215

1215 – 1245

1245 – 1300

Upper limb rehabilitation in tetraplegiaProfessor John Steeves (Canada)

Plenary 8

Cardiovascular dysfunction following SCI, what we do and what we do not know about

BP control In our patientsProfessor Dr Andrei Krassioukov (Canada)

Plenary 9

Disability Equality TrainingMr Peter Tan (Malaysia)

Plenary 10

Activity based therapy in SCI Rehabilitation in AustraliaMr Peter Murray & Ms Kierre Williams (Australia)

Plenary 11

The team approach - Interdisciplinary management of SCIDr Ruth Marshall (Australia)

Plenary 12

Capt. Dr.Dilip Kumar Sinha (India)Role of family in care-giving for SCI

Plenary 13

Clinical trials involving participants with incomplete SCI (iSCI)Professor John Steeves (Canada)

Plenary 14

Kristal Ballroom

TIME DAY 3 – SATURDAY 1st DECEMBER 2012

1300 – 1400 Lunch Symposium (Ipsen)Kristal Ballroom

Gait and orthosis in SCIMs Marsha Ben (Australia)

Therapy for traumatic and non-traumatic SCIMs Foo Kok Wee (Malaysia)

Anggerik

Workshop: Sexuality & Fertility

Dr Stanley Ducharme (USA)Mr Shivjeet Raghaw (India)

Dahlia

Workshop: Spasticity Overview of spasticity physiology and treatment

Pharmacological treatment and injection based treatments Intrathecal baclofen therapy

Dr Ronald K Reeves (USA), Professor Dr Carlotte Kiekens (Belgium)

Poinsettia

Free Paper Presentation

Teratai

1400 – 1600

1600 – 1700 Tea BreakKristal Ballroom, Kristal 1 & 2, Serunai 1 & 2

1930 – 2200 GALA DINNER AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE NIGHTKristal Ballroom

Workshop: Physiotherapy II

Clinical case studies in activity based therapyMs Kierre Williams (Australia)

TIME DAY 4 – SUNDAY 2nd DECEMBER 2012

0830 – 1030

1030 – 1100 Tea BreakKristal Ballroom

Consumer session

0900 - 0930Peer training for Family Caregivers

Ms Lucy Robinson (UK)

0930 -1030Experimental Treatments for SCI:

What you should knowProfessor John Steeves (Canada)

Teratai

Workshop

Patients with neurogenic bladder and sphincter dysfunction – from symptoms and

signs to diagnosis and treatment

Professor JJ Wyndaele (Belgium)Professor H Madersbacher (Austria)

Anggerik

Workshop

Neurogenic bowel & nutrition in SCIAssoc Prof Dr Apichana Kovindha (Thailand)

Dahlia

Workshop: Respiratory Care in Tetraplegia

General overview of pulmonary physiology after cervical spinal cord injury and basic care

Dr Ronald K Reeves (USA)

Ventilator care and weaning after cervical SCI

Dr Michael Priebe

Diaphragm pacing evaluation, placement and post placement care

Dr Ronald K Reeves (USA)

Poinsettia

TIME DAY 4 – SUNDAY 2nd DECEMBER 2012

1100 – 1200 CLOSING CEREMONY

Kristal Ballroom

1100 – 1105 Announcement of Best Paper and Best Poster Awards

1105 – 1115 Presentation and Planning of ASCoN ActivitiesMr Stephen Muldoon (Ireland)

1115 – 1140

11th ASCoN SCI Consumer Network: Highlight of Issues, Recommendations and Resolutions Presentation by Local,

Regional, International Representatives

Ms Bathmavathi K, Mr Cyril Siriwardene, Mr Frans Penninx

1140 – 1150 Progress report from the 10th ASCoN ConferenceDr. M Narendra Pinto (Sri Lanka)

1150 – 1200 Closing Remarks, Take Home Message & Official Handing OverDr Nazirah Hasnan

1200 – 1400 Buffet LunchPaya Serai

1300 – 1500 VISIT TO HOSPITAL REHABILITASI CHERAS(Limited to the first 1st 100 participants who registered)