This meeting, part of “Preserving the Brain: A Call to Action“, deals with the theme of communication of neurodegenerative pathologies, declined in different areas: from the family to the social context linked to personal rights, from the transmission of diagnosis to the promotion of prevention.
PROGRAM
2.15PM / 3PM / 3.45PM
Guided tours of the exhibition ‘Preserving the Brain: A Call to Action’ led by experts and introduced by Fondazione Prada staff.
5 – 7 PM
Cinema Godard hosts Choosing words. The lexicon of neurodegenerative diseases.
FIRST SESSION
ROUND TABLE ON COMMUNICATING PREVENTION
Communicating and sharing the concept of prevention making citizens aware through widespread dissemination; vocabulary and its
scientific, social and economic implications.
Moderator: Paola Zaratin, Director of Research
scientific research of the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.
Speakers: Roberto Burioni, Professor of Microbiology and Virology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milan;
Alessandro Padovani, Director of the Clinic of Neurology, Pro-rector of Research of the University of Brescia and President SIN – Società
Italian Society of Neurology.
SECOND SESSION
THEMATIC INSIGHTS INTO THE LEXICON OF DISEASES NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Moderator: Paolo Bandiera, Director of General Affairs and institutional relations AISM, Coordinator of the National Observatory table Disability dedicated to the implementation of the Individual Life Project.
Communication in the family context
Speakers: Daniela Perani, Neurologist and Neuroradiologist, Professor Emeritus of Neuroscience at the University Vita-Salute San
Raffaele, Milan;
Stefania Basilico, Neuropsychologist and Psychotherapist, Centre for Cognitive Neuropsychology of ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan.
Communication in the social context and the rights of the person
Speakers: Paolo Bandiera, Director of General Affairs and institutional relations AISM, Coordinator of the National Observatory table Disability dedicated to the implementation of the Individual Life Project.
Elisa Longo, Journalist and Press Office AISLA – Italian Association of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Communicating the diagnosis to the patient
Speakers: Graziella Sirabian, Psychotherapist and Neuropsychologist, ACeSM onlus Amici dei centri Sclerosi Multipla;
Giangi Milesi, President of Confederazione Parkinson Italia and Vice President of Fondazione Pubblicità Progresso.