Sessions

Download the program (pdf)

Friday afternoon will be in french.

Poster sessions will be organized during breaks and during the wine and cheese (see program in pdf)

Wednesday 18 May

- 8:30 - 9:00 - Registration and welcome coffee

- 9:00 - 9:10 - Welcoming speech - Nathalie Sans , Vice-présidente recherche

- 9:10 - 12:10 - SESSION 1 - Genetic & Epigenetics of NDDs

Chair: Sophie Layé, Manuel Bouvard

• Keynote speaker - Thomas BOURGERON - Phenotypic effects of genetic variants associated with autism beyond diagnosis
• Marianne VAN BEN BREE - Genetic conditions with high risk of neurodevelopmental disorder.
   
• 10:25 - 10:55 - Coffee break / booths / posters
   
• Jonathan VANRYZIN - Glia as sculptors of sex differences in the social brain
• Keynote speaker- John F CRYAN - Microbiome as a key regulator of Neurodevelopment & Behaviour

- 12:10 - 13:40 - Lunch break / booths / posters

- 13:40 - 16:05 - SESSION 2 - Models of NDDs

Chair: Susanna Pietropaolo, Jean-René Cazalets

• Susanna PIETROPAOLO - Novel therapeutic strategies for neurodevelopmental disorders: lessons from behavioural studies on genetic mouse models
• Jean-Claude LACAILLE - Neurodevelopmental disorders: Troubled translation in inhibitory interneurons
• Deepak SRIVASTAVA - Human cellular models of neurodevelopment and psychiatric disorders.
   
• 15:10 - 15:35 - Coffee break / booths / posters
   
• Peter KIND (remotely) - Cellular and circuit alterations in rodent models of ASD/ID

- 16:05 - 17:50 - SESSION 3 - Sex/Gender of NDDs

Chair: Anouck Amestoy

• Keynote speaker - Meng Chuan LAI (remotely) - Why we must consider sex and gender factors to understand autism and support autistic individuals
• William MANDY - Time to lose the mask? Understanding the nature, consequences and costs of camouflaging by autistic people.

- From 17:20 - Wine & Cheese / booths / posters

Thursday 19 May

- 8:45 - 9:15 - Welcome coffee

- 9:15 - 12:15 - SESSION 4  - Developmental and Molecular Basis of NDDs 

Chair: Mireille Montcouquiol, Mohammed Jaber

• Gaia NOVARINO - Studying cortical development through the lens of human disorders
• Mathias GROSZER - Approaching human neurodevelopment through studying of rare mutations
• Mohamed JABER - Motor and gait disorders in autism as a biological and early diagnostic criterion: proof of concept in animal models
  
  
• 10:45 - 11:15 - Coffee break / booths / posters
  
• Sonia GAREL - The many roles of microglia in brain wiring : a developmental perspective
• Denis JABAUDON - Temporal controls over developmental cortical neuron diversity

- 12:15 - 14:00 - Lunch break / booths / posters

- 14:00 - 14:45 - Keynote speaker

• Guoping FENG (remotely) - Dissecting neurobiological mechanisms of ASD: from genes to circuits

- 14:45 - 16:15 -SESSION 5  - Biomarkers of NDDs

Chair: Nathalie Sans, Laurent Groc

• Laurent GROC - Receptor dynamics and interaction during neuronal network maturation
• Xavier ALTAFAJ - Comprehensive delineation and precision medicine of GRIN-related neurodevelopmental disorders, a primary disturbance of the NMDA receptor
• Sophie LAYÉ - Early-life deficiency in polyunsaturated fatty acids, a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorder
   
• 16:15 - 16:45 - Coffee break / booths / posters

- 16:45 - 17:30 - Keynote speaker

• Pierre GRESSENS - Roles of microglia in NDDs

- 19:30 - 23:00 - Evening: Gala dinner

Friday 20 May

- 8:30 - 9:00 - Welcome coffee

- 9:00 - 11:30 - SESSION 6 - Biomarkers of NDD 

Chair: Catherine Barthélémy, Paul Olivier

• Jean-Christophe DELPECH - Role of microglia in the deleterious effects of gestational inflammation on brain functioning
• Frédérique BONNET-BRILHAUT - From early synchronization to social cognition: developmental trajectories in Autism
• Andreas FRICK - Mechanisms of atypical sensory information processing within the somatosensory cortex in an autism mouse model
   
• 10:30 - 11:00 - Coffee break / booths / posters
   
• Laurence VAIVRE-DOURET - Multidimensional contribution of assessment for the identification of neurodevelopmental markers : Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

 - 11:30 - 12:00 - Presentation - GIS Autisme et TND

• Catherine BARTHELEMY, Paul OLIVIER - Boosting network research for the benefit of people with neurodevelopmental disorders and their families European perspectives

- 12:00 - 13:30 - Lunch break / booths / posters

 - 13:30 - 15:00 - SESSION 7 - Nouvelles technologies  (en français)

Chair: Anouck Amestoy, Manuel Bouvard

• Eric LEMONNIER - TSA : un dépistage dès les premiers jours de vie est-il envisageable ?
• Cécile MAZON - Technologies numériques pour la scolarisation des enfants avec TSA
• Anouck AMESTOY - Les nouvelles technologies au service des biomarqueurs socio-émotionnels des TND.
   
• 15:00 - 15:30 - Coffee break / booths / posters

- 15:30 - 17:00 - Round table discussion with user and family associations (en français) -

Chair: Sophie Layé, Manuel Bouvard

• Autisme France
• URAFA
• HyperSupers TDAH France
• Fédération Française des DYS

- 17:00 - 17:15 - Closing remarks

Program in pdf