2025 Annual Meeting Program
Wednesday April 23rd 2025 - Retreat Boma area
17:00-19:00 | EMHG EC meeting |
19:00-19:30 | Ingoma Youth Choir and welcoming at Retreat |
19:30-22:00 | Dinner for all participants and accompanying persons |
21:00-22:30 | Optional movie in cinema room:The Octopus Teacher |
Thursday April 24th 2025 - Retreat Conference Centre
07:15-08:15 | EMHG EC meeting - contd. |
08:15-08:30 | Meeting registration |
08:30-08:35 | Welcome and Introduction |
08:35-09:15 | Guest Speaker Dr Alvin Ndondo Paediatric Neurology Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital: RyR1 Myopathies in kids | 09:15-10:00 | Dr Hannah Brand: STAC3 disorder: a common cause of congenital myopathy in Southern African patients. |
10:00-12:45 | Session 1 |
12:45-14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-14:30 | Guest Speaker: Dr Richard Burroughs Veterinary Surgeon Capture myopathy- an unintended hazard of working with wildlife. |
14:30-15:30 | Session 2 |
15:30-16:00 | Coffee break |
16:00-16:15 | Session 3 |
16:15-16:45 | IVCT Questions and Answers |
17:30-19:00 | Wine Tasting |
19:00-22:00 | Gala Dinner |
Friday May 27th 2025 - Retreat Conference Centre
08:30-09:10 | Guest Speaker Dr Ettiene Coetzee University of Cape Town: EEG-guided TIVA/TCI anaesthesia |
09:10-10:10 | Erik-Jan Kamsteeg: EMQN Best Practice Guidelines for Genetic testing and reporting in RyR1- related disorders |
10:10-10:40 | Coffee break |
10:40-11:40 | Board of Directors Meeting (on invitation only) |
11:40-12:40 | Session 4 |
12:40-14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-15:30 | Session 5 |
15:30-16:00 | Coffee break |
16:00-17:00 | Annual General Meeting of the EMHG & Award of Prizes> |
17:00 | Close of Meeting |
18:00-22:00 | Optional Dinner at Haute Cabriere |