Schedule

Day 1 – Thursday, September 15

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8:00 – 10:00

REGISTRATION

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10:00 – 12:00

HALL 1

WORKSHOP 1

From space medicine to clinical practice: A hands on workshop towards beyond the art rehabilitation protocols

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10:00 – 12:00

HALL 2

WORKSHOP 2

fNIRS

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12:00 – 12:30

BREAK

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12:30 – 14:00

HALL 1

WORKSHOP 1 Cont’d

Practical Session

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12:30 – 14:00

HALL 2

WORKSHOP 2 Cont’d

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14:00 – 15:30

BREAK

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15:30 – 17:30

HALL 1

WORKSHOP 3

Exploring Affect in Medical Education and Training

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15:30 – 17:30

HALL 2

WORKSHOP 4

Importance of Neurobiofeedback Treatment in Alcohol and Substance Abuse

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17:30 – 18:00

BREAK

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18:00 – 18:30

OPENING

Ms. Melina Demertzopoulou
Vice governor of Central Macedonia at General Directorate of Public Health and Social Care

Prof. Kyriakos Anastasiadis
Head of the School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Prof. Nikos Papaioannou
Rector of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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18:30 – 19:30

KEYNOTE 1

Talma Hendler: How does the brain talk with our mind?

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19:30 – 21:00

WINE RECEPTION

Day 2 – Friday, September 16

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8:00 – 9:00

REGISTRATION

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09:00 – 11:00

HALL 1

Linking motor and social deficiencies in developmental disorders.

Hila Gvirts and Anat Dahan

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09:00 – 11:00

HALL 2

SYMPOSIUM 2:

Clinical Applications of Neurophysiology in the Management of Neuromusculoskeletal Patients

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09:00 – 11:00

HALL 3

SYMPOSIUM 1:

SHAPES – Shaping a Pan-European Technological Ecosystem for Active and Healthy Ageing

Classification of ADHD Using Machine Learning Algorithm based on Riemannian Geometry.

Anat Dahan, Chen Ryder, Zeev Volkovivh, Lior Israelov and Yaakov Fain

Validating “Qool City” e-Training Tool for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Greece.

Vasileia Petronikolou, Anastasia Mparmpoudi, Niki Pandria, Panagiotis Antoniou and Panagiotis Bamidis

Validating the Short Arm Human Centrifuge Training in healthy and patient population cohorts.

Christos Frantzidis, Ilias Machairas, Evangelia Stanitsa, Smaranda-Nafsika Ketseridou, Xrhstos Giantsios, Anastasia Mournou, Spyros Roumeliotis, Anna Nikolaidou, Sotiria Gilou, Panagiotis Bamidis and Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli

A linear mixed effect model analysis of response latency and accuracy in naming: The FLAME project. 

Utilizing a multilayer network approach to unravel cognitive hierarchy.

Evangelos Paraskevopoulos, Nikolas Chalas, Alexandra Anagnostopoulou and Panagiotis Bamidis

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11:00 – 11:30

BREAK & POSTER SESSION 1

Assessing the effect of respiration phase modulation in the analysis of brain activity in real-time brain-computer interfaces.

Jana Fehring, Alexandros Christopoulos, Jaroslav Krc and Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert

The effects of theta/beta ratio neurofeedback on different theta networks.

Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert, Jaroslav Krc, Hanneke van Dijk and Martijn Arns

Investigating the Brain Reactivity of Young Adults to Emotional Stimuli: an EEG study.

Arbesa Gashi Gashi, Christos Stergiadis, Altina Bimbashi and Manousos Klados

Design and prototyping Brain Computer Interfaces using embedded systems and System-On-Chips.

Gregory Kalogiannis and George Hassapis

Multi-sensor data fusion for neuro-rehabilitation of the human hand: system architecture of an exoskeletal soft robotics device.

Vasiliki Fiska, Alkinoos Athanasiou, Konstantinos Mitsopoulos, Konstantina Lamprou, Georgios Katsonis, Panagiotis D. Bamidis and Alexander Astaras

Decision-Making and Response Inhibition in Abstinent Opiate Users.

Elena Psederska, Kiril Bozgunov, Dimitar Nedelchev, Georgi Vasilev and Jasmin Vassileva

Multisensory plasticity induced by musical reading training in young and older adults.

Evangelos Paraskevopoulos, Nikolas Chalas, Alexandros Karagiorgis, Maria Karagianni, Charis Styliadis and Panagiotis Bamidis

Exploiting of EEG-BCI for boosting reading ability: a pilot feasibility study on healthy subjects.

Lorenzo Marin, Claudio Mulatti and Andrea Caria

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11:30 – 12:30

KEYNOTE 2

Dario Farina: Neural Control of Movement: A Motor Neuron Centric View

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12:30 – 13:30

HALL 1

Neuroplastic effects of physical and cognitive training in adults with Down Syndrome.

Alexandra Anagnostopoulou, Charis Styliadis, Panagiotis Kartsidis, Evangelia Romanopoulou, Vicky Zilidou, Chrysa Karali, Maria Karagianni, Manousos A. Klados, Evangelos Paraskevopoulos and Panagiotis Bamidis

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12:30 – 13:30

HALL 2

Neurophysiological fingerprints of motor and cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease.

Jason da Silva Castanheira, Alex Wiesman and Sylvain Baillet

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12:30 – 13:30

HALL 3

Insights during development trials of the NeuroSuitUp platform: user experience and perception of robotics.

Apostolos Praftsiotis, Konstantinos Mitsopoulos, Konstantinos Kasimis, George Lyssas, Niki Pandria, Vasileia Petronikolou, Vasiliki Fiska, Panagiotis Antoniou, Alexander Astaras, Ioannis Magras, Alkinoos Athanasiou and Panagiotis Bamidis

Beta-band cerebro-cerebellar connectivity during emotional face processing in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.

Konstantinos Tsilimparis, Charis Styliadis, Alexandra Anagnostopoulou, Georgia Kioselaki, Rachel Leung, Elizabeth Pang, Panagiotis Bamidis and Christos Papadelis

Predictive biomarkers in eye dynamics.

Miriam Reiner

Preliminary findings on the Virtual Reality Cognitive Gaming based on Brain Computer Interfacing.

Marios Hadjiaros, Sofia Sarri, Kleanthis Neokleous, Andria Shimi, Marios Avraamides and Constantinos Pattichis

Effective cerebro-cerebellar connectivity subserving emotional face processing in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.

Georgia Kioselaki, Charis Styliadis, Alexandra Anagnostopoulou, Konstantinos Tsilimparis, Rachel Leung, Elizabeth Pang, Panagiotis D. Bamidis and Christos Papadelis

Measuring dopamine activity in psychosis-proneness: The Eye Blink Rates method.

Aristea Ladas

A Systematic Review towards a Decision Support System for Holistic Tinnitus Treatment.

Michail Sarafidis, Ourania Manta, Konstantinos Bromis, Eleftheria Vellidou, Dimitrios Kikidis, Winfried Schlee and Dimitrios Koutsouris

Examining Functional Connectivity of Default Mode Network in Schizophrenia due to Cognitive and Physical training.

Christina Plomariti, Christos Frantzidis, Anastasios Siountas, Ioannis Nimatoudis and Panagiotis Bamidis

Tau Protein in the Retina.

Umur Kayabasi

Assessing usability of MedMoriApp, a mobile health app for the improvement of treatment adherence.

Ángel García-Pérez, Stefan Anca, Marta Godoy-Giménez, Antonio González-Rodríguez, Ana B. Vivas, Laura Estéban, Luis J. Fuentes, Victoria Plaza, Michael Molina, Fernando Cañadas, Angeles Estévez and Pablo Sayans-Jiménez

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13:30 – 15:00

BREAK & POSTER SESSION 1

Improving the performance of non-invasive Brain-Computer interfaces utilizing Riemannian geometry: Comparison of different Machine Learning pipelines, Deep and Transfer Learning models.

Alexandros Christopoulos, Jana Fehring, Jaroslav Krc, Fabien Lotte and Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert

Neuroplastic effects of physical and cognitive training during a Mismatch Negativity paradigm in Down Syndrome adults.

Panagiotis Kartsidis, Alexandra Anagnostopoulou, Charis Styliadis, Evangelos Paraskevopoulos, Vicky Zilidou, Maria Karagianni, Evangelia Romanopoulou and Panagiotis Bamidis

Differential outcomes, recognition of complex facial emotions and theory of mind: a pilot study.

Ángel García-Pérez, Nicolás Fernández-Villarruel, Antonio González-Rodríguez, Marta Godoy-Giménez, Fernando Cañadas, Pablo Sayans-Jiménez and Ángeles Fernández Estévez

A deep learning method detecting obstructive sleep apnea through cepstrum analysis of EEG signals.

Kyriaki Christodoulidou, Anastasios Konstantinos Fotakis and Efstathios Sidiropoulos

Intrinsic functional connectivity predicts how curiosity and prediction errors enhance memory.

Kathrin C. J. Eschmann, Ashvanti Valji, Vera Dehmelt, Duarte F. M. M. Pereira and Matthias J. Gruber

Audiomotor synchronization and executive functions in athletes with different levels of expertise.

Anastasia Kovaleva, Vladislav Turnaev and Vladimir Kasatkin

Neuroplasticity induced by physical exercise training in Parkinson’s Disease patients.

Vasilleios Rafail Xefteris, Charis Styliadis, Alexandra Anagnostopoulou, Panagiotis Kartsidis, Evangelos Paraskevopoulos, Manousos A. Klados, Vicky Zilidou, Maria Karagianni and Panagiotis Bamidis

VR exergaming for knee osteoarthritis patients at home using Oculus Quest 2 and Myo wireless devices.

Christos Mouzakis, Dimitrios Ververidis, Dimitrios Tsaopoulos, Stavros Portokalidis, Spiros Nikolopoulos, Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Evangelia Romanopoulou, Ioanna Dratsiou, Annita Varella and Panagiotis Bamidis

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15:00 – 16:15

INVITED SPEECH 1 – Andreas A. Ioannides: A proposal for sleep staging evolution which improves relevance to  sleep physiology, while preserving continuity with earlier records

INVITED SPEECH 2 – Kostas Nizamis: The hand in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: enabling rehabilitation

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16:15 – 16:30

STRETCH BREAK

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16:30 – 18:00

HALL 1

WORKSHOP 6:

Basic Neuranatomy Tutorial;
Merging the Tangible with the Virtual

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16:30 – 18:00

HALL 2

SYMPOSIUM 3:

Clinical applications of brain mapping

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16:30 – 18:00

HALL 3

WORKSHOP 5:

Interprofessional Training for Tinnitus Researchers and Clinicians – Tin-TRAC Training

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18:00 – 19:00

SAN MEETINGS

Day 3 – Saturday, September 17

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8:00 – 9:00

REGISTRATION

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09:00 – 11:00

HALL 1

In vivo imaging of the rat brain utilizing motion-controlled ultrasonic tomography.

Stamatios Amanatiadis, Chryssa Bekiari, Georgios Apostolidis, Ioannis Grivas, Nikolaos Kantartzis, Georgios Papadopoulos and Georgios Karagiannis

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09:00 – 11:00

HALL 2

SYMPOSIUM 4:

Drug clinical trials and cognitive safety assessement

Papazisis George (Clinical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Aristotle University Thessaloniki): Pre-marketing drug clinical trials and cognitive effects

Siafis Spyridon (Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich): Cognitive safety of CNS drugs

– Liozidou Athanasia (Henry Dunant Hospital Center): Neuropsychological assessment of cognitive safety in drug development
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09:00 – 11:00

HALL 3

SYMPOSIUM 5:

ThessRoboGlove Forum – Thessaloniki wearable robotics gloves and apparel knowledge exchange and cooperation Forum

Monitoring short-time novelty of Electrocardiogram signals for epileptic seizure anticipation using Unsupervised Anomaly Detection.

Apostolos Karasmanoglou, Marios Antonakakis and Michalis Zervakis

Exploiting HFO networks to detect epileptogenic tissue.

Christos Stergiadis and Manousos A. Klados

Understanding the Impact of Zygosity on Personality: A Twin Study Exploring the Common Basis of the Five Factor Model.

Sofija Paunic and Manousos A. Klados

Attentional Bias Modification with EEG in low and high self esteem individuals- Word valence as influence on expectation conflict.

Matthew Pears, Stathis Konstantinidis and Simon Goodson

Gliomechanics.

Abraham Tsitlakidis, Elias C. Aifantis, Aristeidis Kritis, Anastasia S. Tsingotjidou, Angeliki Cheva, Panagiotis Selviaridis, Nicolas Foroglou

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11:00 – 11:30

BREAK & POSTER SESSION 2

Developing clinical phenotype-driven neurofeedback serious game for ADHD.

Christina Lamproudi, Apostolos Praftsiotis, Ioannis Papantoniou, Athanasios Papias, Adam Adamopoulos, Maria Hadjinicolaou and Alkinoos Athanasiou

Telediagnosis of executive functions by new test battery utilizing dual mechanisms of cognitive control.

Jaroslav Krc, Maximilian Bruchmann, Sebastiaan Mathot, Tomas Kasparek and Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert

Digital Twins in Human Brain: Challenges and Opportunities.

Anastasios Loukas Sarris, Efstathios Sidiropoulos, Evangelos Paraskevopoulos and Panagiotis Bamidis

Can Subject-Dependent Neurofeedback modulate memories? Effects of Neurofeedback on long-term memory.

Germán Campos-Arteaga, Sergio Ruiz, Deysha Poyser, Ricardo Morales, Ranganatha Sitaram and Eugenio Rodríguez

Multisensory integration and the cerebellum.

Charis Styliadis, Alexandra Anagnostopoulou, Panagiotis Bamidis and Evangelos Paraskevopoulos

Cortical networks underpinning anhedonia in major depressive disorder via the Doors task.

Charis Styliadis, Alexandra Anagnostopoulou, Niki Pandria, Katerina Katsouli, Christos Bakas, Maria Karagianni, Athanasia Liozidou, Evangelos Paraskevopoulos, Theodosia Livanidou, Panagiotis Bamidis and Georgios Papazisis

Gliomechanics.

Abraham Tsitlakidis, Elias C. Aifantis, Aristeidis Kritis, Anastasia S. Tsingotjidou, Angeliki Cheva, Panagiotis Selviaridis and Nicolas Foroglou

Developing a modular power supply for a wearable robotic device for neural rehabilitation.

Konstantinos Chasapis, Athanasios Papias, Konstantinos Mitsopoulos, Apostolos Praftsiotis, Nikos Terzopoulos, Alexander Astaras, Alkinoos Athanasiou, Nikolaos Pitsianis and Panagiotis Bamidis

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11:30 – 12:30

KEYNOTE 3

Sylvain Baillet: Neurophysiological signaling of brain predictive mechanisms.

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12:30 – 13:30

HALL 1

Combining cognitive training and non-invasive brain stimulation to enhance treatment outcomes.

Anika Poppe, Franziska Ritter, Leonie Bais, James Pustejovsky, Marie-José van Tol, Branislava Ćurčić-Blake, Gerdina Pijnenborg and Lisette van der Meer

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12:30 – 13:30

HALL 2

The Influence of Emotion on Subjective Pain Experience, Self-Reported Affect and Physiological Responses Under Heat Pain Stimulation.

Maria Velana, Steffen Walter and Harald Traue

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12:30 – 13:30

HALL 3

WORKSHOP 5

Cont’d: Tin-TRAC training workshop: developing Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs) with Tinnitus assessment and treatment as a use case scenario

Affecting cognitive performance in MS by transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS); pilot study.

Branislava Curcic-Blake, Nena Lejko, Jon D. Laman, Jan F. Meilof, Dorothea J. Heersema, Inge Zijdewind, Jacoba M. Spikman, Remco J. Renken, Natasha M. Maurits, Christoph S. Herrmann and Andre Aleman

The Impact of Stress in Knowlwdge Transfer And Entropy.

Ioannis Konstantinidis and Spyros Avdimiotis

Investigating resting-state brain alterations in smokers after biofeedback and neurofeedback training.

Niki Pandria, Alkinoos Athanasiou, Charis Styliadis, Nikos Terzopoulos, Konstantinos Mitsopoulos, Evangelos Paraskevopoulos, Ioannis Nimatoudis, Paraskevi Argyropoulou-Pataka and Panagiotis Bamidis

The Effects of Relaxation on Psychophysiological Outcomes in Healthy Adults After Exposure to Cold Pressor Test.

Maria Velana, Silvia Capellino and Gerhard Rinkenauer

Investigation of microstates from EEG signals of tip-pinch and wrist flexion/extension movement.

Supreeth S Karan, Harsh Sharma, Ayushi Kumari Agrawal, Kavita Vemuri

Sleep quality and anxiety levels among Greek healthcare professionals in COVID-19 pandemic.

Anna Nikolaidou, Evangelia Stanitsa and Christos Frantzidis

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13:30 – 15:00

BREAK & POSTER SESSION 2

Neuroplastic effects of Multisensory vs. Unisensory training on n400.

Evangelos Paraskevopoulos, Nikolas Chalas, Maria Karagianni, Vasileia Petronikolou and Panagiotis Bamidis

Tele-neurology for neurodegenerative diseases in Greece: potential impact on medical education.

Efthalia Angelopoulou, Dionysia Kontaxopoulou, Stella Fragkiadaki, Evangelia Stanitsa, John Papatriantafyllou, Dimosthenis Pavlou, Christos Koros, Efstratia-Maria Georgopoulou, Eleni Kerazi, Anastasia Kaliontzoglou, Georgios Koukoulas, Christos Roilos, Leonidas Stefanis, Panagiotis Bamidis and Sokratis Papageorgiou

Hamartin offers cortical neurons tolerance to ischemic insults. Preliminary results in a rat in vivo model.

Konstantinos Themistoklis, Konstantinos Melanis, Konstantinos Vekrellis and Themistoklis Papasilekas

Cognitive decline prognosis in multiple sclerosis: effectiveness of a computerized cognitive training treatment on cortical reorganization.

Charis Styliadis, Ioannis Nikolaidis, Vasiliki Zilidou, Antonios Billis, Maria Karagianni, Panagiotis Kartsidis, Alexandra Anagnostopoulou, Giorgos Petridis, Alexandros Moraitopoulos, Vasileia Petronikolou, Evangelos Paraskevopoulos, Athanasia Liozidou, Vahe Poghosyan, Nikolaos Grigoriadis and Panagiotis Bamidis

Psilocybin-assisted neurofeedback (PANF) in a naturalistic microdose setting for the enhancement of executive functioning: A proof of principle study.

Morten Peter Lietz, Fiachra O’Higgins, Raquel Castillo Bihler, Jaroslav Krc and Stefanie Enriquez Geppert

Human muscle state machine using electromyography classification with machine learning.

George Lyssas, Konstantinos Mitsopoulos, Apostolos Praftsiotis, Niki Pandria, Nikos Terzopoulos, Dimitris Zantzas, Thanos Arvanitidis, Alexander Astaras, Anestis Kalfas, Alkinoos Athanasiou and Panagiotis Bamidis

Exploring gender-related differences in smoking cessation motivation during COVID-19 pandemic.

Niki Pandria, Alkinoos Athanasiou, Georgios Papazisis, Charis Styliadis, Christoforos Zidiridis, Panagiotis Bamidis and Stergios Kaprinis

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15:00 – 16:15

INVITED SPEECH 3 – PETRA RITTER: Virtual Brain Cloud: Enabling Complex Simulations with Multilevel Health Data

INVITED SPEECH 4 – Grigorios Kyriatzis: Applications of neuropeptides and their receptors in neuroplasticity and neuroinflammation occurring in neurodegenerative diseases; current data. Cellular and molecular approach.

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16:15 – 16:30

STRETCH BREAK

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16:30 – 18:00

HALL 1

LLM Care Symposium:

Practitioners and Stakeholders of cognitive and physical enhancement

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16:30 – 18:00

HALL 2

SYMPOSIUM 6:

Updates on the Frontal Midline Theta (Fmθ) Neurofeedback (NF) Protocols for Improving Executive Functions

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16:30 – 18:00

HALL 3

SYMPOSIUM 7:

Bioinformatics and Neuroinformatics

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18:00 – 19:00

SAN DISCUSSION AND CLOSING