Scientific Program

17 October 2025

09:00 – 09:30 – Opening Ceremony

09:30 – 11:00 – PANEL 1: A Conceptual Framework for Headache

• 09:30 – 09:50: CSD: Myths or Truth? –
  
  Hayrunnisa Bolay 🇹🇷
• 09:50 – 10:10: Pain matrix and functional brain networks –
  
  Hülya Karataş 🇹🇷
• 10:10 – 10:30: What is the importance of trigeminocervical complex and peripheral structures in interventional headache practice? –
  
  Fayyaz Ahmed 🇬🇧
• 10:30 – 11:00: Q & A

11:00 – 11:30 – MINI SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM: Botox Administrations in Chronic Migraine: Beyond Injection (@ AbbVie Booth)

Elif Ilgaz Aydınlar 🇹🇷

11:30 – 12:30 – PANEL 2: Integrative Approach to Headache Treatment

• 11:30 – 11:50: The role of Neuropeptides in the pathogenesis of primary headaches –
  
  Messoud Ashina 🇩🇰
• 11:50 – 12:10: Lifestyle and Migraine –
  
  Antoinette Maassen van den Brink 🇳🇱
• 12:10 – 12:30: Q & A

13:00 – 13:30 – Planning Headache Research

• 13:00 – 13:15: What kind of study could I plan for headache research? –
  
  Betül Baykan 🇹🇷
• 13:15 – 13:30: What is the contribution of statisticians to effective headache research? –
  
  Bahar Taşdelen 🇹🇷

14:30 – 16:30 – Interventional Procedures in Headache Management

• • Station 1: Headache Anatomy for interventions –
    
    Tuba Cerrahoğlu Şirin 🇹🇷
  • Station 2: Which Procedure for which cases?- –
    
    Samiye Ulutaş 🇹🇷
  • Station 3: Introduction to drugs and equipmentt –
    
    Zeynep Tuncer 🇹🇷
  • Station 4: Preparing the Injection for the Selected Procedure –
    
    Fidan Marufoğlu Baykal 🇹🇷
  • Station 5: Botox- Practical Application on a Model –
    
    Elif Ilgaz Aydınlar 🇹🇷
  • Station 6: SON, STN, ATN, SPG Block application –
    
    Ali Kemal Erdemoğlu 🇹🇷
  • Station 7: GON and LON application –
    
    Nevra Öksüz 🇹🇷
  • Station 8: Trigger Point Injection application –
    
    Mesut Bakır 🇹🇷

17:15 – 17:45 – Slido Quiz & Winner Announcement –

Hayrunnisa Bolay 🇹🇷

Room B:

16:00 – 17:30 – Oral Presentations –

Füsun Mayda Domaç 🇹🇷,

Samiye Ulutaş 🇹🇷

18 October 2025

09:30 – 11:00 – From Symptom to Diagnosis in Headache

• • • 09:30 – 09:50: Patient-Centered Headache Questioning –
      
      Sarkhan Amirguilev 🇦🇿
    • 09:50 – 10:10: Targeted and Accurate Examination –
      
      Rahşan Karacı 🇹🇷
    • 10:10 – 10:30: Effective and Correct Use of Diagnostic Tools –
      
      Taoufik Alsaadi 🇦🇪
    • 10:30 – 11:00: Q & A

11:30 – 12:30 – Are there any objective diagnostic tools beyond the patient’s subjective expression?

• • • YES:
      
      Francesca Puledda 🇬🇧
    • NO:
      
      Doğa Vurallı 🇹🇷

14:15 – 16:00 – Personalized and Effective Treatment in Migraine

• • • 14:15 – 14:30: Acute Treatment –
      
      Amr Hassan 🇪🇬
    • 14:30 – 14:45: Medical Prophylaxis –
      
      Teshamae Monteith 🇺🇸 (Online)
    • 14:45 – 15:15: Interventional Management –
      
      Derya Uludüz 🇹🇷
    • 15:15 – 15:30: Mechanism-Based Treatments –
      
      Pınar Yalınay Dikmen 🇹🇷
    • 15:30 – 16:00: Q & A

16:45 – 17:30 – Slido Quiz & Winner Announcement –

Derya Uludüz 🇹🇷

Room B:

16:00 – 17:30 – Oral Presentations –

Füsun Mayda Domaç 🇹🇷,

Samiye Ulutaş 🇹🇷

19 October 2025

09:30 – 11:00 – Latest Developments in the Treatment of Non-Migraine Headaches

• • • 09:30 – 09:50: TACs –
      
      Esme Ekizoğlu 🇹🇷
    • 09:50 – 10:10: Neuralgias –
      
      Mansoureh Togha 🇮🇷
    • 10:10 – 10:30: Intracranial Hypo/Hypertension –
      
      Mona Hussein 🇪🇬
    • 10:30 – 10:50: Headache in Children and Adolescents –
      
      Gülen Güler 🇹🇷
    • 10:50 – 11:00: Q & A

11:30 – 13:00 – Multidisciplinary Teams in Headache Management and their Contributions

• • • 11:30 – 11:45: Nurse –
      
      Esen Akdeniz 🇹🇷
    • 11:45 – 12:00: Psychologist –
      
      Gülen Güler 🇹🇷
    • 12:00 – 12:30: Physiotherapist –
      
      Reyhan Özgöbek 🇹🇷
    • 12:30 – 13:00: Family Physicians –
      
      Nil Tekin 🇹🇷

13:00 – 13:30 – Slido Quiz & Winner Announcement –

Aynur Özge 🇹🇷

13:30 – 14:00 – Closing Ceremony

PARALLEL SESSION:

• 11:30 – 13:00 Patient Day (in Turkish) –
  Meet the Experts