Day II
EDA Annual Conference 2025 - 14. November
Kleines Foyer
EDA Board Meeting
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00-09:00 |
Auditorium
Welcome
to Day II
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:45 | Keynote: gender differences in brain functioning and cognition Chair: Dr. Cynthia Olotu, Hamburg |
Prof. Dr. Markus Hausman, Durham |
| 9:45-10:05 | Break |
Auditorium
Session 5
Sleep, circadian disruption and pain in delirium pathogenesis
Chairs: Prof. Dr. Colm Cunningham and Prof. Dr. Alasdair McLullich
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10:05-10:30 | Circadian Rhythm: The Hidden Clock Behind Delirium and Recovery |
Prof. Dr. Alawi Lütz, Berlin |
| 10:30-10:55 | Orexin antagonists - sedatives for good sleep and delirium prevention on the ward? |
Prof. Dr. Helmut Frohnhofen, Düsseldorf |
| 10:55-11:20 | Pain and Cognition – effects on the vulnerable brain |
Dr. Thomas Ottens, Den Haag |
| 11:20 -11:45 | Break |
Panorama-Saal
Session 6
EEG Markers of Brain Frailty: Risk Stratification & Therapeutic Guidance
Chairs: PD Dr. Matthias Kreuzer, Munich and Dr. Sophie Leroy, Berlin
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10:05-10:30 | EEG during general anaesthesia |
PD Dr. Matthias Kreuzer, Munich |
| 10:30-10:55 | EEG in the ICU patient |
PD Dr. Mathias Gelderblom, Hamburg |
| 10:55-11:20 | EEG in the cognitive impaired patient |
Prof. Dr. Arjen Slooter, Utrecht |
| 11:20-11:45 | Break |
Auditorium
Session 7
: After the Storm: Approaches to Rebuilding, Restoring, and Recovering from Delirium
Chairs: Dr. Emma Cunningham, Belfast and PD Dr. Thomas Saller, Munich
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 11:45-12:10 | Care concepts for patients and relatives after delirium |
Dr. Friedrich Borchers, Berlin |
| 12:10-12:35 | Cognitive training: therapy of delirium damage? |
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gallinat, Hamburg |
| 12:35-13:00 | Electrical and Magnetic Brain Stimulation: Mechanisms, Applications, and Expectations |
Prof. Dr. Andrea Antal, Göttingen |
| 13:00-14:00 | Break / Poster walk |
Panorama-Saal
Session 8
Patient delirium education
Chairs: Prof. Dr. Emma Vardy, Manchester and Kevin Seiler, Basel
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 11:45-12:10 | Beyond the Bedside: Primary and Transsectoral Strategy for Delirium Prevention |
PD Dr. Christine Thomas, Stuttgart |
| 12:10-12:35 | Beyond Institutional Walls: Community-Engaged Approach to Delirium Prevention |
Prof. Dr. Emma Vardy, Manchester |
| 12:35-13:00 | Bridging the Gap: Tailoring Delirium Prevention to Health Literacy Demands |
Moritz Schönfeld, Hamburg |
| 13:00-14:00 | Break / Poster walk |
Auditorium
Best Abstracts - Session III
Special Patient Groups
Chair: Prof. Dr. Gideon Caplan, Sidney
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00-14:15 | The phenomenology of delirium in Parkinson’s disease and older adults: a comparative study |
Florence Gerakios |
| 14:15-14:30 | Beyond motor subtypes: distinct symptom clusters of delirium in Parkinson’s disease and older adults |
Florence Gerakios |
| 14:30-14:45 | Prevalence and Recognition of Delirium in the HUNT4 70+ Cohort |
Kristine Verlo |
| 14:45-15:00 | Efficient risk prediction for delirium in elective surgery of older patients: The PAWEL RISK study |
Gerhard Wilhelm Eschweiler |
| 15:00-15:15 | From Image to Insight: Using Photovoice to Explore Children's Experiences of Delirium in the PICU |
Sara Åkerman |
| 15:15-15:35 | Break |
Panorama-Saal
Best Abstracts - Session IV
Mechanistic Insights into Delirium
Chair: Dr. Thomas Ottens, Den Hague
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00-14:15 | Dissecting the genetic and proteomic risk factors for delirium |
Vasilis Raptis |
| 14:15-14:30 | Investigation of the spectral exponent as a trajectory-independent EEG marker of emergence from general anesthesia |
Sandra Widmann |
| 14:30-14:45 | Bridging the Gap: Tailoring Delirium Prevention to Health Literacy Demands |
Hannah Moorey |
| 14:45-15:00 | Delirium and associations with atrophy rate on serial volumetric MRI: A prospective UK cohort study |
Mark Rawle |
| 15:00-15:15 | Effect of delirium monitoring using automated single channel EEG on ICU length of stay: results of a multicenter randomized controlled trial |
Julia Van Der A |
| 15:15-15:35 | Break |
Auditorium
Session 9
Delirium Lobbying
Chair: PD Dr. Peter Nydahl, Kiel
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 15:35-16:00 | Delirium politics in Norway |
Prof. Dr. Leiv Otto Watne, Oslo |
| 16:00-16:25 | Delirium politics in the UK |
Prof. Dr. Emma Vardy, Manchester |
Panorama-Saal
Session 10
Managing delirium
Chair: Dr. Stefan Kreisel
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 15:35-16:00 | ICU delirium: what matters most |
Prof. Dr. Mark van den Boogaard, Nijmegen |
| 16:00-16:25 | What´s next: top delirium publications 2024/25 |
Dr. Bjørn Erik Neerland, Oslo |
Room 1
End of the Conference
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 16:30-17:00 | Prize Winners, announcement next meeting and farewell |


