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2018 Abstract Book CONTENTS Table of Contents INFORMATION Continuing Medical Education .................................................................................................5 Guidelines for Speakers ..........................................................................................................6 Guidelines for Poster Presentations .........................................................................................8 SPEAKER ABSTRACTS Abstracts ...............................................................................................................................9 POSTER ABSTRACTS Basic Research (Location – Room 101) ...............................................................................63 Clinical (Location – Room 8) ..............................................................................................141 2018 Joint Global Neurofibromatosis Conference · Paris, France · November 2-6, 2018 | 3 4 | 2018 Joint Global Neurofibromatosis Conference · Paris, France · November 2-6, 2018 EACCME European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education 2018 Joint Global Neurofibromatosis Conference Paris, France, 02/11/2018–06/11/2018 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) for a maximum of 27 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. The EACCME® is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net. Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credits to AMA credits can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities. Live educational activities occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC® credits are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. 2018 Joint Global Neurofibromatosis Conference · Paris, France · November 2-6, 2018 | 5 IMPORTANT NOTES Guidelines for Speakers The Organizing Committee of the JOINT GLOBAL NEUROFIBROMATOSIS Conference will do its utmost to help authors for their presentations and to facilitate their arrival and stay at the conference. Please take a few minutes to read the following guidelines regarding the on-site organisation of the meeting for the smooth running of the sessions. A speakers’ preview room will be installed in room 103 on the 1st floor of the Maison de la Chimie, Paris (follow signs on site). Its role will be to manage the following: • Coordinate and ensure the overall smooth running of the conference sessions, • Follow the general schedule of the sessions, • Assist speakers for any requests they may have onsite. PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS In order to match with the most recent technology, the conference meeting room will be equipped with a video-projector and a laptop at the lectern. All speakers are requested to use the PREVIEW ROOM (follow signs on site), which can be accessed once you have picked up your badge at the Welcome desk. Each speaker should also check in the final Programme that the time of his/her session has not been modified. We kindly ask you to keep the time limit in mind and remember to save time for discussion! Qualified personnel will act as liaison between speakers and projectionists: speakers will not have access to the projection rooms; therefore speakers must go to the PREVIEW ROOM to hand in their computer assisted presentations that will be transferred to the conference room on time. Speakers are entirely responsible for the order, the loading and the pre-projection of their computer assisted presentation, using the equipment made available by the organisers. PRESENTATION (POWER-POINT STYLE) To avoid delays caused by switching on computers on the platform, booting up computers and potential compatibility problems, the Organising Committee has made available to speakers the standard A/V system used in the convention sector. There will be a master computer in the meeting room and to ensure smooth transition between speakers and appropriate technical support, the Organisers request that speakers do not connect their own laptop. Every speaker has to go to the Preview room beforehand to provide his/her PowerPoint presentation. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE The official language of the Conference is English, which means that all presentations and questions must be delivered in ENGLISH. FORMAT – PRESENTATION Only Presentations for PC’s (Windows latest versions) and PC’s compatible (to avoid problems of compatibility between PC’s and MAC, please use fonts Presentations must be displayed in 16:9. compatible with both PC’s and MAC) will be accepted, (no UNIX). Your presentation should be saved in the .pdf or .pptx format only. Other formats will not be accepted. • If you have pictures, they must be under the following format: .jpg, .png, or .gif, format (.pict prohibited). • If you have video files attached to your power point presentation, they must be in the following format: .mpg, .mpeg, .avi, .wmv, mp4 or .mov and must be saved in the same folder as the presentation. When saving your final presentation on a USB stick, make sure to include your video files and all links to these multimedia files. 6 | 2018 Joint Global Neurofibromatosis Conference · Paris, France · November 2-6, 2018 IMPORTANT NOTES Guidelines for Speakers DEPOSITING OF FILE • Your computer file must be handed over to the staff of the PREVIEW ROOM, either on a memory stick or a hard drive, as far in advance as possible and ONE AND A HALF hour BEFORE the beginning of each session AT THE LATEST. The presentation for an early morning session should be handed over the evening before. • In the PREVIEW ROOM, you will be assisted by a technician, who will help you to transfer your presentation to the internal network. You will also be able to review your presentation and to verify that it has been transferred correctly to the network. • The opening hours of the PREVIEW ROOM during the Conference will be: Friday, 2 November 2018 from 09:00 to 19:00 Saturday, 3 November 2018 from 07:30 to 18:30 Sunday, 4 November 2018 from 08:00 to 18:30 Monday, 5 November 2018 from 07:30 to 18:30 Tuesday, 6 November 2018 from 07:30 to 14:00 • All presentations will be considered as confidential by our staff and removed from the system at the end of the conference. IN THE MEETING ROOM • Your presentation will be sent directly to the meeting room through the internal computer network of the venue. The PC on the lectern is programmed in 16/9 and is linked to a video-projector. • Once the presentation is launched, you, the speaker, will control the program. By clicking on the mouse, your computer assisted slides will go on as usual. • Please, do NOT come at the last minute with your own laptop to the meeting room: you will NOT be able to connect it. Go to the PREVIEW ROOM in time beforehand. 2018 Joint Global Neurofibromatosis Conference · Paris, France · November 2-6, 2018 | 7 IMPORTANT NOTES Guidelines for Poster Presentations The Organizing Committee of the JOINT GLOBAL NEUROFIBROMATOSIS Conference will do its utmost to help authors for their presentations and to facilitate their arrival and stay at the conference. The Poster exhibition will be accessible from Friday to Monday in the exhibition area of the Maison de la Chimie, Paris. SET-UP/REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS Mounting Friday, 2 November 2018 From 15:30 to 20:00 Removing Monday, 5 November 2018 From 16:45 to 18:45 POSTER SESSIONS The posters will be discussed in front of the poster boards during the dedicated sessions on Saturday and Sunday. In the dedicated session slot, the presenting author must be available next to his/her dedicated board to present and discuss the poster. BASIC RESEARCH POSTERS Saturday, 3 November 2018 From 18:00 to 19:30 Room 101 – level 1 CLINICAL RESEARCH POSTERS Sunday, 4 November 2018 From 17:25 to 18:55 Room 8 – ground floor POSTER DIMENSION AND FORMAT The poster must not exceed 120 cm in height and 90 cm in width, PORTRAIT ONLY. LANGUAGE Your poster must be written in ENGLISH. POSTER CONTENTS Each poster should contain, in addition to the scientific elements, the title of the selected abstract as submitted, and the full names and affiliation of contributing authors. Text, tables and drawings for figures should be large enough to be seen from a 2 meters distance. Illustrations should be used to convey important points; diagrams, graphs, bar charts, scatter grams, pie charts and photographs will enhance your presentation. Make short statements, avoid long explanatory sentences. MATERIALS Your poster should not exceed 120 cm high and 90 cm wide (Portrait only) in order to fit the poster board. Prepare your material beforehand so that it will fit neatly into the space available and can be easily attached to the board. Suitable fixing materials will be provided by the Conference organizers. There will be a poster helpdesk close to the poster area, where staff will be happy to assist you. Thin cardboard is more suitable than paper. Use a computer or enlarge a typed text by photographic methods. If you can have your poster produced by your institution, the final effect is more professional. 8 | 2018 Joint Global Neurofibromatosis Conference · Paris,
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