Chairs: L. Bø (Bergen, NO); C. Stadelmann (Göttingen, DE)

14:15 - 14:35 – Multiple sclerosis pathogenesis: what are the missing pieces? – W. Brück (Göttingen, DE)

14:35 - 14:55 – Potential biological mechanisms behind MS progression – J. Van Horssen (Amsterdam, NL) Platform presentations of related original papers

14:55 - 15:07 – Long-term follow-up on clinical, radiographic and cognitive outcomes in pathologically confirmed CNS inflammatory demyelinating disease – A. Kalinowska-Lyszczarz (Rochester, US)

15:07 - 15:19 – Inflammatory lesion activity in chronic progressive MS is related to the accumulation and infiltration of tissue resident memory T cells – N.L. Fransen (Amsterdam, NL)

15:19 - 15:31 – Molecular signatures of different lesions types in the white matter of SPMS – M.L. Elkjaer (Odense C, DK)

15:31 - 15:43 – High levels of perivascular inflammation and active white matter lesions at time of death are associated with rapidly progressive multiple sclerosis – D. Marastoni (London, UK)