This post provides an overview of activities on Day 1 at the World Parkinson’s Congress meeting in Kyoto.
After a spectacular opening ceremony the night before, Day 1 began with some impressive keynote presentations. Then came a series of fascinating workshops and roundtables before poster tours and social activities.
In today’s post, we will discuss what happened at day 1 of the WPC meeting.
Following the amazing activities on Day 0 (Click here to read more about that), attendees of the World Parkinson’s Congress woke up to beautiful weather on Day 1.
The date was the 5th June, and the weather was sunny with a humid high of 32 degrees C. (89.6 F).
The first order of business each day at the conference is checking the programme to see what presentations/workshops/lectures/activities you would like to take part in.
I have been invited – with Parkinson’s advocate AC Woolnough – to conduct a round table at the upcoming 2019 World Parkinson’s Congress meeting in Kyoto. The round table is a discussion involving 10-20 people sitting around a table. Our topic will be how can we better align the efforts ofresearchers and patients.
And this is where we would like your help. Or at least, we would like your input.
Specifically, we are seeking topics for discussion at the table regarding how we can better join the goals/focus of the community on the research side of things.
In today’s post, we look at what the World Parkinson’s congress is, how the round table topic came about, and what we are currently thinking regarding the structure of our roundtable session.
It has the oldest restaurant in Kyoto, Japan (called Honke Owariya, which was founded in 1465).
It had its own civil war – referred to as “Onin no Ran” (Onin War) – in the 15th century. The war lasted 11 years (1467-1477) and focused on two families of samurai warriors seeking power in Kyoto.
It is the home of the video game company Nintendo and Nightingale Floors:
