- 22.-24.4.2026
- Stavanger Norway
NACT 2026 ohjelma:
Building Competence in Neurostimulation Therapies: from Evidence into Action
Wednesday, April 22nd
11.30 – 12.45 Registration
12.45 – 13.00 Introduction and warm welcome from the Board Kaija Järventausta
13.00 – 13.45 Electroconvulsive Therapy – Here to Stay? Alexander Sartorius
13.45 – 14.30 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation – Here to Stay? Marco Hirnstein
14.30 – 15.00 Panel discussion
15.00 – 15.30 Leg stretching, coffee & exhibition
15.30 – 16.15 Clinical Encounters, Research Questions, and the Road to Better Treatments Pouya Movahed
16.15 – 17.00 Journey to Better Care: Enhancing Patient Outcomes Through Research Lauri Virtanen
17.00 – 17.30 Panel discussion
19.00 Dinner
Thursday, April 23rd
09.00 – 09.45 Contemporary Understanding of ECT Anesthesia Saara Huoponen
09.45 – 10.30 The Magic of Basics – Technical Parameters of ECT Eivind Aakhus
10.30 – 11.00 Panel discussion
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break & exhibition
11.30 – 12.15 Targeted Healing Martijn Figee
12.15 – 13.00 TMS in OCD: from Disease Model to Personalized Targeting the Neurocircuits Odile A. van den Heuvel
13.00 – 13.30 Panel discussion
13.30 – 14.00 Introduction to interactive sessions & workshops
14.00 – 15.00 Lunch
15.00 – 17.00 Interactive sessions:
– “Ensuring Education for ECT and rTMS Specialists”
– “Beyond the Traditional Use of ECT”
– “Journey in the World of rTMS Protocols”
Exhibition workshops, Poster session, Coffee
17.00 – 18.00 NACT Annual Meeting
19.30 Networking dinner
Friday, April 24th
09.00 – 09.45 ECT in Depression: Clinical Use, Acute and Long-Term Effects, and Side Effects Jeanette Bjørke
09.45 – 10.30 Disrupt, Potentiate, and Rewire: A Plausible Model for the Neurobiological Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy Leif Oltedal
10.30 – 11.00 Panel discussion
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.15 Efficacy of Sub-threshold TMS in Treatment-Resistant Depression Gustav Bizik
12.15 – 12.45 Highlights of ECT in Nordic Countries
12.45 – 13.00 Concluding remarks
* Please note that the conference program is still preliminary. Minor changes may still occur.