With the theme “Teamwork as a Challenge – New scientific and social
developments in handling the situation after TBI” the TBI-Challenge.eu 2010 is
the 1st European conference for Traumatic Brain Injury.

It is aiming the difficulties to coordinate the emergency help, the intensive care
and the single elements of the rehabilitation chain, to consequently sustain
persons affected by TBI, who are the injured themselves and the relatives.

During the last years allot of approaches to medical support, rehabilitation and
social reintegration where made and solutions found to improve life after TBI.
This conference shall be the biennial platform for exchange of experience and
presentation of research and assumptions on a scientific base.

The European Association of Brain Injured and Families (BIF), supported by the
Austrian Society of Neurorehabilitation (ÖGNR), the Austrian Society of TBI
(ÖGSTHT) and the European Brain Injury Society (EBIS), wants to cordially invite
all professionals dealing with TBI and TBI affected persons to join the TBIChallenge.
eu 2010 in Vienna and present their scientific and practical experience
and to exchange your knowledge in the following topics:

°Acute Management after TBI (New values in Intensive Care after TBI, Is there an
indicator for prognosis - MRI, proteins? Surgical access to scull and cervical spinal trauma,
Primary care and rating)

°“Optimising the Outdoors Clinic Rehabilitation” (Flow of information – How does it
influence the outcome, eCommunication in Neurorehabilitation, Case management – is it
possible? Case management – doctors or better therapists/social workers/nursing
staff/families? The light TBI – is it really so ‘light’ (hidden dependencies)

°“Rehabilitation and Quality Management“ (Research about the situation of TBI
affected persons – is it done? Models to improve health care supply at a national and
European level, Long term support in hospitals compared to outdoor management, TBI,
insurance companies and legal situation – how to handle?)

°“Neurological Long Term Rehabilitation “ (Approach in rehabilitation at the hospital
– short and long term outcome? Organisation of post stationary supply before being relieved-
Early Release Management, Monitoring of the outcome after TBi – scientific approach,
Medication after TBI – possibilities in Neurorehabilitation, Botox and spasticity – strategies for
prevention, Antidepressants and Neuroleptica after TBI, Pain after TBI – Individual approach,
Rehabilitation and technical approach - gate control and training, initiation of movement,
movement control, spasticity reduction)

°TBI and Children (Shaking – What is to do and can we prevent? Is there a difference in
treatment and outcome after TBI of children compared to adults?)

°Physical Trauma for the Brain and Psychological Trauma (The forgotten trauma –
Mechanisms of psychological trauma and therapy after brain injury, Similarities and parallel
processes in psychological trauma and TBI, Similarities and parallel processes compared to
psychological trauma after physical and psychological aggression, Posttraumatic Distress
Syndrome in Long Term Rehabilitation after TBI)

°Prevention (Does prevention exist? Helmets all over? Prevention after the TBI)

°“Communication and neuropsychological Assistance“ (Consultation of Relatives –
Scientific Approach, Short term psychological therapy – avoiding long term therapy?
‘Psychosyndrome’ and premorbid personality, Evidence Based Neuropsychology after TBI,
Communication with strongly affected / apallic TB injured)

°Reintegration (Reintegration to work, what remains to say? Social Reintegration, is it
possible? Sexual Dysfunction or Social Dysfunction? Discrimination and Harassment, Loneliness
after TBI – how is it and why? Family and Caregivers – the new situation)

Abstracts: Send a short abstract (not more than 300 words) with introduction,
methods, results and conclusion.

The abstracts are reviewed and the review committee will make a decision, if the
presentation will be in the panel, on a poster basis or if the subject shall be elaborated in a workshop.

The language of the TBI-Challenge.eu 2010 is English.

Deadline for Abstracts: October 16th 2009

The venue of the TBI-Challenge.eu 2010 will be the faculty of law in the centre of
Vienna.

Contact for now: nikolaus.steinhoff@hochegg.lknoe.at