Day 1

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Session 7:45 – 8:15:
Welcome to World Stroke Conference 2025:
Outlook & Highlights
Gisele Sampaio, Carlos Molina, Luciano Sposato
& Michele Romoli

Session 08:30 – 09:00:
Super Bore Catheters will change aspiration first approach for LVO – Early Single center experience with SOFIA Flow 88 Aspiration catheter – Technical insights (Terumo Neuro)
Urs Fischer, Alejandro Tomasello

Session 08:30 – 09:00:
Meet The Trialist: Dr. Mike Sharma a on Factor XI Inhibitors and the Future of Stroke Prevention
Mike Sharma, Octavio Pontes Neto

Session 15:30 – 16:00:
Leveraging the power of sport to drive awareness and action on stroke
Anita Wiseman, Deidre de Silva, Bernard Lagat &
Mehari Gebreyohanns

Driving Change Through Survivor-Led Leadership:
The SHINE Initiative
Stacie Broek, Melinda Roaldsen, Stacy Quinn
and Erica Murphy

Advancing Stroke Care Through Meaningful Engagement
of Lived Experience
Erica Alexandra Murphy, Stacie Broek, Prof. Melinda Roaldsen
and Angelique Balguid

Day 2

Thursday, 23 October 2025

Session 08:00 – 08:30:
New data on IVT (CATALYST-TNK, T-FLAVOR, TRACE-5)
Keith Muir (CATALYST-TNK), Yunyun Xiong (TRACE-5), Sheila Martins & Bastian Cheng

Session 10:30 – 11:00:
African Stroke Initiative Interview
(MERZ Therapeutics)
Daniel Youkee & Rita Melifonwu

Session 14:30 – 15:00:
What’s new in secondary stroke prevention (non-cardioembolic, embolic stroke)
Michelle Johansen, Mira Katan, Mukul Sharma &
Yasuhiro Nishiyama

Session 15:30 – 16:00:
The potential of NCCT AI technology in low and middle income countries (MeThinks)
Marc Ribo, Boris Pabon &
Santiago Ortega

Session 17:00 – 17:30:
WSC beyond science: World Stroke Academy & Future Stroke Leaders Programme
Laura Ceci Galanos, Octavio Pontes & Julieta Rosales

Day 3

Friday, 24 October 2025

Session 8:00 – 8:30:
What’s new in thrombectomy 2025? Discussion of trials presented at WSC
Götz Thomalla, Amrou Sarraj & Carol Xiong

Session 9:00 – 9:30:
Meet The Trialist: Prof. Gisele Sampaio Silva on Factor XI Inhibitors and the Future of Stroke Prevention
Gisele Sampaio Silva, Octavio Pontes Neto

Session 10:00 – 10:30:
Meet The Trialist: Dr. Ashkan Shoamanesh a on Factor XI Inhibitors and the Future of Stroke Prevention
Ashkan Shoamanesh, Octavio Pontes Neto