Bobby Jones Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation

This bi-annual symposium is an international multidisciplinary meeting. Researchers come together to discuss the current theories, computational modelling approaches and experimental data relating to healthy and pathological cerebrospinal fluid dynamics. Participants discuss CSF flow disruption, and how those fluid dynamics cause symptoms in patients with conditions like Chiari malformation and syringomyelia. Ultimately, the goal is to understand the underlying fluid dynamics to propose the best possible treatments for conditions like Chiari malformation, syringomyelia, hydrocephalus and other CSF disorders.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE  - Coming Soon
ABSTRACT BOOKLET - Coming Soon

Roxana Carare, MD PhD
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Roxana Carare qualified in Medicine in Bucharest in 1994. During her basic clinical training, she became fascinated by anatomy and completed her PhD in neuropathology in 2006, in the University of Southampton, UK. The main international recognition for Roxana Carare has come from the interdisciplinary research she leads, relevant to the causes and new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, with over 165 peer reviewed publications in the field. She led the discovery of the intramural periarterial drainage system for proteins and fluid from the brain that fails in ageing leading to Alzheimer’s disease and her group now focusses on harnessing this system for efficient therapies and early biomarkers for age related neurodegenerative diseases. Roxana is a member of the UK Medical Research Council Dementia Platform UK Vascular Experimental Medicine committee and the UK government advisory committee for the effects of pollution on the brain, has served as the only European member of the American NIH strategy committee for funding in dementia. Roxana has won prestigious awards, including a Dementia Research Leader award from Alzheimer’s Society UK. Roxana has served as Co-Chair for The International Alliance of Women Alzheimer’s Researchers in Alzheimer’s Association, she is Chair of the Vascular Professional Interest Area of Alzheimer’s Association, co-led the Scientific Committee for Vas-Cog, Secretary of the British Neuropathological Society, member of the scientific committee of the Rainwater Foundation, serves as an expert for several international research funding boards. Roxana is a Visiting Professor in the University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology Targu Mures- Romania where she has co-founded the British-Romanian Academic Institute of Neuroscience and most recently was successful in setting up the Romanian National Centre of Excellence of Neuroscience NeuRoX.

Martin Schuhmann, MD PhD
University of Tubingen, Germany

Martin U. Schuhmann, MD PhD focuses his clinical work on Pediatric Neurosurgery, Neurofibromatosis, and peripheral nerve pathologies, also in adult patients. Since 2007 he acts a Head of Pediatric Neurosurgery at University Hospital of Tübingen. In addition, he directs the Adult Hydrocephalus Program, the Peripheral Nerve Surgery Program and serves as Speaker of the Centre of Neurofibromatosis. He is a member of the German Pediatric Neurosurgery Reference Panel of the German Society of Pediatric Oncology and Co-Chair of the Neurosurgery group within the SIOPe Brain Tumor Group. He is active member of ISPN and ESPN. He has published and contributed to over 200 peer-reviewed research articles.

• All invited presenters (and postdoctoral/graduate researchers, see below) are requested to complete this registration form.
• Please return this form to: claire.jones@adelaide.edu.au, by 31^st March 2026.
• Name the file using this format: SURNAME_ICSFDS_Reg.docx

• Each invited presenter is able to bring one (1) postdoctoral researcher or graduate (PhD) research student from their group to the meeting.
• There is no attendance cost for this "plus one" (including the social events); however, travel and accommodation costs are the responsibility of the individual.
• This individual will present a poster based on their relevant CSF dynamics research.
• Posters will be displayed on physical poster-boards at the meeting venue, and a time will be apportioned in the program for poster viewing and discussion. The size of the poster boards will be provided as soon as possible.
• The postdoctoral researcher / graduate student must complete this registration form, and return it to: claire.jones@adelaide.edu.au, by 31^st March 2026.
• The postdoctoral researcher / graduate student must submit an abstract for inclusion in the meeting abstract booklet (see below).
• Please contact Claire if you have any questions about this "plus one".
• If you will not be bringing a postdoctoral/graduate researcher to the meeting, please notify Claire as soon as possible in case the place can be reallocated to another attendee.

• Invited presenters, and their postdoctoral researcher/graduate student, are requested to prepare a scientific abstract using this template.
• Please conform to the format and instructions provided on this template.
• Strict adherence to formatting is requested to ensure the abstract booklet can be prepared easily and without modification of files.
• Please submit your abstract to: claire.jones@adelaide.edu.au, by 31^st March 2026.
• Please provide your abstract in both .PDF and .DOCX formats.
• If you are an invited presenter, name the file with this format:  SURNAME_ICSFDS2026_Pres.docx / .pdf 
• If you are a postdoctoral/graduate researcher, name the file with this format: SURNAME_ICSFDS2026_Poster.docx / .pdf

• All invited presenters, please complete this release form, selecting the relevant option.
• All presentations will be recorded.
• If you have any questions regarding the video release form, please contact Dorothy Poppe at Bobby Jones CSF (dpoppe@bobbyjonescsf.org)
• Please submit your completed video release form to: claire.jones@adelaide.edu.au, by 31^st March 2026.
• Name the file with this format: SURNAME_ICSFDS2026_Release.docx

• There is no provided template for presentations. MS PowerPoint format is preferred so that all files can be uploaded to the venue PC prior to the meeting commencing.
• Please be aware that (at this stage) presentations will be viewed on an 84" mobile screen, rather than a mounted projector screen.  Please prepare presentation slides with this in mind.
• The venue is historic, and the majority of the audience area will be chairs without desks. Power will not be available at seats and there may be limited access to power outlets in the rooms.

• There are two organized social events included in the meeting for all invited presenters and their postdoctoral/graduate researcher invitee.

The welcome reception will be held at the Historic Observatory (Historische Sternwarte) in Göttingen, which is located at Geismar Landstraße 11, slightly south of the main Georg-August-Universität Göttinge campus, near the Botanical Garden and accessible by a short walk or bus from the city center.

Location: 
Historische Sternwarte
Geismar Landstr. 11
37083 Göttingen
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1TXdLcwDN4KWUAFA7

• An informal casual final dinner/drinks may occur at a local eatery on Friday 19^th June. This is not supported by the meeting sponsors and will be funded by individuals. More information about this will be provided during the meeting.

Your attention to the: (1) registration form, (2) abstract submission, and (3) video release, by 31^st March would be appreciated (email to: claire.jones@adelaide.edu.au). The symposium organizers are volunteering in the role and do not have administrative support.