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The SYNODOS Dystonia Summit 2020

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Thank you to all who are planning to attend this year’s Tyler’s Hope Think Tank ! 

Please see the attached schedule. We have planned for three sessions. Each talk for the Tyler’s Hope Think Tank is 20 minutes long; however, at the end of each session, we will have about 60 minutes for questions and discussion. Please prepare questions that you would like to be discussed at this meeting. While all speakers will be able to unmute to talk and ask questions for any session, everyone else can use the question/chat feature.

If your question is not discussed or you have technical difficulties, please contact:

Dr. Mark Moehle: email, mark.moehle@ufl.edu; cell, 225-715-9928

Heather Parker: email, hparker@tylershope.org; cell  352-246-1023

or Dr. Aparna Wagle Shukla: email, aparna.shukla@neurology.ufl.edu; cell, 501-213-6201

They will be able to unmute people as needed, or as requested by the moderator for the session.

 

If you would like to email us questions in advance, please email them to the addresses above.

We will ask them on your behalf during the meeting.

 

Don’t forget to register at:  https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X6b5fBIjSxC-5NKDMDyDeQ

You will receive the Zoom link after registration.

During the Think Tank, we will take live questions and comments via the chat menu, Q&A menu, and live audio. To speak via live audio during a presentation, please use the Zoom Raise Hand function to signal to the team that you would like to be temporarily unmuted. Please see attached instructions on how to use the Raise Hand function.

Tyler’s Hope Think Tank Agenda 2020

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