Abstract
The Movement Disorders Society (MDS) organized its 15th International Annual Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders in Toronto (Canada), on 5–9 June 2011. This year’s theme was ‘Behavioral and motor interfaces of movement disorders, from laboratory to patient care’. The congress was organized following a routine that has been well established through years of experience: with the exception of the first day, each day of the congress consisted of 3-h plenary sessions followed by parallel sessions, teaching courses, video sessions and skills workshops, fulfilling the educational purpose of the congress.
Financial & competing interests disclosure
Marco Onofrj received honoraria from the Movement Disorder Society as a travel expense reimbursement for lecturing on motoric emergencies. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
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