The meeting brought together almost 8,000 leading experts in the global fight against MS, including researchers, clinicians and some patient advocates and MS society representatives.

MSIF hosted a number of events, and took part in meetings on issues including progressive MS, childhood MS and stem cell research.

We presented our Young Researcher Award to Maarten Witte, a predoctoral student from the Netherlands - read more about the Award

Professor Lawrence Steinman, recipient of MSIF's 2011 Charcot Award, gave the Charcot lecture - read more about Professor Steinman and see a video interview with him below.

We also held a meeting for the alumni of our research awards. Five recent award winners, from India, Thailand, China, Iran and Germany, talked about work they did in their MSIF-sponsored projects, and how they are putting their knowledge into practice in their home countries. The meeting was followed by a reception at which alumni mingled with members of MSIF’s International Medical and Scientific Board and staff from several of our member societies.

Below are some video interviews with participants at ECTRIMS. More will be added to our website in the coming days.


Dr Brenda Banwell, Paediatric Neurologist at the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto, speaks about childhood MS.



Professor Antonio Uccelli, of the University of Genoa, Italy, speaks to MSIF's Paul Browne about a new multi-centre trial of stem sells and MS.


Professor Lawrence Steinman, of Stanford University School of Medicine in the USA, is the winner of the 2011 MSIF Charcot Award. The award recognises a lifetime achievement in research into the understanding and treatment of MS.
> Read more about Professor Steinman