The second annual conference Movement Disorders Society of India (MDSI) -MDSICON-2017 was held at the Convention Centre of the National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore from 6-8 January, 2017. It was organized by the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, NIMHANS, co-hosted by the Bangalore Neurological Society and supported by the Ambassador Program of the MDS Asian & Oceanian section of the International Movement Disorder Society (MDS-AOS).

MDSICON-2017 aimed to bring together the national and International movement disorder specialists and the researchers and practitioners in the field of Movement Disorders, to share their knowledge, expertise and understanding of Parkinson’s disease and other Movement disorders. This was also a historically significant gathering as we commemorated 200 years of diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. Since its initial description by James Parkinson in 1817, there have been tremendous knowledge explosion in the nomenclature, management and understanding of the pathophysiology and genetic basis of this disease. Accordingly, the theme of this conference was “200 years of Parkinson’s Disease: From James to Genes”.

This meeting was a grand success with 536 registered delegates. The 3-days program included 5 plenary sessions (21 talks including Presidential and MDSI Orations), 8 symposia (25 talks), 2 interactive video sessions (8 presentations), Grand Round with patients, Botulinum Toxin hands on workshop, Knowledge Video Café, Movement Disorders Quiz, Video Akhada (Video Olympics), Patient-Caregiver Program, platform and poster presentations. Speakers included 52 eminent Faculty from India and 5 International Faculty. Among the latter, Dr. K. Ray Chaudhuri from UK was the MDSI Orator. Dr. Louis Tan and Dr. Shen-Yang Lim were invited Ambassadors of the MDS Asian & Oceanian section (MDS-AOS). Dr. Elena Moro from France and Dr. Takomi Taira from Japan were the other Faculty.