ICNA

Child Neurology Association (Thailand), takes great pleasure in announcing the upcoming 16th Asian and Oceanian Congress of Child Neurology (AOCCN) which will be held in Bangkok from 4 – 6 of August 2023. The venue of the congress is Shangri-La Bangkok, which is a superb place for a scientific meeting as well as for visiting Bangkok.

This 3-day congress will provide up-to-date and practical information to participants to render proper care of children with neurological problems through various sessions including main plenary lectures, morning lectures and seminars, luncheon and evening sessions, and symposia which would be organized in parallel to serve the interests of the participants.

On behalf of the International Child Neurology Association, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 16th International Child Neurology Congress being held in San Diego, USA October 19-23rd 2020 in collaboration the Child Neurology Society. Our congress theme is "Sharing Knowledge, Sowing Friendships, Spreading Hope". The ICNCs have truly set the stage as the key forum which provides the very latest and most relevant updates on child neurologic disorders from a global perspective. Speakers from across the six major geographic regions will present at the congress. The scientific program will feature internationally recognized experts including themes of "Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies: What we know and what we do not know" (Nicola Specchio / Pritchard award); "Update in Pediatric Neurometabolic Disorders 2020: cerebral folate deficiency and disorders of polyamine metabolism" (Lance Rodan / Linda de Meirleir Neurometabolic award); "Burden of Neurological Conditions in the World's Children" (Charles Newton / Frank Ford Award) and "Dietary therapies for epilepsy in low resource settings: Challenges and successes" (Suvasini Sharma/ Shiela Wallace Award).  

We are keen to hear from members of the ICNA and CNS community and encourage you to submit your proposals for symposium sessions, platform and poster presentations. Following the successful framework of previous congresses the globally representative scientific committee, chaired by Prof Jonathan Mink, will select the most innovative proposals to ensure a rich and diverse program which guarantees that all delegates will leave inspired and with knowledge gained.

There will be opportunity for the newly established Council of the Future Leaders of ICNA comprised of outstanding, regionally nominated senior child neurology residents, fellows and junior faculty to meet and discuss strategy, as well as how the ICNA can support junior child neurologists. In-line with previous congresses we will offer a number of bursaries for attendees from low and low middle income countries. Based on popular demand there will be a strong educational program inclusive of master classes and teaching courses. There will also be an opportunity for the meeting of different child neurology subspecialty special interest groups.

The networking opportunities building international collaborations is a key theme for the ICNA and the 2020ICNC-CNS congress will be an ideal opportunity to pursue this. The congress promotes connecting clinicians involved in the phenotyping of unique clinical populations afflicted with specific neurological diseases with researchers in state-of- the-art research laboratories.

Please join us for a scientifically stimulating ICNC2020 program in an atmosphere of warm collegiality at the beautiful coastal destination of San Diego, complete with access to stunning beaches, hikes along sandstone cliffs of the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve and exploring the cultural hub at Balboa Park with its many museums, theatres and gardens.

We look forward to meeting new colleagues and engaging with old friends there.

Obo of the ICNA board
Jo Wilmshurst
President of the ICNA

The ICNMD is organized on behalf of the Applied Research Group on Neuromuscular Diseases of the World Federation of Neurology. Since 2014, the Congress has taken place in two-year cycles. This will be the 15th International Congress, following upon previous meetings in Nice (2014) and Toronto (2016). Future ICNMD meetings are expected to change continually between the continents.

The aim of the Congress is to present a wide spectrum of neuromuscular diseases from the perspectives of advances in research, diagnosis and treatment. The main scientific topics will cover:

*Muscle disease

*Peripheral nerves / Neuropathies

*Neuromuscular junction disorders

*Autonomic system

*Mononeuropathies

*Cranial nerves

*Nerve regeneration

*General diseases and neuromuscular disorders

*Cancer and the peripheral nervous system

*Patient related topics

*Pain

*History

*Neuromuscular disorders worldwide

*Palliative

The format will follow the previous successful ICNMD meetings and consist of scientific sessions including plenary lectures and scientific teaching courses, workshop and poster presentations. The Congress will also offer Virtual Conferences and of course there will also be time for attendees to interact and exchange knowledge and ideas with their esteemed colleagues.

The expected aim of the Congress is that the attendees will gain an updated view on neuromuscular disorders and that the networking opportunities will increase their international experience and collaborations. The scientific and program committee have been invited from all continents around the world to enable this wide spectrum.

Vienna is an excellent and highly successful Congress city in Europe, which is easily accessible and provides a rich structure of culture and ambience serving to foster informal communication.

On behalf of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) Kerala Neurology Chapter, I am pleased to announce an educational meeting under the auspices of the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA), which will take place on 2-4 March 2018 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The meeting will feature an eminent international and national faculty.

The conference will be held over two days and will include plenary style lectures, coupled with interactive case sessions and panel discussions. The main topics for the meeting would include epilepsy, neurometabolic disorders, neurorehabilitation, neonatal neurology and CNS infections.

The varied topics will address specific issues and potential solutions in paediatric neurology from different perspectives. A limited number of peer reviewed posters will also be accepted for the meeting. The scientific programme will provide an opportunity for continuous professional development for all participants and excellent learning experience for students and residents.

Exchange of scientific knowledge and clinical practice through international collaborations is the key to promoting education and fostering research of international significance. The meeting will also serve as an excellent opportunity to prepare for the 15th ICNA Biennial congress (ICNC2018) to be held in Mumbai in November.

The meeting will be held in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, also known as “Trivandrum” the capital and the largest city of the state of Kerala. I look forward to seeing you all in Thiruvananthapuram in March, 2018 for this exciting educational event.

A practical series of interactive lectures and workshops facilitated through internationally recognised experts within the field, including Prof Geoff Woods, Prof Lucy Raymond, Prof Patrick Chinnery, Dr Evan Reid and Dr Charlie Steward.

Essential understanding for the clinician of microarrays through to genome sequencing - both nuclear and mitochondrial, when dealing with families affected by these disorders in 2018 and onwards.

cost £75

contact julie.plaza@addenbrookes.nhs.uk

Organizer: Dr Alasdair Parker

We invite you to take a look at the scientific program of Brain Plasticity in Epilepsy, a unique meeting held in Leuven, Belgium, May 13 – 16, 2017.

Our goal is to provide a highly interactive forum for clinical practitioners and researchers with a focus on brain reorganization in epilepsy and how brain plasticity affects motor, cognitive and imaging aspects.

We are very honored to be hosting an expert faculty of distinguished international speakers on the following topics:

brain networks in epilepsy

epileptogenesis and functional plasticity

brain reorganization in epilepsy: motor, cognitive and imaging aspects

disconnection in epilepsy

neuromodulation

prediction of seizures and outcomes

We encourage you to submit an abstract and share your research with other experts in the field of epilepsy.

The deadline for abstract submission is April 16, 2017.

We look forward to welcoming you in Leuven!

More info? : www.epilepsy2017.com

Dear Colleagues,

We sincerely invite you to participate in the 16th National Iranian Child Neurology Congress which will be held on 14 - 16th September 2016 at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Neurodevelopmental disabilities and delays are common problems in children, involving millions of children and their families all over the world, particularly in non-affluent countries. Most of these disabilities can be prevented or their severities can be decreased, giving these children the opportunity to have more productive and independent lives.

This congress aims to fulfill its role in helping these children and their families through increasing the awareness and practical skills of physicians, therapists, special education professionals.

The congress will be held by the collaboration of Iranian Child Neurology Association and International Child Neurology Association (ICNA) and is supported by Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Pediatric Health Research Center, Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran, and UNICEF office of Iran. We will have participants from the countries around our region.

Several workshops about normal development, developmental screening tools, developmental disorders and developmental care of children will be held. The main language of congress is English.

The themes of the congress would be early detection, early diagnosis, early intervention and educating the caregivers.

Keynote speakers from Iran, Turkey, Europe, North America and Australia will have presentations in the congress.

We are looking forward to meeting you in the historical city of Tabriz.

Dr. Seifollah Heidarabady

Executive Chair of Congress

It gives me the greatest pleasure to invite you to join us at the next International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases to be held in Toronto from July 5-9, 2016. We are very excited to be hosting this important conference in Toronto as the Congress has been located in Europe for its meetings excepting the inaugural meeting in Vancouver in 2002. We hope to follow in the successful footsteps of the meetings in Vancouver, Istanbul, Naples and Nice. At the meeting in Nice in 2014, it was decided that the Congress would move to a two-year cycle instead of meeting every four years. At that meeting, Toronto won the bid to host the next International Congress in 2016

We have developed robust committees: International, program and local organizing, that are populated by outstanding neuromuscular physicians. The program committee is planning a fabulous program ranging across the spectrum of neuromuscular disorders. We will have sessions on muscular dystrophies, other myopathies, myasthenia gravis, polyneuropathies, spinal cord disorders, and neurofibromatosis to name some of the major themes within the Congress. We will have updates on our understanding of the genetics, pathogenesis, evaluation and treatment of neuromuscular disorders. At the end of this Congress, we hope that attendees feel that they have garnered the most up-to-date information available in neuromuscular disorders.

The members of the local organizing committee are very proud to be hosting the ICNMD2016 and look forward to welcoming you to our city and country. Toronto and its environs are an amazing place to visit. Our multicultural city has many diverse neighborhoods of interest to visitors. Short distances away are wonderful attractions such as Niagara Falls. We also have easy access to the North Country for those who are interested in visiting the Canadian wilderness. The meeting promises to be highly rewarding on a social basis as well as on an intellectual basis.

Please mark in your calendars the dates of the ICNMD2016, July 5 - 9, 2016, so that you may join your colleagues in what we hope will be a fantastic meeting.

Sincerely,

Dr. Vera Bril
Ellen & Martin Prosserman Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases
University Health Network
University of Toronto

Welcome to the website for the 9th International Epilepsy Colloquium which takes place at Church House Conference Centre in Westminster, London on 22 - 24 June, 2016.

This site will enable you to register your attendance at the meeting and it provides all the necessary information which you will need to make arrangements for travel and accommodation in London.

Our primary theme for this year's meeting is Surgical and targeted treatments for acquired lesions.

This symposium is the ninth in a series of focused high level symposia that address specific areas of epileptology, with a particular emphasis on the place of surgical treatments. This symposium focuses on the place of surgical treatment the treatment of epilepsies with acquired causes: stroke, trauma, tumour, infections and autoimmune conditions, with keynote lectures on the role of the blood–brain barrier and inflammatory pathways in the pathogenesis of epilepsies.

The Organising Committee for this event are:

Local

Tim Wehner
John Duncan
Matthew Walker

International

Alexis Arzimanoglou , France
Gavin Giovanonni , UK
Hajo Hamer ,Germany
Edouard Hirsch , France
Philippe Kahane , France
Samden Lhatoo US
Hans Lüders , US
Felix Rosenow , Germany
Philippe Ryvlin , Switzerland/France
Ley Sander , UK/The Netherlands
Raman Sankar , US
Gagandeep Singh , India
Annamaria Vezzani , Italy
Angela Vincent , UK 

We are pleased to offer concessionary rates for non-medical attendees. We are also able to offer a limited number of poster displays for those who may be required to present a poster to enable their attendance at the meeting. If you wish to take up this opportunity, please make your request to our organising team using the email address on the Contact page.

This will be a highly informative and engaging meeting and we anticipate that spaces will fill up quickly, so we invite you to register your attendance as soon as possible to secure your place.

We look forward to welcoming you to London.

Welcome to the joint meeting of: 5th International Conference of Cerebral Palsy (ICPC) 28th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood Disability (EACD) 1st Biennial Meeting of the International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability (IAACD)

This year pediatric neurologists from all over the world gather in Amsterdam for ICNC 2016. Amsterdam has a long tradition in research on neurometabolic disorders. Pediatric neurologists with an interest in metabolic disease should also consider the symposium “Organelles and Neurometabolic Disease: a practical approach”, April 30th, prior to the start of ICNC 2016.

Program is available here and registration is available through this link: https://amc.congrezzo.nl/satellite/registration

Contact: neurometab2016@amc.uva.nl

http://pednevro.pedkl.si/vesti/2015/09/workshop-on-childhood-dystonia/

GENERAL INFORMATION

LOCAL ORGANISATION AND REGISTRATION

Address:
David Neubauer
Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana
Chair of Paediatrics
Postgraduate Course on Child & Developmental Neurology
Tel: + 386 5229231 

Fax: + 386 5224070

E-mail: david.neubauer@mf.uni-lj.si

Secretary: Ms. Branka Kenda

Tel: + 386 5229226

Fax: + 386 5224070

E-mail: branka.kenda@mf.uni-lj.si

W: http://pednevro.pedkl.si/vesti/2015/03/iii-podiplomski-tecaj-otroske-nevrologije-pton-iii/

VENUES

Day 1 (February 12, 2016) Grand Hotel Union, Miklošičeva 1, Ljubljana, SI

Day 2 (February 13, 2016) University Rehabilitation Institute, Linhartova 51, Ljubljana, SI

Registration fee:

100 Eur

Address: Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana

PTON III

Bank account: SI5601100-6030708380, VAT No:44752385

For Slovenia: 01100-6030708380 (sklic 230-019-15)Davčna: 44752385

ACCOMODATION

The information will follow soon.

GUEST SPEAKERS:

LOCAL ORGANISATION AND REGISTRATION

Jean-Pierre Lin

Evelina Children’s Hospital

London, UK

University of Zagreb, School of Medicine

Zagreb, Croatia

University Medical Centre

Ljubljana, Slovenia

University Institute of Rehabilitation

Ljubljana, Slovenia

University Institute of Rehabilitation

Ljubljana, Slovenia

The impact and prognosis of dystonia in childhood

[Lin]

09.45 – 10.00 discussion

Congenital CMV infection – a common cause of disability

[Mejaški-Bošnjak]

10.45 – 11.30 discussion and coffe break

Inborn erorrs of metabolism presenting with dystonia

[Žerjav – Tanšek]

12.30 – 12.45 discussion

Management of status dystonicus and sever dystonia/spasticity

[Lin]

15.30 – 15.45 discussion

Scoring systems and questionaires for evaluating dystonia

[Groleger – Sršen]

15.30 – 16.15 discussion and coffee break

Dystonia – therapeutic considerations

[Lin]

17.15 – 19.00 discussions and get together

Short presentation of the paediatric part of the institute

[Damjan]

Dyskinetic cerebral palsy

[Damjan]

09.45 – 10.30 discussion and coffee break

Current advances in paediatric movement disorders and video presentations

[Lin]

12.00 – 12.15 discussion

Presentations of difficult cases from Slovenia and discussion on therapeutic possibilities

This year’s DSUK Professional & Family Conference will be held on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th November at the Tower Hotel St Katherine’s Way, London E1W.

The first day will be our inaugural Professional Conference and marks a landmark in our commitment to education and raising awareness among neurologists, epilepsy nurses, researchers and other professionals. This is the only event of its type in the UK and we are confident of its positive impact on all those affected by Dravet Syndrome.

View Professional Day Agenda

Saturday’s Conference is open to all families and will be rounded off by a DSUK party, including a disco and complimentary buffet.

View Family Day Agenda

Please book your places online here. If you require any further information, please email teresa.f@dravet.org.uk

First ICNA-CNS Central American Pediatric Neurology Meeting. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. September 24 and 25^th-2015 (Primer Congreso Centroamericano organizado por la asociación de Neurología Pediátrica Internacional (ICNA), la Sociedad de Neurología Pediátrica de U.S.A. (CNS) y la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. Septiembre 24 y 25 del 2015. ).

This meeting is organized by the Child Neurology Society (CNS) and International Child Neurology Association (ICNA) in collaboration with “Universidad National Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH)”.

Panel of speakers:

D. Kenton Holden. Professor of Neurosciences and Pediatrics at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSK).

Dr. Robert Rust. Professor of Pediatric Neurology, University of Virginia.

Dr. Debabrata Ghosh. Director, Movement Disorder Clinic and   Associate Professor at Nationwide Children’s Hospital - The Ohio State University.

Dr. Marco Tulio Medina. Director of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) for Latin American, Chair of the International League against Epilepsy for Latin America and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Honduras (UNAH).

Dr. Jose Antonio Samra. Co-Director of the Pediatric Department at the National University of Honduras (UNAH).

Dr. Angel Hernandez. Chief of Neurology, Director, Department for Magneto- Encephalography  and Co-Director for The Jane y John Justin Neurosciences Center, Cook Children Health Care System Fort Worth.

Dr. Jorge Vidaurre. Chair of the International Committee, Child Neurology Society. Director, Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology Program and EEG laboratory at Nationwide Children’s Hospital-The Ohio State University.

Organizer committee:

1.      Dr. Marco Tulio Medina (Honduras)

2.      Dr. Hebel Oziel Urquia Ozorio (Honduras)

3.      Dr. Rene Silva ( El Salvador)

4.      Dr. Ken Holden (USA)

5.      Dr. Jorge Vidaurre (USA)

The 11th Pan Arab Child Neurology Conference (PACNA) in collaboration with 19th Annual Conference of Egyptian Society of Child Neuro-Psychiatry (ESCNP) & International Child Neurology Association (ICNA), African Child Neurology Association ( ACNA ) and Both Saudi Epilepsy Society & Saudi Pediatric Neurology Society and 3rd Alexandria Pediatric Neurology Dept. will be held in Palestine Hotel, Alexandria, Egypt from April 1 - 3, 2015
http://www.icnapedia.org/explore/articles/announcements/entry/2014/10/01/11th-pan-arab-child-neurology-conference-pacna

The Sudanese Association of Paediatricians in association with the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA), the African Child Neurology Association (ACNA) and the Sudanese Society of Neuroscience is happy to announce the ICNA educational meeting to be held in Khartoum, Sudan from 28-30 January 2015. The meeting will be held under the kind patronage of His Excellency the Khartoum State Minister of Health. The scientific programme comprising of plenary lectures and workshops. A Nile cruise and trip to the pyramids are also planned as part of the social programme.

http://www.icnapedia.org/explore/articles/announcements/entry/2014/10/01/icna-child-neurology-educational-meeting-in-khartoum-sudan-khartoum