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Epigraph - ILAE E-NewsletterApril 03, 2009
From The Information Officer As will be repeated many times in the coming year, this year marks the centennial of the ILAE, and, although we will be looking back to celebrate the progress that has been made in our first hundred years, we will also start to accelerate the efforts to achieve our core mission of assuring that no one's life is limited because of epilepsy. More... President's Message Dear Friends, In this message I'd like to talk to you about three things: elections, consequences of the financial crisis, and our Centenary Congress. As you probably all are aware, the first part of the elections to our Executive for the years 2009 - 2013 has been accomplished, and Dr Solomon Moshé (or Nico, "from the Bronx" as he likes to introduce himself) will be our next President. There is no doubt that our Chapters have made a good choice. Nico's longstanding commitment for epilepsy, especially in research and education, is well-known, and as Secretary General in the present term of office he has become familiar with the administrative side of our organization. I welcome him to his new capacity and look forward to continue to work together over the next quadrennial. More... ILAE Executive Committee Election The ongoing phase of the ILAE Executive Committee (EC) election is the last part of the election process that started two years ago with the definition of the criteria for identifying the eligible candidates to ILAE President. The President election has been completed and ILAE members had the chance to welcome Solomon Nico Moshé as incoming ILAE President in November 2008. The process of nomination of the four ILAE EC officers started immediately after and on 12 March. The list of the following 12 candidates who are available and willing to serve as ILAE Officers was circulated. The deadline for votes is 3 May 2009. The names are linked to more information on each candidate. - Michel Baulac (France) Europe We are very pleased to see that we have such a qualified group of prominent epileptologists who are willing to serve in the ILAE EC and we thank all of them on behalf of the ILAE. Now it is up to the ILAE Chapters to exert their right of voting for the ILAE EC officers. Please remember that each ILAE Chapter must vote for four names from at least three different ILAE regions: Asia-Oceania Each Chapter is requested to send its vote to the designated notary using the attached ballot form. Each Chapter has from one to six votes according to the sliding scale reported in the rules. The ballot form should be completed by the President or Secretary of the Chapter (or equivalent person). Each Chapter must send in only one ballot. The votes are reported on the ballot form that was circulated to all the Chapters on 12 March and that should be returned by 3 May 2009 by e-mail: aherold@wc-b.com, or if this is not possible, by fax +1-202-835-0243 or postal mail to: Attorney Arthur I Herold If your chapter leadership does not have a copy of the ballot, please contact Sofie Peeters at speeters@ilae.org. We feel committed to stress that elections are an extremely important function of the ILAE, and the elected Executive Committee will lead the organization for the four-year term - so we urge all Chapters to participate fully in this process. On behalf of the Election Committee Click here to go to Election Procedures detail. Regional Commission Leadership Nominations Immediately following the Officer Elections, the Regions will need to hold elections for the five leaders of their Regional Commission for the next four years. Each Chapter President should have received an e-mail with a letter explaining the process and a nomination form. Follow this link for a copy of the letter. Each Chapter is asked to nominate five candidates from their region to serve on the Regional Commission. The President or Secretary of the Chapter should complete one nomination form for the Chapter and return it to the Notary (listed below) by April 27th. The nominations will be tallied using one vote per Chapter. The ten nominees who receive the highest number of votes will be included in the final ballot that will be sent out on May 11th. The final election of Regional Commission leadership will be completed before the Budapest International Congress. Message From Incoming President I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for giving me the honor of being your next President. As the League is entering its second century, we should designate the next four years as the Centennial Celebration. At the same time, we will also celebrate the Golden Anniversary of our partner organization, the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE). More... ILAE 2008 Annual Report The 2008 Annual Report has been published on the ILAE Web site at http://www.ilae.org/Visitors/Publications/AnnualReports.cfm. We thank all officers and commission chairs for their contributions. This Annual Report includes the Chapter reports. In an effort to reduce expenses this report has not been printed, but is only available on the Web site. ASEPA Activities Update From reports by SH Lim and Y Inoue The Asian Epilepsy Academy (ASEPA) has continued with a number of educational and training initiatives across Asia. ASEPA is dedicated to improving the quality of epilepsy care by raising the awareness for the needs of patients with epilepsy, by creating standards for practice and care and by training neurologists from regions with little or no epilepsy care. More... Ghana Initiative Update In the second 2008 issue of , I described several initiatives that the ILAE is undertaking to promote epilepsy care in Africa. One of the most important is a comprehensive project to be implemented in Ghana jointly with BasicNeeds, a British non-governmental organization with whom the ILAE has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The project is intended to assess the size of the treatment gap in the country and to reduce this gap through improved access to epilepsy services, improved medical management and sustained livelihood initiatives for affected people and their families. As outlined below, a number of steps towards developing this program have been taken over the last few months. More... Advances of Epilepsy Surgery in Asia A Report from the Japan Epilepsy Society, January 2009 The Japan Epilepsy Society (JES) was inaugurated in 1967 and currently has a membership of 1,830. It has organized scientific meetings every year since its inception, and the recent 42nd Congress of JES was held on October 17-19, 2008 in Tokyo with Professor Tomokatsu Hori of the Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's University serving as Chair. A total of 970 participants, primarily clinicians, attended the Congress, and there were a total of 208 general papers. More... EPICURE: an EU-funded FP6 project looking at Functional Genomics and Neurobiology of Epilepsy EPICURE is one of the most exciting European research projects involving 29 collaborating partners from 13 European countries, undertaking groundbreaking research over a period of four years, being funded by EU FP6 research funds. EPICURE will attempt to identify disease-causing genes and their functional role for both inherited acquired epilepsies, which will be investigated in animal models and human tissue with a focus on drug resistant temporal lobe epilepsy, and epilepsies due to developmental cortical abnormalities. More... Web Site Updates The 2008 Annual Report has been posted on the Web Site. Submitted Chapter Reports have been posted on the Web Site. Recent obituaries have been added to the Farewells page. Upcoming Congresses and Educational Events (www.epilepsycongress.org) 28th International Epilepsy Congress (ILAE & IBE) Epilepsy and Stigma: How Do We Conquer It In Africa? An International Conference Second International Epilepsy Colloquium 12th Annual Meeting of the Infantile Seizure Society 6th Baltic Congress of Neurology (BALCONE) 19th Meeting of the European Neurological Society 3rd Baltic Sea Summer School on Epilepsy 3rd Beijing International Epilepsy Forum
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