European Paediatric Neurology Society (EPNS)

Education, Promotion, Networking, Science for Paediatric Neurology

In 1995 the European Federation of Child Neurology Societies (EFCNS) evolved into an open society based on individual membership; the European Paediatric Neurology Society (EPNS), with English as the official language. The EPNS constitution and bylaws was registered in France in December 1996.

Founders of the EPNS:

  • Peter Barth, The Netherlands
  • Co Begeer, The Netherlands
  • Go sta Blennow, Sweden
  • Jaime Campos-Castello, Spain
  • Victor Dubowitz, UK
  • Philippe Evrard, Belgium
  • Stuart Green, UK
  • Franco Guzzetta, Italy
  • Folker Hanefeld, Germany
  • Shaul Harel, Israel
  • Ivan Lesny, Czech Republic
  • Hans Lou, Denmark
  • Dietz Rating, Germany
  • Yavuz Renda, Turkey
  • Jan Rotteveel, The Netherlands
  • Wojcieh Sluzewski, Poland
  • Henri Szliwowski, Belgium
  • Marc Tardieu, France
  • Franco Vassella, Switzerland.

EPNS Presidents

  • 1998 Paul Casaer
  • 2002 Paul Casaer
  • 2006 Colin Kennedy
  • 2010 Lieven Lagae
  • 2014 Lieven Lagae
  • 2018 Sameer Zuberi
  • 2022 Kevin Rostasy

EPNS Treasurers

  • 1998 Dietz Rating
  • 2002 Dietz Rating
  • 2006 Willem Arts
  • 2010 Florian Heinen
  • 2014 Florian Heinen
  • 2018 Michel Willemsen
  • 2022 Michel Willemsen

EPNS Secretaries

  • 1998 Jan Rotteveel and Colin Kennedy
  • 2002 Mårten Kyllerman and Colin Kennedy
  • 2006 Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann and Helen Cross
  • 2010 Banu Anlar and Peter Baxter
  • 2014 Nina Barisic and Finbar O’Callaghan
  • 2018 Dana Craiu and Rob Forsyth
  • 2022 Rob Forsyth and Dimitrios Zafeiriou

EPNS Chairs of the Scientific & Research Committee

  • 2002 Eugen Boltshauser
  • 2006 Alexis Arzimanoglou
  • 2010 Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann
  • 2014 Linda DeMeirleir
  • 2018 Barbara Plecko
  • 2022 Barbara Plecko

EPNS Chairs of the Education & Training Committee

  • 1998 Brian Neville
  • 2002 Brian Neville
  • 2006 Oebele Brouwer
  • 2010 Richard Newton
  • 2014 Coriene Catsman-Berrevoets
  • 2018 Coriene Catsman-Berrevoets
  • 2022 Dana Craiu

Editor-in-Chief European Journal of Paediatric Neurology (EJPN)

  • 1997 to 2004 Victor Dubowitz
  • 2004 to 2005 Paul Casaer
  • 2005 to 2015 Lieven Lagae
  • 2015 to 2020 Sameer Zuberi
  • 2021 to present date: Dimitrios Zafeiriou

EPNS Honorary Members

Awarded in 2005: CLICK HERE to watch a video of the ceremony in Gothenberg

  • Jean Aicardi
  • Victor Dubowitz
  • Yukio Fukuyama
  • Neil Gordon
  • Bengt Hagberg
  • Gilles Lyon
  • Franz Schulte

Awarded in 2009:

  • Peter Barth
  • Paul Casaer
  • Philippe Evrard
  • Folke Hanefeld
  • Marten Kyllerman
  • Sanda Magureanu
  • Brian Neville

Awarded in 2015:

  • Eugen Bolthauser
  • Ovar Eeg-Olofsson
  • Ilona Gyorgy
  • John Stephenson
  • Marc Tardieu

Awarded in 2019:

  • Colin Kennedy
  • Richard Newton
  • Raili Riikonen

Awarded in 2023:

  • Coriene Catsman-Berrevoets
  • Linda de Vries
  • Mary King
  • Sona Nevsimalova
  • Maja Steinlin

EPNS Congresses

  • 1995: Eilat, Israel
  • 1997: Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • 1999: Nice, France
  • 2001: Baden-Baden, Germany
  • 2003: Taormina, Italy
  • 2005: Gothenburg, Sweden
  • 2007: Kusadasi, Turkey
  • 2009: Harrogate, United Kingdom
  • 2011: Cavtat, Croatia
  • 2013: Brussels, Belgium
  • 2015: Vienna, Austria
  • 2017: Lyon, France
  • 2019: Athens, Greece
  • 2022: Glasgow, United Kingdom (postponed due to Covid-19 global pandemic)
  • 2023: Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2025: Munich, Germany
  • 2027: Barcelona, Spain

Research Meetings

  • 2008: Tuebingen, Germany
  • 2010: Lyon, France
  • 2012: Beuggen, Germany
  • 2014: Bucharest, Romania
  • 2016: Essen, Germany
  • 2018: Alicante, Spain
  • 2020: cancelled due to Covid-19 global pandemic
  • 2021: fully Virtual
  • 2024: Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • 2026: Thessaloniki, Greece

Special thanks to our EPNS Honorary Members Professor Victor Dubowitz and Professor Colin Kennedy for their help in compiling this webpage.