European Chapter Convention Report of the European Advisory Council

1. European Chapter ConventionReport of theEuropean Advisory Council Alla Guekht Svein Johannessen Singapore, July 8, 2007

2. LATVIA LITHUANIA MACEDONIA MALTA MOLDAVIA NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SWEDEN SWITZERLAND THE NETHERLANDS TURKEY UK UKRAINIA YUGOSLAV UNION OF LEAGUES AGAINST EPILEPSY EUROPEAN CHAPTER CONVENTION 2007 : DELEGATES FROM 31 COUNTRIES REGISTERED ALBANIA ARMENIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BELGIUM BULGARIA CROATIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE GEORGIA GERMANY GREECE HUNGARY IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY KAZAKHSTAN KYRGISTAN

3. Meeting of the European Advisory CouncilEuropean Chapter Convention Sunday, July 8, 2007. Agenda • Chairpersons: EAC Chair and Secretary (Alla Guekht, Svein Johannessen) • 13:30 –14.15 • Registration • 14.15 – 15.30 • Welcome (Alla Guekht) • Greetings from ILAE President (Peter Wolf) • Call for Chapters/delegates (Svein Johannessen) • Report of the European Advisory Council (Alla Guekht, Svein Johannessen) • Report of the Commission on European Affairs ( Michel Baulac, Cigdem Ozkara) • Forthcoming European Congresses on Epileptology • Germany/Israel (Cristian Elger, Meir Bialer) • Greece (Thanos Covanis) • EUREPA report (Peter Wolf) • European political action in favour of Epilepsy Research (Asla Pitkanen, Michel Baulac) • EPODES (Сigdem Ozkara) • Mortality project (Torbjorn Tomson, Phillip Ryvlin ) • Break - 10 min.

4. Meeting of the European Advisory CouncilEuropean Chapter Convention Suntec Convention Center, Rooms 208/209. Sunday, July 8, 2007Agenda (2) • 15.40 – 16:15 • Generic AED Products in the treatment of epilepsy in Europe • Speaker: Meir Bialer • 16:15-16:45 • Discussion and Q& A • Moderators: Alla Guekht, Michel Baulac, Meir Bialer,Svein Johannessen

5. European Advisory Council: The priorities in the EAC activity: Education (in close cooperation with EUREPA and the ILAE Commission on Education). Active participation of Chapters. Improvement of epilepsy care targeting on the adequate management being accessible to all patients in all countries. Global Campaign. Regional and inter-regional cooperation between the European Chapters, forming the “European working networks” in specific areas of epilepsy care and research Special attention to the particular needs of different Chapters.

6. European Advisory Council: The priorities in the EAC activity: Education (in close cooperation with EUREPA and the ILAE Commission on Education). Active participation of Chapters. Improvement of epilepsy care targeting on the adequate management being accessible to all patients in all countries. Global Campaign. Regional and inter-regional cooperation between the European Chapters, forming the “European working networks” in specific areas of epilepsy care and research. Special attention to the particular needs of different Chapters.

7. Migrating Courseonce a year in different European Countries in collaboration with the CEAand Eurepa Course directors: Peter Wolf, Alla Guekht Organizing Committee Peter Wolf, Alla Guehkt, Milda Endziniene, Nebojsa Jovic, Federico Vigevano Migrating Course I: Serbia, Babe, May 27- June 3 39 participants from 10 European Chapters 19 speakers 21 Chapters

8. Migrating Course A clinically - oriented Course, targeted to specialists at the second and third level of epilepsy care and focused on comprehensive aspects of diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. Lectures on the clinically relevant aspects on epileptology and interactive case discussions and/or tutorials on EEG, imaging or clinical pharmacology. The video-EEG sessions - an integral part of the curriculum

9. Migrating Course – group work Didactic cases provided by tutors Case reports prepared by participants discussed in small group of participants. Tutorials on imaging, clinical pharmacology, EEG Case-oriented learning

10. Migrating Course II - 2008 Organizing Committee Peter Wolf, Alla Guehkt, Milda Endziniene, Nebojsa Jovic, Federico Vigevano, Jana Zarubova Vilnius area June 1 - June 8, 2008 in collaboration with the Lithuanian League against Epilepsy Milda Endziniene endziniene@gmail.com www.epilepsy-academy.org www.ilae-epilepsy.org 2009 – Czech Republic, Prague 2010 –Poland, Warsaw

11. European Advisory Council: The priorities in the EAC activity: Education (in close cooperation with EUREPA and the ILAE commission on Education) Improvement of epilepsy care targeting on the adequate management being accessible to all patients in all countries. Global Campaign.* Regional and inter-regional cooperation between the European Chapters, forming the “European working networks” in specific areas of epilepsy care and research Special attention to the particular needs of different Chapters. ------------- * Please fill the questionnaire

12. European Chapter Convention - 2006 Discussion Groups 1.  Providing comprehensive epileptology in countries with insufficient resources. Peter Wolf, Igor Ravnik and Peter Rajna (Chairs); Cigdem Ozkara (Moderator) 2. How to improve the educative efforts towards level 1 and level 2 about epilepsy, so as to improve the provision of basic epilepsy care. (Examples of how different chapters try to address this issue).Eva Kumlien and Kristina Malmgren (Chairs); Torbjörn Tomson (Moderator) 3.  Development of pediatric epilepsy care in Europe Milda Edziniene and Federico Vigevano (Chairs); Vladimir Komarek (Moderator) 4. AED Generics in the treatment of epilepsy Michel Baulac and Meir Bialer (Chairs); Janet Mifsud (Moderator) Plenary Discussion where each group will present their consensus to be discussed - co-chaired by Michel Baulac, Alla Guekht, Svein Johannessen and Peter Wolf.

13. AEDs generic substitution • Generic AED Products in the treatment of epilepsy in Europe • Information from European Chapters • 17.00 – Presidential Symposium “Generic Antiepileptic Drugs”

14. European Advisory Council: The priorities in the EAC activity: Education (in close cooperation with EUREPA and the ILAE Commission on Education). Active participation of Chapters. Improvement of epilepsy care targeting on the adequate management being accessible to all patients in all countries. Global Campaign. Regional and inter-regional cooperation between the European Chapters, forming the “European working networks” in specific areas of epilepsy care and research: bilateral and multi-lateral connections between Chapters Participation of Chapters in research projects Special attention to the particular needs of different Chapters.

15. European Chapter ConventionBerlinSaturday, September 20, 2008 Topics to discuss Proposals

17. People build the borders. Next they learn to cross them towards common efforts. • Serbia as a place for the 1th Migrating Course on Epilepsy was excellent choice. • This part of Europe was often region of wars and change of borders. To meet there people from Bosnia and Herzegowina, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia but also Russia, Lithuania, Armenia, Poland and others countries of central and east Europe was interesting experience. People who their proffesional life connected with treatment patients with epilepsy came there to listen to the lectures and to discuss with authorities on particular fields of epileptology.