The Epilepsy Society of Australia Inc. undertakes a key educational activity each year in hosting an annual scientific meeting that rotates between capital cities in Australia. Below are the recent locations, themes and awards information from recent annual scientific meetings.
2022
36th Annual Scientific Meeting, 26-28 October 2022, Adelaide South Australia
Meeting Themes;
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Genetic/Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy
- Epileptic Spasms
Invited Speakers;
- Professor Helen Cross
- Professor Aileen McGonigal
2021
Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting 2021
Meeting themes;
- Epilepsy Comorbidities
- Epilepsy Genomics in the Post- Mendelian Era and
- Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures
2020
Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting 2020
Invited Speakers
- Professor Samuel Berkovic
- Professor Graeme Jackson
- Dr Michelle Kiley
- Professor John Dunne
Presentations
- Graeme Jackson – The future of imaging in epilepsy
- John Dunne – Is EEG Essential in the COVID-19 Era
- Sam Berkovic – Cracking the Genetic Code of the Common Epilepsies
2019
33rd Annual Scientific Meeting 2019, Sydney NSW
Meeting Themes
- Drug Resistant Epilepsy in Children
- ICU Epileptology Devices for Epilepsy – the Future
International Speakers
- Professor Michael Duchowny, Academic Chair in Comprehensive Epilepsy, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital – Miami Children’s Health System
- Professor R. Edward Faught, Professor of Neurology, Emory University, School of Medicine in Atlanta
- Professor Lawrence J. Hirsch, Professor of Neurology, Yale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
2018
32nd Annual Scientific Meeting 2018, Brisbane QLD
Meeting Themes
- Neuro-inflammation (autoimmune epilepsy, inflammation and epileptogenesis)
- Trial designs and ethics in the 21st century and parietal lobe epilepsy.
International Speakers
- Professor Jacqueline French – NYU Langone School of Medicine and Professor Sean Pittock, Mayo Clinic.
2017
31st Annual Scientific Meeting 2017
Meeting Themes
- Epileptic Encephalopathies
- Sleep and Epilepsy and Brain Networks.
International Speakers
- Professor Sameer M Zuberi, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at the Royal Hospital for Children and Honorary Professor in the University of Glasgow.
- Professor Xingzhou Sinclair Liu, Shanghai Deji Hospital Epilepsy Center, Qingdao University Affiliated, Shanghai, P. R. C.
- Professor Eric St Louis, Co-Director of the Center for Sleep Medicine, Associate Professor of Neurology, and Consultant in Neurology and Sleep Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
2016
30th Annual Scientific Meeting, Canberra 2016
Meeting Themes
- Cortical Dysplasia
- Outcomes of Epilepsy Surgery and Cannabinoids in the Treatment of Epilepsy
International Keynote Speakers
- Dr Imad Najm M.D., Cleveland Clinic Florida, Cleveland, USA.
- Dr Daniel Friedman, M.D., NYU Langone School of Medicine, New Yord, USA.
2015
29th Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide 2015
Meeting Themes
- Women and Epilepsy
- Autism and Epilepsy
- Cognition and Epilepsy
International Keynote Speakers
- Dr Daniel H. Geschwind M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
- Dr Torbjörn Tomson, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
2014
28th Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne 2014
Meeting Themes
- Critical care EEG and epilepsy: including prognostication, and management of status epilepticus
- Epilepsy – is it a focus, a zone or a network?
- Epilepsy genetics – an expanding impact on clinical care
International Keynote Speakers
- Dr David M. Treiman, MD, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, USA.
- Dr Theodore H. Schwartz, MD, Brain and Mind Research Institure, New York, USA.
2013
27th Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney 2013
Meeting Themes
- SUDEP
- New treatments in tuberous sclerosis
- Epilepsy in the elderly
- Advances in epilepsy surgery
- Neurodevelopmental aspects of epilepsy
International Keynote Speakers
- Dr Michael Wong, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA.
- Prof Chris Semsarian, University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
2012
26th Annual Scientific Meeting, Hobart 2012
Meeting Themes
- Translational research
- Neonatal seizures
- Advances in localization of seizures
- Neuropsychiatry
- New concepts in classification
International Keynote Speakers
- Dr Kevin Staley, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
- Prof Ennapadam Krishnamoorthy, The Voluntary Health Services-Multispecialty Hospital and Research Institute, Taramani, India
2011
25th Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane 2011
Meeting Themes
- Lennox Gastaut syndrome
- New and old anti-epileptic drugs
- Evolving treatments when medicines fail
- Neuroinflammation and seizures
International Keynote Speaker
- Prof Helen Cross, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
2010
24th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2010
The ESA ASM was held in conjunction with the 8th Asian & Oceanian Epilepsy Congress, Melbourne Victoria 21-24 October 2010
Meeting Themes
- Epilepsy Surgery – Who and When?
- Outcome in Newly-diagnosed Epilepsy
- Prevention of Symptomatic Epilepsy
- Psychological Wellbeing in Epilepsy
2009
23rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth 2009
Meeting Themes
- AEDS – the new, the topical and the practical
- Brain tumours and epilepsy
- Epilepsy and ethics
International Keynote Speakers
- Dr Charles Vecht, Department of Neurology, Medical Centre The Hague, The Netherlands
- Dr Kurupath Radhakrishnan, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India
Prize winners
Best platform: Dr Damian Clark (Brisbane, QLD). A study of epilepsy related deaths in the queensland population.
Best poster: Sarah Seth (Texas, USA) and Karin Borges (Brisbane, QLD). Anti-epileptic effects of tripetanoin in two chronic mouse epilepsy models.
Scientific merit awards: Patrick Carney (Melbourne, VIC), Samuel Lieblich (Perth, WA), Jessica Purnama (Melbourne, VIC), Karl Martin Klein (Melbourne, VIC)
2008
22nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney 2008
Meeting Themes
- Extratemporal epilepsy and surgery
- How to choose an anti-epileptic drug
- Developmental insults and childhood onset epilepsy
International Keynote Speakers
- Prof Byung In Lee, Yonsei University College of Medicine and Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea
- Prof Philippe Ryvlin, Hospices Civils de Lyon et Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
Prize winners
Best platform: Slave Petrovski (Melbourne, VIC). A multi-SNP predictor for drug response in newly treated epilepsy.
Best poster: Douglas Crompton (Melbourne, VIC). Family studies in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.
Scientific merit awards: Gaetano Garguila (Sydney, NSW), Nigel Jones (Melbourne, VIC), Sandra Petty (Melbourne, VIC), Chong Wong (Sydney, NSW)