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