Working Group Co Chairs serve for 4 years (2 EPNS Research Meetings). This is renewable once, subject to EPNS Board approval.

EPNS Working Group
Autoimmune & Infectious Disease
Co-Chairs
Kevin Rostasy (Datteln, Germany)
Martin Häusler (Aachen, Germany)
Term End: 2026 Meeting
EPNS Working Group
Developmental Neurology and Neurogenetics
Co-Chairs
Göknur Haliloğlu (Ankara, Turkey)
Ilona Kopyta (Katowice, Poland)
Term End: 2028 Meeting
EPNS Working Group
Epilepsy
Co-Chairs
Alexis Arzimanoglou (Barcelona, Spain)
Floor Jansen (Utrecht, Netherlands) and
Lieven Lagae (Leuven, Belgium)
Term End: 2026 Meeting
EPNS Working Group
Fetal & Neonatal Neurology
Co-Chairs
Nadia Bahi-Buisson (Paris, France)
Regina Trollmann (Erlangen, Germany)
Term End: 2026 Meeting
EPNS Working Group
Leukodystrophies
Co-Chairs
Nicole Wolf (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Francesco Nicita (Rome, Italy)
Term End: 2028 Meeting
EPNS Working Group
Movement Disorders
Co-Chairs
Michel Willemsen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Andrea Nemeth (Oxford, UK)
Term End: 2026 Meeting
EPNS Working Group
Neurometabolics
Co-Chairs
Barbara Plecko (Graz, Austria)
Dimitrios Zafeiriou (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Term End: 2026 Meeting
EPNS Working Group
Neuromuscular
Co-Chairs
Guenther Bernert (Vienna, Austria)
Thomas Sejersen (Stockholm, Sweden)
Term End: 2026 Meeting
EPNS Working Group
Paediatric Stroke
Co-Chairs
Finbar O´Callaghan (London, UK)
Lucia Gerstl (Munich, Germany)
Term End: 2026 Meeting

Working Group Co Chair duties in relation to the biennial EPNS Research Meeting include:

  • Provide details of the Working Group to be uploaded to the EPNS website.
  • Contact specialist centres and encourage active participation of young researchers.
  • Take part in the bursary selection jury process.
  • Evaluate and judge the abstract submissions for their related topic.
  • Decide the length of time allocated to each abstract presentation and devise a schedule for the Working Group session
  • Send the Working Group schedule to the EPNS for the final programme.
  • Chair their Working Group session and enhance active discussion
  • Take part in the selection of the best presentations and 2 EPNS Research Prize winners.