EMEA Chapter Chat

12/01/2026

Dear Colleagues,

First of all, on behalf of of the Europe–Middle East–Africa Chapter of the IFCN (EMEAC-IFCN) ExCo I would like to wish you a very happy and successful New Year!

The ExCo is pleased to inform you that we are announcing a Short-Term Scholarship Program for 2026.

The program offers 15 educational scholarships of up to €2,500 each to support young clinical neurophysiologists (≤45 years) in undertaking short-term training (max. 6 weeks) at host departments within the EMEAC region.

We would be very grateful if you could share this opportunity with your National Society members, particularly trainees and early-career colleagues who may benefit from international educational exposure.

The application deadline is February 15, 2026, and successful applicants will be notified by March 1, 2026.

Please find the full announcement and application requirements below. Should you or your members have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Thank you very much for your support in promoting education and training within our region.

With kind regards,

Anita Kamondi, MD, PhD
Secretary/Treasurer, EMEAC-IFCN
On behalf of the EMEAC-IFCN Executive Committee

23/12/2025

Dear Colleagues,

The Europe, Middle East and Africa Chapter-IFCN ExCo wishes everybody a very Happy Holiday season and a peaceful and prosperous New Year in 2026.

With very best wishes,

Hatice Tankisi, President
Anita Kamondi Secretary/treasurer
Andrea Antal MaL
Agnes Trebuchon MaL
Antonin Gechev MaL

08/12/2025

It is great pleasure and pride to inform you about the 50th anniversary congress of the Hungarian Clinical Neurophysiology Society , held between December 4-6, 2025 at the Mövenpick Budapest Centre Hotel (formerly Novotel Centrum).

This event was not only an excellent opportunity to present the latest achievements and innovations of the profession, but also a celebration. The 50th congress of our society is a significant milestone, which marks our decades of dedicated work for the development of Hungarian clinical neurophysiology and the expansion of diagnostic and therapeutic options.

Over the past years, numerous groundbreaking research, innovations, and clinical applications have enriched our knowledge, and these results have contributed to offering increasingly effective diagnostic and therapeutic options to our patients.
The scientific program was realized with the participation of renowned domestic and international speakers , and our guests will be: Prof. Hatice Tankisi, President of the European Society of Neurophysiology, Prof. Andrea Antal from the University of Göttingen and Dr. Antonin Gechev from the Royal Free London Hospital. It was particularly important for us to create a platform for professional exchange of ideas while respecting traditions, but also seeking answers to the challenges of the future. The main patron of the conference was Prof. Dr. Tamás Freund, Academician, President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His support was a great recognition for our Society and our profession.

We trust that the congress was not only valuable from a professional perspective, but also served as a venue for inspiring meetings, new collaborations and friendly conversations.

During the Congress the Hungarian Society for Clinical Neurophysiology awarded EMEAC ExCo members with Honorary Membership for their outstanding scientific achievements.

Thank you for honoring us with your attention, and for allowing us to celebrate the 50th anniversary congress of our Society together!

On behalf of the management of the Hungarian Clinical Neurophysiology Society
Prof. Dr. István Fekete Prof. Dr. Anita Kamondi MKNFT President, main organizer of the 50th anniversary congress

08/12/2025

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to inform you, that the 19th ECCN 9-12 September 2025 was successfully held at the Central Methodist Hall, London.

The number of delegate from Europe, Middle east and Africa chapter exceeded expectations with participates joining from other IFCN chapters, too.

The scientific program included

Plenary Sessions, with Professor Geraldine Boylan opening, talking on her lifetime’s experience of neonatal epilepsy in intensive care.

Professor Ulf Ziemann gave the Hagbarth Lecture on his extraordinarily precise work on TMS and closed loop stimulation,

Professor Margitta Seeck gave the Lopes Da Silva Lecture on epilepsy, from EEG to imaging and prediction.

Professor Adam Zeman intrigued everyone with his work to delineate both transient epileptic amnesia and aphantasia (absence of the ability to conjure visual images);

Prof. Jean-Pascal gave the Buchtal lecture of Peripheral nervous system signs and symptoms: A question of lesion, excitability, or central modulation?

as well as highly attended practical and theoretical symposia and courses.

The excellent scientific and social programs were supported thanks to the colleagues from both EMEAC and BSCN, scientific committee co-chairs Andrea Antal from EMEAC and Ronit Pressler from BSCN and the convener, Jacquie Deeb from BSCN and Hatice Tankisi for EMEAC.

The winner of the next 20th ECCN bid were Spanish Societies for Clinical Neurophysiology, which will be held in Malaga, Spain in 2027.

The Gala Dinner was held in the Governor’s Hall of St Thomas’s Hospital with a surprise play written by IFCN President Prof. Jonathan Cole and presented by the BSCN board members.

Please follow our next posts for the ECCN events

04/12/2025

Dear colleagues,

We are happy to present the program of the Transcranial brain stimulation and neurofeedback course held in Göttingen, Germany in March, 2026.

If you like to participate, please, fill in the form attached and send it to prof. Andrea Antal.

Details are in the leaflet.

Many thanks,

Anita Kamondi
Secretary/treasurer EMEAC-IFCN
on behalf of Hatice Tankis president of EMEAC-IFCN

and

Andrea Antal
MaL EMEAC-IFC, main organizer of the course

30/11/2025

https://www.simonsnextgenion.com/event-details/mirela-simons-course-on-intraoperative-neurophysiology-a-state-of-the-art-approach

We are pleased to inform you, that between 4th to 7th of June 2026, Prof Mirela Simon will have a course in Intraoperative Neurophysiology in Sibiu, Romania.
Prof Mirela Simon is an expert in this field, She led the ION unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, USA. She also founded an ION course accredited by the Harvard Medical School. She published several articles on the topic and gave several presentations.

We kindly ask you, please send the information of the course to the members of your society!

Dr Tudor LUPESCU, MD, PhD,
President of Romanian Society of Electrodiagnostic Neurophysiology,
www.asner.org

Anita Kamondi
Secretary/treasurer EMEA Chapter of IFCN

Registration is now open! Please check course details and book your lodging in the 'About the Event' section

15/11/2025

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to inform you that the 2nd EMEAC IFCN EMG/USG Teaching Course was successfully completed. There were 18 participants from ten countries: Argentina, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

Hatice Tankisi,

EMEAC President

19/09/2025

2nd Announcement

EMEAC-IFCN teaching course on Quantitative EMG and Neuromuscular Ultrasound in Clinical Practice

https://ifcn.site-ym.com/events/register.aspx?id=1979465

Dear Colleagues,

Registration is now open for the EMEAC-IFCN teaching course on Quantitative EMG and Neuromuscular Ultrasound in Clinical Practice https://ifcn.site-ym.com/events/register.aspx?id=1979465

Following the success of last year’s event, we are thrilled to welcome back distinguished faculty including Prof. Erik Stålberg, Dr. Bjørn Falck, and Dr. Eman Tawfik, whose contributions helped make last year’s course a true highlight for participants.

Prof. Hatice Tankisi
President of EMEAC

27/08/2025

https://www.eccn2025-london.com/

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to confirm that a limited part of the ECCN 2025 Congress will be available virtually. This option is intended to support colleagues who are unable to attend in person, particularly from the international community who may find it difficult to travel to London.

https://www.eccn2025-london.com/hybrid/programme/

Please note that this is not a replacement for full Congress attendance. It offers limited access to selected sessions but still provides a valuable opportunity to gain CME credits.

If you have already registered for the event, we warmly encourage you to share details with colleagues and friends who are unable to attend in person, so they too can participate through our hybrid offering.

Please note that due to a limited number of places for the hybrid option, due to service limitations, hybrid attendance and its features are not available to in-person delegates, and registration transfers from in-person to hybrid can not be accepted.

If you are from a lower- or middle-income country, you can benefit from a discounted rate, please visit our website for more details, as supporting documentation will be required.

For hybrid participants only: Please be aware that recordings of the sessions will only be available on-demand for 24 hours after the session to allow for time zone differences. The recording of the sessions is not legally permitted.

Please click the link below to register and also to view our hybrid programme.

https://www.eccn2025-london.com/registration/for/hybrid/programme/

https://www.eccn2025-london.com/hybrid/programme/

On behalf of the 19th European Congress for Clinical Neurophysiology (ECCN) Organising Committees, we would like to invite to join us in the vibrant city of London in September 2025.

19/08/2025

EMEAC Digital hour lecture - August 2025

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W8NQPCY

Dear Colleagues,

After the summer break, the EMEAC ExCo is delighted to continue our interactive, teaching initiative – The Digital Hour.

We would like to thank to all our colleagues, who participate and support the project - viewing and reflecting on our lectures.

For those of you who are new to the project, it is designed by the Video conferencing fusion/hybrid group, aiming to promote National Societies scientific achievements by presenting keynote lectures from current annual meetings, symposia or courses in front of our large audience from Europe, Middle East and Africa.
We encourage all member Societies to participate in the project, giving us a feedback as well as sending video lectures/materials with contemporary accomplishment, presented nationally.
Hope this will keep EMEAC teaching life more active between each European Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology.

We would also like to give special acknowledgements to Dr. Jacquie Deeb, Dr. Gareth Payne and Dr. Syed Shah form the British Society for Clinical Neurophysiology providing the third Digital Hour lecture:

Clinical utility of ultra longterm subcutaneous EEG, present and future

presented by Prof Mark Richardson FRCP PhD, Head, Division of Neuroscience
King's College London, UK at the Autumn meeting of British Society for Clinical Neurophysiology, 6 October 2023.
Please follow the link below to open the media:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W8NQPCY

Please note, the link will be active for 45 days after this e-mail announcement date. To receive a certificate each participant is kindly invited to complete a short survey after the lecture.
We are excepting you to be an active Digital Hour partner, sending proposals from your National Society with attached video lectures or other interactive digital events. Please send those materials or any questions to Dr. Antonin Gechev, EMEAC M-at-Large (antonongechev@yahoo.com).

The next Digital hour event will come soon.

Kind regards,

EMEAC ExCo

19/08/2025

EMEAC Digital hour lecture - August 2025

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W8NQPCY

Dear Colleagues,

After the summer break, the EMEAC ExCo is delighted to continue our interactive, teaching initiative – The Digital Hour.

We would like to thank to all our colleagues, who participate and support the project - viewing and reflecting on our lectures.

For those of you who are new to the project, it is designed by the Video conferencing fusion/hybrid group, aiming to promote National Societies scientific achievements by presenting keynote lectures from current annual meetings, symposia or courses in front of our large audience from Europe, Middle East and Africa.
We encourage all member Societies to participate in the project, giving us a feedback as well as sending video lectures/materials with contemporary accomplishment, presented nationally.
Hope this will keep EMEAC teaching life more active between each European Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology.

We would also like to give special acknowledgements to Dr. Jacquie Deeb, Dr. Gareth Payne and Dr. Syed Shah form the British Society for Clinical Neurophysiology providing the third Digital Hour lecture:

Clinical utility of ultra longterm subcutaneous EEG, present and future

presented by Prof Mark Richardson FRCP PhD, Head, Division of Neuroscience
King's College London, UK at the Autumn meeting of British Society for Clinical Neurophysiology, 6 October 2023.
Please follow the link below to open the media:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W8NQPCY

Please note, the link will be active for 45 days after this e-mail announcement date. To receive a certificate each participant is kindly invited to complete a short survey after the lecture.
We are excepting you to be an active Digital Hour partner, sending proposals from your National Society with attached video lectures or other interactive digital events. Please send those materials or any questions to Dr. Antonin Gechev, EMEAC M-at-Large (antonongechev@yahoo.com).
The next Digital hour event will come soon.
Kind regards,

EMEAC ExCo

01/08/2025

2nd Anouncement EMEAC-IFCN teaching course on Quantitative EMG and Neuromuscular Ultrasound in Clinical Practice

https://ifcn.site-ym.com/events/register.aspx?id=1979465

Dear Colleagues,

Registration is now open for the EMEAC-IFCN teaching course on Quantitative EMG and Neuromuscular Ultrasound in Clinical Practice https://ifcn.site-ym.com/events/register.aspx?id=1979465

Following the success of last year’s event, we are thrilled to welcome back distinguished faculty including Prof. Erik Stålberg, Dr. Bjørn Falck, and Dr. Eman Tawfik, whose contributions helped make last year’s course a true highlight for participants.

Prof. Hatice Tankisi
President of EMEAC