International Symposium on Epileptic Syndromes of Early Infancy and Childhood (ISES)

Invitatýon

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome  the  16th Annual Meeting of the Infantile Seizure Society  (ISS)!  ISS has been created by Professor Y Fukuyama  in Japan in 1998, rapidly expanded abroad and within a decade  has become the  club of  internationally renown enthusiasts in infantile epilepsy research.  Annual meetings have been traditional. With the spirit we have received from the past congresses of the Society, it is our aim to bring researchers together with interest in basic and clinical science. The topic of our congress has been chosen as ‘’Epileptic syndromes of infancy and early childhood (ISES)’’. We hope you will enjoy our  program. We have accomplished   this with the aid  of a group of local and international experts serving on our program committee.

Just a historical note: Turkey has organized the Asian and Oceanian Child Neurology Association (AOCNA) congress  in the year 1996 in Istanbul. We are grateful to our pioneers.   

We wish that your visit to Cappadocia  will be rewarding in academic,  educational and social aspects.

On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee
Prof. Haluk Topaloglu, president of the ISES
Prof. Dilek Yalnýzoðlu, secretary of the ISES

Dear Colleagues,

Epilepsies in early life are a distinct clinical group which has different characteristic features contrasting to those in adult population. Their incidence is quite high; they give serious impact on sound development of the sufferers in future. Early diagnosis, proper treatment, and hopefully prevention of these conditions are a pressing obligation of all professionals who engage in child health care.

The Infantile Seizure Society (ISS) is an international academic organization which dedicates its entire activity to meet with the demand above mentioned, by facilitating researches on seizure problems in this particular age. With this specific aim dealing with the specific target, the ISS has organized International Symposia on various specific topics once a year, consecutively since 1998 (except for 2011, when a devastating earthquake hit Japan). Each Symposium had been significant and gained a high international reputation.

It is our uppermost honor and pleasure to announce here that International Symposium on Epileptic Syndromes of Infancy and Early Childhood (ISES) will be organized by Professor Haluk Topalo¤lu and his knowledgeable colleagues in Cappadocia, in 2014. The main theme represents an imperative subject for everybody who engages in child health care, pediatric epileptologists in particular.

We sincerely wish to invite you to participate in the ISES, Cappadocia, 2014, coming from all corners of the globe.

Best wishes,

Yukio Fukuyama, MD
Honorary Chairperson, Board of Councils, Infantile Seizure Society
Child Neurology Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Dear Friend,

It is my great honor and pleasure to deliver this heartfelt welcome to all colleagues worldwide wishing to participate in the forthcoming International Symposium on Epileptic Syndromes of Infancy and Early Childhood (ISES).The scientific program is very attractive and exciting.

Lectures on the first day Developing Brain and Epilepsy by Moshce,Cortical malformations (the expanding spectrum of genetic malformations of cortical development by Guerrini, Genetics up to date by Sheffner, metabolic disorders by Pearl,Autoimmune update by Anlar,  2nd day Epileptic syndromes and encephalopathies according to their age group by great authorities including Dravet, and 3rd day  neuroimaging, and new antiepileptic drug, dietary  and surgical  treatment for challenging intractable epilepsies  !

I am sure everybody find plenty fruits from this meeting .

The Nihonncoden award which is established by Honorary Chairperson will be given for a few young investigators with excellent presentation!
Let’s enjoy the meeting together at Cappadocia!

Makiko OsawaChair person of the Infantile Seizure Society
Previous president of the Japan Society of Child Neurology
President of the Japan Epilepsy Society
Emeritus Professor of Tokyo Women’s Medical University