Chair:

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CEA is the Oldest ILAE Regional Commission CEA
Chairs
Chair Meir Bialer , Israel meirb_at_ekmd.huji.ac.il
Secretary Alla Guekht, Russia 1575.g23_at_g23.relc
om.ru Alexis Arzimanoglou, France Michel
Baulac, France Athanasios Covanis, Greece Helen
Cross, UK Reetta Kalviainen, Finland Asla
Pitkanen, Finland Torbjorn Tomson, Sweden Eugen
Trinka, Austria
Simon Shorvon (UK) 1993-1997 Martin Brodie
(Scotland, UK) 1997-2001 Svein I. Johannessen
(Norway) 2001-2005 Michel Baulac (France)
2005-2009 Meir Bialer (Israel) 2009-2013 CEA
has a continuity The CEA past-chair is a full
member You must serve one term as a CEA member
before you can become a CEA chair
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Chair Meir Bialer , Israel meirb_at_ekmd.huji.ac.il
Secretary Alla Guekht, Russia 1575.g23_at_g23.relc
om.ru Alexis Arzimanoglou, France Michel
Baulac, France Athanasios Covanis, Greece Helen
Cross, UK Reetta Kalviainen, Finland Asla
Pitkanen, Finland Torbjorn Tomson, Sweden Eugen
Trinka, Austria
CEA Action Plan

• Aim 1-Artilculate internationally applicable
  guidelines for diagnosis treatment of patients
  with epilepsy in Europe
• Action CEA liaisons
• Arzimanoglou Communication
• A. Covanis Global Campaign
• H. Cross Education EPNS
• A. Guekht EFNS
• Pitkanen Basic science
• E. Trinka ENS

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CEA Action Plan

• Aim 2- Stimulate enhance education on the
  prevention, diagnosis treatment of epilepsy
• Action
• Continuing having a European Educational Academy
  (EUREPA). Details to be given by H. Cross
• Continuing with the Migrating Courses (MC).
• Candidates for the 2012 2013 MCs?
• c) Coordinating the European Educational Courses.
• San Servolo Basic Science, Pediatrics
  Pre-surgical
• Eilat Pharmacology AEDs
• Lyon Stereo EEG alone or with EPODES
• d) Welcome new regional courses (e.g. Caucasian
  Baltic Sea Summer Schools on Epilepsy)
• e) Encourage new initiatives from chapters work
  toward a coordinated educational agenda

Chair Meir Bialer , Israel meirb_at_ekmd.huji.ac.il
Secretary Alla Guekht, Russia 1575.g23_at_g23.relc
om.ru Alexis Arzimanoglou, France Michel
Baulac, France Athanasios Covanis, Greece Helen
Cross, UK Reetta Kalviainen, Finland Asla
Pitkanen, Finland Torbjorn Tomson, Sweden Eugen
Trinka, Austria
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Chair Meir Bialer , Israel meirb_at_ekmd.huji.ac.il
Secretary Alla Guekht, Russia 1575.g23_at_g23.relc
om.ru Alexis Arzimanoglou, France Giuliano
Avanzini, Italy Michel Baulac, France Athanasios
Covanis, Greece Helen Cross, UK Reetta
Kalviainen, Finland Asla Pitkanen,
Finland Torbjorn Tomson, Sweden Eugen Trinka,
Austria
CEA Action Plan

• Aim 3- Stimulate enhance basic clinical
  research in epilepsy in Europe
• Action
• Extensive dialogue with EU executives aiming to
  give epilepsy research priority in EU funding
• CEA-EU Symposium (Rhodes, June 28th 1130-1300)
• c) Support scientific conferences with European
  added value that publish post-conference
  proceedings (e.g. status epilepticus,
  inflammation in epilepsy)

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Chair Meir Bialer , Israel meirb_at_ekmd.huji.ac.il
Secretary Alla Guekht, Russia 1575.g23_at_g23.relc
om.ru Alexis Arzimanoglou, France Michel
Baulac, France Athanasios Covanis, Greece Helen
Cross, UK Reetta Kalviainen, Finland Asla
Pitkanen, Finland Torbjorn Tomson, Sweden Eugen
Trinka, Austria
CEA Action Plan

• Aim 4- Work with European Organizations to
  catalogue current epilepsy care in Europe
  determine its needs
• Action
• R. Kalvianaen will update the previous CEA report
  on provision of epilepsy care in Europe authored
  by K. Malmgren et al. (to be discussed soon at
  this European Chapters Convention)

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CEA Action Plan
Chair Meir Bialer , Israel meirb_at_ekmd.huji.ac.il
Secretary Alla Guekht, Russia 1575.g23_at_g23.relc
om.ru Alexis Arzimanoglou, France Michel
Baulac, France Athanasios Covanis, Greece Helen
Cross, UK Reetta Kalviainen, Finland Asla
Pitkanen, Finland Torbjorn Tomson, Sweden Eugen
Trinka, Austria

• Aim 5- Prompt facilitate initiatives that
  improve standards of comprehensive care
  (diagnosis, treatment social care). Reduce the
  treatment gap throughout Europe
• Action
• CEA-WG to liaise with EMRA of EMEAs guidelines
  on AEDs (WG Arzimanoglou, Baulac, Bialer,
  Cross, Kälviäinen)
• c) A CEA-CNA-CTA joint task force on regulatory
  harmonization (first meeting in Rhodes)

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CEA Action Plan
Chair Meir Bialer , Israel meirb_at_ekmd.huji.ac.il
Secretary Alla Guekht, Russia 1575.g23_at_g23.relc
om.ru Alexis Arzimanoglou, France Michel
Baulac, France Athanasios Covanis, Greece Helen
Cross, UK Reetta Kalviainen, Finland Asla
Pitkanen, Finland Torbjorn Tomson, Sweden Eugen
Trinka, Austria

• Aim 6- To help ensuring that ILAEs
  organizational structure is efficiently
  effectively dedicated to fulfilling ILA mission
• Action
• Continuous update of European chapters' chairs
  secretaries (update Gus Eagen)
• b) Establish ILAE chapters in the 3 remaining
  European countries
• c) Update CEA rules in accordance with the
  ILAE-EC proposed constitutional amendment

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Chair Meir Bialer , Israel meirb_at_ekmd.huji.ac.il
Secretary Alla Guekht, Russia 1575.g23_at_g23.relc
om.ru Alexis Arzimanoglou, France Michel
Baulac, France Athanasios Covanis, Greece Helen
Cross, UK Reetta Kalviainen, Finland Asla
Pitkanen, Finland Torbjorn Tomson, Sweden Eugen
Trinka, Austria
How ILAE Constitution Changes will affect the
next CEA Election?

• Europe will have up to 2 representatives (out of
  5) in the ILAE Management Committee
• The next (2013) CEA chair will be elected by the
  European chapters in a non-weighted vote
• c) The next CEA chair will also be the European
  regional VP on the ILAE-EC
• d) All current previous CEA members (including
  chairs) are eligible candidates the European
  regional VP
• e) The Election of the (2013-2017) CEA will run
  as before will take place after the ILAE-EC
  election
• f) A CEA member can serve only 2 terms unless he
  becomes a CEA-chair