Here you can find short information on past EFNS congresses. For details, please visit the EFNS Archive and the congress websites.
During the 2nd Pan-European Congress, Vienna, Austria in 1991 the EFNS had been founded.
Berlin, Germany
December 1993
It was organised by Professor Karl Einhäupl. There were about 1,000 participants.
Poznan, Poland
November 1994
under the chairmanship of Professor Mieczylaw Wender.
Marseille, France
September 9-14, 1995
The congress was attended by 1,500 participants.
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Georges Serratrice, France
Members: Yves Agid, France; Julien Bogousslavsky, Switzerland; Pierre Cesaro, France; Richard S.J. Frackowiack, UK; Bernard Lechevalier, France; Salvadore Di Mauro, USA; Jorma Palo, Finland; Jean Schoenen, Belgium; Eduardo Tolosa, Spain; Jean-Marie Warter, France
Local Organizing Committee
President: Georges Serratrice
Members: Claude Desnuelle, Jean-Louis Gastaut, André Nieoullon, Jean-Francois Pellissier, Michel Poncet
Rome, Italy
October 30 - November 3, 1996
2,000 delegates participated in the comprehensive scientific and educational programme.
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Cesare Fieschi, Italy
Members: Luigi Amaducci, Italy; Michel Clanet, France; Karl Einhäupl, Germany; Peter Goadsby, UK; Gian Luigi Lenzi, Italy; Urpo Rinne, Finland; Vito Toso, Italy
Local Organizing Committee
Members: Cesare Fieschi, Gian Luigi Lenzi, Giovanni Fabbrini, Neri Carlo Accornero, Giuseppe Amabile, Giorgio Bernardi, Luigi Bozzao, Carlo Caltagirone, Gian Paolo Cantore, Roberto Delfini, Fausto Fiume, Aldo Fortuna, Guido Gainotti, Salvatore Giaquinto, Bruno Jandolo, Aldo Laterza, Giorgio Macchi, Mario Manfredi, Maria Grazia Marciani, Cristoforo Morocutti, Guido Palladini, Giuseppe Piazza, Massimiliano Prencipe, Gian Franco Ricci, Francesco Paolo Rossini, Pietro Tonali, Raffaello Vizioli
Prague, Czech Republic
June 4-8, 1997
There were 1,000 participants.
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Germany
Members: Zdenek Ambler, Poland; August C. Declerck, The Netherlands; Andrew J. Lees, UK; Edgar Lukas, Czech Republic; Alberto Portera-Sanchez, Spain; Ivan Rektor, Czech Republic; Imre Szirmai, Hungary
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Pavel Kalvach
Members: Pavel Adam, Edvard Ehler, Zbynek Kalita, Jolana Markova, Jiri Obenberger, Jan Roth, Karel Urbanek
Seville, Spain
September 19-25, 1998
This congress attracted more than 4,200 participants.
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Germany
Members: José Chacón, Spain; Hugo Liano, Spain; José Miguel Lainez, Spain; S.D. Shorvon, UK; Per Soelberg Sörensen, Denmark; László Vécsei, Hungary
Local Organizing Committee
Members: Roman Alberca, Felix Bermejo, José Chacón
Lisbon, Portugal
September 7-11, 1999
This congress attracted more than 3,050 participants.
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Germany
Members: Michael P. Barnes, UK; António Bastos Lima, Portugal; Alexandre Castro Caldas, Portugal; Luís Cunha, Portugal; Mogens Dam, Denmark; Zoltan Nagy, Hungary; Maria Teresa Paiva, Portugal
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Isabel Leite
Members: Mamede de Carvalho, Manuel Correia, Paula Esperanca, Joaquim J. Ferreira, M. Antónia Ferro, Carolina Garrett, Isabel Pavao Martins, Teresa Pinho e Melo, Victor Oliveira, Lívia Sousa, José Vale
Copenhagen, Denmark
October 14-18, 2000
2,200 participants attended this congress.
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Germany
Members: Johan A. Aarli, Norway; Gudrun Boysen, Denmark; Richard A.C. Hughes, UK; Johannes Jakobsen, Denmark; Jean-Marc Orgogozo, France; Per Soelberg Sörensen, Denmark; László Vécsei, Hungary; Lene Werdelin, Denmark
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Gudrun Boysen
Members: Allan R. Andersen, Peter B. Christensen, Erik Dupont, Klaus Hansen, Kaj Jensen, Troels S. Jensen; Karsten Overgaard, Birthe K. Rasmussen; Peer Tfelt-Hansen; Sissel Vorstrup, Gunhild Waldemar
Vienna, Austria
October 26-30, 2002
3,500 participants attended this congress.
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Germany
Members: Wolfgang Grisold, Austria - Vice chair; Andrew Lees, UK; Franz Aichner, Austria; Jacques De Reuck, Belgium; Richard A.C. Hughes, UK; Jean-Marc Orgogozo, France; Werner Poewe, Austria; Per Soelberg Sorensen, Denmark; László Vécsei, Hungary
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Eduard Auff
Members: Lüder Deecke, Hans-Peter Hartung, Gunther Ladurner, Bruno Mamoli, Erwin Ott, Manfred Schmidbauer, Gernot Schnaberth
Helsinki, Finland
August 30 - September 2, 2003
3,200 participants attended this congress.
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Jacques De Reuck, Belgium
Members: Vice Chair: † Jorma Palo, Finland; Johan A. Aarli, Norway; Murat Emre, Turkey; Richard A.C. Hughes, UK; Markku Kaste, Finland, † Hubert Kwiecinski, Poland; Andrew Lees, UK - Representative MDS-ES; Riccardo Soffietti, Italy; Hilkka Soininen, Finland
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Jorma Palo. Vice chair: Markku Kaste
Members: Sari Kiuru-Enari, Matti Hillbom, Mervi Kotila
http://www.kenes.com/efns2003/
Paris, France
September 4-7, 2004
4,250 participants attended this congress
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Jacques De Reuck, Belgium
Members: Jean-Marc Léger - Vice Chairman, France; Johan A. Aarli, Norway; Michel Clanet, France; Murat Emre, Turkey; Richard A.C. Hughes, UK; † Hubert Kwiecinski, Poland; Andrew Lees, UK - Representative MDS-E; Riccardo Soffietti, Italy; Jean-Michel Vallat, France
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Yves Agid
Members: Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny - Vice-Chair; Jean-Marc Léger - Secretary, Michel Clanet, Hubert Déchy, Jean-Yves Delattre, Alain Destée, Bruno Dubois, Edouard Hirsch, David Laplaud, Jean-Louis Mas, Jean-Michel Vallat, François Viallet
www.efns.org/efns2004
Athens, Greece
September 17-19, 2005
4,500 participants attended this congress
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Jacques De Reuck, Belgium
Members: Pangiota Davaki - Vice Chairman, Greece; Murat Emre, Turkey; Richard A.C. Hughes, UK; Detlef Kömpf, Germany; † Hubert Kwiecinski, Poland; Ioannis Milonas, Greece; Riccardo Soffietti, Italy; Eduardo Tolosa, Spain - Representative MDS-ES; Demetris Vassilopoulos, Greece
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Panagiota Davaki
Members: Klementine Karageorgiou; Ioannis Milonas, Elefterios Staboulis, Demetris Vassilopoulos
www.efns.org/efns2005
Glasgow, UK
September 2-5, 2006
4,500 participants attended this congress
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Jacques De Reuck, Belgium
Members: Ian Bone - Vice Chairman, UK; David Chadwick, UK; Murat Emre, Turkey; Nils Erik Gilhus, Norway; Detlef Kömpf, Germany; † Hubert Kwiecinski, Poland; Niall Quinn, UK - Representative MDS-ES; Pamela Shaw, UK; Riccardo Soffietti, Italy;
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Ian Bone
Members: John Greene, Donald Grosset, Richard Metcalfe, Keith Muir, Colin Mumford, Richard Petty
www.efns.org/efns2006
Brussels, Belgium
August 25-28, 2007
4,000 participants attended this congress
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Gian Luigi Lenzi, Italy
Members: Jean Schoenen - Vice Chairman, Belgium; Hans-Christoph Diener, Germany - Representative EHF; Nils Erik Gilhus, Norway; Detlef Kömpf, Germany; † Hubert Kwiecinski, Poland; Jean-Marc Léger, France; Alex Michotte, Belgium; wolfgang Oertel, Germany - Representative MDS-ES; Per Soelberg Sörensen, Denmark; Peter van den Bergh, Belgium
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Jean Schoenen
Members: Serge Blecic, Paul Boon, Patrick Cras, Thierry de Barsy, Guy Ebinger, Patrice Laloux, Gustave Moonen, Massimo Pandolfo, Wim Robberecht, Christian Sindic, Wim Van Paesschen, Michel Van Zandijcke
www.efns.org/efns2007
Madrid, Spain
August 23-26, 2008
5,080 participants attended this congress
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Gian Luigi Lenzi, Italy
Members: Antonio Gil-Nagel - Vice Chairman, Spain; Marcelo L. Berthier Torres, Spain; Nils Erik Gilhus, Norway; Francisco Javier Grandas Perez, Spain; Max Hilz, Germany - representative EFAS; Detlef Kömpf, Germany;† Hubert Kwiecinski, Poland; Jean-Marc Léger, France; Wolfgang Oertel, Germany - Representative MDS-ES; Per Soelberg Sörensen, Denmark;
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Rosario Luquin Piudo
Members: Immaculada Bonaventura Ibars, Maria Dolores Martinez Lozano, Valentin Mateos Marcos, Pedro Jesus Porta Etessam, Pedro Jesus Serrano Castro
www.efns.org/efns2008
Florence, Italy
September 12-15, 2009
5,500 participants attended this congress
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Gian Luigi Lenzi, Italy
Members: Antonio Federico - Vice Chairman; Alfredo Berardelli, Italy - representative MDS-ES; Giorgio Bernardi, Italy; Hans-Christoph Diener, Germany - Representative EHF, Nils Erik Gilhus, Norway; Detlef Kömpf, Germany; † Hubert Kwiecinski, Poland; Jean-Marc Léger, France; Per Soelberg Sörensen, Denmark; Gioacchino Tedeschi, Italy
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Antonio Federico
Members: Giorgio Bernardi, Giancarlo Comi, Domenico Inzitari, Ginaluigi Mancardi, Luigi Murri, Sandro Sorbi, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Aldo Quattrone
Geneva, Switzerland
September 25-28, 2010
5,300 participants attended this congress
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Gian Luigi Lenzi, Italy
Members: Theodór Landis - Vice Chairman; Claudio Bassetti, Switzerland; Alfredo Berardelli, Italy - representative MDS-ES; Nils Erik Gilhus, Norway; Christian Hess, Switzerland; Detlef Kömpf, Germany; † Hubert Kwiecinski, Poland; Jean-Marc Léger, France; Per Soelberg Sörensen, Denmark
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Pierre Burkhard
Members: Max Wiederkehr, Joseph Ghika, Laurence Fankhauser, Jean-Marie Annoni
Budapest, Hungary
September 10-13, 2011
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Nils Erik Gilhus, Norway
Members: László Vécsei, Hungary - Vice Chairman; Michael Brainin, Austria; László Csiba, Hungary; Marianne de Visser, The Netherlands; Rigmor Jensen, Denmark - Representative EHF; Alla Guekht, Russia; Sámuel Komoly, Hungary; Jean-Marc Léger, France; Werner Poewe, Austria - Representative MDS-ES; Hilkka Soininen, Finland
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: László Vécsei
Members: Dániel Bereczki; László Csiba; Sámuel Komoly; Zoltán Nagy; Imre Szirmai; János Tajti
Stockholm Sweden
September 8-11, 2012
Congress Programme Committee
Chair: Nils Erik Gilhus, Norway
Members: Sten Fredrikson, Sweden - Vice Chairman; Members: Magnus L.A. Andersson, Sweden; Michael Brainin, Austria; Marianne de Visser, The Netherlands; Alla Guekht, Russia; Max Hilz, Germany - Representative EFAS; Jean-Marc Léger, France; Werner Poewe, Austria - Representative MDS-ES; Anja Smits, Sweden; Hilkka Soininen, Finland
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Sten Fredrikson
Members: Magnus L.A. Andersson; Lars Forsgren; Torbjorn Tomson; Nils Wahlgren; Hakan Widner
Istanbul, Turkey
Autumn 2014