Young Epilepsy Section (YES)

The Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the ILAE is a worldwide organisation of young people who are in the early stages of a career focused on the care of people with epilepsy, and/or epilepsy research.

Our overarching purposes are to:

1. Improve the professional development of young people working with epilepsy across the globe; and
2. Equitably expand the involvement of junior women and men from all regions and disciplines across the ILAE.

This mission creates a new generation of epilepsy experts poised to discover and deliver state-of-the-art care to people with epilepsy well into the future. In this way, we underpin the ILAE’s vision of a world where no person's life is limited by epilepsy.

Our grassroots group is open to all junior members of the ILAE national chapters, and encompasses diverse professionals such as physicians, basic scientists, nurses, (neuro)psychologists, clinical researchers, genetic counsellors, pharmacologists, physicists, dieticians, mathematicians, social workers, and other health and community professionals. Students training in fields relevant to epilepsy are also welcome.

If you are interested in becoming active in the work of ILAE - YES you can register here.

If you are interested in receiving our newsletter and additional information via mail you can register here.

ILAE-YES Webinars 2021

The ILAE-YES Epilepsy Webinars provide educational content and hot topics in epilepsy care and research, presented by international experts. 

Upcoming webinars

Educational Opportunites from ILAE: A roundtable
18 September 2021 at 14:00 GMT

Visit our YouTube channel to watch previous talks, or view all past recordings in the webinar database. For more information and further programming, check out the complete listing of YES events.

ILAE-YES Sessions at IEC 2021

For a full list of 34th International Epilepsy Congress sessions, view the programme.

ILAE-YES Poster Tour Schedule

ILAE-YES Newsletter

July 2021 - IEC registration fee waivers

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