1st Pediatrics Commission Symposium

Updates in Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsies in Children

Faculty of Medicine of the University of Sao Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil

21 - 24 March 2025

Organizing Committees

ILAE Organizing Committee

  • Elaine Wirrell
  • J. Helen Cross
  • Ingrid Scheffer
  • Kette D. Valente

ILAE Scientific Committee

  • Colin Reilly — Pediatric Commission – Chair of the Task Force on Pediatric Psychiatric Issues
  • Elaine Wirrell — Pediatric Commission – Co-Chair of the Task Force on Pediatric Medical Therapies
  • Ingrid Scheffer — Pediatric Commission – Co-Chair of the Task Force on Pediatric Medical Therapies
  • Magda L. Nunes — Pediatric Commission – Co-Chair of the Task Force on Neonatal Seizures and Epilepsies
  • Nick Abend — Pediatric Commission – Co-Chair of the Task Force on Neonatal Seizures and Epilepsies
  • Rima Nabbout — Pediatric Commission – Chair of the Task Force on Transition

ILAE Committee Members

  • Andreas Brunklaus — Genetic Commission of the ILAE
  • Ana C. Coan — Pediatric Commission — Task Force on Medical Therapies
  • Elissa Yozawitz — Pediatric Commission — Task Force on Neonatal Seizures and Epilepsies
  • Jo Wilmshurst — Pediatric Commission — Task Force on Medical Therapies
  • Julia Jacobs-LeVan — Pediatric Commission — Task Force on Medical Therapies — Co-Leader of Consensus for Self-Limited Epilepsies of Childhood
  • Jay Salpekar — Pediatric Commission — Task Force on Pediatric Psychiatric Issues

Local Committee

  • Leticia Pereira Brito Sampaio — President of the Brazilian Chapter of the ILAE
  • Juliana Gurgel-Giannetti — Brazilian Society of Child Neurology (support and endorsement)