Submission of abstracts is now open for the meeting. Abstracts may be submitted by members or non members of the ILAE.
Abstracts should be submitted under one of the following 2 categories:
Up to six General abstracts and up to five Neurobiology of epilepsy abstracts will be selected for platform presentations in the joint ILAE/ Epilepsy Research Institute UK Session.
Other abstracts will be selected for poster presentations. Both platforms and poster presentations are popular with delegates and awards are available in all categories.
In the ‘General Abstract’ category, prizes are awarded for the best Platform Presentations (1st prize – £250, and 2nd prize – £125).
Abstracts can be up to a maximum of 400 words.
Authors of the highest ranking abstracts will be invited to give a platform presentation.
Deadline for abstract submissions is Thursday 26 June at 1700 hrs
Registration is needed before an abstract can be uploaded. Notifications will be sent out Tuesday 22nd July.
An award worth £500 will be awarded to the best presentation at the Neurobiology of Epilepsy platform session which will be judged by a panel comprising representatives from the Epilepsy Research Institute and ILAE British Branch.
The award is open to early career researchers and health care professionals employed at university lecturer level or below (or NHS equivalent) and working in the field of basic scientific epilepsy research in the UK. Entrants must, at a minimum, be in their second year of an epilepsy focused basic science PhD. Entrants are required to submit an abstract describing original experimental epilepsy research using the online submission system. Abstracts should be no more than 400 words and MUST be placed within a clinical context.
Submissions will be reviewed by the Epilepsy Research Institute and the ILAE British Branch Council and the best abstracts will be shortlisted for presentation.
The decision of the Epilepsy Research Institute and ILAE British Branch panel of experts is final.
All abstracts will be included in the abstract book.
Deadline for abstract submissions is Thursday 26 June at 1700 hrs