This meeting is supported financially by the ILAE Commission on European Affairs, the UK Branch of the ILAE and by an educational grant from UCB

Patrons of the meeting are: UCL Institute of Neurology, University of Innsbruck, the ILAE Commission on European Affairs and the ILAE Commission on Therapeutic Strategies.

THE FIRST LONDON COLLOQUIUM ON STATUS EPILEPTICUS

Registration is invited for this conference, to be held in London on April 12-14 2007.
Attendance is open to any clinician or scientist. The programme of platform presentations is attached.

Status epilepticus (SE) is the most severe and feared form of epilepsy. Even today, tonic-clonic SE carries significant morbidity and mortality. The colloquium will be a landmark meeting in the field of status epilepticus, following in direct lineage the Marseilles Colloquium held in 1962, and the two Santa Monica meetings on this topic held in 1980 and 1997. The colloquium is the first of two planned meetings, the second of which will be held in Innsbruck in 2009.

The purpose of the conference is:
* To summarise current knowledge in key clinical and basic science areas
* To define optimal clinical practice
* To debate controversial issues
* To point to future clinical and scientific research areas

The faculty members are major clinical and scientific figures in the field of SE from around the world, and a global perspective is being taken.

The programme is comprised of invited presentations from the faculty. These are divided into three sections:
* Molecular nature of status epilepticus
* Clinical aspects of status epilepticus
* Outcomes of status epilepticus

Click on the links for details of the organising committee, faculty and programme. 

Poster presentations are invited from any registrant.  Applications can be submitted on any clinical or scientific subject in the field of status epilepticus.

Registration is now open and is restricted to 250 persons, so please register quickly to avoid disappointment.

The meeting will be held at the excellent modern conference site and facilities at the Institute of Child Health, University College London.

In addition an attractive social programme is offered including a conference reception at The Hunter Museum, The Royal College of Surgeons.

The conference is being held under the patronage of the ILAE Commission on European Affairs, the ILAE Commission on Thearapeutic Strategies, the British and Austrian national ILAE chapters, University College London (Institutes of Neurology and Child Health) and the Medical University Innsbruck.