The Spanish Brain Council (SBC), in cooperation with the European Brain Council (EBC), will hold the workshop “Declaración sobre buenas prácticas del uso fuera de guía de medicamentos en España” on 25th April in Madrid. Organized against the backdrop of the Good Off-Label Use Practice (GOLUP) campaign, this workshop aims to raise awareness of the [...]

On 16th May, a meeting of the Interest Group on Mental Health, Well-being and Brain Disorders addressing empowerment of patients affected by mental health conditions and their self-management of care and treatment will be held in the European Parliament from 11.00-13.00. On this occasion, a Call to Action on the topic above as developed by GAMIAN-Europe [...]

The first EBC General Assembly of the year will take place on 23-24 May. Join us for the Board Dinner on the evening of the 23rd and the General Assembly on the 24th of May. A full agenda to follow shortly.

The 4th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) takes place in Lisbon, Portugal from June 16-19, 2018. The overarching theme for the Lisbon conference will be ‘Neurogenetics’. Diagnosis and treatment are increasingly using genetic methods and one purpose of the congress is to highlight clinically useful aspects of genetic medicine in Neurology. But [...]

The European Neuro Convention is Europe’s only trade event for brain and spine experts working within the ever-developing diagnostic, surgical, brain stimulation and rehabilitation sectors. From startup organisations to large multinational companies, the convention brings together a world-class selection of suppliers - all of which will be here to exhibit their groundbreaking innovations that are helping [...]

EBC will be present again this year at the bi-annual FENS Forum, the largest Neuroscience event in Europe, which rotates between different European countries and attracts more than 7000 international delegates. This year's Forum will take place in Berlin, Germany on 7-11 July 2018. With 42 neuroscience member societies across 32 European countries, FENS as an organisation [...]

This year's internal EBC Strategic Workshop will take place on 24-25 September 2018. More information to follow.

On 25 September, at 9:30-11:00, EBC will partner with the 'What if?'  Policy Roundtable series to present the Value of Treatment findings of the Alzheimer's working group with the event "The Value of Treatment: Policy roundtable on the economic cost of Alzheimer’s in Europe". Hosted by MEP Heinz K. Becker, moderated by Geoff Meade and chaired [...]

EPIONI will organize the conference “Caring for Carers: Young Carers in a Changing World”, which will revolve around caregivers, on September 28th at 15:30 PM at the office of the European Parliament in Athens, Greece. The event will be held under the auspices of the Ministry of Health in Greece, the World Federation for Mental [...]

 In light of the WHO’s ‘World Mental Health Day’ on Wednesday 10 October, a meeting on the ‘Mental Health in Elite Sport’ will be held by the Intergroup Sports of the European Parliament. This meeting aims not only at identifying the role of elite athletes and coaches’ mental wellbeing, but also to acknowledge the needs [...]