EAN Board Election
EAN Board Election
2026
The EAN Board is the driving force behind the European Academy of Neurology. Its members commit their time to the development and daily management of the society, organising and hosting meetings, determining the nature of the EAN’s influence and involvement in research, and planning and running educational projects. Working closely together as an enthusiastic and supportive team, they are dedicated to maintaining the EAN’s status as the Home of Neurology for all neurologists, achieving the EAN's goal of making high standards of care available to all neurology patients, and fulfilling the EAN’s mission to reduce the burden of neurological diseases.
A seat on the EAN board offers the unique prospect of being part of an innovative, creative, and passionate group of leaders at the peak of European neurology, influencing the direction of the discipline, providing guidance to the younger generations, and building relationships between the EAN and its many friends and partners. It is a chance to work on an international level, advocating for neurology within and beyond Europe, fulfilling the EAN’s mission and vision, and acting as a role model for up-and-coming members of the community, as well as an unparalleled opportunity for professional growth.
The many experiences for travel and engagement that are essential to the various roles mean that board membership can also be immensely rewarding on a personal level, with travel to the annual EAN Congress and in-person board meetings in Vienna covered by the EAN.
The election procedure will be performed in accordance with the EAN Bylaws.
For an office period of two years, the following positions need to be filled:
- President Elect
- Secretary General
- Treasurer
- Chair Scientific Committee
- Chair Communication Committee
The (6) Programme Committee Chairperson and (7) Education Committee Chairperson will be appointed by majority vote of the newly elected Board members.
For more information on the respective positions, please consult the EAN Bylaws
Candidates that apply for a Board position must be officially nominated by three persons from one of the following groups: EAN Institutional and/or Individual delegates and/or current Board members.
The deadline for application submission is 20 March 2026, 23:55h (CET).
Call for nominations will be sent out via email to all EAN Delegates and Board members.
Application documents must include:
- Application form filled in by the candidate confirming his/her availability to serve on the Board, including a short CV with information on past contributions to EAN, and if applying for the President - Elect position,
a supporting statement clarifying candidate’s qualifications and vision for the position in EAN Board - Register of interest form - please complete and update your Register of Interest Form by logging into
your myEAN account (Register of Interests). - 3 nomination forms from Delegates and/or current Board members.
Other important information
- Candidates cannot be nominated for more than 2 different positions.
- Candidates applying for President-Elect cannot apply for any other position.
- Delegates/current Board members can nominate only one person per position.
- Existing Board members, who are eligible to and want to apply for another term, must send an application form, and fill in a Register of interest form, but no nomination forms.
Role profile of the EAN Board members, including detail information on their eligibility and tasks can be found here:
The Election Task Force will be set-up, including 3 persons, one appointed by the President (who chairs the Election Committee), one appointed by the President Elect, and one appointed by the Secretary General. Members must be Full members of EAN, from 3 different countries, excluding the Board members.
The election of the EAN Board will take place during the Assembly of Delegates (AoD) at the 12th Congress of the EAN in Geneva, Switzerland, June 27 – 30, 2026.
This important part of the election process, voting itself, takes place after the candidates have been official presented to the Assembly of Delegates by the Election Task Force.
To perform a valid voting procedure, the quorum of 50% of all delegates must be present.
The announcement of results will be done at the same Assembly of Delegates meeting, straight after the votes are counted. For being elected, the candidate must receive the simple majority of votes of the members of the Assembly of Delegates. The clarification of the ‘valid vote’, as well as the possible outcomes of the voting and designed solutions will be explained to the quorum before the voting itself.
The EAN community will be informed of the results in the following days.
Please note that the first meeting of the new Board 2026-2028 will be the Board debriefing at the annual congress in Geneva on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, followed by a dinner. The strategic Board handover meeting will be organized in late summer/early autumn 2026.