Call for topic proposals - Europe 2022

Please find below the topic proposal forms for the 8th EAN Congress in 2022. All proposals need to be submitted to the EAN Head Office via the online form by 14 May 2021.

Please submit your proposals via the online form in the email that was sent to you.
If you wish to submit more than one proposal, please use the link again.

We look forward to receiving your proposals until 14 May 2021.

•    Proposals from Individual members will be forwarded to the relevant Scientific Panel for consideration.
•    All proposals from Scientific Panel members will be also forwarded to the respective Scientific Panel Management group for consideration, further discussion at the Panel business meetings in June and final submission in July.

Kindly note that you can only propose a session as an EAN Individual member, Scientific Panel member or invited Partner Society.

The 2022 overarching theme of the congress will be “Getting evidence into practice” and a plenary session and 2 focused workshops on this topic have already been scheduled. Further detail on the “overarching theme” sessions will be published  in the first announcement on the EAN website.

Session descriptions

Scientific Session Types

SYMPOSIA

Symposia are scheduled on each congress day and will last 2 hours each. Lecturers will give general information on the main topics of the congress. Special insight will be covered in Teaching courses and Focused workshops.

FOCUSED WORKSHOPS
Focused workshops (FW) will be held in the morning and last for 1.5 hours. They will cover narrow topics and will aim to promote discussion around new ideas, evidence or theories. Ample time for discussion will be provided.

 

Educational Session Types

TEACHING COURSES
TCs are held on each congress day in the afternoon and last for 3 hours (plus 1/2-hour coffee break). They are interactive with ample opportunity for participants to ask questions. All TCs are aimed primarily at a post-graduate audience. There are 3 levels of TCs:

  • Level 1 (Introductory): Aimed primarily at neurologists in training, or those wishing to refresh/update their basic knowledge in the field. Level 1 can also be suitable for undergraduates or general trainees with a particular interest.
  • Level 2 (standard): Assumes familiarity with basic clinical knowledge and practice, aimed at specialist trainees or practitioners wishing to update and further develop their knowledge in the field.
  • Level 3 (advanced): Aimed at specialist trainees or practitioners with a particular interest in that field, covering the latest advances of particular interest to a specialist audience.

Participants will receive a manuscript of the lectures during the session as well as a certificate of attendance after performing an online evaluation. TCs are not included in the registration fee, but must be booked in addition when registering for a fee of € 40/ €25, availability permitting.


HANDS-ON COURSES
These Hands-on Courses (HoC) are for a limited number of 60 participants only, with some built-in work in smaller groups who attend parallel by rotating to each presenter of the course. Live demonstrations with screening machines are the core of these courses. HoCs are not included in the registration fee, but must be booked in addition when registering for a fee of € 40/ €25, availability permitting.


CASE-BASED WORKSHOPS
The case-based workshops (CbW) are to support knowledge and practice in clinical diagnosis and management in a format, which requires the attendees to actively participate, with opportunities for direct discussion/contact with leading experts to discuss pre-prepared cases. For a limited number of 60 participants only. CbWs are not included in the registration fee, but must be booked in addition when registering for a fee of € 40/ €25, availability permitting.

CONTROVERSY SESSIONS
These sessions allow to give a critical overview of the current and most recent advances on key topics, share knowledge, stimulate debate and forge opinions on controversial issues of clinical care, research, educational practice and therapy.


INTERACTIVE SESSIONS
These sessions (IaS) are open for all participants. Through an interactive voting system, the opinions of colleagues will be collected.

EAN Brain Challenge
The session will give a platform for interactive learning using quiz questions. Two competing teams, a local team and an international team, will try to win the BrainChallenge by giving the correct answer to a case-presentation. The Audience can silently vote via the EAN congress app, the results will be presented after each case.

Please download the congress app to actively participate in the Quiz.


CAREER DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS
This format shall allow to share and improve knowledge on: “how to best write an academic paper”; “how to plan and organize a clinical or scientific study”; “how to apply for a grant”, “how to get a paper accepted” etc… These sessions (CdS) are open for all participants and primarily aim at a post-graduate audience.