The 5th International Conference on Epilepsy & Treatment: (Epilepsy 2019) was hosted by Conference Series LLC took place during August 29-30, 2019 at Mercure Hotel Wien Westbahnhof in Vienna, Austria. This conference brought together an interdisciplinary group of professionals in the field of Neurology. The tone of the main conference was set during the opening remarks by Dr Jeffrey M. Chung, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA & Dr Sharon Ceanna Fernando, Syneos Health, USA.

The conference was marked with the presence of renowned scientists, talented young researchers, students and business delegates driving the two days event into the path of success with thought provoking keynote and plenary presentations highlighting the theme, “The comprehensive evaluation and treatment of Epilepsy”.

The conference proceedings were carried out through various Scientific-sessions and plenary lectures, Poster Presentations, Video Presentations of which the following topics were highlighted as Keynote-presentations:         

“Which frequency comes first in intracranial EEG ictal onset: High or low?” by Jeffrey M. Chung, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA

“Clinical surveillance to monitor and maximize efficacy in primary endpoints in Epilepsy trials.” by Sharon Ceanna Fernando, Syneos Health, USA

The conference was well-attended with the majority of participants from Europe. We also welcomed international delegates from USA, Italy, Iran, Iraq, China, Philippines, Japan, India, Egypt and as well.

Various sessions were chaired and co-chaired by

Liz Edenberg P. Quiles, The Medical City, Philippines

The following topics were highlighted as Plenary Speaker presentations:

“Refractory and super refractory status epilepticus in a tertiary hospital: A 10-year retrospective study” by Liz Edenberg P. Quiles, The Medical City, Philippines       

“The milk awareness campaign & the eight rules of epilepsy Italian association against epilepsy – Italian association against epilepsy –Veneto” by Stefano Bellon, University of Padua, Italy

“Epilepsy and neurocutaneous syndromes in developmental age” by Michele Roccella, University of Palermo, Italy

“Neuroprotective microglia and neurotoxic monocytes in epilepsy” by Long-Jun Wu, Mayo Clinic, USA

“Value of cathodal transcranial direct current polarisation in multidrug resistant focal epilepsy patients” by Ann Hanafy, Cairo University, Egypt

“Life after seizures and neurosurgery” by Joey Gaines, USA

“Sleep macrostructure in Lennox- Gastaut Syndrome: A polysomnographic case-control study” by Marco Carotenuto, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy

“Possible mechanism of antiepileptic effect of the vagus nerve stimulation in the context of recent results in sleep research” by Ivan Pigarev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

“Genetic landscape of malformations of cortical development with refractory epilepsy in Taiwan” by Yo-Tsen Liu, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

The esteemed guests, Keynote speakers, well-known researchers and delegates shared their innovative research and vast experience through their fabulous presentations at the podium of grand Epilepsy 2019 conference.

We are also obliged to various delegate experts, company representatives and other eminent personalities who supported the conference by facilitating active discussion forums. We sincerely thank the Organizing Committee Members for their gracious presence, support and assistance towards the success of Epilepsy 2019. With the unique feedbacks from the conference, Conference Series LLC would like to announce the commencement of the “6th International Conference on Epilepsy & Treatment” to be held during September 21-22, 2020 Rome, Italy.

We hope your favourable support will make next annual also one more grand success event.