November 2009 Fall Newsletter

2010 EAEEG ANNUAL MEETING - BROMONT, QUEBEC

The 2010 EAEEG Annual Meeting will be held in Bromont, Quebec, on February 12-13, 2010. It will be held at Chateau Bromont Resort Hotel (90 Rue De Stanstead, Bromont, QC J2L 1K6, just 45 minutes from Montreal, Tel: (450) 534-3433, website:chateaubromont.com )

A Note from our President Elect: The Chateau Bromont is close to Lake Magog, where the Penfields had a summer cottage, so Wilder Penfield may have skied on the very slopes where our intrepid residents and fellows will in fevered competition for the EAEEG downhill trophy.

Preliminary program attached

Registration Fees

The registration fees for full members will be $40 for each day, or $75 for both days.

Students will be charged $20 for each day or $35 for both days. (Students who present platform presentations will not be charged a registration fee.)

EAEEG History

The Eastern Association of Electroencephalographers (EAEEG) was established in 1939 by workers from Montreal and Boston. Founding members included Wilder Penfield, Herbert Jasper, and many other pioneers of North American electroencephalography. The Eastern Association was the first EEG society in North America and continues to work to promote dialog between clinicians and basic researchers in the neurosciences.

The EAEEG holds a single annual meeting (typically 2 days in late February), alternating annually between New York City and the Laurentians (north of Montreal). Each meeting features a major talk or symposium along with a session for free communications.

Epilepsy and electrophysiology are continuing themes of the EAEEG but all related neuroscience areas are covered. Recent symposia topics have included: in vivo brain imaging, sleep, magnetic brain stimulation and functional neuroimaging. Over the years, invited speakers have included: Norbert Wiener, Sir John Eccles, Eric Kandel, Mark Hallett and many other prominent contributors in the neurosciences. The 2006 conference marked the society's 60th annual meeting. Society Proceedings are generally published in Clinical Neurophysiology.

Current Board

Call for Papers

This is the first call for abstracts.

Abstracts should be sent - preferably by email - by January 15, 2010

Dr. W.M. Burnham
Department of Pharmacology
University of Toronto
1 King's College Circle, Room 4303
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
M5S 1A8
tel: (416) 978-0779
fax: (416) 971-2433
email: mac.Burnham@utoronto.ca

Please encourage yourself, your colleagues, and your fellows to send in an abstract.

Dr. Burnham will be pleased to receive abstracts by fax or email.

The Savoy Travel Awards

The George A. Savoy Junior Fellowship Award will be given to one or two young investigators who present free communications at the annual EAEEG meeting in Ste. Adele. They provide up to $500 for travel and accommodations.

Stephenson Travel Awards

The Charles Stephenson Awards will be given to one or two EEG technologists. They provide up to $500 towards expenses to attend our annual meeting. Please see the enclosed application form which should be sent along with the abstract to Dr. W.M. Burnham by January 15, 2010.

Strauss Travel Awards

The Hans Strauss Awards are given to one or two EEG technologists. They provide up to $500 for travel and lodging at the American Society of Electrodiagnostic Technologists (ASET) Annual Meeting (Charles Stephenson Memorial Award). Please see the enclosed application form which should be sent along with the abstract to Dr. W.M. Burnham by January 15, 2010.

Other Business

Requests for dues up to and including 2010 are included in this mailing. If you have not yet sent in your dues, please do so now.

See you in Quebec in February!

Mac Burnham
Secretary-Treasurer

2010 Annual Meeting

Chateau Bromont, Quebec

Thursday, February 11-14, 2010

(person per day, double rates 3 room types ($75 + $99, $90 + $99 and $150 + $99) all per person. The $99 includes meals and conference breaks)

Thursday, February 11, 2010

4:00 - 6:00 PM MINI Seizure Conference
Frederick Andermann, M.D.
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
3801 Rue University, Montreal

Friday, February 12, 2010

7:00 AM Breakfast (included)
8:00 - 12:00 noon Downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, skating, free time
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch (included)
1:30 PM Registration
2:00 - 3:50 PM Free Communications
3:50 - 4:20 PM Break
4:20 - 5:30 PM Free Communications
5:30 - 6:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting
6:00 PM Dinner (included)

Saturday, February 13, 2010

7:00 AM Breakfast (included)
8:00 - 12:00 noon Downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, skating, free time
9:00 - 11:00 AM Downhill and Cross-Country Ski Races
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch (included)
1:00 PM Registration
Kershman Lecture
1:30 - 2:30 PM "Genetics of EEG and of the epilepsies"
Eva Andermann, M.D., Montreal Neurologic Institute
Pierre Gloor Symposium: Advances in Epilepsy
2:30 - 3:10 PM "Historical Perspectives of Clinical Neurophysiol"
Fred Andermann, M.D., Montreal Neurologic Institute
3:10 - 3:50 PM "Overview on Neurophysiology in Psychiatry"
Boutros, MD , Wayne State University
3:50 - 4:05 PM Break
4:05 - 4:45 PM "TMS-EEG in Schizophrenia and Bipolar"
Z. Jeff Daskalakis, MD, PhD, FRCP, University of Toronto
4:45 - 5:25 PM "Epilepsy and Tuberous Sclerosis"
Philippe Major, MD, CHU Sainte-Justine, Universite de Montreal
5:25 PM Closing Remark
James Wark, M.D., President, EAEEG 2010-2012
5:30 - 7 PM Free time
7:00 - 9:00 PM Annual Banquet
7:00 - 7:30 PM Cocktails - cash bar
7:30 - 9:00 PM Dinner / Presidential Address

Sunday, February 14, 2010

7:00 AM Breakfast (included)
8:00 - 12:00 noon Downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, skating, free time
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch on an individual basis

Have a Safe Trip Home!

See you in New York City in February 2011