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On 2 October, 2021, the Council of Delegates of the World Federation of Neurology elected Prof. Wolfgang Grisold to be their next president.

With so few chances for EAN staff and members to meet in person, we decided to introduce the team behind the scenes. First up are Marson, from the Congress Department, and Simon, from the Communications Department.

Registration is now open for the two-day Brain Innovation Days event, to be held physically in Brussels, Belgium, on 12-13 October.

EPICLUSTER will hold its 3rd activity on Accelerating Patient Involvement in European Epilepsy Research on 6 October from 9:30 to 13:00 CET

Call from the European Commission for a member representing health professionals and one alternate for the EMA's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC).

This year, at the upcoming 37th ECTRIMS congress, the ECTRIMS-EAN Session, chaired by Profs. Massimo Filippi, Mar Tintoré, Maria Pia Amato and Celia Oreja-Guevara, will discuss two key aspects of MS management: the consensus regarding vaccinations in people with MS and the updated guidelines for MS treatment.

Prof. Elena Lebedeva, member of the EAN Task Force on Gender and Diversity Issues in Neurology, interviews Prof. David Dodick, Professor of Neurology, Director of the Headache and Concussion Programs at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

The EAN Scientific Panel on Stroke is delighted to announce that a joint session with the European Stroke Organisation will take place at the ESOC 2021, on 1-3 September, 2021.

Following the cancellation of last year's 12th Board Examination due to Covid-19, we held our 13th Examination online for the very first time.

On 21 June 2021, the virtual general assembly of the EAN’s Resident and Research Fellow Section (RRFS) took place during the 7th annual congress. The assembly received broad participation from RRFS members who were interested in gaining insight into the annual report as well as the new Treasurer elections.

An update on the RRFS National Representatives initiative. created to establish a network of junior national representatives within the RRFS.

Health Data Sharing is a key issue at EU level and the European Commission has introduced a range of new initiatives like the European Health Data Space, the 1 million genomes project and the Artificial Intelligence strategy that aim to facilitate European coordination and cooperation.

Laboratory experts from the BioMed Alliance IVD Working Group released a new statement highlighting a looming threat for the diagnostic sector, the slow implementation of the new In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR). They argue that urgent actions are necessary now to prevent a collapse of the diagnostic sector.

The International Myositis Society (iMyoS) is a new society to support the diagnosis and treatment of myositis by implementing interdisciplinary standards of care on a global scale.

The eighth World brain day (WBD) on July 22 2022 moves to stop multiple sclerosis. The World Federation of Neurology and Multiple Sclerosis International Federation teamed up on this ambitious agenda to stop multiple sclerosis as the theme throughout 2021.