The XXIII World Congress of Neurology
Has Record High Participants
The XXIII World Congress of Neurology
(WCN) of the World Federation of Neurology
(WFN) took place Sept. 16-21, 2017, in Kyoto,
Japan. The congress was well organized in
cooperation with the Japanese Society of
Neurology (JSN), and 8,650 participants from
more than 121 different countries visited
the congress, a record number of attendees
at the WCN. The motto of the Congress was
“Defining the Future of Neurology.” In the
opening ceremony, the Crown Prince and his
wife hosted a meeting with the representatives
of the WFN and the JSN, including WFN President Professor Raad
Shakir and Congress President Hidehiro Mizusawa, and then gave a
nice welcome and introduction at the opening.
Prestigious scientific programs and teaching courses including
lectures by the Nobel laureates Edvard Moser, Susumu Tonegawa
and Shinya Yamanaka were both stimulating and enriching.
Scientific program in the field of critical care neurology were
planned by Professor Gene Sung and chaired by Professors Gene
Sung, Liping Liu and Masao Nagayama. Great lectures were made
by Professors Kiwon Lee, Claude Hemphill III, Gisele Sampaio
Silva, Masao Nagayama, Alejandro Rabinstein and Gene Sung, and
filled with attendees including many members of the Neurocritical
Care Society.
For the position of the new president of the WFN, Professor
William M. Carroll from Australia was elected; for vice president,
Professor Ryuji Kaji from Japan was elected; and for the open
trustee position, Dr. Riadh Gouider was elected for a second term.
The next Congress will be held in Dubai in 2019.
Organizers did a tremendous job accommodating their guests,
and social program was wonderfully organized. Accompanying
photographs are some examples of many of the wonderful
memories from the social gathering by the attendees in the fields
of critical care neurology and their family.
Masao Nagay
AMA, MD, PhD,
FAAN, FJSIM
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