Greeting

Dear colleagues:
It is my great honor and privilege to host the 64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology, which shall be held on June 2-5, 2022, in Takasaki, Japan. We hold the congress as a hybrid event combining both in-person and virtual style due to the uncertainties of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Anyone who wants to learn and research Child Neurology is encouraged to attend this fantastic event.
To enjoy fruitful discussions and warm-up international friendships, we have waived the participation fee for non-Japanese physicians, residents, and medical students whose institutions are located outside Japan. For your FREE registration to attend this fantastic event of JSCN2022, please access the website at https://www.c-linkage.co.jp/jscn64/en/registration.html.
International Sessions Programs are as follows:

Keynote Lecture

Infantile spasms syndrome: past, present and future
Solomon L. Moshe (Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, USA)

Invited Lectures

1. Novel insights into epilepsy genetics.
   Ingrid E. Scheffer (Austin Health and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia)
2. Leigh Syndrome Seventy Years on; A Reappraisal with a focus on NDUFV1 mutation.
   Asuri N Prasad (Western University and Schulich School of Medicine, London, Canada)
3. Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: what we know and what we don’t know Nicola Specchio (Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Italy)
4. Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: experience at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center.
   Marilyn H. Ortiz (Philippine Children’s Medical Center, Philippines)
5. Unravelling the spectrum of cerebral malformations.
   Ahmad Rithauddin Mohamed (Paediatric Institute & Hospital Tunku Azizah Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
6. Diagnostic challenges and genetic roles in children with neurodevelopmental disorders.
   Wang-Tso Lee (National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan)
7. Improving the quality of life among children with epilepsy: the Malaysian experience.
   Choong Yi Fong (Department of Paediatrics, University of Malaya, Malaysia)

International Symposium

1. Cutting Edge: Treatment of Autoimmune Encephalitis:
   Hiroshi Sakuma, Yoshitaka MIzobe, Naomi Hino-Fukuyo, Nosadini Margherita, Hacohen Yael.
2. Classification & Management of Epilepsy Syndromes in Neonate, Infancy and Childhood
   Solomon L. Moshe, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Nicola Specchio.
3. Tourette syndrome in Asia
   Nomura Yoshiko, Wang Huei-Shyong, Marilyn H. Ortiz.
4. Medical Care and Support for Developmental Disorders in the ‘With-/Post-COVID-19’ Era: Approaches in Asia, USA, and Japan.
   Mariko Nakanishi, Subhashini Jayanath, Jariya Chuthapisith, Ermenilda L. Avendao, Hardiono D. Pusponegoro, Tomo Tarui.

International General Presentations Including 62 Abstracts

We are still facing a big challenge from the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the globe. In even such circumstances, we should maintain a high-level practice in child neurology for our patients and families. We ought to progress in research and continue scientific exchange and learn with each other.
Join in JSCN2022 between June 2 and 5, 2022, and warm up our international friendship with each other. Let’s move forward into the New Normal Era of Child Neurology under the theme of “NEW CREATION AND ITS HARMONY”.