Cordial Welcome !

It is my special privilege and great honor to address my warmest welcome greetings to all colleagues in the globe who are willing to participate in the forthcoming International Symposium on Neonatal Seizures and Related Conditions (ISNS), Tokyo, Japan, April 12-14, 2013.

My heart is full with emotion when I extend this invitation to you. On March 11, 2011, an overwhelming Megaquake and tsunami attacked northeastern Japan claiming the confirmed death of about 16,000 people. Subsequent nuclear plant crackdown in Fukushima threatened to fatally destroy overall health and peace of the residents. Under these circumstances, we were forced to cancel the ISNS which had been scheduled to be held on April 9-10, 2011.

A year later, however, Japan achieved a miraculous recovery. We are going to reborn as a new humane society. And, it is our great proud and pleasure to organize the ISNS in a replenished form again in April 2013. As you would acknowledge, neonatal seizures are one of the utmost important subjects in child neurology. We will present an attractive program consisting from a comprehensive review of recent advances in research and CME dealing with essential basics on neonatal seizures.

We sincerely hope that you will be able to attend ISNS 2013 in Tokyo, next April, and to enrich your professional knowledge significantly. Looking forward to welcoming you personally to Tokyo,

Yukio Fukuyama, MD, PhD
Emeritus Chairperson, Infantile Seizure Society
Honorary President, Asian & Oceanian
Child neurology Association

Dear friends,

It is my great honor and pleasure to deliver this heartfelt welcome to all colleagues worldwide wishing to participate in the forthcoming International Symposium on Neonatal Seizures and Related Conditions (ISNS), in Tokyo, Japan, April 12-14, 2013. Unfortunately, we had to postpone the ISNS, which was originally to have been held on April 9-10, 2011due to the extremely large earthquake and tsunami which devastated the eastern part of Japan last year. 

One year and 7 months has passed since that extraorindarny event and we are now undergoing a rebirth as a new and more humane society, showing a response like the plasticity of infancy. It is thus our great pride and pleasure to again organize the ISNS in a renewed form in April 2013.

Thanks to the participation of the international experts contributing to discussions of the advances on a number of important issues, covering topics ranging from a comprehensive review of recent advances in research and CME to the essential basics of neonatal seizures  As you know, neonatal seizures are one of the most important subjects in child neurology.

We sincerely hope that you will be able attend this much-anticipated ISNS 2013 in Tokyo, next April, and to thereby significantly enrich your professional knowledge.

Your attendance itself, like a growth factor, will aid in our recover from the disaster. Please join us!!


Makiko Osawa, MD, PhD
Chairperson Infantile Seizure Society,
The previous president of the Japan Society of Child Neurology,
Board member of the Japan Epilepsy Society,
Vice president of Tokyo Women’s Medical University,
Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Pediatrics,
School of Medicine,
Tokyo Women’s Medical University

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of Organizing Committee, I am very pleased to invite you to the 15th Annual Meeting of the Infantile Seizure Society and The International Symposium on Neonatal Seizures and Related Conditions (ISNS) which will be held in Tokyo, Japan, April 12-14, 2013.
I was supposed to chair 14th ISNS in last April, however, we postponed the meeting due to the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11th last year and nuclear accident after conducting internet survey whether to hold ISNS in Japan or not.
The Great East Japan Earthquake claimed lives of 16,000 people and still 3,000 people are missing. About 6,000 people were injured and total 25,000 people suffered from the disaster. I sincerely pray for the all victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. It is well known that there are a number of causes for NS and that we often come across subclinical seizures that do not necessarily involve clinical symptoms. Therefore it is critical for us to make a quick and precise diagnosis as well as to start an early treatment of primary diseases.
In this Symposium we would like to focus as electrophysiological diagnosis (EEG, aEEG) which is crucial for the diagnosis of NS. In addition, we would also like to touch on Genetics, Diagnostic neuro-imaging (MRI), Treatment, Prognosis, Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (EIEE), Hypoxia ischemia and seizures as well as NS-related diseases.
Tokyo, as the capital of Japan, has a history of four hundred years with a variety of traditions and cultures that have been lasting since the Edo era. Now it has been widely recognized as one of the most exciting and modern cities, as a result of its remarkable economic growth and cultural progress. You might imagine Tokyo as a kind of ‘concrete jungle’ with office buildings and skyscrapers lined in a row. On the contrary, we have as many as two hundred seventy-seven splendid parks and gardens where you can fully enjoy nature. We encourage you all to visit Tokyo once to experience all three elements simultaneously, traditions, modern aspects of cities, and nature.
We kindly look forward to seeing many of you to Tokyo in April 2013.

Shinichi Niijima, MD, PhD
President, International Symposium on Neonatal
Seizures and Related Disorders Department of
Pediatrics, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital,
Tokyo, Japan