This year our national conference will take place in Cork - with the Cork International Hotel hosting the annual event on Saturday, September 19th!
Our conference is a fantastic opportunity to hear from epilepsy experts and researchers on emerging developments - while also meeting other members of the epilepsy community from across Ireland.
Would you like to join us on the day? Tickets are available for €40 via the button below!
Please note these tickets are not profit-making and help support us with venue & other associated costs of the conference. Tickets also include a two-course meal and other refreshments during the day!
We look forward to welcoming you to our 2026 National Conference in Cork on September 19th!
Agenda
Please note that this agenda is currently draft and is subject to change. Exact timings for each speaker will be added soon. Registration will begin from 9:45am with the conference officially beginning at 10:25am. The conference will conclude at 5:00pm.
Confirmed speakers to date are as follows:
- Dr. Cian McCafferty, principal investigator at University College Cork will join us alongside PhD researcher Nora Murphy, to discuss their Epilepsy Ireland funded research project which is investigating the use of AI and EEG data to develop a seizure prediction tool!
- Epilepsy Advanced Nurse Practitioner Sandra Moloney from Cork University Hospital will be in attendance on the day, and share her insights and experience on the role of epilepsy nurses and how they can support people living with epilepsy
- Following a very well received special event earlier this year, Occupational therapist Mary Henessey from the Memory Technology Resource Room in Co. Kerry, will join us to discuss memory techniques which may be of assistance to people with epilepsy - something we know can be an unseen challenge with the condition
- In an input that will assess the past while looking to the future, Professor Norman Delanty - epileptologist at Beaumont Hospital and Principal Investigator at FutureNeuro - joining us to try and predict what epilepsy care might look like in Ireland in 2040!
- Dr. Cristina Ruedell Reschke - Senior Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences and funded investigator at FutureNeuro - will join us to discuss her ongoing work around circadian rhythms and the importance of sleep in epilepsy
- Highlighting the importance of sharing the lived experience of epilepsy at our conference, we will have a special input from local TD, Deputy Eoghan Kenny - who has become a vocal advocate for epilepsy awareness in the Dáil - speaking about his personal experience of life with epilepsy; while we will also be joined by local mother and Óglaigh na hÉireann Sergeant, Bernie Hart, speaking about her experience of being a mother to epilepsy warrior, Áine
- We will also have an update on the work of Epilepsy Ireland; present our Volunteer of the Year awards and have our community meet-up for all those in attendance, all of which have become fixtures of our National conference in recent years!
Will the event be livestreamed?
The event will not be livestreamed. However, recordings of the event will be made available after the event - in the same way as previous years. You can watch recordings of our National Conferences for each of the last five years via the 'Events & Seminars' section of our website.
Further Information
If you have any further questions regarding our conference, please email info@epilepsy.ie or call 01 455 7500. Alternatively, you can submit an enquiry through Contact Us form via the button below.