ILAE and IBE Announce Awards at The 27th International Epilepsy Congress
In a moving opening ceremony, ILAE President Peter Wolf and IBE President Susanne Lund presented a number of awards on behalf of the League and the Bureau.

Young Investigator Awards are reserved for delegates under the age of 35 who submitted an abstract which was considered of excellent quality and who required funding in order to present their work at the Congress.

The Award was open to basic scientists, neurologists, neurophysiologists, physicians, biologists, nurses, sociologists and psychologists working in universities, hospitals or specialised epilepsy services. Applicants were required to submit an abstract, which was evaluated by the Scientific Advisory Committee.

• Radwa Badawy
• Silvia Balosso
• Sunita Dergalust
• Jacobus Jansen
• Anna Keleman
• Irina Kharatishvili
• Prabha Siddarth
• Clarrissa Yasuda

Michael Prize, presented every two year by Stiftung Michael from Germany, this award is for outstanding epilepsy research performed by young investigators (under the age of 45).

The Michael Prize 2007 was awarded to Alon Friedman from Ben Gurion University in Beersheba, Israel and Christophe Bernard from the University of the Mediterranean in Marseille, France during the Opening Ceremony of the 27th International Epilepsy Congress in Singapore.

Morris-Coole Prize, is a new annual ILAE award that is given in recognition of an outstanding research paper published in Epilepsia the previous year on any field of epilepsy research, either clinical or basic. Papers are nominated to the selection committee by the associate editors of Epilepsia. The prize was established to stimulate excellence in epilepsy research as well as rewarding young researchers for outstanding contirbutions to the field.

The inaugural Morris-Coole Prize was awarded to Dr. Zita Gubja during the 2007 International Epilepsy Congress in Singapore.  (Epilepsia, 47:1009-1022, 2006)

Ambassador Awards are presented in recognition of outstanding international contributions to the cause of epilepsy. These activities have either been performed at an international level or have had international impact.

Twelve people were presented with this honour during the Opening Ceremony of the 27th International Epilepsy Congress in Singapore. The award consists of an 'Ambassador for Epilepsy' pin and is intended to reflect peer recognition of individual contributions to the international cause of epilepsy.

AMBASSADOR FOR EPILEPSY AWARDS 2007

• Eva Andermann, Canada
• Alexis Arzimanoglou, France
• Helen Cross, UK
• Yukio Fukuyama, Japan
• Pierre Genton, France
• Gregory Holmes, USA
• Reetta Kälviänen, Finland
• Shih Hui Lim, Singapore
• Fernando H. Lopez da Silva, Netherlands
• MM Mehndiratta, India
• Tomás Mesa, Chile
• Paolo Tinuper, Italy

Social Accomplishment Award is given every two years, one person who has accomplished outstanding activities aimed at the social benefit of people with epilepsy, is recognised by the International Bureau for Epilepsy and the International League Against Epilepsy.

John G. Kirker of Ireland, was awarded this honour during the Opening Ceremony of the 27th International Epilepsy Congress in Singapore.