The Lifetime Achievement Award is given only on special occasions to honor truly exceptional
persons who have dedicated their entire lives to people with epilepsy, and who have made continuing, outstanding
contributions to the field.

ILAE and IBE Announce Awards at The 23rd International Epilepsy Congress
In a moving opening ceremony, ILAE President Giuliano Avanzini and IBE President Philip Lee presented a number of awards on behalf of the League and the Bureau.

Young Investigator Awards are made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Glaxo Wellcome and reflect meritorious research as judged by the Scientific Advisory Committee from among abstracts submitted for the Congress. They were presented to:

• J. Alvarez-Carriles, USA
• C. Apaydin Kaya, Turkey
• S. Appenzeller, Brazil
• C. Barba, Italy 
• A. Becker, Germany 
• L. Bonhila, Brazil
• P. Cossette, Canada
• T. Daisuke, Japan
• K. Deblaere, Belgium 
• G. d'Orsi, Italy 
• L. Faria, Brazil
• E. Gardella, Italy 
• P. George, India
• B. Giagante, Argentina
• S. Jamali, France 
• N. Louhab, Morocco
• J. Mallows, UK
• R. Meneses, Portugal 
• J. Morales Corrazon, Spain
• V. Morgan, USA
• Y. Nagai, UK
• EB. Ngoungou, France 
• M. Osipova, Georgia
• A. Pandit, India
• S. Pereira, France 
• T. Pisano, Italy 
• K. Reid, UK
• J. Silva Jr, Brazil
• S. Somayajula, India
• A. Sow, Senegal
• M. Tan, Philippines
• E. Tolmacheva, Russia 
• P. Vitali, Italy 
• G. Xu, China

The Michael Prize, which recognizes young epileptologists who have a record of outstanding research in epilepsy, was given to Frau Prof. Dr. H. Potschka, (Germany), Dr. J. Janszky, Pecs (Hungary).

Ambassador Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the international fight against epilepsy. They were awarded to:

• Dr Athanasios Covanis, Greece
• Dr Zenebe Gedlie Damtie, Ethiopia
• Prof Dragoslav Ercegovac, Yugoslavia
• Mr Mike Glynn, Ireland
• Dr Renzo Guerrini, Italy
• Dr Marshal Mo-Song Hsi, Taiwan
• Dr Vladimír Komárek, Czech Republic
• Dr Günter Krämer, Switzerland
• Mrs Susanne Lund, Sweden
• Prof Jeffrey Noebels, USA
• Prof Claude Wasterlain, USA

The Social Accomplishment Award is given to an individual who has contributed in outstanding ways to the social benefit of people with epilepsy. This year's recipient was Dr Chi-Wan Lai of Taiwan.