Committees

Planning committee

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Andrea Plaza González

Assistant / Marketing and Communication


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Annette Mund and Henriette Högl

PhD, Children´s Network Germany


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Christian Schaaf

Vice-President EACD/IAACD 2025


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Heike Himmelsbach

Assistant / Marketing and Communication


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Marco Götze

MD, Paediatric Orthopedic Surgeon


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Marco Konings

Management und communication, EACD


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Michaela Kienle

Assistant / Marketing and Communication


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Moritz Mall

PhD, Biologist, Neuroscientist


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Rainer Blank

President EACD/IAACD 2025


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Roslyn N. Boyd

Vice-President EACD/IAACD 2025


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Sabine Vinçon

MScOT, Occupational Therapist


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Steffen Syrbe

MD, Neuropaediatrician, Epileptologist


Scientific committee

Chairs

germany

Sebastian Schröder (Chair, local)

MD, Professor, Child Neurologist

Germany


germany

Gudrun Rappold (Co-Chair, local)

PhD, Professor, Molecular Genetics

Germany


Representative IAACD

australia

Roslyn N. Boyd (Co-Chair, IAACD)

PhD, Professor, Physiotherapist

Australia


Representative EACD

netherlands

Annemieke Buizer

MD, PhD, Professor of Paediatric Rehabilitation Medicine

Netherlands


Kenya

Amina Abubakar

PhD, Psychologist, Public Health

Kenya


france

Ana Presado

MD, Professor, Orthopedic Surgeon

France


usa

Andrew Gordon

PhD, Professor, Psychologist

United States of America


uganda

Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige

MD, Child Neurologist

Uganda


Belgium

Anja Van Campenhout

MD, PhD
Paediatric Orthopedics

Belgium


india

Asis Kumar Ghosh

MD, Paediatrician

India


netherlands

Bert Steenbergen

PhD, Professor, Human Movement Scientist

Netherlands


South Africa

Cilla Springer

Developmental paediatrician

South Africa


usa

Diane Damiano

PhD, Professor, Physiotherapist, Movement Scientist

United States of America


uk

Dido Green

PhD, Professor, Occupational Therapist

United Kingdom


brazil

Egmar Longo

PhD, Physiotherapist

Brazil


sweden

Elisabet Rodby Bousquet

PhD, Physiotherapist

Sweden


sweden

Eric Domeloff

PhD, Professor, Psychologist

Sweden


brazil

Guilherme Polanczyk

MD, Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Brazil


bangladesh

Gulam Khandaker

PhD, Paediatrician, Public Health

Bangladesh


norway

Guro Andersen

PhD, Professor, Paediatrician

Norway


china

Gourong Wei

PhD, Professor, Physiotherapist

China


china

Hu Hao Cougar

MD, Professor, Basic Scientist

China


canada

Jacob Vorstman

MD, Child Psychiatrist

Canada


netherlands

Jan-Willem Gorter

MD, PhD, Professor, Physiatrist

Netherlands


canada

Jill Zwicker

PhD, Occupational Therapist

Canada


poland

Katarzyna Swieczkowska

MA, Special Education, parent representative

Poland


australia

Kristie Bell

PhD, Dietician

Australia


uk

Lindsay Pennington

PhD, Senior Lecturer Speech and Language Therapist

United Kingdom


mexico

Maria Ibarra-Rodriguez

MD, Professor, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Mexico


usa

M. Wade Shrader

MD, Professor, Orthopedic Surgeon

United States of America


south_korea

Min Young Kim

MD, Scientist

South Korea


uk

Richard Hastings

PhD, Educational Psychologist

United Kingdom


france

Sylvain Brochard

MD, PhD, Professor, Rehabilitation and Physical medicine

France


india

Tapas Som Kumar

MD, Neonatologist

India


switzerland

Thomas Dreher

MD, Professor, Orthopedic Surgeon

Switzerland


germany

Tobias Banaschewski

MD, Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Germany


germany

Volker Mall

MD, Professor, Social Paediatrician

Germany


china

Xiaojie Li

MD, PhD, Basic Scientist

China


japan

Yukihiro Kitai

MD, Basic Scientist

Japan