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Committees

Executive committee

Chairs

Rainer Blank

Rainer Blank

President, Chair Medicine, Supporting Network Committee

Germany

Rainer Blank

Rainer Blank

President, Chair Medicine, Supporting Network Committee

Germany

Christian Schaaf

Christian Schaaf

Vice-President, Chair Media and Communication Committee, Awards

Germany

Christian Schaaf

Christian Schaaf

Vice-President, Chair Media and Communication Committee, Awards

Germany

Prof. Dr. Roslyn N. Boyd

Roslyn Boyd

Vice-President, IAACD

Australia

Prof. Dr. Roslyn N. Boyd

Roslyn Boyd

Vice-President, IAACD

Australia

Andrea Plaza-Gonzalez

Management and Communication

Germany

Cornelius Kininger

Co-Chair Finances and Partner Committee, PCO

Germany

Elodie Klevenz

Chair Finances and Partner Committee, PCO

Germany

Gudrun Rappold

Co-Chair Scientific Committee

Germany

Henriette Hoegl

Chair Family, User, Stakeholder Committee

Germany

Ila Eckhoff

Co-Chair Family, User, Stakeholder Committee

United States of America

Marco Konings

Management and Communication, EACD

Belgium

Michaela Kienle

Congress Program Secretary

Germany

Moritz Mall

Co-Chair Media and Communication Committee, Awards

Germany

Sabine Vincon

Chair Therapy, Supporting Network Committee

United Kingdom

Sebastian Schroeder

Chair Scientific Committee

Germany

Steffen Syrbe

Scholarships, Awards

Germany

Subcommittees

1. Scientific committee

Chairs

Ass. Prof. A. Sebastian Schroeder

Sebastian Schroeder (Chair, local)

Child Neurologist

Germany

Gudrun A. Rappold

Gudrun Rappold (Co-Chair, local)

Scientist in Molecular Genetics

Germany

Representative IAACD

Prof. Dr. Roslyn N. Boyd

Roslyn N. Boyd (Co-Chair, IAACD)

Physiotherapist

Australia

Representative EACD

Annemieke Buizer

Annemieke Buizer

Pediatrician in Rehabilitation Medicine

The Netherlands

Kenya

Amina Abubakar

Psychologist, Public Health

Kenya

usa

Andrew Gordon

Psychologist

United States of America

uganda

Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige

Child Neurologist

Uganda

Belgium

Anja Van Campenhout

Pediatric Orthopedist

Belgium

india

Asis Kumar Ghosh

Pediatrician

India

netherlands

Bert Steenbergen

Human Movement Scientist

The Netherlands

germany

Christian Schaaf

Human Geneticist

Germany

South Africa

Cilla Springer

Developmental Pediatrician

South Africa

china

Cougar Hu Hao

Scientist in Human Molecular Genetics

China

usa

Diane Damiano

Physical Therapist, Movement Scientist

United States of America

uk

Dido Green

Occupational Therapist

United Kingdom

brazil

Egmar Longo

Pediatric Physical Therapist

Brazil

sweden

Elisabet Rodby Bousquet

Physical Therapist

Sweden

sweden

Eric Domeloff

Psychologist

Sweden

china

Gourong Wei

Physical Therapist

China

brazil

Guillerme Polanczyk

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Brazil

australia

Gulam Khandaker

Pediatrician, Public Health, Epidemiology

Australia

norway

Guro Andersen

Pediatrician

Norway

canada

Jacob Vorstman

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Canada

netherlands

Jan-Willem Gorter

Physiatrist

The Netherlands

canada

Jill Zwicker

Occupational Therapist

Canada

poland

Katarzyna Swieczkowska

Special Education Teacher, Caregiver Representative

Poland

australia

Kristie Bell

Dietician

Australia

uk

Lindsay Pennington

Speech and Language Therapist

United Kingdom

usa

M Wade Shrader

Orthopedic Surgeon

United States of America

mexico

Maria Consuelo Ibarra-Rodriguez

Physical Therapist

Mexiko

south_korea

MinYoung Kim

Scientist, Stem Cell Biology

South Korea

germany

Rainer Blank

Pediatric Neurology, Social Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Germany

uk

Richard Hastings

Educational Psychologist

United Kingdom

france

Sylvain Brochard

Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine

France

india

Tapas Kumar Som

Pediatrician, Neonatologist

India

switzerland

Thomas Dreher

Orthopedic Surgeon

Switzerland

germany

Tobias Banaschewski

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Germany

germany

Volker Mall

Social Pediatrician, Child Neurologist

Germany

china

Xiaojie Li

Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Child Neurologist

China

japan

Yukihiro Kitai

Child Neurologist

Japan

2. Family, User and Stakeholder committee

Chairs

Henriette Hoegl

Henriette Hoegl (Chair)

Board member Childrens Network Germany

Germany

Ila Eckhoff

Ila Eckhoff (User)

Board chair CP - Foundation USA

United States of America

Deirdre Fitzgerald

Lecturer in General Nursing

Ireland

Gillian Saloojee

Chair South African ACD (SA-ACD)

South Africa

Harald Neerland

President Autism Europe

Norway

Jeanne Nicklas-Faust

Managing Director Lebenshilfe

Germany

John Coughlan

Chair International CP Society (ICPS)

Luxembourg

Katarzyna Swieczkowska

Vice-president PSONI, Member of the Scientific Committee

Poland

Myriam Bea

Managing Director ADHS Deutschland

Germany

Niek de Taeye

Partner & Head Of Data Strategy at Madison.Partners Bruges, Speaker EACD Family User Forum

Belgium

Rae Maertens

Knowledge Broker at Kids Brain Health Network and CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability

Canada

Tanja Zdolsek Draksler

Founder & President NGO IDefine Europe

Slovenia

Teresa Mano da Costa

Director CP Association Portugal – APCSM, EACD Family User Forum

Portugal

3. German Supporting Network

Chairs

Rainer Blank

Rainer Blank

President EACD/IAACD 2025

Germany

Sabine Vincon

Sabine Vincon

Chair Therapy

United Kingdom

Medical Societies

Berufsverband der Kinder- und Jugendärzte Deutschland e. V. (BVKJ)

Association of Paediatricians and Adolescent Doctors

Michael Hubmann

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Epileptologie e. V. (DGfE)

German Society for Epileptology

Thomas Bast

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humangenetik e. V. (GfH)

German Society for Human Genetics

Maja Hempel

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin e. V. (DGKJ)

German Society of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Gudrun Noleppa

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie e. V. (DGKJP)

German Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy

Marcel Romanos, Tanja Legenbauer

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozialpädiatrie und Jugendmedizin e. V. (DGSPJ)

German Society for Social Pediatrics

Juliane Spiegler, Stephan Floss

Gesellschaft für die Analyse menschlicher Motorik und ihre klinische Anwendung e. V. (GAMMA)

Society for the Analysis of Human Motor Function and its Clinical Application

Matthias Hoesl

Gesellschaft für Neuropädiatrie e. V. (GNP)

Society for Neuropaediatrics

Steffen Berweck

Netzwerk für Seltene Epilepsien (NETRE) in Verbindung mit Europäisches Netzwerk für neuronale RASopathien (EURAS) und DGfE

Network for Therapy in Rare Epilepsies

Gerhard Kluger

Vereinigung für Kinderorthopädie e. V. (VKO)

Association for Paediatric Orthopaedics

Thomas Dreher

Therapeutic Societies

Berufsverband Kinderkrankenpflege Deutschland (BeKD)

Paediatric Nursing Association of Germany

Bettina Beyer-Lichtblau

Bundesverband selbstständiger Physiotherapeuten IFK e. V. (IFK)

Federal Association of Independent Physiotherapists

Johanna Pleus

dbl – Deutscher Bundesverband für Logopädie e. V. (DBL)

German Federal Association for Speech Therapy

Annika Hecht

Deutscher Verband Ergotherapie e. V. (DVE)

German Association of Occupational Therapy

Sabine Vincon

Deutscher Verband für Physiotherapie e. V. (ZVK)

German Association for Physiotherapy

Frauke Mecher

ECA European Conductive Association (ECA)

German / European Conductive Association

Beate Hoeß-Zenker, Christina Zurhorst

Stakeholders

ADHS Deutschland e. V. (ADHS)

ADHD Germany

Myriam Bea

autismus Deutschland e. V. – Bundesverband zur Förderung von Menschen mit Autismus (Autismus)

Autism Germany, Federal Association for Autism

Maria Kaminski, Fabian Diekmann

Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe e. V. (Lebenshilfe)

National Association for Life Support

Jeanne Nicklas-Faust

Kindernetzwerk e. V. (Kindernetzwerk)

Children's Network

Henriette Hoegl

Landesverband für Menschen mit Körper- und Mehrfachbehinderung e. V. Baden-Württemberg (BVKM/LVKM)

National Association for Physical and Multiple Handicapped People

Jutta Pagel-Steidl

Nationales Zentrum für Frühe Hilfen e. V. (NZFH)

National Centre for Early Intervention

Mechthild Paul

rehaKIND – Internationale Fördergemeinschaft Kinder- und Jugendrehabilitation e. V. (RehaKIND)

Network for Child- and Adolescent Rehabilitation

Christiana Hennemann

Vereinigung für Interdisziplinäre Frühförderung - Bundesvereinigung e. V. (VIFF)

Association for Interdisciplinary Early Intervention - Federal Association

Liane Simon

4. Media and communication committee

Chair

Christian Schaaf

Christian Schaaf

Geneticist

Germany

Co-Chair

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Moritz Mall

Molecular Biologist

Germany

Representative IAACD

Elisabet Rodby Bousquet

Elisabeth Rodby Bousquet

Physiotherapist

Sweden

Representative EACD

Marco Konings

Marco Konings

Management and Communication, EACD

Belgium

5. Finances and partners committee

Chair

Elodie Klevenz

Elodie Klevenz (Chair)

Project Manager, PCO m:con

Germany

Co-Chair

Cornelius Kininger

Cornelius Kininger (Co-Chair)

Sales Coordiator, PCO m:con

Germany

Christina Hennemann

Managing Director RehaKIND

Germany

Rachel Byrne

Managing Director CP Foundation

United States of America

Partners

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