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consequences of these pathologies president of the EBC, Dr. Mónica di Luca,
whose prevalence increases in parallel participated.
with the aging of the population. The
NEURO2020 event was promoted by Meetings of the European Brain Council.
the Reina Sofía Foundation and the The Council is renewed as an observer
Neurological Diseases Research Cen- member of the EBC at the virtual meeting
ter Foundation (CIEN Foundation) and held in June 2020. The Council attends all
was supported by the Carlos III Health the virtual meetings scheduled by the EBC
Institute and several ministries. This and the National Councils:
event was postponed due to the pan- General Assembly of the EBC (December
demic to 2022. 9, 2020) held by teleconference where
we presented our list of activities and the
• Parkinson's Congress. The Spanish
Parkinson's Federation organized the Care4Autism project. The Share4Brain
Parkinson's Congress "Reality of the project was also presented.
disease and future challenges", which EBC’s NBC Advocacy Meeting (December
was scheduled to be held in October 19, 2020), held via teleconference, with the
in Granada. This event was also cance- presence of its Chair. The National Councils
lled due to the health situation. requested that the EBC request a meeting
with the European Commissioners and
• World Brain Day. The Council partici-
pates in the re-broadcast of the activi- that the EBC was more involved with the
ties of 22 July 2020, this year dedicated National Councils. A list of the European
to raising awareness of Parkinson's parliamentarians to be contacted was also
disease. provided.
The Council was going to participate in
other events with associations and media 4. Endorsement
that had to be canceled due to the pande-
mic. The Board supports the candidacy of Lars
Edvinsson (Lundt University) for the BBVA
Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology
3. Attendance at meetings: and Biomedicine, for his work in migraine
and headaches. This endorsement is sig-
Share4Brain Project meetings. The project ned by all the relevant European societies
kick-off meeting was held in March 2020 in this field, including the SEN.
virtually. Several virtual meetings of the
project have been held throughout the
year. At the September meeting, a semi- 5. Outreach activities
nar on depression was held in which the
Website and social networks (Twitter).
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