HECON 2026

Himalayan International Epilepsy Conference

"NEURONS TO NETWORK" IN MANAGEMENT OF EPILEPSY"

Date : September 18-19, 2026     Location: Radission Hotel, Kathmandu – Nepal      Register Now

List of Faculties

Dr. A R Sitnikov

Federal Centre of Neurosurgery - Russia

Dr Aditya Gupta

Artemis Hospital, Guragaon - India

Dr. Akio Ikeda

Kyoto University - Japan

Dr. Arthur Cukiert

Clinic of São Paulo - Brazil

Dr. Bertil Rydenhag

University of Gothenburg - Sweden

Dr. Fedor Panov

Functional & Epilepsy Surgeon, Mt. Sinai - USA

Dr. Igor Trifonov

Russian University of Medicine - Russia

Dr. Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez

University of Pittsburgh - USA

Dr. Josef Parvizi

Epileptologist, Stanford University, USA

Organizing Committee

President: Dr. Basant Pant
Organizing Secretary : Dr. Pravesh Rajbhandari
Finance Co-Ordinator : Dr. Gopal Sedain
Committee Chair:
Dr. Amit Thapa
Dr. Rajiv Jha
Dr. Raju Paudel
Dr. Riju Dahal

Committee Members

Dr Sudan Dhakal
Dr Resha Shrestha
Dr Avinash Chandra
Dr Pritam Gurung
Dr Aashish Dhakal
Dr Saroj Ojha
Dr Sreejana Shrestha
Dr Reecha Amatya
Dr Bikram Gajurel
Dr Baburam Paudel
Dr Lekh Jung Thapa
Dr Sharad H Gajurel
Dr. Saurav Jha
Mr Jun Pant

Conference secretary

Ms. Medhawee Nepal
WhatsApp: 9801203457
hecon2026@gmail.com

Dr. Kheng-Seang

ILAE President- Asia & Ocenia - Malaysia

Dr. K P Vinayan

Secretary General, ILAE Asia- Oceania & Secretary General, Indian Epilepsy Society

Dr Lara Marcuse

Epileptologist, Mt. Sinai - USA

Dr. Malla Bhaskara Rao

President, Indian Epilepsy Society Member, ILAE Surgery Task Force

Dr. Man Mohan Mehndiratta

Mehndi Institute of Neurological Sciences - India

Dr. Manjul Tripathi

President, Indian Epilepsy Society Member, ILAE Surgery Task Force

Dr. Ravi Verma

Aster Hospital - India

Dr. Sarat P Chandra

AIIMS, New Delhi - India

Dr Saadi Ghatan

Pediatric & Epilepsy Surgeon Mt. Sinai USA

Dr. William Gaillard

George Washington University, Children’s National Hospital - USA

Registration Fees

S.N. Delegates Amount
1 International $300
  Spouse $150
2 National $100
3 SAARC Country $150
4 Spouse $100
5 Resident / Medical Officer / Paramedics $75

Call for Abstract

The Nepal Epilepsy Society (NES), in collaboration with the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), announces HECON 2026, its biennial international meeting. Selected abstracts will be presented as oral sessions or ePosters at the meeting in Kathmandu, with ePosters also available online.

Abstracts are invited across basic, translational, clinical, and public health aspects of epilepsy, including diagnostics, treatments, surgery, genetics, neuroimaging, epidemiology, and case studies.