Conference 2022 · Sydney

Genetic Epilepsy Team Australia’s 2022 Genetic Epilepsy Conference

Join us for our 2022 meeting on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May. Participating in the conference is a great opportunity for families, researchers and clinicians to hear the latest research in to genetic epilepsy and developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs).

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Portrait of Kris Pierce

Kris Pierce

Kris Pierce is a rare disease advocate and mother to Will who has SCN2A. Kris has held a range of board, project management, advocate and consumer representative roles and has been instrumental in working with local, state and federal governments to secure funding for multi-million dollar projects. Kris is highly skilled in building teams to work together collaboratively and is a co-founder of Genetic Epilepsy Team Australia (GETA) and SCN2A Australia, and a RARE Global Advocacy Leadership Council (https://globalgenes.org/rare-gal/) member.

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Epilepsy Foundation – current programs in genetic epilepsy

Cheryl McCormack & Kris Pierce

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Panel discussion

Danielle Williams (Facilitator), Kris Pierce, A Prof Jenny Downs, Dr Emma Palmer, Amy Schneider