Dissemination Events

No.Name of Meeting/Event/talkDate
LocationNo. of
participants		Speakers
67 EREC IBE Committee meeting5-6
October
2019		Dublin, Ireland7Shirley
Maxwell
66IBE Youth Summit5-6
October
2019		Dublin, Ireland15Shirley
Maxwell
65Interview on Newline Radio Malta 93.7FM
23
september
2019		MaltaNationwideJane Mifsud
64EPIPICTO final multiplier event One TV news
14
September
2019
San Anton Palace MaltaNationwideAll
63EPIPICTO final multiplier event TVM 8pm news
14
September
2019		San Anton Palace MaltaNationwideAll
62EPIPICTO final multiplier event
Press release by Office of the President on Malta
Government Gazette
14
September
2019		San Anton Palace MaltaNationwideAll
61EPIPICTO final multiplier event President of Malta official
watch party on FB page
14
September
2019
San Anton Palace MaltaOver905
views		All
60President of Malta’s Engagements Sunday Times of Malta
8 September
2019		Times of MaltanationwideAll
59Presentation to German self-help organisations
7
September
2019		Nurnberg14Thomas
Porschen
58Discussed at African Epilepsy Congress 22 August 2019Entebbe,
Uganda		250Micheal Alexa
57Presentation to REACH Isers (BME Support Group) 20
August
2019		Glasgow,
Scotland		15Barbra Jones,
Epilepsy
Connections
56Epilepsy Connections AGN 18
August
2019		Glasgow,
Scotland		40Shirley
Maxwell
55Dissemination event at Esplora Interactive Science Centre Malta
13
August
2019		Esplora Malta 300
visitors		Janet Mifsud
Frank Portelli
54Poster Presentation, International Epileptiology
Conference
22
June
2019 		Bangkok, Thailand2000Janet Mifsud,
Michael Alexa.
Jeanette Menia
53Presentation at Austrian Association General Assembly30
May
2019 		Vienna, Austria300Micheal Alexa
52Meeting with HE Dr George Vella, President of Malta30
May
2019 		The Palace, Valletta,
Malta		10Janet Mifsud
Frank Portelli
Manuel
Camilleri
Robin Pinkston
Noel Mercieca
51Training to new Police recruits in Malta Police Academy

23 and 29
May
2019		 Ta Kandja Malta75Janet Mifsud
Frank Portelli
Manuel
Camilleri
Matthew
Attard
50Epilepsie in Bildern Entwicklung eines Bildleitfadens für
Erwachsene mit Epilepsie mit Leseschwierigkeiten
Presentation at German, Austria and Swiss ILAE Congress
11
May
2019		Basel, Switzerland300 hcps and
persons with
epilepsy		Thomas
Porschen and
Michael Alexa
49Presentation at the 6th International Residential Course in Drug Resistant Epilepsy
10
May
2019		Tagliacozzo, Italy50 trainee
neurologists,
neurosurgeons
and neurophysiolog
ists		Janet Mifsud
48Resource issued to Epilepsy Connections staff team for
review/feedback
1
May
2019		Glasgow, Scotland12Shirley
Maxwell
47Epilepsy Connections’ People’s Forum Meeting 21
April
2019		Glasgow, Scotland13Shirley
Maxwell
46Interview with Michael Alexa on Konen Zeitung” – the
largest newspaper in Austria with 3 million readers each
day.
April
2019		Austria3 milionMichael Alexa
45TV programme Cittadini Attivi, F Living9 April 2019Malta Robin
Pinkston, Frank
Portellu
44Dissemination to German volunteers working with
persons with epilepsy
27 March 2019Koln, GermanyAll
43Training for teachers, LSEs and other staff members, St
Thomas More College
25
March
2019		Marsasxlokk, Malta 50+Caroline
Attard, Robin
Pinkston
42Training for Staff, INSPIRE organisation 13
March
2019		Malta50+Janet Mifsud,
Frank Portelli,
Caroline Attard, Robin
Pinkston
41Training for careworkers, Fleur de Lys Sapport Centre 1
March
2019		Malta50+Janet Mifsud,
Frank Portelli
40Social Media Posts (Twitter Facebook) for International Epilepsy DayFebruary
2019		worldwide 500+Frey OBrien,
Shirley
Maxwell
39Article in The National Scottish Newspaper BE
16
February
2019		UK National10 KFrey OBrien,
Shirley
Maxwell
38Training for Sapport workers at Day Centre 15
February 2019		Bahar ic-caghaq, Malta20Janet Mifsud
Manuel
Camilleri Noel
Mercieca
37Training for Sapport workers at Day Centre 8
February
2019		Swatar, Malta25Janet Mifsud
Robin Pinkston
Noel Mercieca
36Interview on Dwarna TV programme on TVM2
7
February
2019		Malta Wide TV
audience		Frank Portelli,
Robin
Pinkston,
Matthew
Attard
35Interview on MIRJA TV Programme on NETTV
4
February
2019		MaltaWide TV
audience		Frank Portelli,
Robin
Pinkston,
Matthew
Attard
34Voluntary Organisations – Disability week stand
5
December
2018		 Valletta Malta50Frank Portelli,
Robin Pinkston
33IV year Medical Students, University of Malta
3
December
2018		 Mater Dei Hospital
Malta		100Janet Mifsud
32EUPA fair and dissemination event about Erasmus+
projects
28
November
2018		Bugibba Malta50Frank Portelli,
Manuel
Camilleri
312nd Aachen Expert Forum
10
November
2018		Aachen Germany105Thomas
Porschen
30Bachelor of pharmacy students
9
November
2018		Msida Malta30Janet Mifsud
29Central Agency for Asylum Seekers
6
November
2018		The Hague, Netherlands10Caroline
Morton
28RTK Radio Interview
31
October
2018		Malta10k listenersFrank Portelli,
Matthew
Attard
27Masters of Psychology students
31
October
2018		Msida, Malta20Janet Mifsud
26EFNA course
14-15
October
2018		Bucharest, Romania50Michael Alexa
25D-A-CH congress
11-13
October
2018		 St.
Wolfgang (Wolfgangsee)
Austria		90 neurologistsThomas
Proschen
24Patient groups
15
October
2018		Nuremberg, Germany20Thomas
Proschen
23Board of the Interessenvereinigung fuer Anfallskranke in Koeln e.V. the German presentation from Vienna
4
September
2018		Koln, Germany10Thomas
Porschen
22Poster and Social Forum Sessions inEnglish and German during 13th European Epileptiology Congress
26-30
August
2018		Vienna, Austria2500
HCPs and
persons with
epilepsy		All
21Presentation at Malta Police Academy
1
August
2018		Ta Kandja Malta80 police
recruits		 Frank Portelli,
Manuel
Camilleri,
Claudine
Aitkens
20AEOC meeting Epilepsy and Society meeting
28 June –
1 July
2018		Bali, Indonesia100Michael Alexa
19German meeting
10-13
june
2018		Berlin, Germany70Michael Alexa
18German epilepsy league conference with patient
information exhibition on all days and EPIPICTO
information at the booth of the Cologne organizations.

13 -16
June
2018		Fürth, Germany500 Thomas
Proschen
17Training course to staff at Sapport Services, Sta Venera, Malta

19
June
2018		Marscala, Malta20 staff –
carers and
nurses		 Janet Mifsud
Frank Portelli
16Training course to staff at SVPR hospital Sapport Services, Marsascala, Malta
17
June
2018		Marsascala, Malta20 staff –
carers and
nurses		 Janet Mifsud
Frank Portelli
15Training course to staff at SVPR hospital for elderly, Malta
13
June
2018		Luqa, Malta40 staff –
carers and
nurses		Janet Mifsud
Frank Portelli
14Training course to staff at SVPR hospital for elderly, Malta

8
June
2018		Luqa, Malta40 staff –
carers and
nurses		 Janet Mifsud
Frank Portelli
13Mentioned during EpiXchange conference
23
May
2018		Brussels, Belgium 180
participants –
basic and
clinical epilepsy
researchers
across Europe		Janet Mifsud
12International Conference Novel Routes for the Analysis of
Epilepsy organized by the European Training Networks
ECMED and EU-GliaPhD
2
May
2018 		Valletta Malta100 PhD
students in
Epilepsy		Janet Mifsud
and CMEA
members
11Press release, Epifocus
April
2018		IBE European Newsletter, 60 Chapters60 organisationsAll
10Social Media posts (Twitter, Facebook)
15 – 16
March
2018		Worldwide400 Twitter
followers; 2000
Facebook
followers		Shirley
Maxwell
09National Epilepsy Conference 10

March 2018100 including
President of Malta		100 000
persons on all
main radio and
TV stations		Frank Portelli,
Janet Mifsud
and CMEA
members
08Mentioned on TV and Radio as part of International
Epilepsy Day press 		12 February
2018
Maltaradio and TV
listeners on national
radio
5000 		Janet Mifsud
and CMEA
members
07Mentioned during International Epilepsy Day event in European Parliament 31
January
2018		Brussels, Belgium20Caroline
Morton, Janet
Mifsud
06Talk to early stage researchers as part of twinning project
synanet
17
January
2018		Lisbon80Janet Mifsud
05Talk to volunteersJanuary
2018		Scotland12Shirley Maxwell
04Press release in English German and MalteseDecember
2017		Malta, Austria, Germany, Scotland website over 20 media outlets in Malta alone5000All
03Press release epilepsy newsDecember
2017		World wide1000All
02Press release EpifocusDecember
2017		Europe wide IBE, 60
chapters
60All
01Staff Meeting, Epilepsy Connections 29
November
2017		Glasgow, Scotland10Shirley Maxwell