WFN Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Council of Delegates Meeting 2025

The 2025 Annual General Meeting of the World Federation of Neurology and Council of Delegates will place in October 2025 as a hybrid meeting during the WCN 2025 ⧉ in Seoul, Korea.

2025 WFN Elections

WFN Member Societies have been invited to nominate candidates for the positions of: 

1. President of the WFN (2026-2029)
2. First vice president of the WFN (2026-2029)
3. Elected WFN Trustee (2025-2027)
   
   

All applications can only be made electronically and must be sent to: elections@wfneurology.org and nominees can only apply for one position.

A nominee must be a member of an eligible WFN member society in good standing, should have a national and international reputation, have made contributions to regional and global neurology, and be committed to the WFN and have no conflict of interest with other societies.

The Nominating Committee will consider all applicants for their suitability for the positions. Gender and geography are considered. The current elected trustees are from 3 regions of the six WFN regions and it is expected to have the participation from as many regions as possible.

A WFN Member Society must submit the name(s) of the candidate(s), together with a statement signed by the candidate of confirmation of his/her willingness to stand for election, provide a brief Curriculum Vitae (a single typewritten page) and letter of support from the Member Society. The deadline for nominations was Friday 14th February 2025.

Following the nominations deadline, the Nominating Committee concluded their deliberations and the following candidates have been selected to be put forward for this year’s elections.

Nominations are still possible: 

• To nominate another individual—who must be a member of a WFN member society—the nominee must obtain the supporting signatures of five or more authorised WFN delegates, together with a CV and a letter of agreement to stand.
• This must be submitted to the Secretary General c/o the WFN headquarters at elections@wfneurology.org no later than 30 days prior to the start of electronic voting. The deadline for additional nominations is 1st August, 2025.

2024 WFN Elections

The result of the WFN 2024 Election was announced at the COD meeting. The WFN would like to thank all the candidates ⧉ who stood for election and for their continued commitment to the WFN. We also want to thank all other applicants for their interest in the WFN.

2024 WFN Election Result for Elected Trustee

3-year term to take office immediately: Prof. Tissa Wijeratne OAM MD PhD FRACP FRCP