I would like to express my gratitude to all our members who have supported me as the president of the KCNS. Although we are going through a difficult period in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, I promise to do my best for the KCNS.

Next year will be the 30th anniversary of the KCNS, which started in 1993. This was only made possible through the dedication of all our members, including the previous presidents and committee members, who have achieved an outstanding development of the KCNS over the past decades. I believe that each member has many talents and experiences in academic and clinical fields. Though our society we have the power to communicate and cooperate with each other in an intimate environment. I promise to support the KCNS in maintaining our excellence and helping our members continue to interact worldwide.

For the next two years, I will operate the KCNS with the following principles.

First, I will indurate the foundation for holding the international conferences. We have had a difficult time due to COVID-19, which hindered the effort of the KCNS to expand globally. In the next few years, I will support the International Conference Invitation Committee to host international conferences such as the International Child Neurology Society (ICNC).

Second, I will empower the Planning Committee to be the main operating body of the KCNS. I encourage all members to submit new papers annually to SCIE and Annals of Child Neurology (ACN) under the name of the KCNS, led by the Planning Committee.

Third, I will open the position of chairman of the Industry-Academic Cooperation Committee. It is important to follow the trends of smart IT and in cooperate with them in the medical field. For that, it is essential to develop software or platforms to assist pediatric neurology patients and their parents. In particular, it will be useful in clinical fields such as headache, neurodevelopmental delay, or rare diseases. The Information and PR Committee will certainly play an active role for them.

Fourth, we will continue our endeavor to be our best to finally be listed in SCIE. It was a big step forward for “Annals of Child Neurology (ACN)” to be listed in SCOPUS through the dedication of all the committee members, including Joon Soo Lee, Sang Ook Nam, Soonak Kwon, and Jieun Choi.

Fifth, I will focus on reducing the generation gap between our members of KCNS. For that, I will play a pivotal role in the principle of electing an outstanding person who will contribute to the development of the KCNS as a president.

Myself included, all committee members will do our best for the prosperity of the KCNS as well as the advancement of the Korean pediatric neurology field. We look forward to your support and cooperation.

Thank you.