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2008 Cape Town, South Africa

We are honoured to have had the opportunity to host the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society in Cape Town from 12-16 October 2008. This was the first ever annual meeting to be held in Sub-Saharan Africa and was attended by over 400 neurosurgeons from 54 countries. The meeting was organized by a small committee … Read more

2009 Los Angeles, USA Annual Meeting

The meeting was held in Pasadena, a suburb of Los Angeles, at the beautiful Langham Huntington Hotel. There were a total of 316 attendees from 34 different countries. The prevailing world financial difficulties reduced the number in attendance to some degree. With the leadership of John Kestle, Chairman of the Scientific Committee, an excellent program … Read more

2010 Jeju Island, Korea Annual Meeting

The 38th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery was held from October 30 to November 4, 2010 in Jeju Island, the famous tourist attraction in Korea. As a chairman of the ISPN 2010 meeting, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my sincere appreciation to 427 participants from 36 countries. … Read more

2011 Goa, India Annual Meeting

39th Annual meeting  of the International society for Pediatric Neurosurgery was conducted at the Hotel Grand Hyatt, Goa, India  from the 16th to 20th of October 2011 under the leadership of Paul Steinbok as the ISPN President and Chandrashekhar Deopujari as the Meeting Chairman. The meeting was attended by 475 delegates.   There were 290 international … Read more

2012 Sydney, Australia Annual Meeting

It was a great privilege and honour to host the 40th Anniversary of the ISPN in my home town of Sydney, Australia. The meeting was well attended with 313 registered participants, 83 accompanying persons and 75 registered trade representatives. 51 countries were represented and many were from developing nations. The Pre-meeting Course on “Surgical Approaches to the Brainstem” was well received by … Read more

2013 Mainz, Germany Annual Meeting

It was a great privilege, honour and joy to host the 41st Annual Meeting of the ISPN in Mainz, Germany, from September 29 to October 3, 2013. Almost 40 years after Würzburg 1976, this was the second ISPN congress in Germany, attended by nearly 550 participants from 46 countries. The main scientific topic was “Outcome … Read more

2014 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Annual Meeting

It was my great pleasure and honor to be the host of the 42nd ISPN Meeting in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. This was the second ISPN Meeting held in Brazil, 37 years after Gurujá, São Paulo. There were 413 registered participants and 100 were from Brazil. Forty-five countries were represented. The local Organizing Committee was … Read more

2015 Izmir, Turkey Annual Meeting

It was a great honour and pleasure to host the 43rd Annual Meeting of the ISPN in Izmir, Turkey, between October 3-8, 2015. Even it was an unfortunate occasion that caused me to become the chair of an ISPN Annual Meeting, after 15 years from the Istanbul 2000 Annual Meeting, it was a wonderful and … Read more

2016 Kobe, Japan Annual Meeting

Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is our great pleasure to announce the 44th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN), which will be held in KOBE on October 23-27, 2016. This is the third occasion for the Japanese Society for pediatric Neurosurgery (JSPN) to host this important meeting in Japan. The first … Read more

45th Annual Meeting, Denver, USA – ISPN 2017

It is our great pleasure to announce the 45th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN), which will be held in Denver, USA on October 8-12, 2017. We live in an exciting time for neurosurgery, with tremendous strides coming in the technologies we apply in our practices and in our abilities to … Read more

ISPN 2020 Virtual Meeting: Cutting-edge Science in Pediatric Neurosurgery

lease join us for the premier meeting of the international community of pediatric neurosurgeons in 2020. There have been many online webinars, courses, and round tables from various sources this year, but this is the main event in the 2020 calendar, so don’t miss out! If there is one paediatric neurosurgery event you want to … Read more

ISPN 2021 Virtual meeting

Save the date for the ISPN 2021 virtual meeting! Despite positive news from vaccination strategies, it is unfortunately clear that the Covid-19 pandemic is not over. Therefore the ISPN Executive Board had to again take a decision of postponing the 48th ISPN Annual Meeting for the health and safety of our members, participants, supporters, and … Read more

51st Annual Meeting of the ISPN – ISPN 2025 Lyon

The 51st Annual Meeting of the ISPN – ISPN 2025 – will be held in Lyon, France from 26–30 October 2025. Abstract submission is now open! Abstract submission deadline: 20 May 2025 Submit your abstract and join us in Lyon >  

50th Annual Meeting of the ISPN – ISPN 2024 Toronto

The ISPN 50th Annual Meeting will be held in Toronto, Canada from 13-17 October 2024. Co-chairs: James M. Drake & Abhaya V. Kulkarni Dear Friends & Colleagues, We are so pleased to invite you to the 50th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery in Toronto, Canada, October 13-17, 2024. The occasion of … Read more

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