ISPN Global Neurosurgical Calendar - 2024
Date Event Acronym Destination
January
21-26 Jan Annual Meeting American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons ASPN Maui, USA
26 Jan ISPN Young doctors education course – Epilepsy ISPN Zoom
31 Jan-4 Feb 9th Emirates International Neurosurgical Conference EINS Dubai, UAE
February
10 Feb CHINESE NEW YEAR
12-16 Feb
IFNE-JSNE-GLEN-NESI-CSNE Hands-on Workshop on Cerebral, Ventricular
and skull base Neuroendoscopy IFNE Naples, Italy
21-24 Feb
Spine Summit - Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of
the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Las Vegas, USA
23 Feb ISPN Young doctors education course – Chiari I malformations ISPN Zoom
23-26 Feb 1st WFNS International Global Neurosurgery Conference WFNS Peshawar, Pakistan
26-28 Feb AASNS Course (adults) AASNS Bhubaneswar, India
28 Feb ISPN Nurses Education Course – Hydrocephalus ISPN Zoom
29 Feb-2 Mar Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery INDSPNCON Shillong, India
March
22 Mar ISPN Young doctors education course – Pediatric spinal trauma ISPN Zoom
23-28 Mar Astana pediatric surgery masterclass
24-27 Mar Educational Course of AASPN AASPN Mumbai, India
25-28 Mar Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery Global Neurosurgery Course Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
27-29 Mar Annual Congress of the French Society of Neurosurgery (SFNC) SFNC Marseille, France
28-31 Mar 10th Anniversary Conference of Neuroendoscopy Society India NESICON Mumbai, India
31 Mar-1 Apr EASTER
April
11 Mar-10 Apr RAMADAN
8-13 Apr Latin American Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery LACPN Buenos Aires, Argentina
10-13 Apr International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST) SRS San Diego, USA
13-18 Apr American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting AAN Denver, USA
18-20 Apr Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research Annual Meeting JSSR Kanagawa, Japan
22-30 Apr JEWISH PASSOVER
26 Apr ISPN Young doctors education course – Fetal Surgery Update ISPN Zoom
26-28 Apr International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery Annual Meeting ISASS Miami, USA
May
3-6 May Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons AANS Chicago, USA
9-12 May Annual Meeting of the Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons JCNS Nagoya, Japan
May
10 May Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery KSPN Seoul, South Korea
16-17 May ISPN Education Course 2024 Ethiopia ISPN Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
15-17 May
8th Congress of International Society on Minimally Invasive Techniques in
Neurosurgery ISMINS Pheonix, Arizona
15-18 May Global Spine Congress GSC Bangkok, Thailand
18-20 May Society of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting New York, USA
22 May ISPN Nurses Education Course – Oncology ISPN Zoom
20-23 May American Spinal Injury Association ASIA San Juan, Puerto Rico
20-25 May
European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - Annual Postgraduate Course
in Pediatric Neurosurgery (12th Cycle- 3rd year) ESPN Sibiu, Romania
20-25 May Congress of the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation CNSF Toronto, Canada
N/A Quadrennial Meeting of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies WFNOS N/A
27-31 May
Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar
Spine ISSLS Milan, Italy
30 May ISPN Education Course 2024 Brazil ISPN
Uberaba, Minas Gerais,
Brazil
31 May ISPN Young doctors education course – Oncology I ISPN Zoom
30 May-1 June
Educational Course of AASPN 2024 (17th Asian-Australasian Advanced
Course in Paediatric Neurosurgery) AASPN Mumbai, India
30 May-2 June Academia Brasileira de Neurocirurgia with ISPN course ABN/ISPN Uberaba, Brazil
June
4-7 Jun 1st Congress of Yaşargil Microneurosurgery Academy Istanbul, Turkey
6-9 Jun
28th Annual Scientific Meeting of Indonesian Neurosurgical Society (INS)
in conjunction with 16th Asian-Oceanian International Congress on Skull Base
Surgery (AOICSBS) and
3rd Asian Congress of Neurosurgical Nurses Banten, Indonesia
7-8 Jun Japan Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery Annual Meeting JSPN Toyama, Japan
9-12 Jun National Neurotrauma Society Symposium NNS San Francisco, USA
14-16 Jun Asia Pacific Spine Society Annual Meeting APSS Hong Kong
23-25 Jun ISPN Education Course 2024 Armenia ISPN Yerevan, Armenia
23-26 Jun Neurosurgical Society of America Annual Meeting NSA Lisbon, Portugal
26-29 Jun Annual Congress of the French Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery Nancy, France
28 Jun ISPN Young doctors education course – Trauma-Cranial ISPN Zoom
28 Jun-2 Jul 21st International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology ISPNO Philadelphia, USA
29 Jun-2 Jul Congress of the European Academy of Neurology EAN Helsinki, Finland
July
4-6 Jul ISPN Education Course 2024 India ISPN Hyderabad, India
12-15 Jul ISPN Education Course 2024 Ghana ISPN Accra, Ghana
July
26 Jul ISPN Young doctors education course – Occult dysraphism ISPN Zoom
August
2-4 Aug ISPN Education Course 2024 Peru (with ASOLANPED) ISPN/ASOLANPED Lima, Peru
16-18 Aug ICCN China through Keki (mostly adult) ICCN
19-22 Aug Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting NSA Darwin, Australia
30 Aug ISPN Young doctors education course – Occult Dysraphism ISPN Zoom
September
4-7 Sep
Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society - 4th Medical Student World Congress
of Neurosurgery - Young Section WEDNS Florence, Italy
5-7 Sep Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) Annual Forum SMISS Las Vegas, USA
5-7 Sep European Society of Craniofacial Surgery Meeting ESCFS Helsinki, Finland
14-17 Sep American Neurological Association's Annual Meeting ANA Orlando, USA
22-25 Sep International Spinal Cord Society Annual Meeting ISCoS Antwerp, Belgium
25 Sep ISPN Nurses Education Course – TBD (TBI or Epilepsy) ISPN Zoom
26-28 Sep ISPN Education course 2024 Algeria ISPN Algiers, Algeria
27 Sep ISPN Young doctors education course – Craniofacial ISPN Zoom
28 Sep-2 Oct Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting CNS Houston, USA
October
2-4 Oct ROSH HASHANAH
2-4 Oct EUROSPINE EUROSPINE Vienna, Austria
11-12 Oct YOM KIPPUR
13-17 Oct ISPN ANNUAL MEETING ISPN Toronto, Canada
13-17 Oct European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Congress EANS Sofia, Bulgaria
14-17 Oct Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting NCS San Diego, USA
16-19 Oct Meeting of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery AAcNS California, USA
17-20 Oct Meeting of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology EANO Glasgow, UK
17-20 Oct International Society of Paediatric Oncology SIOP Honolulu, USA
23-26 Oct Italian Society of Neurosurgery (SINch) Congress SINch Bari, Italy
29 Oct-3 Nov DIWALI
31 Oct-3 Nov ISPN Education Course 2024 Serbia ISPN Belgrade, Serbia
November
7-10 Nov
Asian Australasian Congress of Neurological Surgeons and Interim Meeting
of Asian Australasian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery AACNS & AASPN Kaohsiung, Taiwan
21-24 Nov Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting SNO Houston, USA
28 Nov THANKSGIVING
December
6-8 Dec International Federation of Neuroendoscopy Interim Meeting IFNE Dubai, UAE
12-15 Dec AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery Annual Meeting AANS/CNS New York, USA
December
24-25 Dec CHRISTMAS
[Last revised: April 25, 2024]
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and ISPN assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the content of this calendar.
The ISPN Liaison Committee welcomes any comments, revisions, or additions to the calendar. To suggest a revision, please contact the ISPN Liaison Committee, Samer
Elbabaa (samer[email protected]) or Seung-Ki Kim ([email protected]).
ISPN Global Neurosurgical Calendar - 2025
Date Event Acronym Destination
January
TBD Annual Meeting American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons ASPN TBD
29 Jan Chinese New Year
February
TBD
Spine Summit - Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
TBD
TBD Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery INDSPNCON TBD
March
7-9 Mar International Conference on Complications in Neurosurgery ICCN Goa, India
1-29 Mar RAMADAN
April
TBD European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery ESPN London, UK
7-12 Apr
European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - Annual Post Graduate Course
in Pediatric Neurosurgery (13th Cycle- 1st year) ESPN Dubrovnik, Croatia
20-21 Apr EASTER
May 11-14 May 29th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery ESPN London, UK
June TBD 5th Congress of the Asian-Australasian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery AASPN Bali, Indonesia
July
August
September
14-17 Sep International Federation of Neuroendoscopy IFNE Graz, Austria
22-24 Sep ROSH HASHANAH
October
1-2 Oct YOM KIPPUR
October European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Congress EANS Vienna, Austria
11-15 Oct Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting CNS Los Angeles, USA
16-19 Oct Meeting of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology EANO Prague, Czech Republic
18-23 Oct DIWALI
20-23 Oct International Society of Paediatric Oncology SIOP Amsterdam, Netherlands
26-30 Oct ISPN ANNUAL MEETING ISPN Lyon, France
November
19-23 Nov Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting SNO Honolulu, USA
27 Nov THANKSGIVING
December 24-25 Dec CHRISTMAS
[Last revised: April 25, 2024]
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and ISPN assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the content of this calendar.
The ISPN Liaison Committee welcomes any comments, revisions, or additions to the calendar. To suggest a revision, please contact the ISPN Liaison Committee, Samer
Elbabaa (samer[email protected]) or Seung-Ki Kim ([email protected]).
ISPN Global Neurosurgical Calendar - 2026
Date Event Acronym Destination
January TBD Annual Meeting American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons ASPN TBD
February
TBD
Spine Summit - Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
TBD
17 Feb CHINESE NEW YEAR
TBD Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery INDSPNCON TBD
March 18 Feb-19 Mar RAMADAN
April 5-6 Apr EASTER
May
June
July
August
September
11-13 Sep ROSH HASHANAH
14-17 Sep 11th IFNE World Congress of Neuroendoscopy IFNE Graz, Austria
15-18 Sep International Society of Paediatric Oncology SIOP San Antonio, USA
20-21 Sep YOM KIPPUR
October
October European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Congress EANS Hamburg, Germany
October ISPN ANNUAL MEETING ISPN Cairo, Egypt
31 Oct-4 Nov Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting CNS Washington DC, USA
November
6-10 Nov DIWALI
18-22 Nov Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting SNO Austin, USA
26 Nov THANKSGIVING
December 24-25 Dec CHRISTMAS
[Last revised: April 25, 2024]
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and ISPN assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the content of this calendar.
The ISPN Liaison Committee welcomes any comments, revisions, or additions to the calendar. To suggest a revision, please contact the ISPN Liaison Committee, Samer
Elbabaa (samer[email protected]) or Seung-Ki Kim ([email protected]).
ISPN Global Neurosurgical Calendar - 2027
Date Event Acronym Destination
January TBD Annual Meeting American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons ASPN TBD
February
TBD
Spine Summit - Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
TBD
6 Feb CHINESE NEW YEAR
TBD Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery INDSPNCON TBD
March
8 Feb-8 Mar RAMADAN
28-29 Mar EASTER
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
1-3 Oct ROSH HASHANAH
10-11 Oct YOM KIPPUR
TBD International Society of Paediatric Oncology SIOP TBD
TBD European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Congress EANS Basel, Switzerland
TBD ISPN ANNUAL MEETING ISPN
TBD Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting CNS TBD
27-31 Oct DIWALI
November
18-21 Nov Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting SNO Phoenix, AZ
25 Nov THANKSGIVING
December 24-25 Dec CHRISTMAS
[Last revised: April 25, 2024]
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and ISPN assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the content of this calendar.
The ISPN Liaison Committee welcomes any comments, revisions, or additions to the calendar. To suggest a revision, please contact the ISPN Liaison Committee, Samer
Elbabaa (samer[email protected]) or Seung-Ki Kim ([email protected]).
