European
Stroke Conference
The European
Stroke Conference was founded in 1990 by M.G. Hennerici (Germany) and J.
Bogousslavsky (Switzerland). The first meeting was held in Düsseldorf and was
attended by about 500 people – and proved to be a great success. At that time
only the North American conference existed for clinical researchers and basic
scientists to present data from stroke research. The prospect to establish
another European stroke meeting was highly challenging. After biannual
meetings, 1992 in Lausanne and 1994 in Stockholm and increasing attendance,
however, the ESC became an annual, international, well-received and continuously
growing stroke conference.
This successful meeting took place in the following European cities from 1990 -
2009
I. Düsseldorf, Germany 1990
II.
Lausanne, Switzerland 1992
III.
Stockholm, Sweden 1994
IV.
Bordeaux, France 1995
V.
Munich, Germany 1996
VI.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1997
VII.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1998
VIII.
Venice, Italy 1999
IX.
Vienna, Austria 2000
X.
Lisbon, Portugal 2001
XI.
Geneva, Switzerland 2002
XII. Valencia, Spain, 21-24 May 2003
XIII.
Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany, 12-15 May 2004
XIV.
Bologna, Italy, 25-28 May 2005
XV. Brussels,
Belguim 16-19 May 2006
XVI.
Glasgow, United Kingdom 29 May – 1 June 2007
XVII.
Nice, France 13-16 May 2008
XVIII.
Stockholm, Sweden 26 - 29 May 2009
The last ESC
held in Nice, in 2008, was attended by more than 3700 people from 82 countries,
with more than 1000 abstracts submitted and a full four-day programme.
Since 2007 the European Stroke Conference announces a stroke meeting for
nurses – physiotherapists – speech and occupational therapists - study/monitoring
assistants!