Eurospine 2016 in Berlin

Welcome Message of the President

Dear members, dear colleagues and friends,

It is my great honour to invite you to join EUROSPINE, at its next annual meeting October 5 to 7 in Berlin, Germany. Founded 1998 as a union from the European Spine Society and the European Spinal Deformity Society, EUROSPINE, the Spine Society of Europe experienced a strong growth regarding members, activities and participants at annual meetings.

During the last 10 years the number of spine specialist’s attending the meetings had more than doubled. Regarding activities, our main focus for the last years were on education and research, as well as on strengthening the relationship with our stakeholders. With EuSSAB, the European Spine Societies Advisory Board, we recently created a platform to foster excellence in spine care by sharing knowledge and visions for the future, and by coordinating education plans, between the national spine societies in Europe.

As in recent years, EUROSPINE 2016 in Berlin will included pre-meetings, instructional courses, blinded selected best abstracts, debates, lunch symposia and e-posters. Beyond a great academic forum that will give you the latest update on spine research and treatment options, EUROSPINE Berlin will be a perfect place to exchange your knowledge with your colleagues in Europe and all over the world.

Our local hosts in Berlin will be Hans Joachim Wilke, Michael Putzier and Peter Vajkoczy. Together with many other EUROSPINE officers, the programme committee, our administrative staff and PCO Conventus, they work hard to make EUROSPINE 2016 in Berlin a very successful and memorable meeting for you. On behalf of our local hosts and EUROSPINE I would very much appreciate your participation.

We look forward to meet you personally at EUROSPINE 2016 in Berlin.

Michael Ogon
President EUROSPINE