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 - 2011:

• 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  2003
• XIII. Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany 2004
• XIV. Bologna, Italy  2005
• XV. Brussels, Belguim  2006
• XVI. Glasgow, United Kingdom 2007
• XVII. Nice, France  2008
• XVIII. Stockholm, Sweden  2009
  XX. Hamburg, Germany 24 - 27 May 2011

 

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