Collaboration

Dear Friends & Colleagues,

On behalf of the organizing and scientific committee, it is my great pleasure and honor to invite you to attend the 12th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Conference to be held in Dubai in 2018. This will inaugu-rate the first ACNS Conference to be held in this region of Asia. It reflects the close collaboration with World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies and adjoined with the 2nd Interim Meeting of World Federation of Skull Base Societies.

This comprehensive international academic endeavor will focus on teaching and education of young neurosurgeons toward excellence in patient care with the motto “inspiration & innovation”. It will encompass special lectures by distinguished guest speakers, panel discussion, workshops, and video presentations among other scientific activities that will infuse the contribu-tions of young neurosurgeons with a focus on multidisciplinary approaches and contemporary evidence-based clinical practice. I am proud of and honored by the global collaboration with leading societies and organizations. I would like to extend my sincere appreciation for their anticipated profound scientific contributions.

The conference will provide an excellent milieu for academic inspiration; it will be complemented by a state-of-the art exhibition and sponsored by leading companies in the field of medical and surgical technology. Dubai is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city that offers an attractive cultural experience with unique opportunities to appreciate the fusion of its mystic history and modernism.

Imad N. Kanaan, MD, FACS, FRCS (Edin.)President, ACNS Conference 2018

T h e 1 2 t h I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o f t h e

1 4 - 1 8 M a rc h 2 0 1 8 , D u b a i , U n i te d A ra b E m i rate s& 2 n d I nte r i m M e e t i n g o f Wo r l d Fe d e rat i o n o f S k u l l B a s e S o c i e t y ( W F S B S )

WFSBS

Al Fauzi, Asra Indonesia

Alias, Azmi Malaysia

Amano, Kosaku Japan

Ammirati, Mario USA

Benes, Vladimir Czech Republic

Bettag, Martin Germany

Broggi, Giovanni Italy

Caglar, Sukru Turkey

Ceylan, Savas Turkey

Chandra, Sarat India

Charbel, Fady USA

Cherian, Iype Nepal

Choudhri, Haroon USA

Choux, Maurice France

Ciurea, Alexandru Vlad Romania

Coli, Benedicto Brazil

Cordoba, Alvaro Uruguay

Couldwell, William USA

Dahlan, Rully Indonesia

Dehdashti, Amir USA

Delitala, Alberto Italy

Delfini, Roberto Italy

Deopujari, Chandrashekhar India

Di Rocco, Concezio Italy

Dolenc, Vinko Slovenia

Dong, Van-He Vietnam

Dubovoy, Andre Russia

Florian, Ioan Stefan Romania

Francaviglia, Natale Italy

Froelich, Sebastien France

Gentili, Fred Canada

Germano, Isabelle USA

Golden, Nyoman Indonesia

Gonzalez, Pablo Spain

Grotenhuis, Andre The Netherlands

Ha, Duong Dai Vietnam

Hasegawa, Mitsuhiro Japan

Hayakawa, Motoharu Japan

Hirayama, Teruyasu Japan

Iacoangeli, Maurizio Italy

Ikawa, Fusao Japan

July, Julius Indonesia

Kalangu, Kazadi Zimbabwe

Kanno, Tetsuo Japan

Kasper, Ekkehard USA

Kato, Yoko Japan

Kawase, Takeshi Japan

Kim, Hyeun-Sung Korea

Kitahara, Isao Japan

Koht, Antoun USA

Kunz, Alexandra USA

Landeiro, José Brazil

Lumenta, Christianto Germany

Mahapatra, A. K. India

Mastronardi, Luciano Italy

Mathiesen, Tiit Sweden

Meling, Torstein Norway

Misra, Basant India

Morcos, Jacques USA

Mutaqqin, Zainal Indonesia

Nair, Ramesh UK

Nair, Suresh India

Nanda, Anil USA

Niemelä, Mika Sweden

Oertel, Joachim Germany

Pamir, Necmettin Turkey

Peev, Nikolay United Kingdom

Perez, Victor Hugo Mexico

Potapov, Alexander Russia

Qureshi, Mahmood Kenya

Rajamani, Sharad India

Rasulic, Lukas Serbia

Salahuddin, Tareq Pakistan

Samés, Martin Czech Republic

Samii, Amir Germany

Samii, Madjid Germany

Santarius, Thomas UK

Sanyal, Sujoy India

Schroeder, Henry Germany

Seifert, Volker Germany

Servadei, Franco Italy

Sharif, Salman Pakistan

Sharma, Gopal Nepal

Sinha, Virendra India

Sitnikov, Andrey Russia

Spagnuolo, Edgardo Uruguay

Steno, Juraj Slovakia

Tang, Jie China

Thomale, Ulrich Germany

Tomasello, Francesco Italy

Turel, Keki India

Wahjoepramono, Eka Indonesia

Winkler, Peter Austria

Yampolsky, Claudio Argentina

I n t e r n a t i o n a l A d v i s o r y M e m b e r s & C o n f i r m e d S p e a k e r s

R e g i o n a l A d v i s o r y M e m b e r s

Al Anazi, Abdulrahman KSA

Al Ferayan, Ahmed KSA

Al Jarba, Adnan Iraq

Al Mashani, Ali Oman

Al Meniawi, Hani Syria

Al Shafei, Nabil KSA

Al Shail, Essam KSA

Al Shawarbi, Amr UAE

Al Thubaiti, Ibrahim KSA

Al Yamany, Mahmoud KSA

AlAjlan, Abulrazaq KSA

Al-Awadi, Osama Iraq

Al Awadi, Youssef Kuwait

Aldahash, Homoud KSA

AlHabib, Amro KSA

Alkandari, Abdulrahman Kuwait

Alkhani, Ahmed KSA

Al-Olama, Mohammad UAE

Alotaibi, Faisal KSA

Alsaggaf, Saggaf KSA

Ammar, Ahmed KSA

Ayyad, Ali Jordan

Baeesa, Saleh KSA

Bin Salamah, Ali KSA

Bloshi, Mohammed Bahrain

Comair, Youssef Lebanon

Darwazeh, Mazher Palestine

El Azhari, Abdessamad Morocco

El Fiki, Mohammed Egypt

El Huseiny, Hossam Egypt

El Ouahabi, Abdessamad Morocco

Elwatidy, Sharif KSA

Faraj, Munir Iraq

Farrash, Faisal KSA

Ghosheh, Jamal Palestine

Hassounah, Maher KSA

Jamjoom, Zain KSA

Khoury, Nasri Jordan

Kotb, Ali Egypt

Lary, Ahmed KSA

MacDonald, David KSA

Messadi, Abdulkarim UAE

Najjar, Marwan Lebanon

Orz, Yaser KSA

Qasim, Abdulla UAE

Roser, Florian UAE

Sabbagh, Abdulrahman KSA

Salloum, Antoine UAE

Salma, Asem KSA

Samaha, Mohammed Jordan

Sbeih, Ibrahim Jordan

Sheikh, Bassem KSA

Shurbaji, Amer Jordan

Spangenberg, Peter KSA

Talahma, Emad Palestine

Zohdi, Ahmed Egypt

O r g a n i z i n g & S c i e n t i f i c C o m m i t t e e

Chairman: Imad N. Kanaan

Members:

Secretaries: Evangeline G. Oñasa Alma Tabogoc

Coordinator: Abdulrazaq Al Enazi

Al-Olama, Mohammad

Ammar, Ahmed

Hassounah, Maher

Comair, Youssef

Alkhani, Ahmed

Al-Shurbaji, Amer

Alotaibi, Faisal

Aldahash, Homoud

Al Thubaiti, Ibrahim

Messadi, Abdulkarim

Al Shawarbi, Amr

Al Shail, Essam

Sbeih, Ibrahim

AlHabib, Amro

Al Yamani, Mahmoud

Baeesa, Saleh

Farrash, Faisal

Spangenberg, Peter

Category Early bird Regular On-siteDeadline: up to 15 July 2017 up to 31 Dec 2017 After 31 Dec 2017

Neurosurgeon $ 400 $ 450 $ 550

ACNS member $ 350 $ 400 $ 500

Resident / Fellow $ 300 $ 350 $ 450

Student $ 250 $ 300 $ 350

Nurse/Technicians $ 250 $ 300 $ 350

Acc. Person $ 250 $ 250 $ 300

R e g i s t r a t i o n C a t e g o r i e s

• Everyone attendant to the conference should register.

• Registration form is available on-line only.

• ACNS members registrants should submit prove of updated membership-fee receipt

• Resident in training, fellows & students should submit needed document from their institution.

• Accompanying person: immediate family member (spouse, daughter, etc.)

• Refund policy: 50% refund up to 31 No-vember 2017; No refund after 1 December 2017

• No daily admission ticket, no refund for workshops or Banquet tickets.

• Workshops will be available only for regis-tered person to the conference and based on availability and follow the policy of first booked first served.

• Registration fee includes: admission to the scientific conference & exhibition, cof-fee breaks, and lunch meal for 3 days and presidential dinner.

• Special 5-course Gala dinner & entertain-ment ticket (additional fee $75)

C o n d i t i o n s

P r e - C o n f e r e n c e W o r k s h o p s

P r o g r a m - a t - a - G l a n c e

16 Mar 2018 17 Mar 2018 18 Mar 2018

DAY 1 Day 2 Day 3

Hall A Hall B Hall C Hall A Hall B Hall C Hall A Hall B

8:00 - 10:30 Oncology I Vascular I Spine I Oncology IV Vascular III Spine II Oncology VII Spine III

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 Vascular II Endoscopy I Pediatric I Vascular IV Trauma Nursing Oncology VIII Vascular/Spine/ G. Neurosurgery

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch

Oncology II Endoscopy II Ethics/Research/ Education Oncology V Functional II Pediatric II

13:30 - 15:30

Free 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break Coffee Break

16:00 - 18:00 Oncology III Functional I Complications Oncology VI Young Neurosurgeon Pediatric III

Director: Imad N. Kanaan

Co-Directors: Mohammed AlOlamah

Farhad Janahi

Homoud AlDahash

Wednesday, 14 March 2018 Wednesday, 14 March 2018 Thursday, 15 March 2018

7:30 - 12:30 13:00 - 18:00 7:30 - 17:00

NEUROENDOSCOPY SPINE MODULE NEUROANATOMY / SKULL BASE

Fred Gentili (Chair) Abdulkarim Messadi (Chair) Vladimir Benes (Chair)

Henry Schroeder Hyeun-Sung Kim Imad Kanaan

Azmi Alias Haroon Choudri Iype Cherian

Imad Kanaan Debora Garozzo Sebastien Froelich

Ramesh Nair Nikolay Peev Pablo Gonzalez

Mahmood Qureshi Lukas Rasulic Ekkehard Kasper

Salman Sharif Salman Sharif Jose Landeiro

Homoud AlDahash Rully Hanafi Jacques Morcos

Chandrashekhar Victor H. Perez

Isao Kitahara

Venue: Venue: Venue:

Mohammed Bin Rashid University Mohammed Bin Rashid University Mohammed Bin Rashid University

(Anatomy Lab) (Anatomy Lab) (Anatomy Lab)

C o n f e r e n c e V e n u eGrand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai

O f f i c i a l L a n g u a g eEnglish

W e b A c t i v a t i o n D a t e01 June 2017

A b s t r a c t S u b m i s s i o nOnline submission only.

Abstract submission date 01 June 2017 – 31 October 2017

Response to abstract submission will be received before 30 November 2017

C o n f e r e n c e O r g a n i z e r s

Category Amount (US $)Diamond $ 120,000

Gold $ 100,000

Silver $ 80,000

Bronze $ 60,000

Other Opportunities $ 50,000 - $10,000 (details on website)

S p o n s o r s h i p C a t e g o r i e s

GuidelinesSponsorship form is available online.

Charisma Experts Conference Organizers

WFSBS

Email: info@acns2018.comWebsite: www.acns2018.com

For more information:Email: info@acns2018.com

Website: www.acns2018.com

NeuroanatomyNeuro-oncology Cerebro-vascular

Skull-Base & PituitaryNeuro-endoscopy

Spine & Peripheral NervesPediatric Neurosurgery

Stereotactic & Functional NeurosurgeryNeuro-trauma & Critical Care

Women in NeurosciencesYoung Neurosurgeons Forum

Research, Education and InnovationEthics and Socio-economics

M a i n To p i c s

T h e 1 2 t h I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o f t h e

1 4 - 1 8 M a rc h 2 0 1 8 , D u b a i , U n i te d A ra b E m i rate s& 2 n d I nte r i m M e e t i n g o f Wo r l d Fe d e rat i o n o f S k u l l B a s e S o c i e t y ( W F S B S )

C o n f e r e n c e O b j e c t i v e s :

T h e o b j e c t i v e s o f t h e A C N S c o n f e r e n c e a r e f o c u s e d o n e d u c a t i o n a n d p r o m o t i o n o f n e u r o s u r g i c a l p r a c t i c e . I t w i l l i n c l u d e k e y n o t e l e c t u r e s b y e m i n e n t m a s t e r s w h o w i l l s h a r e t h e i r v a s t e x p e r i e n c e w i t h y o u n g n e u r o s u r g e o n s a n d c o v e r t h e d i f f e r e n t a s p e c t s o f n e u r o -s u r g i c a l s p e c i a l t y . T h e l e c t u r e s a r e c o m p l e m e n t e d b y a c t i v e d i s c u s -s i o n s , v i d e o p r e s e n t a t i o n s , a n d s p e c i a l p r e - c o n f e r e n c e w o r k s h o p s . T h e m e d i c a l e x h i b i t i o n w i l l h o s t e l i t e m e d i c a l c o m p a n i e s , s h o w i n g t h e i r s t a t e o f t h e a r t i n n o v a t i o n s a n d t e c h n o l o g i e s . T h e v e n u e w i l l o f f e r t h e r i g h t m i l i e u f o r c o l l e g i a l i n t e r a c t i o n s a n d n e t w o r k i n g .

Ta r g e t A u d i e n c e :

The 12th ACNS conference of fers a unique oppor tunit y for res idents in-tra ining, young fe l lows, and establ ished neurosurgeons to update their academic k nowledge and foster their c l in ical prac t ice in the f ie ld of general and subspecia l t y neurosurger y, inc luding trauma, skul l -base and minimal ly invas ive surger y, pediatr ic , func t ional , neurovas-cular, spine surger y and their re lated disc ipl ines. The conference a lso provides comprehensive acquaintances with contemporar y diagnost ic methods and instrumentat ions for nurses and medical technologists .