European Stroke Conference
The European Stroke Conference (ESC) is an international, scientific stroke conference.
history
In 1990 Michael Hennerici (Germany) and Julien Bogousslavky (Switzerland) founded the ESC. Up until that point there was only the North American Conference for clinical researchers, basic researchers and for scientists who deal scientifically and clinically with stroke.
The first ESC took place in 1990 in Düsseldorf . After further conferences in 1992 in Lausanne and 1994 in Stockholm with increasing numbers of participants, the European Stroke Conference was held annually from 1995 in Bordeaux .
The ESC publishes the journal Cerebrovascular Diseases . The Johann Jacob Wepfer Award has been presented annually by the European Stroke Conference to an outstanding scientist in the field of stroke research since 2005 .
Award winners
- 2005 J.-C. Baron, UK
- 2006 M. Kaste, Finland
- 2007 CP Warlow, UK
- 2008 M.-G. Bousser, France
- 2009 JP Mohr, USA
- 2010 J. van Gijn, The Netherlands
- 2011 WD Heiss, Germany
- 2012 L. Caplan, USA
Conference locations
- 1990 Düsseldorf, Germany
- 1992 Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1994 Stockholm, Sweden
- 1995 Bordeaux, France
- 1996 Munich, Germany
- 1997 Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1998 Edinburgh, UK
- 1999 Venice, Italy
- 2000 Vienna, Austria
- 2001 Lisbon, Portugal
- 2002 Geneva, Switzerland
- 2003 Valencia, Spain
- 2004 Mannheim, Germany
- 2005 Bologna, Italy
- 2006 Brussels, Belgium
- 2007 Glasgow, UK
- 2008 Nice, France
- 2009 Stockholm, Sweden
- 2010 Barcelona, Spain
- 2011 Hamburg, Germany
- 2012 Lisbon, Portugal
- 2013 London, United Kingdom
- 2014 Nice, France