“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela

We are very honoured to welcome you to the 16th Congress of the European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT), to be held in Marseille, France, from Wednesday 4th to Friday 6th September 2024. As we all agree, the annual ESMINT congress is one of the most important events organized in our specialty anywhere in the world.

Marseille is a harbour city, a location that has seen intense exchanges between peoples, and which therefore well represents the sense of collaboration, participation and interdisciplinarity that is the hallmark of our Society, and that finds its maximum expression during the annual meeting. It is a location that will contribute to our experience of the conference, at the same time full of opportunities but also open to debate, and capable of renewing energy and enthusiasm in our research community.

The meeting will feature ample time for discussion, with plenary sessions focusing on cutting-edge ‘hot topics’, including clinical and fundamental research findings, as well as clinical observations and case presentations, promoting interaction between speakers and participants. Adequate space will be dedicated to the presentation and discussion of abstracts, encouraging interactive participation.

Joint sessions with our sister societies, SNIS, EANS and ESO are embedded within the Congress program. Along with these, morbimortality sessions, case presentations, the EYMINT sessions for our younger colleagues and the ETMINT sessions for angiosuite personnel all together confirm the interdisciplinary soul of ESMINT.

As ever, the emphasis will be on the latest developments in our discipline, ranging from robotics and AI, to new devices and therapeutic options. Opinion leaders in device development will illustrate the stages of design development a device must go through before it can be brought to the market. Renowned clinicians will report on the clinical management of neurovascular patients and how this can be the driver for the further evolution of our discipline. Device development, technical advances and treatments, neuro MR-guided procedures and paediatric neurovascular management will also be some of the hot topics of the meeting.

The Old Port of Marseille provides the perfect scenario for an exciting social program, including the morning run and yoga session, and a networking event to be held in a spectacular location. All activities will be easily accessible – ‘just to be enjoyed’ – in the convivial spirit of our meeting where global interdisciplinary cooperation can be seen at its best.

Together with our esteemed Scientific Committee, we look forward to welcoming you to this event, which represents the most important moment of cultural exchange in the life of our Society and the global neurovascular community!

Looking forward to seeing you soon.

Alessandra Biondi & Elisa Ciceri