Dear EANS Community, Colleagues and friends,

It is our distinct pleasure and an honor to invite you to the EANS meeting in Hamburg. After the cancellation of the 2021 meeting due to the pandemic, the long awaited chance to welcome all of you in Hamburg will become real in 2026. The congress will take place in the Congress Center Hamburg (CCH), which is today after recent extensive renovation one of the most modern conference venues in Europe. Thus, the CCH is the ideal place for such an eminent meeting.

“Responsibility, endurance and resilience” is the motto of the congress. These three key elements guide our daily neurosurgical work, our teaching and our research activities. We witness tremendous technological advances in neurosurgery, such as artificial intelligence, advanced neurostimulation and brain-machine interfaces. We gain new insights from clinical and experimental neuroscience, allowing to approach personalized therapy especially, but not exclusively in neuro-oncology. Nonetheless, a constant awareness of how these advances are responsibly integrated into education and daily practice to truly benefit our patients is needed. In line with the motto of the congress, we aim to provide a comprehensive, educational and also critical update of the most recent developments in neurosurgery, framed by a large exhibition showing the latest technologies.

We feel especially honoured, that we can welcome the Japanese Society for Neurosurgery as the first national guest society ever to join our annual EANS meeting. This is testimony to the perception that the EANS, although based in Europe, is a substantial part of the global neurosurgical community.

Scientific exchange is the main purpose of the EANS congress to come – as it was of the congresses before. Meeting old friends and making new friends is also a substantial aspect of these meetings. For the social program, we have chosen stunning venues, which reflect the rich history of Hamburg as well as its atmosphere as a city designed by water.
We hope that the scientific program and the attractions of the city will convince many of you to join us in our annual celebration of neurosurgical tradition, excellence and advances.

See you in Hamburg 2026.