World Stroke Congresses

WSO organizes World Stroke Congresses every 2 years.
The regional sequence of hosts for the World Stroke Congresses is proposed to be as follows*:

• Asia
• Americas
• Europe
• Africa / Middle East

* The regional sequence is not an absolute requirement. It may be modified based on criteria such as support of local organizations, suitability of the venue, likely financial viability…

7th World Stroke Congress
October 13-16, 2010 – Seoul, Korea
WSO Members get a reduced registration fee

6th World Stroke Congress
September 24-27, 2008 – Vienna, Austria

Speech at the Opening Ceremony, Y. Yamagouchi

Call for Bid for the 9th World Stroke Congress, 2014
Please send us your application if you are interested in hosting the 9th World Stroke Congress in 2014.

Bidding Procedure
click here for the Manual for future World Stroke Congresses with all information regarding the basic needs for the congress (number of hotel rooms to accommodate participants, size of session rooms, size of public space for exhibition and poster area…) rules and all requirements.

click here for the Operational Manual for future WSO World Stroke Congresses (WSC) and principles of the Congress Oversight and Program Committee (COPC).

Deadlines
Letter of intent               before April 25, 2010
Detailed bid                    before May 25, 2010
Your proposals should be sent by e-mail to the WSO Administrative Office at admin@world-stroke.org.

In the past:
World Stroke Congresses were convened every 4 years.
Congress sites during the past 15 years were Kyoto, Japan (1989), Washington, D.C., USA (1992), Munich, Germany (1996), Melbourne, Australia (2000), Vancouver, Canada (2004) and Austria (2008).
The Joint World Congress on Stroke, co-organized with the Mediterranean Stroke Society and the Southern African Stroke Foundation, was held in Cape Town, South Africa, in October 2006.

Congresses and Conferences Co-Organized by WSO

WSO organized the 2nd Helsingborg Consensus Conference “European Stroke Strategies” (March 2006)in collaboration with WHO-Europe, the International Society of Internal Medicine (ISIM) and the European Stroke Council (ESC).