Fourth European stroke science workshop
Authors: Debette S , Strbian D , Wardlaw JM , van der Worp HB , Rinkel GJE , Caso V , Dichgans M ,   on behalf of the European Stroke Science Workshop Presenters and Co-convenors, Tournier-Lasserve E , Grefkes C , Kelly PJ , Muir K , Berge E , Trégouët DA , Roffe C , Brainin M , Beck J , Steiner T , de Lau LM , Jouvent E , Veltkamp R , Baron JC , Nedeltchev K , Bath PM , Quinn TJ , Richard E , Ziemann U , Liesz A , Ntaios G , Iadecola C , Lees KR , Christensen H Krarup , van Veluw SJ , Endres M , Anderson CS , Molina CA , Düring M , Dufouil C , Ostergaard L , Samani NJ , Fischer U , de Leeuw FE , Norrving B , Biessels GJ , Cordonnier C , Mas JL , Mattle H ,   INSERM U1161, UFR de médecine Paris Diderot, France (ETL),   Department of Neurology, Cologne University Hospital, Köln, Germany (CG),   HRB Stroke Clinical Trials Network Ireland, University College Dublin Ireland (PJK),   University of Glasgow, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom (KM),   Dept of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway (EB),   Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université,   Paris 06, INSERM UMR-S 1166, F-75013, Paris, France (DAT),   ICAN Institute for Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France (DAT),   University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom (CR),   Department Neurosciences and Preventive Medicine, Danube University Krems, Austria (MB),   Department of Neurosurgery, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland (JB),   Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (TS),   Department of Neurology, Slotervaart Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (LMdL),   University Paris Diderot, Paris, France (EJ),   Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (RV),   Department of Neurology, Hopital Sainte-Anne, Université,   Paris 5, INSERM U894, Paris, France (JCB),   Department of Neurology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland (KN),   Stroke Trials Unit, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG5 1PB UK (PMB),   Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (TJQ),   Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (ER),   Department of Neurology and Stroke, and Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany (UZ),   Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany (AL, MDü),   Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany (AL, MDü),   Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (GN),   Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA (CI),   Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom (KRL),   University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen, Denmark (HC),   Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (SJvW),   Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (CSA),   Pharmaceutics Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK (CAM),   Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, UMR 1219, Univ. Bordeaux, ISPED, Bordeaux School of Public. Health, Bordeaux, France (CD),   CHU de Bordeaux, Pôle de santé,   publique, Bordeaux, France (CD),   Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, 53154 Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark (LO),   Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom (NJS),   Department of Neurology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland (UF, HM),   Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Donders Institute Brain Cognition & Behaviour, Center for Neuroscience Department of Neurology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (FEdL),   Department of Neurology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (BN),   Department of Neurology, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (GJB, GJER),   Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Degenerative and Vascular Cognitive Disorders, Lille, France (CC),   Department of Neurology, Sainte-Anne Hospital, INSERM 894, DHU NeuroVasc Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France (JLM),   Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (VC),   Department of Neurology, Charité,   Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (EM)
Published: May 2018

Lake Eibsee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 16 to 18 November, 2017: The European Stroke Organisation convened >120 stroke experts from 21 countries to discuss latest results and hot topics in clinical, translational and basic stroke research. Since its inception in 2011, the European Stroke Science Workshop has become a cornerstone of European Stroke Organisation’s academic activities and a major highlight for researchers in the field. Participants include stroke researchers at all career stages and with different backgrounds, who convene for plenary lectures and discussions. The workshop was organised in seven scientific sessions focusing on the following topics: (1) acute stroke treatment and endovascular therapy; (2) small vessel disease; (3) opportunities for stroke research in the omics era; (4) vascular cognitive impairment; (5) intracerebral and subarachnoid haemorrhage; (6) alternative treatment concepts and (7) neural circuits, recovery and rehabilitation. All sessions started with a keynote lecture providing an overview on current developments, followed by focused talks on a timely topic with the most recent findings, including unpublished data. In the following, we summarise the key contents of the meeting. The program is provided in the online only Data Supplement.

The workshop started with a key note lecture on how to improve the efficiency of clinical trial endpoints in stroke, which was delivered by Craig Anderson (Sydney, Australia) and set the scene for the following discussions.