Dear  Friends and Colleagues, 

It is my great honour and pleasure to invite you to the 28th annual meeting of the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS-ES). I am especially proud that our meeting is a part of Spineweek 2012. This intense collaboration will certainly guarantee a pleasant and successful meeting of extreme quality, as we have seen at the earlier Spineweeks in Porto, Portugal in 2004 and in Geneva, Switzerland in 2008. The formula of organizing a meeting together with other major societies will encourage social and more formal contacts with spine surgeons from all over the world.

The topic of the meeting organized by CSRS-ES will be Degenerative Disease of the Cervical Spine.  Problems related to degeneration will be more frequently encountered in the daily practice of the spine surgeon. Along with the aging of the population there will be a change in general mentality which will contribute to this increasing prevalence. Pain and restricted mobility are not accepted anymore.

The main topic will be covered by a number of distinguished guest speakers, free paper sections and poster presentations. There will be also some room for clinical and basic research as well as for reports about innovations.

We are look forward to welcoming you in exciting and beautiful Amsterdam.

José Casamitjana, M.D., Ph.D.

President of CSRS-ES