Scientific program
| 15:00 -15:20 | Opening Ceremony Prof. Ioan Stefan Florian, Laura Popovici, Victor Volovici |
| 15:20 - 18:00 | GENERAL & TRAUMA Chairman: Ioan Stefan Florian, Laura Popovici, Dr. Victor Volovici |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Spine Anatomy Stud. Dragos Font |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Spinal Cord Anatomy Stud. David Kegyes |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Biomechanics of the spine Stud. Laura Popovici |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | AOSpine Classification of Spinal Injuries Cristina Caterina Aldea MD PhDc |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | General Principles of Spinal Stabilization in Trauma Catalin Magan MD |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Spinal Stenosis & Spondylolisthesis Vlad Padurean MD |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Vertebral osteomyelitis Marcel Ivanov MD PhD |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | Congenital Malformations of the spine- Spina bifida aperta! Hachim Achiuri MD |
| 09:00 - 11:00 | DEGENERATIVE Chairman: Prof. Kresimir Rotim, Prof. Tomislav Sajko |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Adverse Events Related to Peripheral Nerves Following Spine Surgery-Complications, Sequalae, Mistreatment: Avoidance, Treatment Modalities and Outcome Prof. Lukas Rasulic MD PhD |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Lumbar disk herniation Mihai Stanciuc MD PhDc |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion - personal experience Nikolay Velinov MD PhD |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Kyphoplasty Prof. Luciano Brigante MD PhD |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Minimal invasive techniques in surgery of lumbar degenerative disc disease Prof. Kresimir Rotim MD PhD |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Spinal navigation in failed back surgery syndrome Prof. Tomislav Sajko MD PhD |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Break |
| 11:20 - 12:40 | SPINAL TUMORS Chairman: Prof. Stefano Ferraresi, Prof. Ihsan Solaroglu |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Surgical approaches to the benign tumours around the spine at all levels Prof. Stefano Ferraresi MD PhD |
| 11:40- 12:00 | Surgery of spinal meningiomas Ruben Dammers MD PhD |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | Intramedullary tumor Prof. Ioan Stefan Florian MD PhD |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | Spinal Metastases George Ungureanu MD PhDc |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | Break |
| 13:00 - 14:20 | BROADENING THE DISCUSSIONS Chairman: Prof. Torstein Meling, Dr. Andreas Demetriades |
| 13:00 - 13:20 | What is cauda equina syndrome and why does it matter? Andreas Demetriades MD PhD |
| 13:20 - 13:40 | Spinal AVMs and dAVF Prof. Torstein Meling MD PhD |
| 13:40 - 14:00 | CSF Leakage following spinal surgery; The ATA and its surgical importance Prof. Ihsan Solaroglu MD PhD |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Learning spinal surgery during neurosurgical residency: essentials and critical steps Victor Volovici MD PhD |
| 14:20 - 15:00 | Final remarks & Closing Ceremony All Faculty |
