Welcome

Dear research community, Dear friends of ICP,

In 1972, the first ICP conference was organized in Germany at Hannover Medical School. This first meeting of clinical research enthusiasts and basic scientists has kicked off a most successful chain of twelve succeeding conferences, traveling in between Europe, Asia, and North America. Intracranial pressure still remains one of the most important parameters to cast light on the„black box“ of a sick brain, primarily injured by trauma, hemorrhage, or stroke. Monitoring of the intracranial pressure has become more sophisticated and is often used in a computerized fashion. Other invasive and non-invasive tools and different imaging modalities often supplement ICP monitoring. The broader our knowledge about the ongoing brain patho-physiology, the more we will be able to counteract potential harm in time to improve the outcome of our patients.
Pediatric patients offer an additional challenge since the developing brain is different in many aspects. Adult experience and data can be transferred only in a limited fashion. Therefore we have reserved special sessions to present pediatric data and discuss pediatric issues. This session will be held under the auspices of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN). We ask you to contribute from your pediatric experience to the success of this session. Regarding hydrocephalus, which has always been part of the ICP meetings, we are living in an exciting time. New concepts, like hydrodynamic theory and the increasing knowledge about the role of pulsatility, do challenge our traditional view of those entities, which we like to refer to as “ventriculomegaly associated diseases”. Therefore we hope that the upcoming ICP conference will also contribute to increase our understanding of this scientifically as clinically interesting topic.

It is our great honor to host the 14^th International Conference On Intracranial Pressure And Brain Monitoring, returning 38 years after its foundation to Germany. On behalf of the International Advisory Board we would like to welcome all international clinicians and scientists from the field to focus on an intensive week of knowledge-exchange at the old and famous University of Tuebingen, located in the geographical heart of Europe.

The ICP-conference has traditionally been a platform where clinicians from Neurosurgery, Neurology and Intensive Care Medicine meet basic scientists from all possible areas of intercept with the brain, a span that ranges from electric engineers to physicists, and from mathematicians to molecular biologists. We are trying hard to make the conference affordable regarding the "money to scientific benefit ratio" and ask you to contribute to the success of the conference by presenting your latest research related to our topics.
In this we pursue the motto of Count Eberhard, the founder of Tübingen University, who stated in 1477 "attempto" (I will attempt it). We truly hope, that your motto will be "attendo" (I will attend).

We are looking forward to welcome you to Tuebingen in September 2010.