The 7th World Stroke Congress was held in Coex Center, Seoul, Korea from Oct 13- 16, 2010. About 2800 people attended the meeting which was organized by Kenes International. 504 posters were presented comprising of 52 plenary sessions and 14 key note address. As the previous meetings had been held in Kyoto, Vancouver, Munich, and Vienna, Seoul was a welcome change as the new venue for deliberations on Stroke. This meeting was sponsored by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, Pfizer, Bayer Healthcare. Allergen, Boehringa Inghleim, Bristol-Myers and Sanofi-Aventis Korea etc. Various organizations focusing on Stroke awareness were formally recognized for their contributions. This included the Lalitha Hospital, Guntur, India and a Bronze medal was awarded to Brazilian Academy of Stroke. The Srilankan stroke group was recognized for media campaigns, web conferences, publishing booklets and evolving national strategy on Stroke. A competition was also launched for suggesting an attractive and International symbol for Stroke.

doi : 10.5214/ans.0972.7531.1017411