The 2nd day of the Congress was full of engaging sessions, educational masterclasses, and beautiful moments that were driven by emotional and inspiring talks. The day began with parallel sessions in Neurotrauma and Critical Care, Vascular and Epilepsy Neurosurgery, CPA, and PNS Tumors and Entrapments.
 
EANS Members that attended the morning masterclasses learned about new strategies and technologies and had the chance to review "cases with the same brain tumour but with different approaches in adults and children". Interesting lectures were also delivered on "the impact of peripheral nerve injury on trauma management strategies", including "challenges in concomitant Tbi and plexus injury" as well as "timing and strategy in acute peripheral injury".
 
The Global Neurosurgery session stood out today! Exceptional panelists elaborated thoroughly on different aspects of insufficient or missing neurosurgical care in large parts of the world. Through the session, the profound need for promoting EANS activities for education and neurosurgical care in those countries became obvious.
 
The afternoon plenary session on Neurotraumatology brought ground-breaking insights into "real life" Adherence to TBI Guidelines, as presented by Wilco Peul. "Changing epidemiology of CNS injuries" was elegantly presented by A. Unterberg. The day concluded with more intriguing lectures on Brain Metastases and complication avoidance in aneurysm surgery, degenerative diseases, and chronic and acute subdural hematoma and DBS surgery.
 
The Young Neurosurgeons‘ Network was launched at the end of the congress day, where young neurosurgeons were invited to engage in a network that can set the future ground for the neurosurgical community.

Today the EANS honoured elite scientists for their longstanding contribution in Neurosurgery. The plenary awards ceremony began with the Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. Dr. Miroslav Samardzic Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, for his outstanding contribution and achievements in the field of Neurosurgery. In a sequence that mimicked reality, as the next speaker was taught by Prof. Dr. Miroslav Samardzic, Prof. Dr. Lukas Rasulic took the floor next to deliver a remarkable lecture on Peripheral Nervous System Surgery - Neurosurgery Beyond Technology. 

The ceremony continued with an EANS much anticipated tradition: The European Lecture, that was delivered by Andras Buki, full professor at Örebro University, Sweden, and former chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Pecs, Hungary, who spoke about "Translational research in neurotrauma: the Biomarker Avenue (and some dead ends...)".