Most Important Society News:

  -  IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Please do not attempt to pay for ISPN Meeting registration using VISA Plus credit cards. There is a technical problem with the receiving bank in South Africa Also, please book flights for the meeting ASAP as all hotels, flights, safaris and game lodges are being booked out for this time period

  -  ABSTRACT SUBMISION: The website for abstract submission for the ISPN is now closed and the abstracts will now be scored and selected. Authors will be informed over the next two weeks as to whether their papers have been accepted and the timing of the presentation. Over the next few days William Harkness, the Scientific Committee Chairman, can be emailed direct at harknw@gosh.nhs.uk with potential late entries and these may (in exceptional circumstances!) be considered.

  -  To all ISPN Members: Please inform Springer (monika.weisleder@springer.com or susanne.verheugen-petry@springer.com or subscriptions@springer.com) if you have any missing issues. This should be done at your earliest convenience. Printed hard copies are only available for the current and past year i.e. earlier issues are no longer in stock.

  -  President's message 2007 (Carlo Mazza)

  -  Website of the 36h Annual Meeting of the International Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery: Cape Town, South Africa: 12-16 October 2008 [NEW]