The International Stroke Conference is the world’s premier meeting dedicated to the science and treatment of cerebrovascular disease and brain health. Network with thousands from endless combinations of expertise, experience and background. Form life-long collaborations and engage in exceptional education and science through presentations on the latest research from global thought leaders.
Join the conversation across numerous topics that emphasize basic, clinical and translational science. Discover a vast network of professionals collaborating towards understanding stroke pathophysiology, developing effective therapies and exploring brain health and stroke recovery. Experience an array of specialized topics where your expertise is essential. Take part in this unique and career-essential gathering of compelling science and professional connections.
Key Dates
ISC 2025 Key Dates
| Date |
Event |
| Tuesday, February 4, 2025 |
#ISC25 Pre-Conference Symposia and State of the Science Stroke Nursing Symposium |
| Wednesday, February 5, 2025 |
International Stroke Conference 2025 sessions begin |
| Friday, February 7, 2025 |
International Stroke Conference 2025 sessions end |
ISC 2025 Schedule-at-a-Glance
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 Activities
| Time |
Activity |
| 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Stroke Nursing Symposium |
| 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Fast and Furious: Stroke in the Real World – Addressing Challenges in Acute Stroke Management |
| 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
HEADS-UP: Health Equity and Actionable Disparities in Stroke: Understanding and Problem-Solving |
| 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Stroke in the Lab World: Investigational Targets in Ischemic Stroke: Ready, Set, Translate! |
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 Activities
| Time |
Activity |
| 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. |
- Advances and Controversies in Pediatric Moyamoya Disease
- Cerebrovascular Inflammatory Disorders the Stroke Neurologist Needs to Know: Blood Vessels on Fire
- Developing Sustainable and Unique Models for Community Stroke Education
- Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: New Insights, Challenges and Opportunities
- Stroke Prevention in the United States and Europe (a European Stroke Organisation / ASA Joint Symposium)
- Acute Treatment: Systemic Thrombolysis and Cerebroprotection Oral Abstracts I
- Neuroendovascular Oral Abstracts I
- Risk Factors and Prevention Oral Abstracts I
|
| 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. |
- Optimal Blood Pressure Management in Acute Cerebrovascular Disease
- Bench to Bedside and Beyond - Adjunctive Neurostimulation Interventions and Therapies To Maximize Post-Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Pathogenesis and Treatment of Non-acute Subdural Hematomas (AANS/CNS CV Section Session)
- Stroke, Brain Health, and the Brain Economy (an American Academy of Neurology / ASA Joint Symposium)
- The Paola De Rango Session: Understudied Factors Contributing to Disparities in Stroke Risk and Outcomes in Women Across the Continuum of Disease and Care
- Clinical Rehabilitation and Recovery Oral Abstracts
- Imaging Oral Abstracts I
- Large Vessel Disease from Arteries to Veins (Non-Acute Treatment) Oral Abstracts
|
| 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
Opening Main Event
- AHA's Chief Executive Officer’s Welcome and the AHA Presidential Address
- ISC Program Chair’s Welcoming Remarks
- Feinberg Award Lecture
- Late-Breaking Science Trial Results
|
| 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. |
- Moderated Digital Poster Sessions
- Science and Technology Hall
|
| 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
- Cerebrovascular Diseases in Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Modernizing Stroke Trials for the 21st Century -Scale, Strategy, and Technology
- Navigating the Pediatric Ischemic Stroke Landscape: Innovations in Prehospital and Intrahospital Management
- Cerebrovascular Systems of Care Oral Abstracts I
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage Oral Abstracts I
- Late-Breaking Science Oral Abstracts I
- Risk Factors and Prevention Oral Abstracts II
|
| 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
- Moderated Digital Poster Sessions
- Science and Technology Hall
|
| 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
- Bench to Bedside and Beyond -Understanding Sporadic CSVD Through the Lens of CADASIL And Other Monogenic CSVDS
- Endovascular thrombectomy for distal medium vessel occlusions – How far is too far?
- Management Decisions Surrounding Antithrombotic Treatment in Patients with ICH: A Physician’s Perspective
- Reclaiming Sight: Exploring Effective Approaches to Visual Field Recovery after Stroke
- The Taboo Topic: Sexuality After Stroke
- Acute Treatment: Systemic Thrombolysis and Cerebroprotection Oral Abstracts II
- Health Services, Quality Improvement, and Patient-Centered Outcomes Oral Abstracts I
|
| 4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. |
- Bench to Bedside and Beyond -Understanding Sporadic CSVD Through the Lens of CADASIL And Other Monogenic CSVDS (cont)
- Advancements in Stroke services - INDIA: Quality care, Best Practices & New Approaches (an Indian Stroke Association / ASA Joint Symposium)
- Case Recordings in Live Conditions: Best Management Practices 1
- It’s All in The Head: Psychological Health is Brain Health
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Monitoring and Management Complications
- Health Services, Quality Improvement, and Patient-Centered Outcomes Oral Abstracts II
- Imaging Oral Abstracts II
- Neuroendovascular Oral Abstracts II
|
| 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
- Moderated Poster Tours
- Poster Sessions
|
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 Activities
| Time |
Activity |
| 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. |
- Adding Insult to Injury: Stroke in the Context of Pre-existing Disability and Dementia
- Advancing Regional Thrombectomy Systems of Care: Global Perspectives
- Bench to Bedside and Beyond - What Do We Know About the Role of Inflammation in Intracranial Hemorrhage?
- East Asia Specific Forms of Stroke: RNF213 Related Vasculopathy (a Japan Stroke Society / ASA Joint Symposium)
- Ramping Up Advanced Practice Provider Scholarship
- Aneurysms and Vascular Malformations Oral Abstracts
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage Oral Abstracts II
- Translational Basic Science Oral Abstracts I
|
| 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. |
- Optimal Imaging for Patient Triage in the Late Time Window and with Large Cores? (Debate)
- "Where I Am Now" - Evidence-based psychological interventions to improve outcomes of stroke rehabilitation
- Complexities and Complications: Lessons In Training: Trainee Case Studies Session 1
- Exploring the Future of ICAD Diagnosis and Management (a JAHA Journal Session)
- Brain Health Oral Abstracts
- Late-Breaking Science Oral Abstracts II
- Risk Factors and Prevention Oral Abstracts III
- Translational Basic Science Oral Abstracts II
|
| 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
Thursday Main Event
- Sacco Outstanding Stroke Research Mentor Lecture
- Willis Award Lecture
- Late-Breaking Science Trial Results
|
| 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. |
- Moderated Digital Poster Sessions
- Science and Technology Hall
|
| 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
- Advancing the Understanding of Dolichoectasia: Current Status and Future Directions
- Aspiration Risk Screening: Updated Evidence and a Call for Advocacy
- Best Interventions vs. Conservative Management for Unruptured Brain Aneurysms: Assessing the Risks and Benefits
- Hot Topics on Hot Carotids
- Stroke in Indigenous and First Nations Populations (an Australian and New Zealand Stroke Organisation / ASA Joint Symposium)
- AHA Statements and Guidelines: Stroke Primary Prevention
- Late-Breaking Science Oral Abstracts III
- Late-Breaking Science Oral Abstracts IV
|
| 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
- Moderated Digital Poster Sessions
- Science and Technology Hall
|
| 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
- Case Recordings in Live Conditions: Best Management Practices 2
- Clinical Translation of Randomized Trials: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Importance Of Designing Trials With Patient And Community Engagement for Implementability
- In-Hospital Care; from the ICU to Discharge Oral Abstracts
- Late-Breaking Science Oral Abstracts V
- 75 Years of NINDS-supported Research to Advance Stroke Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond
- Bench to Bedside and Beyond - Attacking the Swell: Vascular Permeability and Cerebral Edema Post-Stroke
- AHA Statements and Guidelines: Updates
|
| 4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. |
- Inside the AHA’s Research Enterprise: Grant Funding and Other Opportunities
- New Horizons in medical therapy for stroke prevention
- Partnering with Patients to Improve Post-Stroke Care
- Treatment of Spontaneous Severe Deep Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- 75 Years of NINDS-supported Research to Advance Stroke Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond (cont)
- Bench to Bedside and Beyond - Attacking the Swell: Vascular Permeability and Cerebral Edema Post-Stroke (cont)
- Late-Breaking Science Oral Abstracts VI
- Game of Strokes
|
| 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
- Moderated Digital Poster Sessions
- Science and Technology Hall
|
Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 Activities
| Time |
Activity |
| 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. |
- Complexities and Complications: Lessons In Training: Trainee Case Studies Session 2
- High Profile Thrombolysis Randomized Controlled Trials
- Innate Immune Targets after Stroke
- Leveraging Real-World Evidence to Enhance Stroke Outcomes
- Cerebrovascular Nursing and Advanced Practice Providers and Therapists Oral Abstracts
- Pediatric Cerebrovascular Disease Oral Abstracts
- Risk Factors and Prevention Oral Abstracts IV
- Bugher Foundation Session
|
| 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. |
- Acute Stenting during Endovascular Therapy for Large vessel Occlusions
- Establishing Stroke Centers of Excellence - Beyond Stroke services and Quality (a World Stroke Organisation / ASA Joint Symposium)
- New and Alternative Thrombolytic Therapies (a Stroke Journal session)
- Unspoken Bias: The Influence of Language and Culture on Stroke Care and Research
- Updates on Cerebral White Matter Disease in 2025: Mechanisms, Implications, Treatment
- Cerebrovascular Systems of Care Oral Abstracts II
- Health Services, Quality Improvement, and Patient-Centered Outcomes Oral Abstracts III
- Translational Basic Science Oral Abstracts III
|
| 11:00 a.m. to 1:05 p.m. |
Closing Main Event
- Sherman Award Lecture
- Late-Breaking Science Trial Results
- ISC Program Chair's Closing Remarks
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