In clinical practice, patients, families, and healthcare professionals continually face situations in which they must make decisions with varying levels of uncertainty, whether in relation to diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.

On the 8^th of October the first ICTUSnet dissemination meeting will take place online. The objective of this meeting is to present the specific objectives, the experience of each beneficiary and also the preliminary results of the ICTUSnet project. It will be an open day for health professionals, research centres, technology companies and patient associations. If you are interested in joining us, please follow this link to register.

The Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) is committed to improving stroke prevention strategies as well as expanding access to the most impactful and modern acute stroke treatments to patients worldwide. Stroke and interventional neurologists who are members of SVIN continue to work collaboratively with interventional neuro-radiologists and endovascular neurosurgeons to achieve better outcomes for stroke patients.

Initiatives that make a difference: Inform – Prevent. World Stroke Day falls on the 29^th of October each year. It has been marked as a day of global action and awareness of stroke and its burden on millions of people worldwide, directly or indirectly affected. It is also the perfect day to focus on campaigns that aim to have an impact by influencing policies towards a further improvement of the stroke care system. Many regions across Europe have joined the cause by organizing events to raise awareness on stroke. In Spain, informative events and initiatives took place in Catalonia, Community of Madrid, Seville, Navarra and Valencia.

ICTUSnet is pleased to invite you to the second thematic workshop on the current and future challenges of endovascular stroke treatment, which will take place on the 5th of September in Nice (France), following the work done under WP5 “Knowledge exchange, collaboration and mutual learning”. The objective is to discuss innovative remedies to tackle some of the upcoming challenges for endovascular stroke treatment with all the health professionals involved in the sector. The workshop will include brief presentations on three different topics by some of the ICTUSnet partners and invited experts, followed up by open discussion within the participants on the specific topic. The agenda will be as follows: