ASCoN
Asian Spinal Cord Network

Each year the annual ASCoN regional conference is hosted by an ASCoN member organisation.  The Conference covers all aspects of spinal cord injury management, treatment, rehabilitation and community integration.  It also provides an opportunity for people in the Asia region to come together and network with others regionally and internationally, to share ideas and discuss or debate dilemmas and the latest developments and innovations in spinal injury management. The conferences hosted to date include:

2001 at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), Bangladesh;

2002 at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, (ISIC), India;

2003 at the Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand;

2004 at the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre, (SIRC), Nepal;

2005 at the Hospital for Rehabilitation and Professional Diseases, in collaboration with Handicap International, Vietnam.

2007 at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), Bangaladesh

2008 at the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre, (SIRC), Nepal;

2009 in New Delhi, combined with the 49th ISCoS and 10th Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific meetings and hosted by the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre

Forthcoming Events:

The 10th ASCoN Conference will take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 21st - 23rd October 2011, hosted by SAARC Surgical Care Society.