NEXT COURSE: 11-13 NOVEMBER 2026, ESSEN
Dear colleagues and friends,
We are pleased to announce that ALICE –Advanced Live Interventional Course of Essen- is to come soon again, from the 11th to the 13th of November in Essen, Germany.
ALICE is focused on Live Case Transmissions with treatment of challenging pathologies including aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and dural fistulae but also recanalization of chronically occluded ICAs and other less frequent pathologies, transmitted from 3 international centers in Spain, France and Turkey in addition to the live cases transmitted from our center at the Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus in Essen.
There have been huge evolutions in our field and many more to come. Embolization of AVM is not a palliative treatment, it has now become a curative treatment that can be achieved in the most challenging situations. The introduction of 6D imaging, staged transvenous embolization and new embolic agents have led to a complete change in understanding and in the treatment strategies. We will also be pleased to launch a new wire dedicated for AVMs, the Nexus Petit, which is the smallest microwire available in our field.
Intense discussions are planned in the stroke session with a focus on the real value of super large bore catheters, the need for distal thrombectomy and the place for IA in patient selection.
The devices used in aneurysm treatment are evoluating too with numerous new devices but also specific problems that will be highlighted such as braid deformation of flow diverters and pitfalls of softwares dedicated to implementation of intrasacular devices.
How much is subdural embolization really needed will be another point of debate. Are we at the beginning of a new era with a huge potential for numerous additional procedures or is it just a bubble due to an excess of enthusiasm?
Our understanding of neurovascular diseases requires solid knowledge of anatomy but everything we believe to know is not correct. The special Bananaz lecture will focus this year on what we have to unlearn!
The special Jean-Jacques Merland Lecture will be focused on statistics that are unavoidable for scientific assumptions to be made. But we may be afraid to realize how much what we think to know is inaccurate and how to improve the quality of our results.
And of course, we will discuss during our complication session, ALICE in trouble, what is to be avoided to prevent complications.
Join us for an exciting event featuring interaction, latest technical developments, cutting-edge insights and in-depth discussions on key topics with leading experts in the field.
I look forward to meet you in Essen very soon
René Chapot
We refer to the Event "ALICE" (EMT-26-12357) . The Event has been determined as compliant with MedTech Europe Code of Ethical Business Practice and EFPIA Code of Practice. Link to the event: Events CVS
Scientific programme 2026
Updated on 28th October
| 07:30 | Registration | |
| 08:00 | Opening ALICE | |
| 08:15 | Live Case 1 from Essen: AVM treated by TVE | Moderation: Fabian Arnberg Sandor, Vincent Costalat, Eytan Raz, Tomoaki Terada, Omer Eker, Vittorio Civelli, Yi Xu, Pascal Mosimann |
| 09:10 | Live Case 2 from Essen | |
| 10:00 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 10:15 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 | Live Case 3 from Santander | Moderation: Paul Stracke, Nader Sourour, Vipul Gupta, Gyula Gál, Ahmed El Serwi, Maksim Shapiro, Jie Qing Wan |
| 11:45 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 12:00 | BANANAZ at ALICE: Mythbusting: What we need to unlearn | Maksim Shapiro, Eytan Raz, Frederic Clarençon and Michihiro Tanaka Discover BANANAZ |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | Live Case 4 from Essen: MCA Aneurysm | Moderation: Tim Darsaut, Erez Nossek, Uday Limaye, Frederic Clarençon, Alex Szólics, Markus Möhlenbruch, Nobuyuki Sakai, Shan Cai Xu |
| 14:15 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 14:30 | Live Case 5 from Santander | |
| 15:15 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 | STROKE | Discussants: Wim van Zwam, Apostolos Safouris, Fabian Arnberg Sandor, Vincent Costalat, Omer Eker, Markus Möhlenbruch, Eytan Raz, Paul Stracke, Zhen Yu Jia |
| 16:00 | Super Large Bore Catheters: Do we really need them? | Omer Eker |
| 16:15 | Calcified plaque: not a problem anymore | Pascal Mosimann |
| 16:30 | Recanalization of chronic ICA occlusion: how stable is the result? | Vincent Costalat |
| 16:45 | SAPT or DAPT in tandem occlusion? | Jonas Schüßler |
| 17:00 | Round Table Discussion coordinated by Wim van Zwam & Apostolos Safouris: AI in stroke decision making & Stroke treatment beyond guidelines | |
| 18:30 | End of Session |
| 08:00 | Aneurysms: Debate Braid Deformation | Moderation: Pascal Mosimann, Vincent Costalat, Tim Darsaut |
| 08:00 | Braid Deformation is underestimated and requires special care | Laurent Spelle |
| 08:10 | Braid Deformation is overrated | Hans Henkes |
| 08:20 | Braid Deformation: Long term follow-up | Mario Martínez-Galdámez |
| 08:30 | So what? | Fabian Arnberg Sandor |
| 08:40 | Live Case 6 from Essen: AVM treated by TVE | Moderation: Erez Nossek, Alberto Gil, Omer Eker, Fabian Arnberg Sandor, Ahmed El Serwi, Maksim Shapiro, Tomoaki Terada |
| 09:45 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 10:00 | Coffee break | |
| 10:15 | Live Case 7 from Istanbul | Moderation: Vincent Costalat, Eytan Raz, Gyula Gál, Uday Limaye, Nader Sourour, Paul Stracke, Jin Lu Yu, Pascal Mosimann |
| 11:00 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 11:15 | Live Case 8 from Essen: MCA Aneurysm treated with Microchap | |
| 11:45 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 12:00 | Jean-Jacques Merland Lecture: What do statistics hide? | Sylvain Sardy |
| 12:40 | Q&As | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | Live Case 9 from Essen: Type 3 Dural Fistula of the petrous apex | Moderation: Markus Möhlenbruch, Vittorio Civelli, Vipul Gupta, Tim Darsaut, Nobuyuki Sakai, Nan Lyu |
| 14:00 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 14:15 | Live Case 10 from Istanbul | |
| 14:45 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 15:00 | AVM & Dural Fistulae | Moderation: Fabian Arnberg Sandor, Sara Pilgram-Pastor, Maksim Shapiro, René Chapot |
| 15:00 | Pressure Cooker Technique in superficial AVMs | Vincent Costalat |
| 15:15 | TVE in AVMs at the cerebellopontine angle | Tomoaki Terada |
| 15:30 | Technological Advances in angiographic imaging: the engineer's perspective | Andreas Berting |
| 15:45 | 6D imaging: when to stop embolization according to the cast within the AVM | Shinya Hagiwara |
| 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 | AVM & Dural Fistulae | Moderation: René Chapot, Fabian Arnberg Sandor, Sara Pilgram-Pastor, Maksim Shapiro |
| 16:30 | 6D imaging: venovenous anastomosis | Ahmed Ayad |
| 16:45 | MR after Obtura | Elif Yamac |
| 17:00 | Liquid embolics and Gamma Rays: Combination for Cure | Fabian Arnberg Sandor |
| 17:15 | Regular or low viscosity EVOH in shunt disease? | Paul Stracke |
| 17:30 | Latest evolutions in our therapeutic management of AVMs | René Chapot |
| 17:45 | Type 3 & 4 DAVF: TVA vs TVE vs Surgery | Moderation: Fabian Arnberg Sandor, Sara Pilgram-Pastor, Adnan Siddiqui, Eytan Raz, René Chapot |
| 17:45 | TVA | Vittorio Civelli |
| 17:51 | TVE | Markus Möhlenbruch |
| 17:57 | Surgery | Erez Nossek |
| 18:03 | Discussion | Vittorio Civelli, Markus Möhlenbruch, Erez Nossek |
| 18:15 | ALICE in trouble | Moderation: Uday Limaye, Michihiro Tanaka, Maksim Shapiro, Ahmed El Serwi, Tim Darsaut, René Chapot |
| 18:15 | Tomoaki Terada | |
| 18:30 | Alberto Gil | |
| 18:45 | Zhe Li | |
| 19:00 | Eytan Raz | |
| 19:15 | End of Session |
| 08:00 | cSDH: How much embolization is needed? | Moderation: Adnan Siddiqui, Vincent Costalat, Fabian Arnberg Sandor, Sara Pilgram-Pastor, Markus Holtmannspötter |
| 08:00 | We need to embolize more | Erez Nossek |
| 08:10 | Embolization is overrated | Tim Darsaut |
| 08:20 | Discussion | Uday Limaye |
| 08:30 | Live Case 11 from Essen: Dural Fistula of the superior sagittal sinus | Moderation: Fabian Arnberg Sandor, Vincent Costalat, Eytan Raz, Adnan Siddiqui, Erez Nossek, Markus Holtmannspötter, Vittorio Civelli, Vipul Gupta |
| 10:15 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:45 | Live Case 12 from Bordeaux: Aneurysm | Moderation: Paul Stracke, Nader Sourour, Uday Limaye, Gyula Gál, Ahmed El Serwi, Maksim Shapiro, Tomoaki Terada, Hannes Nordmeyer |
| 11:15 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 11:23 | Live Case 13 from Essen: Aneurysm of the ophthalmic artery | |
| 11:53 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 12:00 | Aneurysms | Moderation: Fabian Arnberg Sandor, Vittorio Civelli, Markus Möhlenbruch, Kamil Zelenak |
| 12:00 | Aneurysm TBD | Adnan Siddiqui |
| 12:15 | Is there a place left for bypass surgery? | Erez Nossek |
| 12:30 | FDs: the more, the better? | Maksim Shapiro |
| 12:45 | FD, FD light or PAO? | René Chapot |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | Intrasaccular Devices: proper sizing | Moderation: Sara Pilgram-Pastor, Eytan Raz, Paul Stracke, Hannes Nordmeyer |
| 13:30 | We implement before we understand | Alex Szólics |
| 13:45 | Pitfalls of sizing softwares: how to handle | Vincent Costalat |
| 14:00 | Aneurysm TBD | Nan Lyu |
| 14:15 | Venous Stenosis: Stenting out of the box | Vittorio Civelli |
| 14:30 | Robotics: how far are we today? | Kamil Zelenak |
| 14:45 | Live Case 14 from Essen: Recanalization of chronically occluded ICA | Moderation: Nobuyuki Sakai, Gyula Gál, Markus Holtmannspötter, Nader Sourour, Fabian Arnberg Sandor |
| 15:00 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 15:15 | Live Case 15 from Istanbul: Aneurysm | |
| 15:30 | Post-embolization discussion | |
| 15:45 | End of ALICE 2026 |
Speakers Alice 2026
F. Arnberg Sandor
"Aster"
A. Ayad
A. Berting
R. Chapot
V. Civelli
F. Clarençon
V. Costalat
T. Darsaut
O. Eker
A. El Serwi
G. Gál
A. Gil
V. Gupta
Shinya Hagiwara
H. Henkes
M. Holtmannspötter
Zhen Yu Jia
U. Limaye
Zhe Li
Nan Lyu
M. Martínez-Galdámez
M. Möhlenbruch
P. Mosimann
H. Nordmeyer
E. Nossek
S. Pilgram-Pastor
E. Raz
A. Safouris
N. Sakai
S. Sardy
J. Schüßler
M. Shapiro
A. Siddiqui
N. Sourour
L. Spelle
P. Stracke
A. Szólics
Michihiro Tanaka
Tomoaki Terada
Jie Qing Wan
Shan Cai Xu
Yi Xu
E. Yamac
Jin Lu Yu
K. Zelenak
W. van Zwam
How to find the venue?
Theater und Philharmonie Essen GmbH (TUP) RWE Pavillon
Huyssenallee 53 45128 Essen
Organization
Klinik für Neuroradiologie
Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus
Rüttenscheid
Alfried-Krupp-Straße 21
45131 Essen
Accreditation
The accreditation for ALICE 2026 will be applied by the Ethical Med and information will follow soon
Congress Organization
cme4u GmbH
Denise Thom
Röntgenstrasse 7-9,
60388 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone +49 (0)6109 6960760
Fax +49 (0) 6109–6960769
Email: d.thom@cme4u.org
CME Credits
Please keep in mind that due to rules and regulations we can provide your CME credits and certificate only if you have filled in the evaluation form which you can request by email from the congress organization, Denise Thom d.thom@cme4u.org.
The certificate of attendance will be sent by email to you.