European Vestibular Conference

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Welcome

Prague · 25–26 November 2027

An invitation from the chairs

Dear colleagues and friends,

It is our pleasure to invite you to the 1st European Vestibular Conference, held in Prague on 25 and 26 November 2027. Patients with dizziness and imbalance are seen across otology, neurology, audiology and physiotherapy, and too often each of us sees only part of the picture. This meeting is an attempt to put those views side by side for two days.

We have kept the format deliberately compact. There will be invited lectures and free papers, but also enough unscheduled time for the conversations that usually happen in the corridor. Colleagues at every stage of training are welcome, and we particularly encourage younger clinicians and researchers to submit their work.

We look forward to welcoming you to Prague.

Prof. Zdeněk Čada, M.D., Ph.D., MBA

Chair — Head of Department, Department of ENT, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University

Prof. Dr. Dr. Raymond van de Berg

Chair — Head of Vestibulology, Maastricht UMC+

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About

A meeting for people who see the same patient differently

Dizziness and imbalance are among the most common reasons patients reach specialist care, and among the least consistently managed. Diagnosis crosses otology, neurology, audiology, physiotherapy and imaging, and each discipline still works to a partly separate evidence base.

Over two days, invited lectures, case-based sessions and free papers will cover diagnostic testing, vestibular implantation, Menière's disease, vestibular migraine and rehabilitation after acute loss — with time built in for discussion rather than back-to-back talks.

This first edition is deliberately compact. The aim is a meeting where trainees can ask questions of the people whose protocols they follow, and where centres across Europe can compare what actually works in daily practice.

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Venue

Grandium Hotel Prague

Sessions, posters and accommodation all sit under one roof, a few streets from Wenceslas Square. Over a dense two-day programme, that matters more than it sounds.

Getting there

Václav Havel Airport is roughly 40 minutes from the centre by taxi, or by Airport Express bus to Prague Main Station. The venue is about ten minutes on foot from Main Station, which connects Prague directly to Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Warsaw and Budapest by rail.

The nearest metro stations are Muzeum (lines A and C) and Můstek (lines A and B), both a few minutes' walk away.

Address

Grandium Hotel Prague
Politických vězňů 913/12
110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic

Sessions: Plenary hall on the conference floor, single track
Posters and exhibition: Foyer adjoining the plenary hall
Access: Step-free entry and lift access to all conference rooms
Accommodation: Rooms available at the venue; booking details to follow

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Committee

Scientific committee

The programme is led by the organising department in Prague together with Maastricht UMC+, with co-chairs from Prague and Hradec Králové.

Chairs

Prof. Zdeněk Čada

M.D., Ph.D., MBA

Head of Department, Department of ENT, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University; Motol and Homolka University Hospital

Prof. Dr. Dr. Raymond van de Berg

M.D., Ph.D.

Head of Vestibulology, Department of ENT, Maastricht UMC+; Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University

Co-Chairs

Zuzana Balatková

M.D., Ph.D.

Department of ENT, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University; Motol University Hospital

Maja Stříteská

M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Hradec Králové, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University

Further members of the scientific committee will be announced with the programme.

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Programme

Full programme to be announced

The scientific committee is finalising the two-day programme. Session titles, invited speakers and the call for abstracts will be published on this page.

Registered delegates will be notified by email as soon as the programme is released.

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Registration

Coming soon

Registration is not yet open. Full details, including fees and accommodation, will be announced on this page.

Organised by

Department of ENT, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University; Motol and Homolka University Hospital; Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education.