Basecon2010,Trivandrum

Ananthapuri, the abode of Lord Padmanabha residing in the year 800 old hoary temple, beckons you all to the 12^th annual conference of the skull base surgery society of India being held on 7^th, 8^th, and 9^th October 2010 Please mark these dates on your calendar as we intend to host a meeting, which will deliver a rich and sumptuous academic feast. This meeting will be graced by a host of national and international luminaries in skull base surgery who intend to ensure that your valuable time is spent judiciously. We are planning to conduct a live operative workshop enabling you to witness masters demonstrating their art. For the budding skull base surgeons we have a hands-on-cadaver workshop to hone some practical skills.We have included discussions on the many knotty issues in skull base surgery that confront us in our everyday practice.We hope to have many discussants enlarging on these issues. Finally we do not intend to make this meeting an -"all work and no play" phenomenon.So world renow ned beaches, Ayurvedic spas ,alluring backwaters, the lands end at Kanyakumari, ancient temples, churches and mosques summon all of you to combine work with rejuvenation for the mind, body and soul! We heartily welcome you with your families to this gathering in Trivandrum, intending to provoke serious neurosurgical thoughts, augment your surgical repertoire and above all, a superb holiday for you and your family.