Clinicians the world over have appreciated the concussion consensus meetings in Vienna (2001) and Prague (2004).

Journal citations, conference discussion and personal anecdote suggest the output from this meeting might be one of the major advances in sports medicine over the past decade.

The 2008 Concussion Conference will be hosted by FIFA and takes place in Zurich on October 30. It is open for free papers and you can register for just 100 USD.The expert panel will refine the guidelines for both simple and complex concussion, focus on the pressing issue of paediatric concussion and further explore ways to increase knowledge translation.