Slated for May 1-5, 2010 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the AANS is expected to host an estimated 7,000 attendees, with more than 3,000 medical professionals including neurosurgeons, neurosurgical residents, neuroscience nurses, clinical specialists, physician assistants and allied health professionals.

In place of the reams of paper and printed materials that AANS medical attendees have received in the past at registration and throughout the meeting, they will be given an iPod touch. With this device, medical attendees will be able to access and integrate every aspect of the AANS Annual Meeting, from the scientific education to social events, plenary lectures, seminars, exhibitors, maps -- even communicate with other meeting attendees.

The Scientific Program, which opens on Monday, May 3, features breakfast seminars, oral abstract presentations on groundbreaking neurosurgical research, as well as special lectures, including the keynote lecture -- 2010 Cushing Orator Newt Gingrich, PhD. All of this and more will be featured on the iPod touch during the meeting.

However, the benefits to AANS members won't start or end in Philadelphia, says AANS Executive Director Thomas Marshall. Podcasts will be offered in the months leading up to Philadelphia, and the entire content of the meeting will be available on the Apple web site post
meeting for attendees to download. Registration for the meeting opens on Nov. 2.

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