18th Neurotrauma Society Conference was held in Jaipur from 7th to 9th August 2009.

Dr Tastuo Kanno, Emirates Professor of Neurosurgery at the Fujita University in Japan delivered the P S Ramani oration. In this oration, he discussed at length the new methodology that he had introduced to give relief to patients in prolonged coma following head injury. The concept was well appreciated and deserves to be implemented in many such cases.