Global Embolization Symposium and Technologies (GEST)

BACKGROUND
Embolization is one of the few areas in endovascular therapy that draws together all practitioners, regardless of their individual subspeciality practices. Obviously, for the interventional oncologist, embolization is the sine qua non. However, embolization spans peripheral vascular disease, trauma, visceral artery and venous interventions, pediatric and neurointerventional therapies, women's health, aortic disease, vascular malformations, gastrointestinal bleeding, liver disease, non-vascular procedures, cell-based therapies, etc. No part of the discipline is untouched. The GEST meeting or Global Embolization Symposium and Technologies, is the first and only meeting that focuses upon bringing you a global, in-depth technical, hands-on, and evidence based review of the entire field and an insight into the research that will shape your practice.

MISSION STATEMENT
The GEST aim is to bring you the highest level of scientific and technical education about the use of new materials and devices, their results, relevance for patient care, imaging, and, of course, to fine tune your existing skills and expertise in these areas.

GEST HISTORY
2005: The GEST idea is discussed by the GEST Founders Jafar Golzarian, Ziv J Haskal and Marc Sapoval.

2006: Preperations begin for the first GEST meeting.

2007: April 25 to 28, Inauguration of the First Annual GEST Meeting in the Barcelona Sants Hotel. Despite planning for a small meeting of 200 attendees, the interest in the meeting is phenomenal, and nearly 700 people register and attend the meeting.

2008: June 5 to 8, moves to larger venue in Barcelona, The Princesa Sofia Hotel, and the second edition sees another increase in participation with 850 people registering and attending.

2009: April 15 to 18, GEST Europe is born in collaboration with the CIRSE Foundation and over 1000 people attend the 2009 edition of the event in Marriott Rive Gauche in Paris France.

2010: May 6 to 9, in San Francisco, California, and putting the GLOBAL into GEST, the meeting will move stateside, increasing both the depth of its format with new innovating program modules and also its format.