From 1 to 4 June 2025, the city of Hanover will be an important forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in neurosurgery. The German Society for Neurosurgery (DGNC) is organising its 76th Annual Meeting. Around 1,500 participants from Germany and abroad will gather to discuss the latest scientific findings and developments in neurosurgery under the motto ‘In the field of tension between research and patient care’. Conference President Prof. Joachim K. Krauss, MD, Hannover Medical School, is looking forward to a varied programme with top-class speakers from Germany and abroad.