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The Charing Cross International Symposium is one of the largest vascular and endovascular congresses in the world. Held every year in London, it focuses on Education, Innovation and Evidence, with a three-year theme cycle of Controversies, Challenges and Consensus.

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Launched in 2023, CX Vascular is an online community for vascular specialists. Community members can network with peers, share their experiences, access exclusive CX-style education and receive the latest news and updates from the field.

In the last decade alone CX has educated over 20,000 vascular specialists, industry members, and trainees from over 152 countries. Today CX is offered in a hybrid format, educating delegates in-person in London, UK and across the world online.

At a glance

The Charing Cross Symposium (CX), our flagship event, has been running since 1978 and has gone on to become the leading global vascular symposium. Founded at the Drew Lecture Theatre of the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, CX provides first-class Education, Innovation, and Evidence presented by world-leading experts.

The CX Story

A memorable event occurred in 1998 when Dr Michael DeBakey, vascular pioneer, called upon all of the presidents of vascular meetings in Europe to create the foundation of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS). This was to be in the image of the Society for Vascular Surgery, founded earlier by DeBakey and colleagues and at the time was easily the most prominent vascular educational event in the world.

In 1990, again in the Drew Lecture Theatre, Julio Palmaz of Argentina announced his stent which had been used to fix a Dacron tube into the aorta to correct an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). This was the first news in Europe of EVAR and the audience took a deep breath of realisation.

By 1999 the Drew Lecture Theatre at Charing Cross Hospital had become too small and CX moved to the Great Hall in Imperial College with a capacity of 600 until 2012.

In 2013 for further capacity needs, CX moved to Olympia London’s National Hall, and in 2014 to Olympia London’s Grand Hall, with an average attendance of 4,000.

The inability to host meetings in-person due to the global pandemic in 2020 encouraged CX to pivot to a digital event, aiming at national broadcast standards. Both digital editions of CX, in 2020 and 2021, attracted large virtual audiences including many vascular specialists from China through a partnership with "News of Vascular".

Since 2022, CX has entered its hybrid era, now offering delegates the choice between in-person and virtual registrations. CX education is also available online, on-demand and year-round for delegates and members of the CX Vascular community.

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Breakdown of the CX Audience*

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