Prof. Kuroda joined European Stroke Organization Conference (ESOC) 2019 in Milan between May 22 and 24. Prof. Shigeru Miyachi and Prof. Kuroda was invited to this meeting as invited speakers. Prof. Miyachi gave a lecture on recent perspective of endovascular treatments for acute ischemic stroke in Japan, and Prof. Kuroda gave a lecture on recent advancements of surgical therapy for moyamoya disease.