The conference was attended by the staff of the Department of Fundamental Neurosurgery of INOPR: Professor of the Department, Dr. M.Sc., Associate Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrey Grin, Associate Professor of the Department, Dr. Ivan Godkov and Professor of the Department, Dr. Viktor Lukyanchikov. The specialists presented reports on various aspects of minimally invasive techniques in spine and spinal cord surgery, vascular neurosurgery and skull base surgery.