LINC represents an ambitious project to establish a unique for our region event that will periodically cover all aspects of vascular neurosurgery. Our aim is to provide trainees with a thorough and up to date review of a different subject each time, through theoretical lectures, debates as well as practical video sessions. Our inaugural course, the LINC2016, has been successfully completed on the 18th and 19th of March 2016. Its main theme being cerebral aneurysms, and with over 50 participants and 20 faculty members from both Europe and the U.S., LINC2016 proved to be a substantial educational experience for us all. For this event, we have chosen to concentrate on brain AVMs, a disease that still stirs controversy over what its management should be. My team and I, welcome you all in Athens for what we trust will