EACCME Accreditation: Serono Symposia International Foundation (http://www.seronosymposia.org) has submitted the main congress program of the “4th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)” (Barcelona, Spain, October 28 - 31, 2010) for accreditation by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).   The “4th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)” (Barcelona, Spain, October 28 - 31, 2010) is designated for a maximum of 18 (eighteen) hours of European external CME credits. Each medical specialist should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. EACCME credits are recognized by the American Medical Association towards the Physician's Recognition Award (PRA). To convert EACCME credit to AMA PRA category 1 credit, please contact the AMA. For Italian participants Serono Symposia International Foundation has submitted, in compliance with the procedures indicated by the Italian Ministry of Health, the main meeting program of the event entitled the “4th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)” (Barcelona, Spain, October 28 - 31, 2010)  to the Italian National Commission for Continuing Medical Education. The Commission has approved the event n. 13776 – 10030010 (psychologist) and the event n. 13776 – 10029898 (physician) for 5 (five) CME credits.   The CME accreditation is valid for the main congress program only and does not cover the company-sponsored symposia.   ISO 9001 Certification Serono Symposia International Foundation has received the ISO 9001 Certification of Quality Management Systems. This Quality certification requires all participants to fill in a scientific questionnaire and to evaluate the overall quality of the event. Questionnaires will be distributed onsite during the congress. Italian Participants The Italian National Commission for Continuing Medical Education has approved the "The 4th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)” for 5 (five) CME credits for psychologist and physicians.

“The 3rd World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy-3)” (Prague, Czech Republic - October 8-11, 2009) was designated for a maximum of 17 (seventeen) hours of European external CME credits.