The 2013 Instructional Course and Annual Meeting Program Committees have worked very hard to organize meeting content that is high quality, original, and clinically relevant. The one-day Instructional Course, which precedes the annual meeting, will include a session on surgical techniques, presented in a digitally enhanced format. Other sessions presented by our faculty of experts, will focus on complications, healthcare economics, cervical deformity and challenges and complications in cervical spine surgery.