The EFORT Congress 2012 in Berlin is Europe’s most important scientific event of the year in orthopaedics and traumatology. Along with updates on all specialty areas, it offers a record number of submissions and a myriad of formats for generalists, specialists and specialists still in training, customised to meet the needs of the group involved. And the venue is unbeatable. Participants can look forward to priority topics surrounding the “UN Decade of Traffic Safety” and the “European Year for Active and Healthy Ageing” as well as two honorary lectures and highlights such as the new “Cross Fire Sessions”, a forum for controversial issues.
The EFORT Congress 2012 in Berlin is Europe’s most important scientific event of the year in orthopaedics and traumatology. Along with updates on all specialty areas, it offers a record number of submissions and a myriad of formats for generalists, specialists and specialists still in training, customised to meet the needs of the group involved. And the venue is unbeatable. Participants can look forward to priority topics surrounding the “UN Decade of Traffic Safety” and the “European Year for Active and Healthy Ageing” as well as two honorary lectures and highlights such as the new “Cross Fire Sessions”, a forum for controversial issues. The European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) is staging the 13th EFORT Congress in the German capital from 23 to 25 May 2012. It is the most important scientific event at European level for orthopaedists and trauma surgeons. “Holding the EFORT Congress in Berlin is not only an accolade for the German orthopaedics and traumatology. The decision on the venue also underscores the commitment of EFORT to create a joint platform for all European nations’ continuing training in orthopaedics and traumatology at as comparable a level as possible,” Professor Dr Dieter Wirtz noted. Besides being one of the two local organisers of EFORT 2012, Professor Wirtz is Director of the Clinic for Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the University Clinic in Bonn and on the Advisory Board of the Executive Committee of the German Association of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery DGOOC. “Berlin is easy to reach and a unique point of convergence for the cultural, political and social history of Eastern and Western Europe. We hope to be able to welcome large numbers of colleagues from Eastern Europe in particular to this event,” he adds.
There is great interest in any case. “From the nearly 4000 abstracts submitted, we will select about 600 to 700 for the free paper sessions. This approach gives us a chance to discover a host of original new ideas,” noted the second local organiser of the event, Professor Dr Karsten Dreinhöfer of Charité Universitätsmedizin and chief physician in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at Medical Park in Humboldtmühle, Berlin as well as Vice President of the Professional Association of Specialists in Orthopaedics and Traumatology (BVOU). “EFORT can draw on the diversity of historical and scientific advances and experience in Europe to achieve a breadth of creativity that congresses more limited in a regional, linguistic and cultural sense simply cannot offer. That is certainly an important reason for the incomparable appeal EFORT meetings have far beyond the borders of Europe. We expect participants from 90 countries. This international gathering also allows us to learn from our neighbours so that we can first understand each other better and perhaps subsequently bring our different cultures closer together.”
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