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Save Money and Stay Up-To-Date With Our Early-Bird Discount Tickets for OTWorld 2024 go on sale in the online shop from January 2024. Benefit from generous discounts and ensure you stay up-to-date with the early-bird price for participation at the world congress. For young professionals, it is also worth getting on board early. Tickets for the Youth.Academy TO are available at a reduced price as well. Continue reading

OTWorld.start-ups: New Ideas for the Modern Orthopaedic Treatment and Care Young companies will present their new developments and ideas to an international audience of experts in the special exhibition area. A visit to OTWorld.start-ups offers insights into innovative products and the chance to become part of a dynamic network that drives progress in the industry. Newcomers can still register for remaining spaces. Continue reading

Keynote Speaker Presents a Carbon Neutral "Green Carbon" Process at OTWorld 2024 At the leading world get-together for the prosthetics and orthotics industry, Professor Thomas Brück will be presenting an innovative technology for use in medical applications called "Green Carbon". The carbon-neutral process for manufacturing algae-based carbon fibres could possibly replace traditional carbon fibres in medical technology applications in the future. Continue reading

Unlimited Professional Training Opportunities at OTWorld.campus In workshops, at the lectures or over a game of table tennis, OTWorld.campus offers the next generation a chance to find out about the wide range of professional training and further education opportunities in the fields of prosthetics and orthotics. Educational institutions and young professionals will be getting together in an open and inspirational atmosphere. Continue reading

Happiness Researcher Holds Keynote Address at OTWorld Can your work make you happy? This question will be addressed by Berlin professor of psychology Prof Ricarda Rehwaldt in a keynote speech in which she provides inspiration for more happiness and satisfaction in our daily professional lives. Continue reading

France is Partner Country at OTWorld 2024 France is presenting itself for the first time as the partner country at OTWorld. A large pavilion with French companies is planned as well as contributions to the congress programme that provide insights into the French healthcare system. The Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris will also be in the spotlight. Continue reading

OTWorld.friends: A Strong Community Numerous associations, professional societies and educational institutions across the world, from AOPA and BUFA to DGOU and ISPO, are committed to supporting knowledge transfer and progress in modern orthopaedic treatment and care. By working together, all these players can achieve much more. This is why the German Association of Orthopaedic Technology (BIV-OT) as the conceptual partner of OTWorld is inviting them to become a part of the new and exclusive network called "OTWorld.friends". Continue reading

OTWorld.first-timers: Exhibition Space Exclusively for First-Time Exhibitors OTWorld is offering new exhibitors a unique opportunity to introduce themselves with a stand at the global industry get-together from 14 to 17 May 2024 in Leipzig. The OTWorld.first-timers exclusive exhibition space is perfectly located in front of the entrance to the congress area and offers maximum visibility with an open-plan lounge atmosphere. Continue reading

International Expert on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at OTWorld 2024 The first keynote speaker at OTWorld 2024 has now been confirmed. Prof Claudio Castellini is a professor of assistive robotics at the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and will be sharing his research findings on artificial intelligence and assistive robotics. Continue reading

Exhibiting Together: Special Areas at a Glance Stronger together! Start-ups, first-timers and educational institutions have the exclusive opportunity to introduce themselves to a global audience of experts at a special, discounted rate in the special areas at OTWorld 2024. Continue reading

Travel Stipends: Open for applications until the end of October Attendees from low-income countries can still submit their applications for a travel stipend to OTWorld 2024 until the end of October. Congress organiser Confairmed GmbH will award three scholarships of €1,000 each for travel and accommodation expenses. Continue reading

New Dual Leadership of the world congress at OTWorld 2024 Uniting medicine with prosthetics and orthotics: The new dual leadership for the world congress reflects the interdisciplinary and inter-professional orientation of OTWorld 2024. Bringing together both sectors with their professional expertise, the two congress presidents, Prof Dr Thomas Wirth, Medical Director of the Orthopaedic Clinic in Stuttgart and Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Ingo Pfefferkorn, master prosthetist and orthotist, will be creating a platform for open professional dialogue. Continue reading

Mourning for Prof. Hans B. Bauerfeind - Company owner of Bauerfeind AG passes away Prof. Hans B. Bauerfeind passed away on 13 July 2023, Bauerfeind AG announced. The entrepreneur, who was born in Zeulenroda, Thuringia, was 82 years old. OTWorld and Leipziger Messe deeply empathise with the death of the company owner, who developed Bauerfeind AG into one of the world's leading manufacturers of medical aids such as bandages, orthoses, medical compression stockings and orthopaedic insoles. Continue reading

It Pays to Be Quick: Early Bird Offer for OTWorld 2024 In just under a year's time, the Leipzig Exhibition Centre will open its doors for this major event of the orthopaedic technology industry. We invite you to present your products and services at OTWorld 2024 and benefit from attractive early-bird rates until 31 October 2023. Considerable discounts are available if you decide early. Continue reading

Call for Papers Now Open Abstracts for contributions to the OTWorld 2024 congress Programme can be submitted online starting today. Submissions will be accepted until 17 September 2023. Continue reading

OTWorld Media Library Digital contributions can be accessed in the media library for up to two months after OTWorld. Content such as digital Innovation Talks hosted by exhibitors as well as the Branch-Policy Forum hosted by the German Association of Orthopaedic Technology (BIV-OT) are available free of charge via a personal user account. In addition, a Congress-on-Demand ticket will allow access to recorded keynote lectures and highlights from the Open Forum as well as to the complete recordings from the congress programme of Hall 1 and 2. Continue reading

Attendees from low or lower middle income countries, as well as emerging speakers, can submit their applications for a travel stipend to OTWorld 2026 until the end of October. Congress organiser Confairmed GmbH will award scholarships to cover travel and accommodation expenses.

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Under the motto “From Early Support to Employment: Enabling Participation through Orthopaedic Treatment and Care” the special exhibition “Living with neurological conditions” will take place at OTWorld 2026 in Leipzig. Conceived by rehaVital, one of Germany’s largest healthcare provider networks and held under the patronage of the German Association of Orthopaedic Technology (BIV-OT), the exhibition highlights how people with neurological conditions can be supported from early childhood through to working life. At its core is the question of how optimal medical aids, interprofessional orthopaedic treatment and care and social support can enable participation in all stages of life.

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The programme committee is developing a new and deliberately unusual format for the OTWorld 2026 World Congress (19–22 May in Leipzig): the Disaster Conference. The focus will be on treatment cases that have taken an unexpected turn – and precisely because of this offer valuable insights for practical care.

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Whether innovative studies, groundbreaking research results, technical innovations or exemplary treatment cases - your expertise counts!

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The 2024 Paralympics will take place in Paris from 28 August to 8 September. For the participating athletes, this is both a great honour and a challenge. Abel Aber, France's most successful para-athlete in the canoeing discipline, has one big goal: to win the gold medal at the Paralympics.

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Stronger together! Start-ups, first-timers and educational institutions have the exclusive opportunity to introduce themselves to a global audience of experts at a special, discounted rate in the special areas at OTWorld 2024.

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Attendees from low-income countries can still submit their applications for a travel stipend to OTWorld 2024 until the end of October. Congress organiser Confairmed GmbH will award three scholarships of €1,000 each for travel and accommodation expenses.

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Uniting medicine with prosthetics and orthotics: The new dual leadership for the world congress reflects the interdisciplinary and inter-professional orientation of OTWorld 2024. Bringing together both sectors with their professional expertise, the two congress presidents, Prof Dr Thomas Wirth, Medical Director of the Orthopaedic Clinic in Stuttgart and Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Ingo Pfefferkorn, master prosthetist and orthotist, will be creating a platform for open professional dialogue.

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