14 - 17 May 2024 OTWorld

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Keynote speaker Schaar: "Who cares about representation? Disabled people in the media"
In a world where our perceptions are shaped by the media, the question remains: How are people with disabilities represented? Which narratives and unconscious thought patterns dominate? In his keynote speech, René Schaar will shed light on how disabilities are portrayed in fictional and non-fictional formats in film and television.
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Premiere: Special Show on Treatment and Care for Neurological Diseases
At this special show, visitors to OTWorld 2024 can expect insights on medical aids and solutions for the optimal care of affected patients. The exhibition incorporates a patient room that provides holistic treatment and care as well as a marketplace offering further information and advice. Additional programme features for visitors include keynote speeches and interactive displays such as a stroke risk check.
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Practical Further Education for Medical Supply Store Staff
From sales, counselling and the workshop to treatment and care, medical supply store staff are always in direct contact with their patients and are well aware of the challenges, problems and questions faced by people who need medical aids. For the first time, the world congress is offering a further education programme specifically for healthcare supply retailers to provide them with additional support in their daily work.
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New Features at the OTWorld 2024 World Congress
The next edition of the world congress offers several new features. These include a tailored training programme for medical supply store staff and a selection of practical workshops each day giving examples for patient treatment. In addition, programme selection has been simplified using take-home messages.
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World of Orthopaedic Footwear Technology
The orthopaedic footwear technology industry will meet at OTWorld in Leipzig from 14 to 17 May 2024 for professional, practical dialogue among physicians, technicians and physiotherapists. The world congress and leading world trade show will offer comprehensive insights into topics relevant to orthopaedic footwear technology. Visitors can expect to be inspired by a wide range of care solutions for everyday applications.
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Youth.Academy TO: Supporting Young Newcomers to the Industry at OTWorld 2024
Now in its sixth year, the Youth.Academy TO of the German Association of Orthopaedic Technology (BIV-OT) invites interested youngsters working in the industry to visit OTWorld in Leipzig. Trainees and students will have the opportunity from 16 to 17 May 2024 to network and discuss current developments, trends and challenges in orthopaedic technology.
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P&O Insights: International Exchange on Spina Bifida
OTWorld is continuing its successful collaboration with the American Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists (AAOP) in the form of a transnational symposium. The focus this year will be on the topic of spina bifida. Prominent experts from the US and Germany will be presenting innovative approaches and modern treatment
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Booking a Hotel for Your Visit to the Trade Show
We can help you find comfortable and central accommodation in Leipzig. The Leipziger Messe hotel service offers exhibitors, visitors and speakers support in planning their visit to OTWorld 2024. Our hotel portal ensures accommodation can easily be booked online.
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OTWorld.first-timers: Exhibitor Portraits
Showcasing products from soft prostheses, bionic hand orthoses and arm robots to the world's lightest forearm crutches, first-time exhibitors at OTWorld will be presenting their innovative ideas and products in this exclusive special exhibition area. Visitors can look forward to plenty of inspiration for new solutions in orthopaedic treatment and care.
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Exclusive OTWorld.3d Exhibition Area at OTWorld 2024
The use of 3D printing to produce customised orthoses, prostheses and insoles is growing in relevance. For this reason, OTWorld is dedicating a separate exhibition area to this production technology. In the OTWorld.3D exhibition area, visitors can find out more about the full scope of possible applications in prosthetics and orthotics.
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Congress Programme offers Further Education for the Entire Treatment and Care Team
Practical, international and interdisciplinary: From 14 to 17 May, the world congress at OTWorld will be setting the scene for global knowledge transfer in the prosthetics and orthotics industry. The highly varied congress programme will offer a wide range of further education opportunities for all professional groups working at the interface between people and technology. New items on this year's programme include the addition of a special series of workshops for medical supply store staff. Furthermore, all workshops will now take place within the framework of the world congress.
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Paediatric, Adolescent and Neuro-Orthopaedics in the Spotlight at OTWorld 2024
The world's largest congress on technical orthopaedics will focus on paediatric, adolescent and neuro-orthopaedics at the upcoming event in Leipzig. Evidence-based lectures and best practice examples from Germany and the US will deliver scientific content and provide inspiration on the complexities of day-to-day care for affected patients.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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