Successful novelties at the reunion in Cologne - More international and for the first time with a poster presentation

More international and for the first time with a poster presentation

It was very important to the event-organizer to have scientists and "manual workers" talk together. For the first time a poster presentation was organized for this reason - placed in the trade fair hall. It is supposed to offer the opportunity also in the future to present works in a simple manner within a scientific framework. Scientific congresses cannot be imagined without posters. Study results and case studies are being presented here. They offer new findings and make sure that knowledge is spread and questions are discussed among colleagues. The prize of the jury this year was awarded to Kris Cuppens, Thomas More MOBILAB Belgium, with the poster "Reliability of foot assessments and the relation to gait lab measurements". The audience elected the poster of Dr. Martin Daumer and colleagues with the title "Development and testing of a new type of barefoot running shoe: The freeheel runningpad" to be the winner.

The IVO used the event in Cologne for a delegate assembly of its members and presented its latest project within the framework of a seminar: The services of orthopedic shoe technology shall be included in the canon of health services of the WHO. Especially countries where orthopedic shoe technology is still being developed, would have an important reference for the design of education and treatment structures.

The congress again was interpreted simultaneously into English,
so that international visitors could follow the specialist lectures.