IVO 2009 Programm - Internationaler Verband der Orthopädie ...

Welcome to IVO 2009!
Dear Guest,
On behalf of the organisation committee, it is my pleasure
to welcome you to the 17 th world conference on orthopaedic
shoe technology IVO 2009. We have worked very hard during
the past three years to ensure that this event will become an
absolute success. We thank you and all sponsors, speakers,
participants and employees in contributing towards this success.
IVO 2009 offers a highly varied conference programme with
numerous prominent keynote speakers. Additionally, there are
instructive workshops and a comprehensive trade fair where
you can familiarise yourself with the latest innovations and
technology. Outside the formal programme, there are informal
opportunities to meet your colleagues and other professionals
during the festive evenings in Madurodam and Vlijmen.
As organisation committee, we are very proud of the result
and wish you an instructive and successful conference!
Rob Verwaard
Treasurer Stichting IVO 2009 Nederland
Knowledge exchange during IVO 2009
Taking a peek beyond one’s own boundaries, making the acquaintance
of people and businesses from other countries, surprising and
challenging one another. The programme committee of IVO 2009 has
made a selection of interesting speeches to offer you an attractive
and diverse programme. Subjects range from the state of the art in
industry, research and development, prescription of aids, developments
in education, to lifestyle and sports. Special attention will be
giving to orthopaedic issues related to diabetes and children. Prominent
and at times controversial keynote speakers will open and close
the day programmes. Finally, space has been reserved on the trade
fl oor for a number of illustrative poster presentations. Also, there are
a number of workshops in which you are more than welcome to participate.
The programme offers an ideal opportunity for orthopaedic
shoe technicians, (rehabilitation) physicians, orthopaedists, podotherapists,
pedicurists, entrepreneurs, educators and scientists from
all over the world to meet one another in an informal setting.
However, it is also the venue at which to acquaint employees and
students with the latest developments in the fi eld of orthopaedic
shoe technology and related trades. Partnership in Footcare is the
central theme of this two-day conference.
All plenary sessions will be held in the largest hall. The other halls are
scheduled to host lectures and workshops, at which professional
speakers will share their knowledge of developments in their own
particular discipline with you. For your convenience, all speeches in
the World Forum Theatre (plenary hall) will be simultaneously
interpreted into Dutch, French, German and Japanese.
On behalf of the programme committee, I wish all of you an
interesting, instructive, inspiring and - above all - enjoyable
conference.
Fred Holtkamp, Chairman of the Programme Committee
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IVO 2009 Magazine
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