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Dear Participant
We are pleased to welcome you to the 23rd Conference of the European Wound
Management Association in Copenhagen: EWMA 2013. This conference is being held
in cooperation with the Danish Wound Healing Society (DSFS).
EWMA 2013 is dedicated to sharing and debating the latest knowledge and developments
in wound management. During the 3 exciting conference days, participants will
experience a diverse programme that includes keynote sessions, free paper sessions,
workshops, full-day streams, guest sessions, and sponsored satellite symposia.
The conference theme, Organisation and Cooperation in Copenhagen, reflects the fact
that the quintessence of successful wound management requires cooperation across
several different caregiver professions as well as cooperation between caregivers and
patients. This theme will be emphasised at the opening plenary session, which focuses
on the importance of multi disciplinary approaches to wound care.
EWMA 2013 will include new topics of importance to the European wound community
as well as topics that have had huge appeal during previous EWMA conferences.
The key sessions in 2013 will address several EWMA focus areas, including antimicrobials,
wound care in home care settings, and patient safety aspects of wound care.
Other exciting key sessions will offer presentations on regenerative medicine,
nutrition, leg ulcers, diabetic foot, and evidence in wound care.
Following the full-day streams will offer participants the chance to experience more
in-depth presentations and discussions within a particular field. The full-day symposia
topics include the Nordic Diabetic Foot Symposium (Thursday, 16 May),
E-Health Day (Friday, 17 May), and the Russian Speaking Symposium (Wednesday
and Thursday, 15 and 16 May). Furthermore, a symposium on wound care in
resource-poor settings, which will take place on Thursday, 16 May,
is one of the many highlights of this year’s conference.
EWMA workshops are often interactive and provide participants with an opportunity
to address and elaborate on particular aspects of the themes of the individual sessions.
This year’s workshops will cover topics on debridement, dressings and topical agents,
palliative care, cancer wounds, compression bandaging, maggot therapy,
and pressure ulcer prevention.
Thanks to abstract submissions from around the world, we assembled an extensive
free paper and poster programme that offers more than 120 free paper presentations
and more than 400 poster presentations.
Because the EWMA is a multidisciplinary European association,
the EWMA conference attracts participants from many different countries and areas
of clinical expertise. Consequently, many diverse points of view on the organisation of
wound management are shared every year at this conference. We will do our best to
create an inspiring scientific environment in Copenhagen, as well as networking
activities and opportunities to exchange data and experiences.
In addition to the scientific aspects of the conference, don’t forget to experience the
capital of Denmark, with its refreshing, unpretentious, and dynamic environment.
A warm welcome to Copenhagen!
Gerrolt Jukema Jan Apelqvist Eskild W. Henneberg
EWMA Scientific Recorder EWMA President DSFS President
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