2025 Program Highlights
Friday, 7. March 2025 | |
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11:00 am | Registration & Welcome Coffee |
12:00 pm | Welcome & introduction David Back & Koroush Kabir |
12:30 pm | Keynote I AI for Healthcare – Better data, better insight, better outcome ![]() |
1:30 pm | SESSION 1 - The patient's digital journey in O&T CHAIRS: ![]() ![]() From diagnostics via clinics to rehab - today´s digital options for the patient´s pathway ![]() Towards a Comprehensive Digital Wearable Tracking System of the Patient Recovery Journey after Extremity Trauma ![]() Blood flow restriction Exercise after Achilles tendon rupture treated Non-surgically (BEAN trial) using tele-rehabilitation ![]() Building Digital Rehabilitation Platforms: Experiences from Developing and Deploying Web Platforms in Trauma Trials ![]() Multinational Electronic Data Collection in Distal Radius Acute Fracture Trial: Cast vs. Splint ![]() Discussion |
2:30 pm | Break |
3:00 pm | Industry presentations |
4:00 pm | Break |
4:15 pm | SESSION 2 - Training the next generation CHAIRS: ![]() ![]() Digital tools in surgical training of today and tomorrow – the OR-X experience ![]() Core findings of an international Delphi consensus on Digital Health Competencies ![]() Medical students´digital pathway – digital impacts from an O&T perspective ![]() Surgical Education in TKA with the aid of a robotic platform pros and cons ![]() Discussion |
5:15 pm | Panel discussion From medical school to specialization - do we need a digital training pathway in O&T? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Moderator:Koroush Kabir |
6:15 pm | Summary and conclusion David Back & Koroush Kabir |
Get together dinner |
Saturday, 8. March 2025 | |
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9:00 am | Start-up Pitch![]() |
9:30 am | SESSION 3 - Which digital solutions are ready for use in the OR? CHAIRS: ![]() ![]() ![]() Personalized surgery and massive patient care management: an incompatibility made possible with CAOS ![]() Is there enough evidence for me to invest into a robot for my sugeries? ![]() From Scalpel to Digital Surgery: Redefining Precision Surgery with AI and Real-Life Motion Analytic ![]() TKA and Robotics. Where are we now? Where are we going? ![]() Discussion |
10:30 am | Break |
11:00 am | Panel discussion
The Impact of AI on O&T in the Next Decade ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Moderator: David Back |
12:00 am | SESSION 4 - Digital outcomes & biomarkers - tools, possibilities, evidence, limits CHAIRS: ![]() ![]() Personalized TKA based on functional phenotyping ![]() Beyond PROMS: Less questions, better insights, higher compliance: Ecological Momentary Computerised Adaptive Testing (EMCAT) ![]() Consumer Cameras to democratize Motion Analysis ![]() Objectifying Shoulder Outcomes (using real-life activity monitoring with accelerometers) ![]() Discussion |
1:00 pm | Break |
2:00 pm | Poster session Moderators: David Back & Koroush Kabir |
2:45 pm | SESSION 5 - Large language Models in O&T - Potentials and Hazards CHAIRS: ![]() ![]() How to evaluate the performance of LLMs in orthopaedic research? ![]() Can ChatGPT help me with my muskuloskeletal tumor diagnosis? ![]() AI will see you now - an interactive avatar in the Orthopaedic practice? ![]() AI meets pre-injury performance: Predicting match participation in elite soccer players - a winning combination? ![]() ![]() Discussion |
3:45 pm | Venture pitch and digital poster presentation - award ceromony HOSTS: Dominik Pförringer, David Back & Koroush Kabir |
4:00 pm | Closure and summary David Back & Koroush Kabir |
Thanks to our international faculty

Andreou, Dimosthenis, M.D. Prof.
Department of Orthopaedic Oncology and Sarcoma Surgery,
University Hospital Essen

Germany

Back, David, M.D., MBA, Prof.
Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Germany

Bentzen, Andreas, M.Sc.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital

Denmark

Brachmann, Lukas
Education Solutions Specialist, Johnson & Johnson Medical GmbH, Hannover

Germany

Braun, Benedikt, M.D., MBA, Prof.
Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Trauma
Center Tübingen, The University of Tübingen

Germany

Cai, Yin, Dr.
Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Healthcare & Life Sciences Innovation Leader, Munich

Germany

Car, Josip, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., Prof.
School of Life Course & Population Sciences; King's College London


Clavé, Arnaud, M.D, Ph.D.
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Saint-George Private
Hospital, Nice, France and Laboratoire de Traitement de l'Information
M.dicale (LaTIM)

France

Diniz, Pedro, Ph.D., M.D.
Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Science (LIROMS), Department of Bioengineering and iBB – Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa


Luxembourg/Portugal

Duda, Georg, Dr.-Eng., Prof
Julius Wolff Institute - Einstein Center for Regenerartive Therapies, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Germany

Everaert, Johnatan, M.D.
Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, HUmani - CHU Charleroi-Chimay

Belgium

Felländer-Tsai, Li, M.D., Ph.D., Prof.
Center for Advanced Medical Simulation and Training (CAMST), Karolinska
Institutet & Karolinska University Hospital

Sweden

Fürnstahl, Philipp, M.D., Prof.
Assistant Professor in Orthopedic Computer Science (tenure track), University of Zurich

Switzerland

Garcia, Frederic, Ph.D
Human Motion, Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine, Digital Methods
(HOSD), Luxembourg Institute of Health

Luxembourg

Glinkowski, Wojciech, M.D., Ph.D., Prof.
Department of Medical Informatics and Telemedicine, Medical University
of Warsaw

Poland

Grimm, Bernd, Ph.D.
Human Motion, Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine, Digital Methods
(HOSD), Luxembourg Institute of Health

Luxembourg

Harrison, Conrad, M.D., MBA DPhil
Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science, University of Oxford

Great Britain

Kabir, Koroush, M.D., MBA
Department for Traumatology, Orthopaedics and Sport Medicine,
Helios University Hospital Wuppertal, University of Witten/Herdecke

Germany

Keene, David, M.Sc., D.Phil., MCSP
Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter
Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bath

Great Britain

Lee, Paul, M.D., Prof.
Doctor, Scientist and Ai expert, Founder of MAI Motion, Founder of Regen PhD, MSK Doctors

Great Britain

Mechlenburg, Inger, M.Sc, Ph.D., D.M.Sc., Prof.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital

Denmark

Pförringer, Dominik, M.D., MBA, Prof.
Department of Trauma Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical
University of Munich

Germany

Oosterhoff, Jacobien, M.D., Ph.D., Prof.
Faculty of Technology Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology

Netherlands

Osterhoff, Georg, M.D., Prof.
Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig

Germany

Öttl, Felix, M.D.
Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital

Switzerland

Paggetti, Cristiano, Ph.D., Prof.
School of Computing and Information Engineering, Ulster University


Great Britain / Italy

Parchi, Paolo, M.D., Ph.D., Prof.
Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa

Italy

Rossi, Stefano, M.D., Prof.
Section of Robotic-Assisted Prosthetic Surgery, Sports Trauma Unit, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Fondazione Poliambulanza

Italy

Van der Weegen, Walter, Ph.D.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports & Orthopedics Research Centre, St. Anna Hospital, Geldrop

Netherland

Maas, Allan
Head of R&D Innovative Smart Applications and Simulation Aesculap AG – part of the B. Braun Group
Tuttlingen

Germany
