From 11 to 14 November 2024, MEDICA will once again gather international experts from the medical industry in Düsseldorf, Germany.
With over 5,300 exhibitors from almost 70 countries and 83,000 visitors MEDICA in Düsseldorf is one of the largest medical B2B trade fairs in the world. A wide range of innovative products and services from the fields of medical imaging, laboratory technology, diagnostics, health IT, mobile health as well as physiotherapy/orthopedic technology and medical consumables are presented here. The extensive programme of first-class forums, conferences and special shows provides opportunities for interesting presentations and discussions with experts and politicians and also includes pitches of new products and award ceremonies.

THE EFORT ANNUAL CONGRESS
The EFORT Congress is running on an annual base and offers you a broad spectrum of carefully-selected opportunities to further your knowledge of our complex and varied field. Its scientific programme includes symposia (90-minute session) and instructional lectures (60 minute session) delivered by distinguished speakers from across Europe. It also includes Free papers, posters walks, courses and numerous workshops, industry symposia and technical exhibits.
The Plenary Sessions (between 1.5 – 2 hours) are usually taking place during the morning on Wednesday – Friday. The congress language is English.
Controversial Case Discussions (CCD – 90 minutes) and pro and con debates invite you actively to contribute and share your knowledge with colleagues from all around Europe. Participants of the ExMEx sessions (between 2-4 hours) can gain specialized expertise and share information with different opinion leaders on a specific topic in a group limited to 100 colleagues (a separate registration is necessary).
For the scientific programme we have successively increased collaboration with our specialty society partners. These sessions are embedded into the overall programme called: Guest Sessions. Along with the scientific exhibition, our congresses cover the whole range of contemporary orthopedics and traumatology issues in Europe. At each event we share scientific findings, experience and participants gain a greater awareness of future trends.

For our 2024 congress, we will maintain the specialty tracks, although there was a strong temptation to group teaching conferences in one morning. However, we will take particular care to avoid overlaps (no teaching conference at the same time as a round table or a special communication session on the same subject), and we will ensure their best placement. Likewise, we will try to avoid simultaneous presentations on the same subject as much as possible, but holding the congress over three days makes this mission delicate.

Every year, SICOT holds a congress which attracts thousands of clinicians and researchers from all over the world. Scientific papers and lectures are presented in the traditional fields; world-class invited speakers provide contemporary thought on the latest concepts as well as on conservative and surgical treatment methods. They provide a forum for presentation of original work and for education.