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Mountain Medicine Society of NepalMaharajgunj, Kathmandu, NepalE-mail: [email protected]: +977-9851231372www.ismm2018.org

XII. ISMM WORLD CONGRESS ON MOUNTAIN MEDICINE“Mountain Medicine in the heart of Himalayas”www.ismm2018.org

XII. ISMM WORLD CONGRESS ON MOUNTAIN MEDICINE, KATHMANDU, NEPAL

EXHIBITION PROSPECTUS

XII. ISMM WORLD CONGRESS ON

MOUNTAIN MEDICINE

November 21st – 24th, 2018

Hotel Yak & Yeti, Kathmandu



Message from the Presidents

Welcome to the XII World Congress on Mountain Medicine!

In the tradition of the last 24 years, the bi-annual congress will continue to focus on high altitude medicine which is an important flagship of the International Society of Mountain Medicine. While originally this event focused mainly on science and research aspect of high altitude medicine, for some years now the congress objectives have extended. ISMM aims to offer a comprehensive overview of ongoing interesting topics of mountain medicine, whilst also extending the program by adding a dedicated mountain emergency medicine component (in collaboration with the International Commission of Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM and the Wilderness Medical Society WMS). This renewed program will also include practical workshops related to trekking, expedition medicine, and clinical education. In the last few years, enrollment in Mountain Medicine Diploma courses has shot up internationally and the faculty feels there is a need for better unification, coordination and quality management. Moreover, nowadays traveling mountaineers should be aware not only of the risks of global epidemics such as SARS, Zika and Ebola, but also tropical diseases and protective measures for common problems like travelers’ diarrhea and fever in travelers. For these reasons, the ISMM World Congress 2018 has adopted many new fields of interest.

For the first time, the congress will be held in Kathmandu, hosted by an active group of young physicians gathered in the Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal. The program includes many aspects of mountain medicine, from science through to expedition medicine. It gives the attendants the opportunity to combine this unique congress with a journey to the highest peaks of the planet, to a land of miraculous peoples, cultures and landscapes. So, please take the opportunity and don’t miss out!

See you in 2018!

Sincerely,

Dr. Hermann Brugger Dr. Buddha BasnyatPresident President International Society of Mountain Medicine Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal Medical Director, Himalayan Rescue Association Past President

International Society of Mountain Medicine & UIAA MedCom



About the Conference:

The XII ISMM World Congress on Mountain Medicine will be held in Kathmandu from 21st November to 24th November, 2018.

This international conference will see delegates from around the world exchange information on science and research in high altitude medicine, expedition medicine, mountain emergency medicine and travel medicine.

This conference is expected to attract 350+ national and international delegates. These will include scientists, researcher, academicians, doctors, doctors-in-training, medical students and allied professionals interested in high altitude medicine from around the world.

The program will include a wide range of plenary sessions and workshops, and number of renowned and excellent national and international key note speakers. We look forward to welcoming you to the XII ISMM World Congress on Mountain Medicine, 2018, Nepal.

About International Society of Mountain Medicine (ISMM)

The International Society of Mountain Medicine (ISMM) was founded in 1985 by the medical commission of the Union Intenatonale des Association d’Alpinisme. The society aims to bring together physicians, scientists and allied professionals interested in mountain medicine, to encourage research on all aspects of mountains, mountain people and mountaineers and to spread scientific and practical information about mountain medicine around the world.

About Your Conference Host- MMSN

The Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal (MMSN) established in 2003, is a society of doctors, medical students and allied health professionals interested and involved in mountain medicine, high altitude physiology and related maladies.

MMSN is not-for-profit, non-governmental organization working to understand and explore the science behind the altitude related illnesses and utilizing the knowledge in making our mountains safer. Our regular activities include: journal clubs where we discuss and do critical appraisal of research papers on high altitude and wilderness medicine, health camps for pilgrims at high altitude, research on altitude related illnesses, publication of newsletters and books, conducting courses like Diploma in Mountain Medicine, conducting national and international seminars and workshops and awareness programs on high altitude illnesses targeting pilgrims, trekkers and porters going to high altitude. The society is also working in collaboration with organizations like the Himalayan Rescue Association (HRA) and International Porters Protection Group (IPPG) in providing volunteer medical doctors every season in high altitude rescue posts like Everest ER (5,300m), Pheriche Aid post (4,200m), Manang Aid post (3,500m) and Machermo aid post (4450m).



Congress Venue

The XII ISMM World Congress on Mountain Medicine will be held on the convention center at Hotel Yak and Yeti, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu. The venue is only 4 km from Tribhuvan International Airport and is located in the city center of Kathmandu valley.

The convention center is the dramatic amalgamation of state-of-the-art technology with the regality of 19th century Regal Nepali architecture which is the hallmark of the hotel. In the year 1885 A.D, Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, one of the most distinguished of powerful Rana Maharajas and a renowned builder and musician, built the most elegant palace theatre in Kathmandu.

Hotel Yak and Yeti

Durbar Marg, Kathmandu, NepalGPO Box no. 1016Phone: +977-1-4248999 and +977-1-4240520Fax: +977-1-4227781 and +977-1-4227782Website: www.yakandyeti.com

Program

With a focus on bringing international expertise and leading minds to this event, the XII ISMM World Congress on Mountain Medicine will be host to an impressive team of key note speakers and a wide range of topics. There are over forty main speakers representing more than twenty-five countries worldwide and leading mountain medicine and mountaineering societies. A detailed program is available on the website (www.ismm2018.org).



Program Details

The detail of the conference along with the pre-conference workshop is avail-able at the official website of XII ISMM World Congress on Mountain Medicine (www.ismm2018.org).

Scientific Committee

SN Name Affiliation

1 Buddha Basnyat Medical director of Himalayan Rescue Association Director of Oxford University Clinical Research Unit-Nepal

2 Cynthia Beall Professor of AnthropologyCase Western Reserve University

3 Monika Brod-mann

Senior ResearcherEurac Research, Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Bolzano, Italy

4 Hermann Brugger Head of Institute of Mountain Emergency MedicineAssociate Professor Innsbruck Medical UniversityPresident International Society for Mountain Medicine ISMM

5 John Ellerton General Practitioner and Mountain Rescue Doctor, Lake District, England; Medical Officer Mountain Rescue England and Wales 2002-12

President of ICAR Medcom (from October 2017) and member of the administrative group for the UIAA/ICAR/ISMM Diploma in Mountain Medicine

6 Peter Hackett Altitude Research Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine

7 Fidel Elsenshon Past President of ICAR MEDCOM (from October 2017)

8 Masayuki Hana-oka

First Department of MedicineShinshu University School of Medicine

9 Dominique Jean Paediatrics and Infectious DiseasesCentre for Prenatal Diagnosis, Grenoble University Hospital, France

10 Linda Keyes Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency MedicineUniversity of Colorado and Attending Physician, Boulder Community Health

11 Fabiola Leon-Velarde

DScRector. Professor of PhysiologyDepartment of Biological and Physiological Sciences. Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía/ IIAUniversidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú

12 Marco Maggiorini Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital, Zurich

13 Shigeru Masuyama

MD, Japan



14 Maniraj Neupane Resident Physician, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USAVice-president, Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

15 Tsering Norboo MD, Leh Ladakh

16 Kazue Oshiro Director of Mountain Medicine, Research, & Survey Division, Hokkai-do Ohno Memorial Hospital

17 Prativa Pandey Medical Director for CIWEC Hospital and Travel Medicine Center, Kathmandu, and Pokhara

18 Gianfranco Parati Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dept. Health Sciences, Univer-sity of Milano-Bicocca

Head, Dept. Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, S. Luca Hospital, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy

19 Qadar Pasha Professor & Emeritus Medical ScientistPresident, Asian-Pacific Society for Mountain MedicineCo-chair, High-altitude research taskforce of PVRI, UKCSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi-110 007, India

20 Ryan Paterson Kaiser Permanente and the University of Colorado Department of Emergency Medicine

21 Matiram Pun Laboratory of Human Cerebrovascular PhysiologyProgram in Mountain Medicine and High Altitude Physiology, Univer-sity of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

22 Jean Paul Richalet

Professor of Physiology and Sports Medicine, Université Paris 13

23 Ge Ri-Li Director and Professor, Research Center for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University Medical College

24 George Rodway Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA

25 Suvash Dawadi Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal (MMSN)

26 David Shlim Jackson Hole Travel and Tropical MedicinePast-president, International Society of Travel Medicine

27 Giacomo Stra-pazzon

Vice Head of Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, EURAC research, Bolzano, ItalyConsultant in Internal and Emergency Medicine

28 Erik Swenson VA Puget Sound Health Care System, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

29 Ghan Bahadur Thapa

Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal (MMSN)



30 Ken Zafren Medical Advisor, Alaska Mountain Rescue GroupVice President - International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom)Clinical Professor - Department of Emergency MedicineStanford University Medical Center -Stanford, CA USAStaff Emergency Physician - Alaska Native Medical Center Anchorage, AK USA

Dissemination and International Networks

Our dissemination network includes both research and clinical institutions worldwide as well as leading medical, alpine and rescue associations. We also have active advertising in over 50 of the most widely read medical, rescue, alpine and climbing journals.

The XII ISMM World Congress on Mountain Medicine has already been announced at several medical and mountain medicine congresses in Europe and Northern America. It is supported by some of the leading mountain medicine and mountaineering organizations around the world.

• International Society for Mountain Medicine (ISMM)

The International Society for Mountain Medicine (ISMM) was founded in 1985 by the medical commission of the Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme. The Society aims to bring together physicians, scientists and allied professionals interested in mountain medicine, to encourage research on all aspects of mountains, mountain peoples and mountaineers, and to spread scientific and practical information about mountain medicine around the world.

• International Commission for Alpine Rescue, Medical Commission (ICAR MEDCOM)

The International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine medical commission was founded in 1948 by the Alpine countries as a sub-commission of the International Commission for Mountain Rescue with the aim of improving medical treatment of casualties in the mountains. To date ICAR MEDCOM has a membership of 90 active emergency physicians, working in mountainous areas, from 28 European and North American countries, Nepal, Argentina, Japan and South Africa.

• International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation, Medical Commission (UIAA MEDCOM)

The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation was founded in 1932. It started as a predominantly European organization, but now all continents are represented with 82 member organizations from 57 different countries. The



UIAA is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the international federation for mountaineering.

• Wilderness Medical Society (WMS)

The Wilderness Medical Society was founded in 1983 by three young Californian physicians. Early leaders identified areas of interest that have since become pillars of the curriculum for wilderness medicine education, including CME programs, medical school rotations, and outdoor programmes. WMS is the largest medical society worldwide with a total of almost 3000 members.

• International Mountain Summit (IMS)

The International Mountain Summit is host to an annual mountain festival in Bressanone, Italy, that brings together mountain lovers from all over the world. Internationally renowned personalities, top mountaineers, decision makers in alpinism and inspiring minds exchange their ideas and opinions.

Target AudienceThe XII ISMM World Congress on Mountain Medicine is host to wide range of

professionals who together offer a unique combination of scientific competence, clinical experience and field expertise. Being the first of its kind conference in Nepal, we expect over 350 participants to gather for three days of lecture, panel discussion, networking events, evening events and workshops during conference as in previous conferences.

The Himalayas are an international travel destination and home to eight out of ten highest peaks in the world. We will focus on high altitude research, travel medicine and mountain emergency medicine and rescue.

This meeting will serve is a hub for the private sector to network with the scientific and applied sciences community. We encourage distributors of pharmaceutical products, medical equipment, rescue equipment, technical and sporting equipment/clothing, academic publishers, and many other to join us for this event.

Reasons to Exhibit at ISMM World Congress on Mountain Medicine:• Interact face-to-face with influential decision makers in the field of wilderness

and rescue medicine• Build visibility for your company in a competitive marketplace• Expand your prospectus and strengthen existing customer relationships• Generate new sales lead• Give product demonstrations and distribute samples



Exhibition Opportunities

The XII ISMM World Congress on Mountain Medicine is pleased to welcome companies and organizations with mountain medicine related products and services as exhibitors at the conference. The exhibition area is located in the atrium of the convention center on the ground floor. This is the common corridor within the congress venue and ensures maximum interaction with congress participants.

Exhibitor packages are based on space requirements. Spaces are equipped with one table, two chairs, one fascia a multi-plug outlet (5/15 amp- 300 watts).

Package Description Cost

9 sq. meters Space (3×3m) in main exhibition area** $ 1200

6 sq. meters Space (3×2m) in main exhibition area $ 1000

For exhibition confirmation and queries, please contact the Conference Secretariat.

Mountain Medicine Society of NepalMaharajgunj, Kathmandu, NepalE-mail: [email protected]: +977-9851231372www.ismm2018.org

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