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Agenda
- Surgery in the 21st Century
- Future challenges for AWR Surgery
- Complex Hernia Treatment
- Role of IFT in different Approaches
- Open Abdomen Treatment
- (optional) pre-symposium hands-on cadaver workshop
Overview
Symposium 2025
25.09.2025 - 26.09.2025
Thursday, 16:00 -
Friday, 15:30
Cologne, Germany
2 locations (transport from hotel will be organised)
Scientific agenda
Check the scientific agenda here.
10 CME Points
Lectures on Friday are CME-accredited
Free participation
Participation fee is covered by us
Hotel
Please align with your local fasciotens partner if you need to book the hotel yourself. Rooms have been reserved until mid-July.
Further informationen
Good to know
Scientific agenda
The scientific agenda is updated regularly. You can download it here.
Schedule
Thursday
15:00 Check-in hotel
16:00 Organised transfer from the hotel to venue in Loersfeld
17:00 Scientific program part I
19:00 Dinner & get-together
22:00 - 01:30 Shuttle buses back to hotel
Friday
08:00 Welcome at venue in Cologne city center - walking distance from hotel
08:30 Scientific program part II
11:40 Coffee break
13:15 Lunch
15:30 End of symposium
Venue
The symposium takes place in 2 different locations in and near Cologne:
- Thursday: Loersfeld, close to Cologne (Google Maps)
- Friday: MAKK Museum, Cologne city center (Google Maps)
If you stay at the event hotel, the transportation to Loersfeld on Thursday will be organized by us.
The location on Friday is easily walkable from the hotel.
Travel
Please organize the journey to the symposium with your local fasciotens partner and check if they cover your travel expenses.
Closest airports:
- Cologne (CGN) – 16 km
- Dusseldorf (DUS) – 58 km
- Frankfurt (FRA) – 180 km
Train station:
- Cologne Central Station (Köln Hbf) - 1km / 10 min walking
Parking: see Hotel
On-site, we arrange transportation from the hotel to the location on Thursday. The location on Friday is within walking distance of the hotel.
Hotel
Pullman Cologne
Rooms can be booked at a special rate until July 21st. You will receive the booking code after registration. Please align with your local fasciotens partner if you should make the booking yourself or if they will handle it for you.
Address:
Pullman Cologne, Helenenstr. 14, 50667 Cologne, Germany (Google Maps)
Parking:
- Hotel parking (make a reservation in advance)
- APCOA Klapperhof
Im Klapperhof 13, 50670 Cologne - Parkhaus Am Friesenplatz
Magnusstraße 20, 50672 Cologne
Contact your local fasciotens partner
If you have not already done so, please contact your local fasciotens partner to organise the details of your participation.
You can find a list of all our country-specific partners here.
For Benelux, Sweden, Norway, Finland and France reach out to us directly at event@fasciotens.de.
Cancellation
We know that everyday life in the hospital can be unpredictable, so we are all the more pleased that you join us. As the organisation of the symposium is associated with high personnel and material costs, we ask for your understanding of the following regulation:
If you cancel up to 4 weeks before the start of the symposium, cancellation is free; in case of later cancellations, we will unfortunately have to charge a 75 € cancellation fee.
Early booking recommended
We'd like to encourage you to make your arrangements early, since availability in Cologne is extremely limited at the time of the symposium due to trade fairs and other events in the area.
Pre-symposium hands-on cadaver workshop (limited availability)
We are hosting a hands-on cadaver workshop the day before the symposium (24th September). You can find more information here. Book your seat right away to ensure availability.
Further questions?
Reach out to us at event@fasciotens.de anytime if you need any additional information or have special inquieries.
World-class faculty

Dietmar Eucker
Switzerland
Scientific lead

Ana María González Castillo
Spain

Arnulf Willms
Germany

Babora East
Czech Republic

Björn Mück
Germany

Bob Bloemendaal
Netherlands

Dominic Slade
UK

Eva Barbosa
Portugal

Federico Coccolini
Italy

Felix Rühlmann
Germany

Ferdinand Köckerling
Germany

Guido Woeste
Germany

Henning Niebuhr
Germany

Jan Kukleta
Switzerland

Jan-Paul van Wingerden
Netherlands

Knut Borch
Norway

Luigi Brugnano
Italy

Mads Marckmann
Denmark

Miguel Ángel García Ureña
Spain

Nihad Sardoschau
Germany

Ramana
Australia

René H. Fortelny
Austria

Sebastian Schaaf
Germany

Sophie Heisler
Germany

Srinivas Chintapatla
UK

Todd Henniford
USA

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