DGAUM 2020 will be postponed after all
The largest occupational medicine congress in the German-speaking world, the annual meeting of the German Society for Occupational and Environmental Medicine (DGAUM), will be held this year from 1 to 6 April. Renowned representatives from science and politics will present current developments and research results from the field of occupational and environmental medicine.
Update 5.3.2020:
On March 5, the DGAUM Board of Directors unanimously decided to postpone the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting to September 2-5, 2020. The venue will remain the LMU Munich Hospital at the Grosshadern site. Already purchased congress tickets remain valid. Participants who are already registered do not need to take any further action and are automatically registered for the alternate date.
One of the main topics will be the Prevention Act, five years after it was passed. The State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Thomas Steffen, will give a keynote speech on the topic of "5 years of the Prevention Act" at the opening event. The annual conference offers a broad scientific program from the fields of occupational and environmental medicine in the rooms of the Munich University Hospital Grosshadern. Numerous events and lectures will address topics with a high socio-political and scientific significance as well as topicality, such as the impact of climate change on health, carcinogenic substances, mental health at the workplace and the Immunization Prevention in companies.
This year, the DGAUM is again expecting around 1000 participants from Germany, Austria and Switzerland at its 60th anniversary congress and is thus the largest occupational health congress in the German-speaking region. The program of the DGAUM 2020 includes about 60 events, which are complemented by the industrial exhibition with more than 40 companies and organizations on an area of over 280 square meters. The conference will be chaired by DGAUM board members Professor Simone Schmitz-Spanke of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Professor Jessica Lang of RWTH Aachen University. The annual meeting is organized in cooperation with the Austrian and Swiss Societies of Occupational Medicine, ÖGA and SGARM, performed.
Within the framework of the annual meeting, the DGAUM is for the first time offering a broad spectrum of seminars bundled together for continuing education, such as: Night and Shift Work, Diabetes and Work, Skin and Hand Protection, Vaccination in the Workplace, and others.
New date: September 2 - 5, 2020
Where: University Hospital Munich, Campus Grosshadern, Marchioninistrasse 15, D-81337 Munich, Germany
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The cooperation partner is the Swiss Society for Occupational Medicine (SGARM)
Note from the editor:
Current case numbers in Germany and further information from the RKI
In Germany, 188 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been confirmed so far. Following the cluster of infections at a company in Bavaria (14 cases) and individual cases among German citizens flown out of Wuhan in early February 2020, since 25.2.2020. Cases of the disease in almost all federal states have become known. In Bavaria, there are currently 35 confirmed cases. (As of 3.3.2020, 10:00 a.m.)
Contact reduction options in areas with COVID-19 cases (3/3/2020).
General principles of risk assessment and recommended action for major events by the RKI: "Mass events can help spread the virus faster."
Advice from the RKI for businesses/companies
- Release employees in areas where this is possible
- Enable and encourage home/teleworking
- Cancel or postpone (business) trips that are not necessary or carry them out, e.g. by video conference
- voluntary business closures - taking company vacations
- close non-essential public facilities: swimming pools, gymnasiums, theaters, etc.
