13. World Congress on Mountain Medicine

This congress was born under special circumstances. The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to postpone the event from 2020 to 2021. Even at the beginning of 2021 the development of the pandemic was unclear and the congress was fraught with uncertainty, especially about travel restrictions and public health measures to prevent virus transmission. We decided to offer you a “hybrid” congress which means that attendants who are not able to travel will be given the possibility to attend the congress virtually. This may be of advantage for colleagues and students who have no financial support for conference attendance. However, we hope that many of you will be able to meet in person.

Following the tradition of the last 27 years of ISMM, the XIII World Congress will give us an update on high altitude medicine and emergency medicine in both mountainous and remote areas. Since the beginning, ISMM has striven to rise to new medical challenges, ensuring that the objectives of each congress continue to progress the community, delivering the latest, medical information available from world-class international speakers. The event in 2021 will no doubt exceed expectations again, offering open discussion on research developments specific to aspects of high altitude and emergency medicine, including a comprehensive overview of hot-topics of interest in both fields of expertise. At our last event in Kathmandu, Nepal (2018), keynote speakers already addressed the imminent danger of global warming and the potential effects on human health and safety. In particular, the increase in major disasters due to climate change in the Himalayas was highlighted. In Interlaken, we also aim to emphasise specific health problems and dangerous rescue scenarios that become synonymous with the growing threat of global warming. Topics of particular interest being those issues that may affect disaster preparedness and emergency medicine worldwide in future...

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