Special Shows
The international trade show and the world congress in 2024 set standards for the worldwide provision of medical aids of tomorrow. Current and controversial topics in the industry were highlighted in specially created areas with various special shows.
DISCOVER THE SPECIAL SHOWS AT OTWORLD 2024
AID PROVISION IN CRISIS AREAS
Supplying people in crisis areas is becoming increasingly important due to environmental disasters and wars. Millions of people around the world are living in extremely difficult conditions after suffering severe strokes of fate. OTWorld 2024 focussed on this topic with a special show on aid provision in crisis areas. The central element of the special show was the "Barrier:Zones" exhibition by the organisation Handicap International. It documented the fates of people with disabilities in conflict, war and crisis zones. Also other organisations and associations were showing and reporting on their work on this topic.
TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS
In cooperation with the concept partners rehaVital Gesundheitsservice GmbH and the German Stroke Foundation, the special exhibition on the care of neurological diseases showed how conservative assistive technologies can improve patients' lives and help them to achieve a better quality of life. The exhibition included a patient room with holistic care and a marketplace with further information and advice. Keynote speeches and interactive offers such as the stroke risk check rounded off the programme for visitors.
MEETING POINT ORTHOPAEDIC SHOE TECHNOLOGY
The OTWorld.shoe-technology exhibition world is the first port of call for all orthopaedic footwear technicians. From orthopaedic shoes and insoles to additive manufacturing and innovative materials, orthopaedic footwear technicians could find out more about new products for workshops and retailers from exhibitors from all over the world at OTWorld 2024. The integrated orthopaedic footwear technology meeting point offered a professional exchange on the subject of sensorimotor foot orthoses (SMFO) / sensorimotor insoles.
