We are delighted and excited to announce the 1st WINFOCUS World Symposium (WF WS) on December 2nd, 2023.
In 2021, WINFOCUS organized the first-of-its-kind Virtual Congress with more than 18,800 registered participants from over 120 countries. Last year we replicated and expanded the event with a hybrid World Congress in Antalya, Turkey – combining face-to-face courses and multi-stream, multilingual, virtual sessions connecting colleagues worldwide. With more than 21.200 registered participants and 128 hours of lectures in 11 languages, WINFOCUS broke another record. These summed up to the fantastic Pocus One-world Workshop, through which 69 simultaneous ultrasound PoCUS workshops were conducted on December 3rd in 69 venues worldwide, involving 1544 participants: the largest ever PoCUS workshop organized!
At WINFOCUS, our mission has always been to push the boundaries of ultrasound – educational, clinical, and research. We do this by connecting colleagues from all over the world through our shared passion for ultrasound.
This year, we revert to a virtual symposium and want to celebrate our international community. The theme will be how ultrasound helps guide the various aspects of clinical procedures and interventions:
From blind to vision, from darkness to light
What’s new? We want to increase the interaction and discussion between colleagues. Expect plenty of debates and panel discussions, allowing you to share your thoughts, challenge the experts, and ask complex and thought-provoking questions. It is only through these open discussions that true learning takes place.
We are also excited to announce two exceptional new sessions, Members and Research choice sessions. The first will have educational content chosen by WINFOCUS members, while the second will set the direction of ultrasound research within WINFOCUS.
There will be something for everyone!
We hope you will join us enthusiastically and connect with colleagues worldwide through WINFOCUS World Symposium 2023.
Adrian Wong
WINFOCUS Symposium Chair
WINFOCUS BODs member
Consultant Intensive Care and Anaesthesia
King’s College Hospital
London – UK
Gabriele Via
WINFOCUS Symposium Chair
WINFOCUS Past-President
Senior Consultant
Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care
Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino
Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale
Lugano – SWITZERLAND
Anthony J. Dean
WINFOCUS Symposium Co-Chair
WINFOCUS President
Emeritus Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Emergency Medicine in Radiology
Division of Emergency Ultrasonography
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA – USA
Scientific committee
Adrian Wong
Chair
London, UK
Segun Olusanya
London, UK
Mateusz Zawadka
Warsaw, POLAND
Hamid Shokoohi
BOSTON, USA
Julina Md Noor
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Dave Teng
New York, USA
Juan Antonio Calderón González
San Jose, COSTA RICA
Marco Umaña
San Jose, COSTA RICA
Ana Luisa Vieira
Barbacena, BRASIL
Nuno Cortesão
Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Organizing committee
Gabriele Via
Chair
Lugano – SWITZERLAND
Anthony Dean
Co-Chair
Philadelphia, USA
Davide Neri
Co-Chair
Italy, Milan
Cristina Recasens
Co-Chair
Barcelona, Spain
Arif Hussain
Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA
Miguel Montorfano
Rosario, ARGENTINA
Quim Fuster
WF Secretariat
Barcelona, SPAIN
Marina Guzman
WF Secretariat
Barcelona, SPAIN