Programme 2024 – EUSEM WINTER DAYS (EN)

by the european society for emergency medicine

First semester 2026

registrations for 2026 edition will open in september 2025!

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

This congress takes place inside Secours Expo. The conference room will only be accessible to registered visitors. Check out the prices below.

The EUSEM (European Society for Emergency Medicine) has chosen Secours Expo to host its Winter congress.

EUSEM organises an annual congress for emergency medicine professionals, attracting more than 3,000 specialists from across the world.

In partnership with the World Health Organization Academy, this day and a half of conferences and round tables (entirely in English) organized by the EUSEM (European Society for Emergency Medicine) will focus on “The 2024 Olympic Games: an international perspective”.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS CONGRESS
2024 program

day one: thursday february 1, 2024

Opening speeches (1.30-2pm)

Nicolas Lefebvre, Secours Expo

James Connolly, President EUSEM

Laurent Gabilly, Chair of the Desaster Medicine section, SFMU (Société

Française de Médecine d’Urgence)

Benoit Vivien, Vice-President SFMC (Société Française de Médecine de

Catastrophe)

Abdo Khoury, Chair organising committee EUSEM Winter Days

Session 1 : Mass gatherings (2pm-3:30pm)

Moderators: Patrick Plaisance, Raed Arafat, James Connolly

How to handle communication in mass gatherings?

Antoine Aubrion – France

Understand and anticipate crowd mouvement

Bertrand Maury – France

Mass casualties in mass gathering

Raed Arafat – Romania

Discussion (30 min)

Session 2 : Lessons learnt from previous events and how to anticipate Paris 2024 (4pm-5:30pm)

Moderators: Steve Photiou, Demetrios Pyrros, Eric Revue

Olympian experiences: from Athens to London

Demetrios Pyrros – Greece

Rugby World Cup France 2023: did it prepare us for Paris 2024?

Pierre Carli – France

Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony: a unique worldwide experience, The Olympic Committee perspective

Pierre Mauger – France

Round table discussion (30 min)

day two: friday february 2, 2024

Session 3: Crisis Management (9am-10:30am)

Moderators: : Laurent Gabilly, Benoit Vivien, James Connolly

Preparedness of the Emergency Department in case of Mass Casualties during the Olympic games: London Games experience (9-9:20am)

Mick Molloy – DUBLIN, Ireland

Mass communication for mass gatherings (9:20-9:40am)

Steve Photiou – Crocetta Del Montello (TV), Italy

Interaction among agencies in mass gatherings (9:40-10am)

Agathe Fantou – Paris, France

Terrorism threat: still in mind (10-10:20am)

Matthieu Langlois – Paris, France

Discussion (10 min)

Session 4: Pre-hospital medicine (11:15am-11:35pm)

Moderators: Abdo Khoury, Mick Molloy, Tim Meyer

Exertional heat stroke in sport competitions (11:15-11:35am)

Romain Jouffroy – France

Doping and consequences on athletes (sports doc from doping
center) (11:35-11:55am)

Mick Molloy – DUBLIN, Ireland

Cardiac arrest in sports players (11:55-12:15pm)

Tim Meyer – Germany

Discussion (30 min)

Session 5: WHO Academy – Mass casualty management training (2:15pm-5pm)

WHO Academy Mass Casualty Management (MCM) is a gamified self-paced program designed to equip you with the competencies required to prepare and implement a mass casualty management plan in an Emergency Unit or Emergency Medical Team (EMT). During the tabletop exercise, we will give an overview of this training program.