Thank You to All the Delegates who Joined Us in Killarney in May!

More than 650 delegates from over 46 countries gathered at the Killarney Convention Centre in May for WADEM’s first in-person congress in four years to present their research, exchange ideas and experiences, and (re)connect with friends and colleagues. Special thanks to Lord Nigel Crisp, Dr. Saleh Fares Al-Ali, Dr. Ronan Glynn, Prof. Virginia Murray, Prof. Tony Redmond, and Flavio Salio for their plenary presentations.

WADEM would especially like to thank all the delegates, many of whom traveled long distances, for joining us Killarney! The wide variety of professions and nationalities represented truly make the congress a dynamic event. Several photo albums have been put together from the congress and can accessed using the following link – https://www.flickr.com/photos/wadem-2023/albums.

We hope you will be able to join us in two years where the congress will take place in the bustling metropolis of Tokyo from 2-6 May 2025. It has been more than a decade since the congress took place in Asia (Beijing 2011) and will be the second time in Japan (Osaka 1999).

Watch Prof. Virginia Murray’s Presentation from the Congress
Watch Prof. Virginia Murray from UK Health Security Agency present “Opportunities and Challenges for Public Health Preparedness and Response and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” at the congress. The presentation is followed by a discussion.

Claiming CMEs from the Congress
The WADEM Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2023, Killarney, Ireland, 09/05/2023- 12/05/2023 was accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 19 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Emails with instructions about claiming ECMEC®s have been circulated through SurveyMonkey. If you have any questions about downloading a CME certificate or did not receive the email, please contact WADEM at – info@wadem.org

Accessing the Abstracts, Poster Gallery, and Slides from the Congress
Within the Oxford Abstracts platform, congress delegates can access the full-text abstracts for all the oral, lightning, table top, and poster presentations from WADEM 2023. Many of the presentation slide decks and posters are also available for viewing and download (if the presenters provided permission to share).

The full program at the following link – https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/e/wadem-2023/program. If you click on sessions in the online program, you’ll be able to access any slides or posters that have been shared by the presenter(s).