ISLANDS 2021 (flyer) consists of a full-day congress for scientific presentations and exchange (on the Saturday, 16 January 2021, congress program plus a half-day clinical course (on the immediately preceding Friday, 15 January 2021, course program) to teach the principles of intrapartum ultrasound.
Confirmed ISLANDS Faculty include: T. Eggebo, T. Ghi, W. Henrich, W. Lau, C. Lees, P. Rozenberg and B. Tutschek as well as GUEST FACULTY Vincenzo Berghella, William A. Grobman, Diogo Ayres-de-Campos, Ben Mol, Mike Robson, Tim Draycott, Roberto Romero and Laurent Salomon
For registration (congress & course) incl. abstract submission and payment click HERE
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CME accredited: 6 SGUM credits (equally recognized by DEGUM and ÖGUM) and 10 SGGG credits (Kernfortbildung).
Congress Saturday 16 January 2021, 9.00-18.00 CET (Zürich)
Congress program
- The congress will take place online Saturday, 16 January 2021 from 9.00 to 18.30 CET.
- The congress is self-funded and incurs a small fee (Euro 50) to contribute to organising costs; this fee includes participation of the pre-congress course Friday afternoon.
- If you plan to present at the congress: Please note the Presentation Guidelines and submit your abstract in the congress registration form. If you do not have your abstract ready yet, please register anyway as soon as possible to help us plan attendance and enter the (approximate) title as a placeholder in the abstract field. Once your abstract is ready for submission, please simply fill the registration form again, this time with the full abstract and providing the same email address.
- Presentation Guidelines I Sample PPTX
Pre-congress course Friday 15 January 2021, 15.00-18.00 CET (Zürich)
- Course program
- The course will take place online Friday 16 January 2021 from 15.00 to 18.30 CET.
- The pre-congress course is designed for practicing obstetricians, interested in learning the routine application of intrapartum ultrasound, and participation is included in the congress fee (see above). The pre-congress course does NOT require a separate registration. The course and the congress can only be booked together. The faculty for this course consists mainly of ISLANDS’s founding members.
- The official 2018 ISUOG Guidelines Ultrasound in labor: PDF I Video
Sponsors
- The ISLANDS Society, Verein gemäss Art. 60 ff. ZGB mit Sitz in Zürich, Switzerland
- GE Healthcare, official sponsor ISLANDS congresses 2020 and 2021
- adpharm GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, producers of ad+fetal for the substitution of essential vitamins in pregnancy.
Learn more about the clinical benefits ultrasound provides in labor and delivery and access FREE GEHC educational materials and product information: 
See GE’s latest innovation, the Voluson SWIFT, here.
For questions about Voluson™ ultrasound systems, features and technologies or to receive a quote, the Voluson Women’s Health team is happy to answer all your questions. Research opportunities are also available. Please contact Fiona Schwab, Global Clinical Leader, Labor & Delivery – Women’s Health Ultrasound, for more information. Fiona.Schwab@ge.com
The founders of ISLANDS look forward to welcoming you in January 2021!
- Antonino Barbera, USA / Italy
- Torbjørn Eggebo, Norway
- Tullio Ghi, Italy
- Wolfgang Henrich, Berlin
- Karim Kalache, Qatar
- Wailam Lau, Hong Kong
- Christoph Lees, London
- Patrick Rozenberg, France
- Boris Tutschek, Switzerland