Date: 26.09. - 28.09.2025


 
 
 

Location & Date

Date: 26.09.- 28.09.2025

Place : Training Centre of the German Federal Police, Kührointalm / Berchtesgarden, Germany

Registration here

Topics

- Hypoxia in Intensive Care

- Hypoxia in Aviation medicine

- Hypoxia in Diving and Hyperbaric medicine

- Hypoxia due to COVID-19, incl. mountaineering after COVID-19

- Work in isobaric hypoxia (fire protection systems)

- Mountain medicine (AMS, HACE, HAPE etc.)

- Hypoxia and altitude training

- Avalanche research

- Technology and validity of physiological measurement

- Risk and risk avoidance when staying in the mountains

- Workshop contributions for younger people

- Occupational medicine for work in hypoxia

Scientific programme

Deadline for abstracts:  31.07.2025

Younger students / researchers are especially invited to submit contributions.

All abstracts and selected papers will be published in conference proceedings (ISSN registered) and selected papers in HPPA (Health Promotion & Physical Activity).

The request for CME points has been made!


Call for abstracts


Students of the RWTH Aachen University earn 3 points for their qualification profile in travel and aviation medicine for participation (SFR018).

Awards

- Top three in Hypoxia and Mountain Medicine 2025 (3 awards - lecture based)

- Services for Research in Hypoxia and Sports 2025 (scientific comittee based)


Scientific committee

Congress President: Prof. Thomas Küpper, MD, PhD, FISTM, FFTM, RCPS (Glasg.)


Scientific and Program comittee (in alphabetical order): 

Assoc. prof. Tadej Debevec, Ph.D. (Faculty of Sports, Univ. Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Assist. Prof. Jurij Gorjanc, MD, PhD, FRCS, FEBS AWS (Univ. Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Lenka Horáková, MD, DESA (Czech Technical University, Czech Republic)

Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Küpper (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), 

Dr. med. Raimund Lechner, MD, DESAIC (German Military Hospital Ulm, Germany)

Prof. dr hab. Eligiusz Madejski
(Tarnowska Academy in Tarnow, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences;
University of Physical Education in Krakow, Institute of Social Sciences, Poland)

Agata Nowak-Lis, Ph.D. (Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland)

Dr. hab. prof. nadzw. Zbigniew Szyguła (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego, Kraków)

Prof. Dr. med. Markus Tannheimer (University of Ulm, Germany)

Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Volkhart Ulmer (University of Mainz, Germany)



Organising committee (in alphabetical order):
Bianca Hartmann (RWTH Aachen University,    Germany)

Thomas Lobensteiner (Director of the Training Centre of the German Federal Police)