2024, Volume 30, Issue 1

REPORT ON THE 69TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AVIATION AND SPACE MEDICINE

STEFAN P. GAŹDZIŃSKI¹, KATARZYNA SOWA²
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¹Creative Neuroscience Lab – CNS Lab, Military Institute of Aviation Medicine
²Department of Simulator Studies and Aeromedical Training, Military Institute of Aviation Medicine


Autor korenspondencyjny: STEFAN P. GAŹDZIŃSKI; Creative Neuroscience Lab – CNS Lab, Military Institute of Aviation Medicine; email: sgazdzinski@wiml.waw.pl

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Introduction: This report provides an overview of our attendance at the 69th International Congress of Aviation and Space Medicine (ICASM), held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. We have highlighted developments that are of particular interest to our institution. In certain cases, we have expanded descriptions and added relevant links to literature. The conference took place from 27th to 29th October 2023 and aimed to bring together experts and professionals in the field of aviation and space medicine to discuss the latest research, advancements, and challenges in science, medicine, and industry.

Keynote presentations: The conference opened with a series of captivating keynote presentations by renowned experts. Of great interest was, for example, the establishment of norms for genetic research in space and summaries of space programs concluded decades ago; the latter has already proven helpful in conducting studies in simulated microgravity on our human centrifuge.

Scientific sessions: The conference featured an array of scientific sessions covering a wide range of topics within medicine, including 10 sessions and three lunch symposia. The program included:
Plenary Session: Ernsting Panel
Session 1: Space Medicine
Lunch Symposium: Women in Aviation
Session 2: Aviation Medicine: Regulations, Travel, Safety
Session 3: Aviation Medicine Mental Health
Session 4: Space: The Space Medicine Physician
Industry Lunch Symposium
Session 5: Aviation Medicine Human Performance
Session 6: Aviation Medicine Continued Human Performance and Ophthalmology
Session 7: Space Medicine
Lunch Symposium: Musculoskeletal
Session 8: Aviation Medicine
Session 9: Aviation Medicine Medical Specialties