The AO returns to DKOU, one of the world's largest events in orthopedics
 
The AO is proud to be returning to DKOU this year, held in Berlin from October 26 to 29, for another round of top-tier scientific symposia and seminars featuring world-leading experts from AO Trauma, AO Spine, AO Recon, and for the first time AO Sports. In English and German, whatever your specialty, the AO has something for you at DKOU. 
Come visit us at our DKOU 2021 booth to take part in a range of engaging educational activities, learn more about the AO, and savor best-in-class gourmet coffee prepared by our very own master barista.
We invite you to join us in the AO lounge
| Date | Time | Topic | 
| Tuesday,  | 11:30-12:30 | Biphasic Plate for next generation dynamic plating | 
| Wednesday,  | 11:30-12:30 | AO Fracture Monitor for implant load sensoring | 
| Wednesday,  | 14:15-15:15 | AO Global Data: the AO's new data platform to transform patient data into value for you, your team, and your patients | 
| Thursday,  | 11:30-12:30 | OSapp, the virtual learning platform for osteosynthesis biomechanics | 
| Thursday, | 17:30-19:00 | AO Innovation Translation Center (AO ITC) meet-and-greet apéro | 
| Friday,  | 11:30-12:30 | Digitally enhanced, hands-on surgical training | 
The symposia on offer this year will be:
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                                Tuesday, October 26, 2021TimeDKOU CodeRoomSymposiumChairperson09:00–10:00 IN22 London 3 AO Alliance, AGOUE At Breaking Point: the Impact of Musculoskeletal 
 Injuries in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesC Martin (CH), 
 M Oberst (DE)14:30– 
 15:30IN12 Großer Saal AO Innovation Translation Center (AO ITC) Special Considerations in Combined Injuries of the 
 Shoulder Girdle and ThoraxS Lambert (UK), 
 F Beeres (CH),
 S Schulz-Drost (DE)14:30– 
 15:30IN17 Budapest 1 AO Innovation Translation Center 
 (AO ITC)Long Bone Defects S Roßlenbroich (DE), C Oh (KR), 
 B Vogt (DE)16:00– 
 17:00IN13 Großer Saal AO Innovation Translation Center 
 (AO ITC)Internal fixation (IF) of Femoral Neck Fracture (FNF) C Sommer (CH), 
 K Stoffel (CH)
 16:00– 
 17:00IN21 Paris AO Trauma Deutschland, CWIS, NIS Chest Wall Injury: Classification, Technical Aspects 
 and Education in Surgical Rib Stabilization (SSRF)S Schulz-Drost (DE), M Gasparri (US), 
 T White (US)
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                                Wednesday, October 27, 2021TimeDKOU CodeRoomSymposiumChairperson09:00– 
 10:00IN26 Festsaal AO Trauma Complex Distal Humerus Fractures U Stöckle (DE), 
 R Babst (CH),
 F Gebhard (DE)10:30– 
 11:30BP16 Festsaal AO Trauma Deutschland AO Preisträgersitzung U Stöckle (DE), 
 R Stange (DE)12:00– 
 13:00AV19 Festsaal AO Trauma Deutschland Proximale Humerusfrakturen—alles klar? U Stöckle (DE), 
 U Culemann (DE),
 C Müller (DE)
 15:30– 
 16:30Currywurst 
 StandAO Trauma Deutschland AO Deutschland Member Apéro 15:30– 
 16:30IN24 Großer Saal AO Recon, AE Keep It or Replace It? C Perka (DE), 
 F Haddad (UK)
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                                Thursday, October 28, 2021TimeDKOU CodeRoomSymposiumChairperson09:00– 
 10:00IN35 Großer Saal AO Trauma Deutschland Pelvis and Acetabular Surgery: Challenging Situations 
 and Novel ConceptsS Herath (DE), 
 A Höch (DE),
 F Stuby (DE)12:00– 
 13:00IN41 Paris AO Sports Sports Meets Trauma: Case-Based Session JC Katthagen (DE), 
 M Jaeger (DE),
 Y Acklin (CH)14:30– 
 15:30IN37 Festsaal AO Recon Problems After Knee Arthroplasty C Perka (DE), 
 J Argenson (FR)14:30– 
 15:30Currywurst Stand AO Trauma Deutschland AO Deutschland Member Apéro 
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                                Friday, October 29, 2021TimeDKOU CodeRoomSymposiumChairperson09:00– 
 10:00BS42 Festsaal AO Trauma Deutschland Tipps & Tricks—die komplizierte Gelenkfraktur U Stöckle (DE), 
 F Kralinger (AT),
 A Trampuz (DE)10:30– 
 11:30AV58 Budapest 1 AO Spine Diagnostik und Therapie der 
 Spondylodiszitis—die neue S2K LeitlinieM Dreimann (DE), 
 M Scholz (DE)10:30– 
 12:00PS13 Weimar 5 AO Innovation Translation 
 Center (AO ITC)Injuries of the Chest Wall and the Shoulder 
 Girdle—Routine or Challenge?
 Case DiscussionS Lambert (UK), 
 S Schulz-Drost (DE)15:00– 
 16:00IN45 Festsaal AO Trauma Deutschland, CWIS, NIS Hot Topics in Chest Wall Fixation S Schulz-Drost (DE), 
 M Gasparri (US),
 M Raschke (DE)