The German Congress for Parkinson's and Movement Disorders will take place from April 25th - 27th, 2024 in Roststock, led by the congress president Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Storch and Prof. Dr. med. Uwe Walter. It is organized every two years by the German Society for Parkinson's and Movement Disorders (DPG) in cooperation with the Botulinum Toxin Working Group (AkBoNT) as a face-to-face congress - in the years in between, the DPG also offers a digital technical event with the virtual live event "Highlights Digital". Update.

Main topic 2024: Technology-assisted treatment strategies – current practice and future perspectives
In recent years, numerous new technological processes have been developed that are intended to facilitate the early detection, differential diagnosis and therapy of movement disorders in the future, such as new laboratory medical methods, innovative imaging procedures and wearable sensors. However, the multitude of technological innovations also presents us with a number of challenges and important questions: How reliable are the technical processes at this point in time? Are the technological innovations really ready for use in clinical practice? What do supply structures have to look like in the future in order to be able to use new technologies on a broad scale efficiently, in a time-saving and cost-covering manner? These and other questions will be discussed in the main topic “Technology-assisted treatment strategies – current practice and future perspectives” discussed.

Technical update across the entire spectrum of Parkinson's research and medicine
Even outside of the main topic, after the end of the corona pandemic, the only German-language congress for Parkinson's and movement disorders finally offers you doctors and scientists as well as nursing staff and therapists the opportunity to find out more about the latest state of research and diagnostics on site and therapy for movement disorders and to exchange information directly with national and international experts. Numerous Hands-on courses They also offer the opportunity to expand your practical skills under the guidance of qualified specialists and discover new things for yourself.

The German Congress for Parkinson's and Movement Disorders is also expressly aimed at representatives of specialized care and activating therapies, especially Parkinson's nurses. Because interdisciplinary care is increasingly becoming the focus of treatment, the event program will include specialized lectures in the Multidisciplinary Academy address this area individually.

Journalists are also cordially invited to be accredited for the event. Congress is expected to certify with 6 CME credits per day.

Registration, congress newsletter and further information are available on the congress website.