International Society For Skiing Safety Conference
15th September 2006

In May 2007, the biannual symposium of the International Society for Skiing Safety (ISSS) will be held in the Scotland Aviemore.

This meeting is the world's leading forum for research into the causes and prevention of snow sports accidents and injuries Research topics include injury epidemiology and case reports treatment of snow sports injuries, new equipment design and testing, evaluation of protective equipment injury prevention campaigns and the role of ski /snowboard instruction, ski area factors (ski patrolling, piste preparation and design) and a host of other topics.

Membership of the ISSS includes ski patrollers and ski area doctors, physiotherapists, engineers, orthopaedic surgeons, ski and snowboard manufacturers, ski area management, ski injury lawyers, and physiotherapists. Anyone with a vested interest in making these popular sports as safe as possible would also find the conference of great value.

The ISSS is especially keen to encourage students and new researchers to present their findings at these meetings, which are famous for their friendliness and inclusive social programmes.

The dates for the conference are 13th- 19th 2007

More information about booking and the conference programme can be found at www.isss2007.com