Speakers
Anna von Boetticher
Anna von Boetticher is a German freediver (apnea diver), author, and public speaker.
She is one of the best-known freedivers in Europe and has set several national and international records in the sport. In freediving, athletes dive underwater while holding their breath, without using scuba tanks. Anna started freediving relatively late but quickly became a successful athlete. She set multiple records in different freediving disciplines, including:
- Constant weight with monofin
- Depth disciplines
- Pool disciplines (distance underwater while holding breath)
During her dives she can reach depths of over 80 meters while holding her breath for several minutes.
Photocredits: Slider: Nuno Sá, — Portrait: private
PD Dr. med. Walter Brunner
Senior physician, Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons FRCS
Honorary Fellow of the European Board of Surgeons FEBS (Minimal Invasive Surgery; Abdominal Wall Surgery)
Executive Board Member SAHC
Prof. Dr. David Chen
Clinical Director of Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Clinic,
Senior Consultant Department of Surgery UCLA, Los Angeles (USA)
Dr. Jonathan Douissard
Senior clinical fellow in intestinal failure and abdominal reconstructive surgery
Lennard Jones Intestinal Failure Unit, St. Mark’s Hospital, London, UK
Abdominal Surgery Division, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, CH
Gregory Dumanian, MD
Medical Officer, Mesh Suture Inc.
Fernando Ferreira (Portugal)
Lana Fourie (Switzerland)
Dr. Lukas Gantner
Department of Surgery
Clinic of Visceral and Thoracic Surgery
Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Zurich (Switzerland)
Fabian Helfritz (Germany)
PD Dr. Henry Hoffmann
ZweiChirurgen – Center for Hernia Surgery and Proctology (Basel – Zurich – Liestal)
Surgical Consultant (F.E.B.S. Abdominal Wall Surgery)
Merian Iselin Klinik, Basel (Switzerland)
President of SAHC (Swiss Association of Hernia Surgery)
Prof. Dr. Philipp Kirchhoff
ZweiChirurgen – Center for Hernia Surgery and Proctology (Basel – Zurich – Liestal)
Merian Iselin Klinik, Basel (Switzerland)
Surgical Consultant (F.E.B.S. Abdominal Wall Surgery, F.E.B.S. Coloproctology)
Dr. Andreas Koch
Senior Surgical Consultant, President of the Ambulatory Surgery Program of the German Society of General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV), Cottbus (Germany)
Dr. Jan F. Kukleta
Honorary President of the Swiss Working Group in Hernia Surgery (SAHC), (Switzerland)
David Ross (UK)
Prof. David Sanders
Royal Devon University Hospital NHS Trust
University of Exeter (UK)
Past President British Hernia Society
Dr. Hector Valenzuela
Surgical Consultant
Hospital Angeles del Carmen
Guadalajara (Mexico)
Dr. Sandra Widjaja Kaufmann
Surgical Consultant Hospital Sursee,
Lucerne Cantonal Hospital (Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Guido Woeste
Head physician, Department of General and Visceral Surgery
AGAPLESION ELISABETHENSTIFT nonprofit LLC, Darmstadt (Germany)
Marta Wójcik, MD
Deputy Head of the Department of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery
F. Raszeja City Hospital in Poznań (Poland)