Pre-Conference Seminar (Optional)
Adventure and Wilderness Travel
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17 September 2024
All day seminar
Registration fee: US$ 200
The Seminar will have an emphasis on high altitude and also cover wider aspects of adventure travel including expeditions.
Registration fee includes coffee at breaks and lunch.
Register via the conference registration form.
Program
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08:30 Registration
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Chairperson: Jenny Visser, New Zealand
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08:50 Welcome
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09:00 Expedition Medicine: The Pre-Travel Consultation and Pre-Trip Preparation
Steven Roy, Canada
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09:45 Expedition Medicine: Some Reflections on being the Expedition Doctor
Jenny Visser, New Zealand
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10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 High Altitude Medicine: Recent Advances and Update
Buddha Basnyat, Nepal
​11:45 Military Deployments: Areas of Vector Borne Diseases and other Endemic Infections- Prophylaxis, Vaccinations and other Preventive Measures
Kisen Jang, India​
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12:15 Military Deployments in Extreme Environments. High Altitudes & Extremes of Climate
Jaskanwar Singh, India
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12:45 Lunch Break
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13:45 Children and Adventure Travel
Mike Starr, Australia
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14:15 Women & Adventure Travel
Rashila Pradan, Nepal
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14:45 Coffee Break
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15:15 Challenges Facing Pilgrimage Travelers
Shreyasi Karki, Nepal
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15:45 The Himalayan Rescue Association
Gobinda Bashyal , Nepal
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16:15 The Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal/Diploma Mountain Medicine
Ghan Bahadur Thapa, Nepal
16:45 Discussion & Questions
17:00 Closing