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Jan Krusina
Lukas Hajek
Jana Marsalkova
Michal Dombrovsky
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Michal Hajek
Miloslav Klugar
Bengusu Mirasoglu
Ole Hyldegaard
Jean-Eric Blatteau
Constantiono Balestra
Peter Germonpre
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## Events during 2020-2022 

- COVID-19 … 

- EUBS Webinars (March 2021 + December 2021) 

• Free webinars, 600+ participants 

• Loss of friends and colleagues 


David H. Elliott EUBS President 1979-1982 January 18, 2022 


Alf O. Brubakk EUBS President 2006-2009 April 5, 2022 


Greta Bolstad EUBS President 1997-2000 May 20, 2022 


Peter B. Bennett DAN Founder; Duke Hyperbaric August 9, 2022 



## **General Assembly** 

1. Approval of the Minutes of General Assembly 2021 (these have been published on the EUBS Website) 2. Report on EUBS2022 Meeting 

3. EUBS Elections 4. Financial Report 5. Membership Report 

6. Journal & Website (+ social media) Report 7. Any other business 



## **General Assembly** 

1. Approval of the Minutes of General Assembly 2021 (these have been published on the EUBS Website) → ExCom (Member at Large) increase (3 → 4, 4-year term, ACCEPTED) 2. Report on EUBS2022 Meeting 3. EUBS Elections 

4. Financial Report 

5. Membership Report 6. Journal & Website (+ social media) Report 

7. Any other business 



**Approval of GA** 



# Annual Scientific Meeting 2022 

1. Registrations: 188 participants, 23 spouses/guests, 9 exhibitors, 25 Czech session (Thursday PM) 2. 59 oral presentations, 43 poster presentations 

3. Social Events every evening ☺ 

4. All included – also public transport ☺ 5. Formal thanks to local organizers Michal HAJEK and his team for their patience and efforts 6. Thanks to supporting organisations and sponsors 



## Annual Scientific Meeting 2022 

**Awards and Grants** 

- Travel Grant:  Sanjin KOVACEVIC, Serbia 

- Research Grants: Mattea PAGANINI, Italy Alexandra STRODA, Germany 

- Zetterström Award (best poster) 

- Patrick Musimu Award (best poster/oral presentation on apnea diving) 

Award Committee: Costantino Balestra, Phil Bryson, Evangelos Papoutsidakis 



# EUBS ExCom Elections 2022 



Anne RÄISÄNEN-SOKOLOWSKI Finland 

Charles P. AZZOPARDI Malta 



# EUBS ExCom Elections 2022 



Voting software (Election Runner) from June  30 – August 30 




# EUBS ExCom Elections 2022 



Voting software (Election Runner) from June  30 – August 30 




# EUBS ExCom Elections 2022 



M-a-L 2022-2026 (4-year term) 

M-a-L 2022-2025 (3-year term) 




## EUBS ExCom 2022-2023 

: **New composition of EUBS ExCom 2022-2023** • President: Jean-Eric Blatteau 

• Vice-President: Bengusu Mirasoglu • Immediate Past President: Ole Hyldegaard 

• Past President: Jacek Kot 

• Member at Large 2020: Oscar Camacho • Member at Large 2021: Evangelos Papoutsidakis • Member at Large 2022a: Charles P. Azzopardi • Member at Large 2022b: Anne Räisänen-Sokolowski • Membership Secretary – Treasurer: Kath Pye • Honorary Secretary: Peter Germonpré • EUBS Liaison Officer: Phil Bryson • DHM, European/Deputy Editor: Lesley Blogg 



## EUBS ExCom 2022-2023 

**Liaison Committee** 

- Relations with other Societies / Disciplines 

• Online Discussion Group Pathologists 

• Phil Bryson, Rodrigue Pignel 

- **DHM Journal Governance Committee** • According to MoU SPUMS-EUBS (signed 2018) 

• Phil Bryson, Karin Hasmiller **Research & Education Committee** 

- Propose activities (e.g workshop @ EUBS Meeting); 

• Evaluate (Travel Grant &) Research Grant applications 

• Costantino Balestra, Jean-Eric Blatteau, Karin Hasmiller, Gerardo Bosco 



Financial Report (01 January 2021 – 31 December 2021) 

• Audited and approved by Mr Richard Wate (DDRC) on March 15, 2022 – formally thanked by EUBS ExCom • Financial situation healthy 

• ONR Conference support : postponed to 2022 

• EUBS2022 contribution to EUBS 

• Expenses in 2022: 

• Journal trimesterial payments 

• ExCom Registration fee EUBS 2022 

• Travel Grant, Research Grants, Zetterstrom Award 2019 

• Report will be made available on EUBS Website (Member’s Only Section) for three months 



**Q3: Approval of GA ?** 



**Approval of GA** 



## Membership Report 

EUBS Membership has been reltaively stable compared to 2020-2021, at 270 members. Target = 2019 level (300 members) 

‘Print Service’ option for DHM Journal (at surcharge of 40 Euro/yr) 



## Membership Report 

EUBS Membership has been reltaively stable compared to 2020-2021, at 270 members. Target = 2019 (300 members) 

Compared to 2020-2021, DHM printing costs back to pre-COVID levels 




## Membership Fees 

- Membership categories  (2022) 

   - Full Member (DHM e-journal) 

   - Undergraduate Member (student) 

   - Associate Member (only Journal, no medical/scientific background needed) 

• Print Service surcharge 

• Corporate Membership 

- 10% Discount for members of Affiliate Societies and Group Memberships 

   - 2022: UHMS, SIMSI, SBMHS, SHF, GTUEM, MedSubHyp, SUHMS, ASEMHS, ASUHM, NVD 

   - Yearly agreement upon written request; renewed on ExCom decision in case 20 members during current year 



**Approval of GA** 



## DHM Journal Report 

• DHM Editor Report received (Simon MITCHELL) 




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## Next EUBS Meetings 

• 2023 Porto - 13-16 September 2023 

• Secretary-general: Oscar CAMACHO 

• Website: www.eubs2023.com 

• 2024 Brest - 16-20 September 2024 

• Secretary-general: François GUERRERO 

• 2025 Turku – dates TBC • Secretary-general: Anne RÄISÄNEN-SOKOLOWSKI 

• 2026 Copenhagen – dates TBC 

• Secretary-general: Ole HYLDEGAARD 



## Next EUBS Meetings 

- Proposals for next meetings: 

   - 2027: Geneva (Rodrigue PIGNEL) 

• 2028: Barcelona & Spain (Jordi DESOLA ?) 



## Other business 

• ECHM-EUBS Collaboration & merger • Agreed in principle during EUBS 2019 • Task force: Jacek KOT (ECHM) + Peter GERMONPRE (EUBS) • Necessary terms and conditions defined 

• Work ongoing – estimated 2023 

• ECHM: Code of Good Practice on HBOT – updated 

• To be published 2022 (2023 ?) in DHM Journal 



## Other business 

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- EUBS Position Statement on Mild Hyperbaric Therapy 

   - Discussed in ExCom 

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EUBS FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1st JANUARY TO 31st DECEMBER 2022
2022
2021
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Paypal BO￿n¢* al 1$lJanvAry 2022
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27.482
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EUBS FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1st JANUARY TO 31st DECEMBER 2022
2022
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2.247
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