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General Assembly

Amsterdam August 22, 2015 11:00-12:30

EUBS Corporate Members :

Supported by a CSP grant from

Franzello Aeromedical Library, Wright Patterson AFB, USA

1. Approval of the Minutes of General Assembly 2014 (these have been published on the EUBS Website) 2. Awards and Grants 3. Financial Report 4. Membership Report 5. Journal & Website Report 6. EUBS Elections 7. Next EUBS Meetings 8. Any other business

General Assembly

Status of 2015 Meeting

• 349 participants (a record !)
• 134 EUBS (SPUMS+UHMS) members
• 73 non-members
• 50 students/nurses/technicians
• 88 abstracts received
• 41 poster presentations
• 38 oral presentations
• 4 Keynote Lectures
• Pre-course Heliox
• Post-courses
• Dutch Diving Medicine Society
• DAN Divers Day
• Chamber operator training course
• 11 sponsors

Awards and Grants

• Kübra OZGOK KANGAL
• Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Dept

Underwater Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

• Elif Ebru OZER
• Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Dept

Underwater Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

a.Travel Grants

Awards and Grants

ZA Committee: P. Westerweel, C. Balestra, P. Bryson,

• T. Van Rees Vellinga

Best Poster:

P12

Mariana Cervaens, J. Lumini-Oliveira et al. (Pedro BS Coelho):

Effects of Hyperbaric Therapy on Rat Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Swelling induced by Contusion

• b. Per Zetterström Award (best poster)

Awards and Grants

PM Committee: C. Balestra, G. Vandenhoven Best contribution: Not awarded this year

• c. Patrick Musimu Award (Breathhold Diving)

Financial Report

Financial Report

Financial Report

Financial Report

• Audited and approved by Mr Richard Wate (DDRC)
• n August 12, 2015
• Financial situation stable
• Expenses to be expected:
• Grants and Awards
• Sponsorship of Invited Speakers
• Abstract Book 2015 Meeting
• Journal trimesterial payments
• Will be made available on EUBS Website

(Member’s Only Section) for three months

• Proposition: change auditing date to end of year to

coincide with Membership Year Approval of GA

Membership Report

• Membership slightly increased (319) incl 6

corporate

• Membership fee increase approved in 2014
• Offering DHM delivery option
• Adding “Associate Member” category

Membership Report

2016 Membership Fees

• Full Member
• Electronic DHM only: 110 Euro
• Electronic + Paper version DHM: 130 Euro
• Undergraduate Member (student)
• Electronic DHM only: 90 Euro
• Associate Member (only Journal, no

medical/scientific background needed)

• Electronic DHM only: 90 Euro
• Corporate Membership (2 Full Membership +

support)

• Electronic + Paper version DHM x2: 700 Euro

Approval of GA

Journal Editor’s Report to EUBS General Assembly August 2015

MIKE DAVIS & LESLEY BLOGG

Journal Editor’s Report to EUBS August 2015

A change to the Editorial Board:

• Lesley Blogg now European Deputy Editor

following Peter Müller’s retirement. Increased submission rate of

manuscripts

• In the first four months of 2015, 45 submissions,

compared to 58 in the whole of 2014.

Manuscript submission

• verview 2015

Manuscripts by type

Still strongly focused on diving physiology and medicine rather than hyperbaric medicine.

The Journal continued to maintain its Impact Factor for 2014

Major change to the management

• f the Journal – online Manuscript

Manager

 Trialled in December 2014  Launched in January 2015  Brings the Journal submission process up to

date

 The Editor will report on its use in the next

annual report

 Much of DHM’s work is now in ‘the Cloud’ to

improve flexibility and efficiency

DHM Journal Governance Board (JGB)

 Four people, two from each Society, were

chosen – Drs Peter Müller and Jorg Schmutz from

EUBS and John Lippmann and Dr Peter Smith from SPUMS.

 The group is to help manage the business affairs

• f DHM. A JGB policy document is in progress.

DHM Editor Contract

 The Editor’s current contract expires in

• December. Mike Davis has expressed

his interest in continuing in the postion.

 Expressions of interest in the position of

Editor-in-Chief should be sent to the Presidents of EUBS & SPUMS, with a CV, by 31 October 2015.

Website

• Needs rebuilding
• Looks (tablet-friendly)
• Database
• New membership options
• Recurrent payments
• Budget needed: 2000 euro
• Target deadline: end of year
• Renewal of membership

Approval of GA

EUBS ExCom

• Elections 2015
• Member at Large 2015-2018

Gerardo BOSCO, Padua, Italy Karin HASMILLER, Murnau, Germany Kate LAMBRECHTS, Toulon, FRANCE

EUBS ExCom

• Elections 2015
• Member at Large 2015-2018

Karin HASMILLER, Murnau, Germany

EUBS ExCom

• Elections 2015
• Member at Large 2015-2018
• Vice President 2015-2018

Karin HASMILLER, Murnau, Germany

Jean-Eric BLATTEAU, Toulon, FRANCE Ole HYLDEGAARD, Copenhagen, DENMARK

EUBS ExCom

• Elections 2015
• Member at Large 2015-2018
• Vice President 2015-2018

Karin HASMILLER, Murnau, Germany

Ole HYLDEGAARD, Copenhagen, DENMARK

EUBS ExCom 2015-2016

• Elections 2015
• Member at Large 2015-2018
• Vice President 2015-2018
• Leaving ExCom
• Member at Large 2012: Lesley BLOGG
• Past President: Alf O. BRUBAKK

Karin HASMILLER, Murnau, Germany Ole HYLDEGAARD, Copenhagen, DENMARK

EUBS ExCom 2015-2016

New composition of EUBS ExCom 2015-2016:

• President: J. Kot
• Vice President: Ole Hyldegaard
• Immediate Past President: C. Balestra
• Past President: P. Germonpre
• Member at Large 2013: P. Lafère
• Member at Large 2014: R. Vanhulst
• Member at Large 2015: Karin Hasmiller
• Membership Secretary – Treasurer: P. Wooding
• Honorary Secretary: P. Germonpre
• EUBS Liaison Officer: P. Bryson
• DHM, European Editor: S.L. Blogg

EUBS ExCom 2015-2016

Liaison Committee (Phil Bryson)

• Relation to other Societies
• Visibility/promotion of EUBS

DHM Journal Governance Committee

• All non-editorial matters regarding DHM
• Started this year; 2 EUBS + 2 SPUMS members
• Peter Mueller, Joerg Schmutz
• To report to ExCom periodically

Research Education Committee

• Propose activities (e.g workshop @ EUBS Meeting)
• Costantino Balestra, Kate Lambrechts, Jean-Eric Blatteau (+

Liaison officer)

• To report to ExCom #3months

EUBS Next Meetings

• 2016: Geneva
• Presentation by Local Organisers
• Flyer first announcement
• EUBS Excom involvement
• Member of Scientific Committee
• Proposals for Keynote Lecturers
• Workshops (no ECHM) / special sessions
• 2017: Italy
• 2018: Joint Tricontinental Meeting
• 2019: Israel
• 2020: Copenhagen ?

Other matters

• Affiliate Agreement EUBS – UHMS
• Mutual recognition
• Benefits for members
• To be expanded to other Societies (e.g. Belgian,

Italian Society for Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine)

• Signed by EUBS President and UHMS

CEO and Vice-President Friday 21 August 2015

Other matters ?

General Assembly

Amsterdam August 22, 2015 11:00-12:30