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Congress Opening

Wednesday, 13. May 2026

We are delighted to welcome you to the opening of this year's 97th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery in Ulm. Together we will get in the mood for the coming days of the congress, full of knowledge exchange and inspiring lectures.

 

Location: Donauhalle | Messe Ulm
Start: 16.00
End: 18.30

 

Program

Opening Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Hoffmann (Ulm)
President
Prof. Dr. Uwe Ganzer (Düsseldorf) 
Honorary President
Greetings

Heiner Scheffold (Ehingen)
District Administrator of the Alb-Donau district 
Chairman of the Board of the Baden-Württemberg Hospital Association (BWKG)
Martin Ansbacher (Ulm)
Mayor of the City of Ulm
Prof. Dr. Thomas Wirth (Ulm)
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ulm
Prof. Dr. Udo X. Kaisers (Ulm)
Senior Medical Director of Ulm University Hospital
Prof. Dr. Jan Löhler (Bad Bramstedt)
President of the German Professional Association of ENT Doctors
PD Dr. Christina Pflug (Hamburg)
President of the German Society for Phoniatrics and Paedaudiology e.V.

Presidential speech Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Hoffmann (Ulm)
Fascination Head-Neck-Surgery
ENT Science Slam Moderation: Prof. Dr. Simon Laban (Ulm) & Dr. Lisa Budelmann (Hamburg)

Commemorative lecture

Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch (München)

Einstein and black holes

Presentation of honors by the President
Presentation of the prizes by the President
Acknowledgements and get-together afterwards by the President