DIVI25:Congress of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine

Dear Sir or Madam,
dear colleagues from the fields of intensive care and emergency medicine,
dear members of the DIVI,

On behalf of the entire executive board of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI), we would like to cordially invite you to our congress in the Congress Center Hamburg, which will take place from December 3rd to 5th, 2025. For both of us - as future congress presidents - this topic is a real matter of the heart! Let us let it guide and carry us through the congress days.

Decide wisely.
Evidence-based decision-making is the basis of our daily actions, whether in the emergency services, in the emergency room or in the intensive care unit. But every evidence-based diagnosis or therapy must also be used wisely. Because wisdom is much more than following scientific recommendations and guidelines. Wisdom means making appropriate decisions in individual cases. To do this, general knowledge must be applied appropriately to the specific situation of the specific patient, taking into account the individual circumstances of the situation or the patient's condition, as well as the patient's wishes, ethical aspects and ethnic background. It is important to check whether the diagnosis and therapy make sense for the patient in the individual case and whether the overall situation and the therapy goal can be positively influenced.

In a society that will continue to age in the coming years, the question of making smart decisions is becoming more and more important. Simply following SOPs alone is not always suitable for achieving sensible treatment. Medicine that always does everything to be 100 percent safe will certainly become unaffordable and may even be unethical in some circumstances. It is also important not to unthinkingly adopt new technical and medical developments and possibilities with boundless enthusiasm, nor to always reject them skeptically. We are constantly experiencing great hype that then disappears into thin air. The possibilities of telemedicine and artificial intelligence in particular offer breathtaking prospects, but they must be used wisely in the interests of patient well-being. What do you think?

Act mindfully.
Being mindful means being attentive - attentive to the needs, perceptions and feelings of our patients and their relatives, which can be very different in individual cases. But also to our partners from the various professions and disciplines, whom we meet every day at the scene of the incident, in the emergency rooms and intensive care units and with whom we work together. We should always be open to listen. Mutual respect and team spirit are always appropriate.
But we should also be mindful of ourselves and act with care so that we don't get lost in the daily grind of work. This mindfulness and attentiveness should guide our actions. Every single person, every manager and every organization is required to do this.

Under this motto, the speakers, industry, politics and of course you, dear participants, should reflect on the constantly growing state of knowledge in order to make wise decisions and act carefully for the best possible benefit of the patients entrusted to us and for our own sake .

We are both looking forward to an exciting congress in Hamburg in 2025 and remain with best regards,

Registration for DIVI25 opens at the beginning of May 2025

Look forward to:

• over 100 scientific symposia followed by live discussions
• pro/con sessions
• over 90 hands-on courses
• DIVI training curriculum with state-of-the-art lectures
• continuous care program
• e-poster presentation
• special events (e.g. hot topics, panel discussions)
• Neonatological and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Tele-Intensive Medicine Live
• Interactive Campfire Sessions
• Participate via voting and Q&A