Scientific Programme
Several kinds of sessions can be described:
- Key note (plenary) sessions based on the Congress theme ‘Innovations in Orthopaedics’. This doesn’t only include specific orthopaedic skills but also policy making subject, strategic developments and educational aspects.
- Free communications: All participants are invited to submit an abstract. The accepted papers will be presented in parallel sessions.
- Meet the expert sessions: On Thursday and Friday a limited number of participants  will be offered an opportunity to take part in a discussion with the invited speakers of that particular day. These sessions will take place during an informal preprogrammed early breakfast.
- Instructional courses; These courses will run during three congress days. In these sessions small groups of participants (25-30) will be instructed/trained/informed on specific orthopaedic knowledge and skills.

Orthopaedic topics
Implants, Sports medicine, Spine, Metastasis, Arthroscopy, Traumatology, Paediatrics, Fractures in the elderly/Geriatric orthopaedics, Tissue engineering, Foot and Ankle, Genetics, Biomaterials/biotechnology, Imaging, Computer assisted Surgery, Minimal Invasive surgery.

General issues
Future of Nordic Orthopaedics, Manpowerplanning, Training and education, Public Relations, Patient information/education, Evidence based medicine, Outcome measurements,
Bone and Joint Decade.

Special issues

There are three special issues, the "Meet the Expert" sessions, the Skills Labs and the Poster Presentations.

Breakfast Sessions organized by Sponsors

Astra

Bayer

Heraeus

Kimberly Clark