Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:22:46 +0200 http://esska.org/ Welcome to ESSKA   The Future is in our hands The world around us is changing quickly and we must change with it. Persons and organizations that are not flexible and do not move with their surrounding will find it hard to survive.  This is true also for ESSKA. The best way to keep ahead of things and be prepared for the future is to have a defined strategy. Given our limited resources, it is important to use our strength and to eliminate our weaknesses. My mission as president of ESSKA is to create a strategic plan for the future. I invite everybody to participate in the discussion. Out of these discussions we will define our goals for the future. For the upcoming 2 years apart from the making of this strategic plan the Board activities will be directed towards reinforcement of our office, the KSSTA Journal and our relationship with national societies. We find it important to accommodate all subspecialties under the ESSKA umbrella. We will stimulate independent societies and working groups which focus on Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Sports Traumatology to affiliate with ESSKA. Our members can benefit from the expertise within these groups and at the same time these groups can benefit from our professional organization, ESSKA standing, image, facilities, services and our journal! Country society presidents will be involved as members at large in order to have a closer contact with the national societies. We will work together with ISAKOS on e-learning and we will work on ESSKA best practices. How can we achieve all this? ESSKA is a strong and well respected organization with an excellent potential among dedicated members. There is a lot of expertise and enthusiasm in our committees. The 6 free current concept books that you all received at the Biannual Oslo Conference are the result of voluntary scientific activity. The creativity, inspiration, energy and dedication among our members are enormous. Almost 20% of our members are currently active in of one of our committees or sections. ESSKA has always had strong and devoted leaders, but it is one of the major strength of ESSKA that most of our members are opinion leaders in their countries. There is a lot of work to do, but I know it is possible because I am surrounded by a great organization. ESSKA is a great and healthy society and I promise to move it forward. C. Niek van Dijk ESSKA President Postal address: Academic Medical Centre Prof. Dr. C.N. van Dijk Department of Orthopedic Surgery P.O. Box 22660 1100 DD Amsterdam The Netherlands e-mail: c.n.vandijk@amc.uva.nl   http://esska.org/images/logo.gif http://esska.org/ en Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://esska.org/en/index/id-76-online-survey-by-esska-u45-committee http://esska.org/en/index/id-76