Daily programme for
Tuesday, October 27
Information about exhibitions, information stands, etc. can be found in the overall calendar →
Accepting Help Requires Courage
Why It Is So Difficult to Ask for Help – And How It Can Be Achieved
0:00Lucia Feijen
An Active Start—Kicking Off the Day on a Bike
Morning ride through Egmond
9:00 – 9:30Hotel Entrance / Front Desk (Meeting Place)
Stefan Schröder
Start Your Day with Qigong
Gentle movement while standing, sitting, or through mental movements
9:00 – 9:30Room 530
Susanne Schmitt
Color, Imagination, and Collaborative Creation
Creative Painting Workshop
10:00 – 17:00Room 525
Eva-Maria Beneke
Welcome to the “Egmond Circle”
Welcome by the Association of Thalidomide Victims NRW e.V.
10:00 – 10:30Zuiderduinzaal
Udo Herterich
Welcome to the Netherlands
Welcome by the Dutch Thalidomide Association NESOS
10:30 – 10:45Zuiderduinzaal
Lucia Feijen
How we first met internationally as people with Contergan damage
10:30 – 11:00Zuiderduinzaal
Klaus-Werner Becker
Thalidomide—Then and Now
Original Thalidomide-Related Injuries and Their Consequences The time for this event is not yet scheduled and will be added later.
11:00 – 11:30Zuiderduinzaal
Prof. Klaus M. Peters, M.D.
Tell us your story!
Images and Words to Prevent Forgetting
11:00 – 17:00Room 533
Helga Bergers
Health Care Then and Now
Critical Examination of Past Treatment Methods
11:30 – 12:00Zuiderduinzaal
Honorary Professor Dr. Stephan Martin
Coffee Break
11:30Room next to Zuiderduinzaal / Ritz
Support Team
All Together!
Group Photo of the “Egmond Circle”
12:00 – 12:30Zuiderduinzaal
Ali Rafiepour
Long-term psychosocial consequences of thalidomide embryopathy
Towards a disability-sensitive psychotherapy
14:00 – 14:45Zuiderduinzaal
Associate Professor Dr. med. Alexander Niecke
EX-Center (EN)
Swedish knowledge and rehabilitation center for people with multiple limb loss
14:45 – 15:15Zuiderduinzaal
Marie Wikström
Current developments from the Contergan Foundation
15:15 – 15:45Zuiderduinzaal
Dieter Hackler
Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:15Room next to Zuiderduinzaal / Ritz
Support Team
The Development of Thalidomide-Related Damage and Secondary Damage
From the original damage to the consequences over the course of life
16:15 – 16:45Zuiderduinzaal
Christina Ding-Greiner, M.D.
Kassenärztliche Vereinigung
A look back
16:45 – 17:00Zuiderduinzaal
Stephanie Theiß
Medical Care and Support for Thalidomide-Affected Individuals in Ireland
Current Situation and Support Services
17:00 – 17:30Zuiderduinzaal
Marie Kehoe‑O’Sullivan
Introducing the Grünenthal Foundation
Offers and Perspectives
17:30 – 17:45Zuiderduinzaal
Dr. Stephan Frings
Closing Remarks
Looking back on the day
17:45 – 18:00Zuiderduinzaal
Susanne Wieseler