IV International Congress on Drowning Prevention

Córdoba, Spain – October 18th, 19th and 20th, 2024
Palacio de Congresos de Córdoba
10, Torrijos Street

CONFERENCE ACCREDITATION

08:00 to 09:30h

OPENING CEREMONY

09:30 to 10:30h

KEY-NOTE SPEAKER

10:30 to 11:15h

Report on the state of drowning prevention in Europe

Jonathon Passmore

WHO Regional Office for Europe (Denmark)

POSTER SESSION

09:30 to 17:30h

BREAK

11:30 – 12:00h

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

11:45 to 13:30h

Laboral situation in professional lifeguarding

Moderator: José Aguilar Delgado

Salvasur Sports Club (Spain) Safety and Risk Control

Salvador Adrian Zetellmann

General Confederation of Work in the Lifeguard Service of Barcelona – CGT (Spain)

Daniel Meco

Association of Swimming Saviours of Nazaré (Portugal)

José Luis Sánchez Sánchez

Yacht captain (Spain)

Roberto Santiago Solari

Republic’s Lifeguards and Related Unions – SUGARA (Argentina)

Pedro López Baro

Guardia Civil del Servicio Marítimo Provincial de la Comandancia de Murcia (Spain)

POSTER SESSION

09:30 to 17:30h

BREAK / LUNCH

13:30 – 15:30h

KEY-NOTE SPEAKER

15:30 to 16:15h

The work of the Civil Guard Maritime Service

Idafe Gallego Martín

Underwater Activities Unit of the Guardia Civil (Spain)

PRESENTATION

16:15 to 16:30h

World Conference on Drowning Prevention (WCDP 2025)

Ingy El Shazly

ILS Regional Office for Africa and Director of WCDP 2025 (Egypt)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

16:30 to 17:30h

POSTER SESSION

09:30 to 17:30h

KEY-NOTE SPEAKER

09:30 to 10:15h

Cost-effectiveness of investing in natural disasters

Adrian Mayhew

Surf Life Saving GB (Great Britain)

PRESENTATION

10:15 to 10:30

Network of Territories for the CPR

Cintia Bustos Muñoz

Cordoba City Council (Spain)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

10:30 to 11:30h

POSTER SESSION

09:30 to 17:00h

BREAK

11:30 – 12:00h

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

12:00 to 13:30h

On the performance in the rescue and assistance to migrants

Moderator: Alexandre Manuel Tadeia Mesquita

Portuguese Federation of Lifesaving Swimmers – FEPONS (Portugal) Working Group on Drowning of Migrants of the European Rescue Federation – ILSE

Manuel Barroso Cáceres

National Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre – CNCS (Spain)

José Antonio Carracao Meléndez

Ceuta Lifesaving Federation and Red Cross Ceuta Maritime Rescue Volunteer (Spain)

Enrique Espinosa Torres

Security and Emergency Consortium of Lanzarote (Spain)

POSTER SESSION

09:30 to 17:00h

BREAK / LUNCH

13:30 – 15:30h

ORAL PRESENTATIONS + WORKSHOP

15:30 to 17:00h

Water Safety and Swimming in the school curriculum, can this be an effective drowning prevention strategy?

Torrill Hindmarch

Norges Livredningsselskap (Norway)

Riitta Vienola

Finnish Swimming Teaching and Lifesaving Federation (Finland)

Janet Wilson

Royal Life Saving Society UK (United Kingdom)

POSTER SESSION

09:30 to 17:00h

SOCIAL EVENT

CABALLERIZAS REALES

20:00 h

Equestrian show Pasión y Duende del Caballo Andaluz (Passion and Goblin of the Andalusian Horse)
Awarding of the Olympic Laurel of the Spanish Olympic Committee
Presentation of the Royal Spanish Lifesaving Federation’s awards ceremony
International Lifesaving Federation Distinction ceremony
Performance by guitarist Paco de Dios
Cocktail

KEY-NOTE SPEAKER

09:30 to 10:15h

Lifesaving sport, the key to reducing drowning?

Francisco Cano Noguera

Royal Spanish Lifesaving Federation – RFESS (Spain)

Ana Domínguez Pachón

Royal Spanish Lifesaving Federation – RFESS (Spain)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

10:15 to 11:15h

POSTER SESSION

09:30 to 12:00h

BREAK

11:15 – 11:45h

KEY-NOTE SPEAKER 5

11:45 to 12:30h

The future of drowning prevention in Europe

Roger Sweeney

Water Safety Ireland (Ireland)

POSTER SESSION

09:30 to 12:00h

CONFERENCE STATEMENT

12:30 to 12:50h

AWARDS

12:50 to 13:00h

CLOSING CEREMONY

13:00 to 13:30h