A day in Fribourg: wound expertise across every discipline

Sometimes a single day says more about where a field stands than an entire trade-fair week. That is exactly how last week's SAfW conference in Fribourg felt to us. Around 500 participants came together: wound experts from every discipline and from every sector of healthcare, from acute hospitals through long-term care and home care to private practice. Add to that the industry, dressing manufacturers first among them. The fact that a wound congress brings every discipline together is not, in itself, unique. You see the same at the EWMA, held this year in Bremen. What made this edition of the SAfW special was something else: it was organized across both language regions, bringing French- and German-speaking Switzerland together. This format only happens every two years, and that is precisely what makes it so valuable.

For Sofia and me, it was a day full of conversations that are hard to have anywhere else in such concentration. The fact that this year's SAfW brought both language regions together was palpable: specialists from the French- and German-speaking parts of Switzerland, who rarely sit at the same table in everyday practice, exchanged ideas directly for a day. That changes the quality of the discussion.

A shared booth with Piomic

We were on-site with a joint booth together with Piomic. The combination worked well: it brings two perspectives on the same challenge together and gives visitors a more complete picture of what modern wound care can look like.

The question that stood out

When you listen closely on a day like this, you quickly notice which topic really moves people. This time it was unmistakable: the availability of WoundGenius for smaller clinics and for home care. No longer "does AI-supported wound documentation even work?", but "when and how do we get it too?". That shift in the question says a lot. The technology has proven itself; now it is about access. And that is exactly where we want to go: not only the large institutions, but the full breadth of care.

What stays with us

Fribourg was not an event of big announcements, but of honest conversations. And perhaps that is more valuable. We take away a clear message: the need for simple, validated wound documentation is there, across every sector. Thank you to everyone who stopped by, and to Piomic for sharing the booth with us.