PODOCON is the flagship event of FootSecure, celebrated as the Foundation Day of the organization.
The 7th edition of PODOCON, will be held between 24th & 25th May 2025, Bengaluru. The previous Six editions covered diagnostics, offloading, dressings, and regenerative medicines for diabetic foot conditions, attended by more than 1000 clinicians from India and abroad.
1st April 2025 Onwards
Students: ₹3,000
| Session Duration (min) | Start Time | End Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 09:30:00 | 09:35:00 | Opening Remarks | Sanjay Sharma |
| 20 | 09:35:00 | 09:55:00 | Key Note Address | David Armstrong |
| 20 | 09:55:00 | 10:15:00 | Decoding the Enemy: Insights from Culture & Sensitivity Reports | Seemanthini Desai |
| 20 | 10:15:00 | 10:35:00 | Target or Trial? Navigating Empiric vs Culture-Guided Antibiotic Therapy | Subramanian Swaminathan |
| 20 | 10:35:00 | 10:55:00 | Industry Session: Wokhardt : New standard of care in the management of DFI | Dr Sachin Bhagwat |
| 30 | 10:55:00 | 11:25:00 | Decoding Pathogens: Are We Doing Enough in DFI Microbiology? | Panel Discussion |
| 15 | 11:25:00 | 11:40:00 | Inauguration | Manjunath CN | Anantsuresh | Uma Nambiar | Georgia | Lee Rogers | KR Suresh |
| 30 | 11:40:00 | 12:10:00 | FootStride Oration | Suresh K R |
| 20 | 12:10:00 | 12:30:00 | What Physicians Often Miss: Identifying DFI in Their Early Stage | Aravind SR |
| 20 | 12:30:00 | 12:50:00 | Defending the Foot: Strategies to Manage Cellulitis & Lymphedema in Diabetic Patients | Sandeep Suri |
| 20 | 12:50:00 | 13:10:00 | When Blood Vessels Turn Against You: Vasculitis in the Diabetic Foot | Nagaraj S |
| 20 | 13:10:00 | 13:30:00 | Toe & Flow Session | ALPS |
| 20 | 13:30:00 | 13:50:00 | Industry Session: IPCA: Novel Treatment Options in Treating DFU | Ashu Rastogi |
| 30 | 13:50:00 | 14:20:00 | Medical Management Dilemmas in DFI: Beyond Antibiotics | Sandeep Suri | Aravind SR | Manohar KN | Ashu Rastogi |
| 20 | 14:20:00 | 14:40:00 | Precision Strikes: Debridement Techniques in Diabetic Foot | Madhu Periyaswamy |
| 20 | 14:40:00 | 15:00:00 | Bone Battles: Managing Osteomyelitis in the Diabetic Foot | Amit Burande |
| 20 | 15:00:00 | 15:20:00 | Defusing the Bomb: Rapid Diagnosis & Treatment of Necrotizing Fasciitis | Amit Jain |
| 20 | 15:20:00 | 15:40:00 | Securing the Victory: Preventing Reinfection After Surgery, Amputation & Flaps | Ramesh K T |
| 20 | 15:40:00 | 16:00:00 | Next-Gen Arsenal: Cutting-Edge Innovations in DFI Management | Sanjay Vaidya |
| 20 | 16:00:00 | 16:20:00 | Industry Session: Advanced Biotech | Gunashekaran |
| 30 | 16:20:00 | 16:50:00 | Surgical Timing and Technique in DFI: Debride, Delay or Defend? | Arun Puttaraju, Manjunath, Anoop Vasudev, Tushar Rege, Ramesh KT |
| 20 | 16:50:00 | 17:10:00 | Toe & Flow Session | Lee Rogers |
| 20 | 17:10:00 | 17:30:00 | Laser Strikes Against Infection: The Role of Photobiomodulation in Healing DFI | Arun Maiya |
| 20 | 17:30:00 | 17:50:00 | Strategic Intelligence: AI & Predictive Tools in the War Against Diabetic Foot Infections | Siddarth Jhunjhunwala |
| 20 | 17:05:00 | 18:10:00 | Industry Session: Beyond the Naked Eye: Advanced Diagnostics & Imaging in DFI | Ashwind Bawa |
| 20 | 18:10:00 | 18:30:00 | Industry Session | TBD |
| 30 | 18:30:00 | 19:00:00 | Limb Preservation vs Amputation in Recurrent DFI – Case Based Discussion | Rajesh Kesavan & Srinivas S |
| 10 | 19:00:00 | 19:10:00 | Valedictory | Pavan Belehalli |
| 110 | 19:10:00 | 21:00:00 | Dinner / Culturals | - |
| Sponsor Title | Academic Session | Booth | Conference WebSite | Program Booklet | Registration Area | Lunch / Dinner Area | Kit Insert | Access to Speaker Lounge | No of Company Representatives | Complimentary Registrations | Exclusive of GST (₹) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Sponsor | 20min | 1 Unit | 5 | 8 | 300,000.00 | ||||||
| Silver Sponsor | 10min | 1 Unit | 4 | 6 | 250,000.00 | ||||||
| Bronze Sponsor | NA | 1 Unit | 3 | 4 | 200,000.00 | ||||||
| Infection Management Master Class | NA | NA | 4 | 4 | 300,000.00 | ||||||
| Orthosis Masterclass | NA | NA | 4 | 4 | 300,000.00 | ||||||
| Gala Dinner | 10min | 1 Unit | 4 | 6 | 200,000.00 | ||||||
| Exhibition Booth | NA | 1 Unit | 2 | 4 | 100,000.00 | ||||||
| Exhibition Table | NA | Table Only | 2 | 4 | 50,000.00 |
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Visit www.podocon.com
There would be no physical registration desk at the venue; you are encouraged to register online.
You can pay using your debit/credit card or UPI.
Yes, please click on the link named “International payments.”
Our payment gateways are through Razor Pay; if you have not received an acknowledgement from Razor Pay, your payment has not come through, and you will get the monies back into the source account as per the policies of Razor Pay. If you have received an email/SMS from Razor Pay, that is an acknowledgement of registration, and you shall get the updates from the conference secretariat nearing the conference dates.
Yes, please write to us on podocon@footsecure.com
Yes, you can cancel the registration on or before 15th May 2025 and avail yourself of a full refund. After 15th May 2025, you will not be eligible for a refund if you cancel.
The speaker owns data presented in conferences, and each speaker’s preferences for the distribution of the data vary. Keeping this in mind, we do not share the recordings of the conference.
No, we encourage you to participate physically and network with fellow clinicians.
If you are in a group of 5 or above, please write to us for group discounts.
In the rarest of rare circumstances, if we happen to cancel the event, you will get a full refund.
The registration fee is minimal; if you need a discount, please contact us with your ID proof and the Student ID Card.
Please write to podocon@footsecure.com
