New IVO-President

Serge Mathis from France is the new president of the International Association of Orthopedic Shoe Technicians (IVO). At the delegation assembly on the occasion of the IVO-congress in Paris he was unanimously elected successor of Karl-Heinz Schott, who does not run for office any more. Serge Mathis, president of UPODEF (Union des Podo-Orthésistes de France), hosted together with his association the international congress in Paris and now wants to commit himself to the interchange and the cooperation of orthopedic shoemakers across borders.

The new IVO-president Serge Mathis (l.) and his predecessor Karl-Heinz Schott (r.) with Raymond Massaro (c.) from Paris, who was president from 1993 to 1999.

 

"It was a pleasure for me to hold the office for three years," Karl-Heinz Schott said about his time as IVO-president. The orthopedic shoemaker with German roots has had his company in Sydney, Australia, for many years and was elected president in Sydney in 2012. Schott has worked as a delegate in the IVO already since 1995 and announced that he would remain an active and committed member of the IVO also in the future. The IVO has two vice presidents. The second vice president traditionally comes from the host country of the next IVO-congress. In 2018 this will be Canada that already presented itself as host country at the IVO-congress in Paris. Jonathan Strauss from the Pedorthic Association of Canada was elected vice president. The office of vice president Olaf Toornend from Portugal is still running, thus he did not have to be newly elected.

Venue and date for the IVO-congress in 2018 have not been fixed yet. But the Canadian association announced that the congress is planned for spring. In fall of 2015 the venue and the exact date will be published.