Second Medical Conference convenes in Budapest On 23 and 24 May, the Hungarian capital of Budapest will play host to the second FIFA Medical Conference. Headed by the Chairman of the FIFA Medical Committee, Michel D’Hooghe, and FIFA’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jiri Dvorak, the two-day conference will discuss a number of issues with the aim of developing medical practices associated with the beautiful game. It is taking place three years on from the first Medical Conference in Zurich, and one doctor per Member Association has been invited to participate. The first day of proceedings will be set aside for medical specialists and will not be open to the media. Day two will be reserved for discussion of major issues including sudden heart attacks, training accidents, FIFA’s 11+ warm-up programme and pre-match medicals, in addition to any other football-related issues raised by participants. In total, four workshops will be held during the conference. For the complete conference agenda, click on the PDF file on the right of the page. Directly following the conclusion of proceedings early in the afternoon of 24 May, a press conference, which will be streamed live on FIFA.com, will be held to discuss the event’s findings.