Programme Highlights

The programme for the ISPO 21st World Congress 2027 is taking shape. All symposia, instructional courses and technical track presentations have been confirmed - click on the buttons below for details. The full programme will be published in early December.

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Instructional courses

Basic instructional courses

Topic	Title	Presenting
Education	Crossing borders: A mini‑hackathon demonstrating the influence of academic workplaces for innovation in (paediatric) prosthetics	Verena Schuurmans, Corry van der Sluis, Han Houdijk, Ruud Leijendekkers, Iris van Wijk, Sasithon Sukthomya, Udomporn Manupibul
Gait and balance	See It. Name It. Communicate It. Collaborative Observational Gait Analysis in Lower-Limb Prosthetics Using the FLAG Assessment	Anat Kristal, Yael Dotan Marom
Orthotics: lower limb and footwear	Clinical and Technical Considerations in Custom Cycling Ankle-Foot Orthoses: From Assessment to On-Bike Outcomes	Paul Sprague, Shannon Clarey, James Harbidge, Tia Wedge
Orthotics: spinal	Connected Care in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: From Diagnosis to Brace Through a Multidisciplinary Approach	Monchai Ruangchainikom, Peeraya ruthiraphong, Kunlanit Boontar
Outcome measurements	CAMP and LIMB-Q Kids: Capturing Functional and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Pediatric Prosthetic Users	Sharon Eylon, Nurit Stern, Anat Kristal, Anthony Cooper, Harpreet Chhina
Paediatrics	Clinical Outcomes of 3D-Printed Cranial Remolding Orthoses for Cranial Asymetries	Serap Alsancak, Ahmet Gökhan Acar, Ali Koray Özgün
Prosthetics and Orthotics: upper limb	SIGUL: Special Interest Group Upper Limb, biannual meeting	Corry van der Sluis
Rehabilitation medicine and surgery	Early Orthotic Intervention in Neurologic Rehabilitation: Building a Continuum-of-Care Model with Adaptive AFO Technologies	Lyndzie Motcheck, Stephanie Fritschen

Advanced instructional courses

Topic	Title	Presenting
Education	Brief Action Planning for Prosthetic and Orthotic Practice: An Interactive Instructional Course	Arezoo Eshraghi, Fae Azhari
Gait and balance	Sensomotoric Concepts and Foot Orthoses in Paediatric and Neurological Gait Management	Karl-Heinz Schott, Dr Wolfgang Laube
Health care, policy, sustainability	Embracing the New Paradigm in Sustainable Prosthetic Orthotics Service Delivery: Trade, Not Aid	Carson Harte, Sisary Kheng, Dr David Boone
Paediatrics	Orthotic Management of Obstetric Brachial Plexus Palsy: A Multidisciplinary Approach Integrating Surgery, Physiotherapy and Splinting	Enver Güven, Abdullah Gürsel Leblebicioğlu, Serap Alsancak
Paediatrics	Improving Global Equity in Treatment Decision-Making of Children With Congenital Malformations of the Lower Extremities – When? What? Why?	Sharon Eylon, Vladimir Goldman, Orit Bartov, Tim Baumeister
Prosthetics: bone anchored limbs	Beyond the Protocol: Transforming Long-Term Osseointegration Care Through Integrated Physiotherapy and Prosthetic Practice	Marta Geada, Bridget Dean
Prosthetics: bone anchored limbs	Managing Bone-Anchor-Related Osteitis and Aseptic Loosening After Lower-Limb Osseointegration	Oscar J.F. Van Waes, Michael-Kyrillos M. Saleib
Rehabilitation medicine and surgery	Foot amputations and their adequate treatment (ISPO Germany, P&O Insights OTWorld)	Tino Sprekelmeyer, Hartmut Stinus, Tim Baumeister, Thomas Stief

Symposia

Topic	Title	Presenting
Device fabrication and design	Collaboration, Innovation and Environmental Impact in Fused Filament Fabrication: The Added Value of Academic-Industrial-Humanitarian Partnership	Abderrahmane (Abder) Banoune, Mohamed Yousfi, Laurine Calistri
Device fabrication and design	Digital Prosthetics and Orthotics Manufacturing in Asia: From Education and Technology to Clinical Implementation	Wisavaporn Niamsang, Shinichiro Kon, Nasrul Anuar Abd Razak, Ritu Ghosh
Education	Building Global Doctoral Capacity in Prosthetics and Orthotics: Lessons from UK and Thailand	Malcolm Granat, Sam Curtin, Jutamanee Poonsiri, Prawina Sakulkosol
Education	Connected Learning, Unified Standards: Advancing Prosthetics and Orthotics Education Across Asia for Global Equity	Nooranida Arifin, Sisary Kheng, Nasrul Anuar Abd Razak, Khin Thantzin
Education	Connecting ISPO and AMEE: Advancing Prosthetics and Orthotics in Health Professions Education	Sirintip Kaewtip, Helen Cochrane, Christian Schlierf, Tripop Lertbunnaphong
Education	Education-Led Integration of 3D Printing into Prosthetics and Orthotics: A Quality and Safety Pathway to Responsible Adoption	Luai Alhallaak, Nicolas Munoz
Education	Meeting Future Demands: Refining ISPO Education Standards for a Global Profession	Sarah Day, David Rusaw, Robin Seabrook, Anil Singh, Camila Planells, Louise Puli, Luai Al Halak, Pearl Boshof
Gait and balance	A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reducing Fall Risk in Lower Limb Amputees: From Prosthetic Biomechanics to Clinical Physical Therapy	Kurt Gruben, Robert Gailey
Health care, policy, sustainability	Improving Prosthetic Care Through Patient‑Centred Data: Co‑producing the PRO-CARE Data Guidelines	Chantel Ostler, Cleveland Barnett, Maggie Donovan-Hall
Health care, policy, sustainability	Measuring Access to Quality Assistive Technology: Tools for Advancing Global Equity	Emma Smith, Natasha Layton
Health care, policy, sustainability	Shaping the Future of Prosthetic and Orthotic Research: Global Priorities and Future Research Center Development	Manunchaya Samala, Helena Burger, Kengo Ohnishi, Matthew Major, Merel-Anne Brehm
Health care, policy, sustainability	Shared Decision-Making in O&P: Incorporating Patient Preferences into Clinical Care Decisions	Phillip Stevens, Shane Wurdeman
Health care, policy, sustainability	Standardised Outcome Data for Lower Limb Absence Rehabilitation: The LEADr and COMPASSr Registry - from Pilot to Global Implementation	Satish Mishra, Kenton Kaufman, Wouter DeGroote, Martina Lukin
Health care, policy, sustainability	The Impact of Partnerships in Enhancing Equitable Access to Assistive Technology in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.	Henri Bonnin, Satish Mishra
Orthotics: lower limb and footwear	AFO Tuning Beyond Shank-to-Vertical Angle	Juha Hijmans, Alexandra Millar, Qing Xia, Niels Waterval
Orthotics: lower limb and footwear	Modularity, Simplicity, Durability: A Recipe for Increased AFO Longevity	Dave Hughes, Paul Sprague, Darren Pereira
Orthotics: lower limb and footwear	Optimising Treatment Outcomes in Neuromuscular Disorders Through Personalised Ankle–Foot Orthosis Stiffness: Why It Matters and How to Do It	Merel-Anne Brehm, Niels Waterval, Yvette Keij
Orthotics: lower limb and footwear	Pedorthic Practice in Diabetic Foot Care Across Different Continents: Learning from Diverse Healthcare Systems and Cultural Contexts	Nathanit Jirapongpathai, Dennis Janisse, Karl-Heinz Schott
Outcome measurements	Harnessing Wearable Technologies for Patient Outcomes in Lower Limb Prosthetics	Peter Lee, Malcolm Granat, Rhona Campbell
Outcome measurements	Using the Patient Voice to Build Global Evidence and Advance Equitable Assistive Technology Outcomes	Kenton Kaufman, Shawn Murphy, Nils-Odd Tonnevold
Paediatrics	Special Interest Group on Childhood-onset Limb Differences (SIG-ChiLD)	Iris van Wijk, Sharon Eylon, Amy Richardson
Prosthetics and Orthotics: in less resourced settings	Being Asked: The Human Side of Standardised Outcome Measurement in Lower Limb Absence Rehabilitation	Martina Lukin, Yasmin Nutchamlong, Almah Kuambu, Raksmeymutta Nguon
Prosthetics and Orthotics: in less resourced settings	Experiences and Challenges in Foot-Ankle Device Design for Less-Resourced Regions	Tim Bryant, Heinz Trebbin, Sujatha Srinivasan, Brent Wright
Prosthetics and Orthotics: in less resourced settings	Strengthening Quality and Equity in Physical Rehabilitation Services: International Standards, Performance Measurement, and Global Perspectives	Suzanne Martin, Bernardo Gomes, Rowan English, Claude Tardif
Prosthetics and Orthotics: in less resourced settings	The Importance of a Holistic Approach to the Design and Translation of Prosthetic Feet in Less-Resourced Settings	Pooja Mukul, Subhash Sinha, Amos G Winter V, Ritu Ghosh
Prosthetics: bone anchored limbs	Rethinking Load Transfer in Bone-Anchored Prostheses	Peter Lee, Laurent Frossard, Luca Cristofolini, Hans Gray
Prosthetics: bone anchored limbs	Special Interest Group for Bone-anchored Limbs Symposium	Jan Paul Frölke
Prosthetics: lower limb transfemoral	Outcomes of Subischial Sockets for People with Transfemoral Amputation: Evidence from Clinical Trials	Stefania Fatone, Andrea Giovanni Cutti, Laurine Calistri
Prosthetics: lower limb transfemoral	Toward Intelligent Adaptive Transfemoral Prostheses: Bridging Machine Learning, Biomechanics, and Clinical Mobility	Suzanne Martin, Faiza Rashid, Sadeeq Ali, Peter Lee
Psychosocial issues	Advancing Equity in Amputation Care Through Shared Decision-Making and Decision Support Technologies	Katrine Randboell Stoevring, Alison W. Henderson, Daniel C. Norvell, Ane Simony
Rehabilitation medicine and surgery	Major Limb Amputation: European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2027 Clinical Practice Guidelines (Preliminary Publication January 2027)	Anton G Johannesson, Jan HB Geertzen, Jette Schack, Ulla Riis Madsen
Rehabilitation medicine and surgery	Modern Approaches to Postamputation Pain	Max Ortiz-Catalan, Katleho Limakatso, Corry K. van der Sluis, Paolo Sassu, Alexander Gardetto
Robotics, soft robotics, exoskeletons	Data-driven Personalization of Assistive Device Control: From Gait Phenotyping to Human-in-the-loop Optimization to Clinically Viable Neural Interfaces	Corien Nikamp, Erik Prinsen, Han Houdijk, Massimo Sartori
Therapy, physical activity, sports	Paralympic Athletics: Open Issues and Emerging Technologies for the Advancement of Knowledge and Sports	Nicola Petrone, Roberto Di Marco, Hiroaki Hobara, Wolfgang Potthast

Technical track presentations

Topic	Title	Presenting
Digital technologies	Expanding the Technician's Role in the Digital Age Using Open-Source Software	Sky Kapoor
P&O fabrication techniques	Benefit of Traditional Footwear Hand Patterns to Complex CADCAM Pattern Design	Lee Whitfield
P&O fabrication techniques	Beyond Function: Promoting Personal Power through Aesthetic Design	Molly Thornton-Watts
P&O fabrication techniques	Do's and Don'ts in Thermoforming of Medical Devices	Tino Hartmann
P&O fabrication techniques	Essential Footwear Modification Techniques for Real Practice	Dennis Janisse, Karl-Heinz Schott, Thana Charoenvitvorakul, Hathaichanok Arunsaengsin, Sasithon Sukthomya
P&O fabrication techniques	Exact Prosthetic Socket Replication Without Destruction or Health Risks	Tobias Beaven-Haas
P&O fabrication techniques	Fabrication of Custom Cycling Ankle-Foot Orthoses: Casting, Lamination, and Shoe-Attachment Techniques.	Shannon Clarey, Matt Hoffmann
P&O fabrication techniques	Hand Alteration of Insoles in Diabetic Orthotic Clinic Scenarios	Lee Whitfield
P&O fabrication techniques	Lower Extremity Postural Alignment in Orthotic Fabrication and Clinical Fitting.	Sean McKale
P&O fabrication techniques	Partial Hand Prostheses: Socket Design, Digit Alignment, and Fabrication Methods	Chris Baschuk
P&O fabrication techniques	Silicones in O&P, an Innovative Material and their Application	Tim Baumeister, Tino Sprekelmeyer
P&O fabrication techniques	The Challenge of Treating the Partial Foot Amputation with a P/O Device	Bengt Soderberg, Teddy Fagerstrom, Marisa Amattayakul
P&O fabrication techniques	The Digital Partial Hand: Improving Access to Partial Hand Prostheses through 3D Scanning, Digital Design, and Additive Manufacturing	Ben Pulver, Chris Baschuk
P&O fabrication techniques	The PF-Modified CIR Casted Socket Fabrication for Transfemoral and Transtibial Prostheses.	Buddhibongsa Devakula, Piroon Kumoon
Wheelchair and postural support fabrication techniques	Design, Fabrication and Clinical Application of Customised Postural Support Devices for Intermediate Wheelchairs in Resource-Constrained Settings.	Mohammed Nayaz, Vennila Palanivelu, Oinam Sanjoy Singh, Ritu Ghosh
Wheelchair and postural support fabrication techniques	Wheelchair Prescription and Seating Intervention Goals: What, Why, for Whom and How?	Hiroto Hayashi

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