Events

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WCPT provides a listing of forthcoming conferences and other events relevant to physical therapists around the world. These listings are selected by WCPT. Please send details of forthcoming events to info@wcpt.org, but please note that it is up to WCPT to decide whether to publish the information.

May 2013
9-11	2nd International Congress on Treatment of Dystonia Hannover, Germany Web: www.treatment-of-dystonia.org/invitation.html
18-23	ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress Equity and Access to Healthcare Melbourne, Australia Web: www.icn2013.ch/en/
23-26	CPA Congress '13 Montreal, Canada Web: www.physiotherapy.ca/Practice-Resources/Congress
24-26	48th Congress of the JPTA Aichi, Japan Web: www.congre.co.jp/jpta48/index.html
28 May - 1 Jun	IUGA 38th Annual Meeting Dublin, Ireland Web: www.iuga2013.com/index.html

June 2013
30 May - 1 Jun	1st World Congress on Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Amsterdam, Netherlands Web: www.pelvicpain-meeting.com
5 Jun	INPTRA webcast A global survey of direct access and patient self-referral to physical therapy - informing practice, policy and discourse Presented by Dr Emma Stokes Web: http://tinyurl.com/k5696e4
10-14	8th Global Conference on Health Promotion 2013 Helsinki, Finland Web: http://bit.ly/K5p273
12	Stroke Conference: Key advances in stroke rehabilitation London, UK Web: www.medineo.org/products/32-key-advances-in-stroke-rehabilitation.aspx
16-20	7th World Congress of the ISPRM Beijing, China Web: www.isprm2013.org
24-26	ICORR 2013 13th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics Seattle, USA Web: http://depts.washington.edu/uwconf/icorr2013/index.html
26-29	Conference and Exposition of the American Physical Therapy Association Utah, USA Web: www.apta.org/Conference/
27-28	Symposium on Disability, Technology and Rehabilitation in Low and Middle Income Countries Washington, USA Web: http://idtr.uwctds.washington.edu/workshops/2013

July 2013
11-13	Bone & Joint Decade World Conference Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Web: www.boneandjointdecade.org

July 2013

11-13

Bone & Joint Decade World Conference

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Web: www.boneandjointdecade.org

August 2013
18-21	2013 G-I-N Conference Integrating Evidence into Practice - Strategies for the future San Francisco, USA Web: www.g-i-n.net/events/10th-conference
19	World Humanitarian Day Web: www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_humanitarian_day/en/index.html
25-29	21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion Pattaya, Thailand Web: www.iuhpeconference.net/en/index.php
26-30	43rd Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society Barcelona, Spain Web: www2.kenes.com/ics/Pages/Home.aspx

September 2013
5-9	56th Asia Western Pacific Regional Congress Taichung, Taiwan Web: www.2013awp-acpt.org/welcome.html
8	World Physical Therapy Day WCPT has designated 8 September, the date WCPT was founded in 1951, as World Physical Therapy Day.
12-13	2nd World Congress of Clinical Safety (2WCCS) Risk in Clinical Care Heidelberg, Germany Web: www.iarmm.org/2WCCS/
23	United Nations High-level Meeting on Disability and Development Web: www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=36

October 2013
1-4	3rd World Parkinson Congress Montreal, Canada Web: www.worldpdcongress.org/
5-9	Global Health Leadership Forum Berkeley, USA Web: http://ghlf.berkeley.edu/
16-19	XX Brazilian Congress of Physical Therapy From science of functionality to new professional challenges Fortaleza, Brazil Web: www.jzbrasil.com/congressos/afb2013/index.htm
23-26	8th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Pyschiatry New horizons in interdisciplinary approaches Ghent, Belgium Web: www.oudconsultancy.nl/GhentSite/index.html
27-31	8th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Pain Advances in multidisciplinary research for better spinal/pelvic care Dubai, United Arab Emirates Email: info@worldcongresslbp.com Web: www.worldcongresslbp.com
28-30	ISCoS 2013 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting Istanbul, Turkey Web: www.iscos2013.org
30 Oct - 2 Nov	EBHC International Joint Conference 2013 Taormina, Italy Web: www.ebhc.org

November 2013
10-13	3rd Global Forum on Human Resources for Health Recife, Brazil Web: www.who.int/workforcealliance/forum/en/index.html

November 2013

10-13

3rd Global Forum on Human Resources for Health

Recife, Brazil
Web: www.who.int/workforcealliance/forum/en/index.html

December 2013
3	International Day of Persons with Disabilities Web: www.un.org/en/events/disabilitiesday/

April 2014
8-12	8th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation "Towards New Horizons in NeuroRehabilitation" Istanbul, Turkey Web: www.wcnr2014.org

May 2014
17-18	Third World Health Professions Regulation Conference Health professional regulation - facing challenges to acting in the public interest Geneva, Switzerland Web: www.whpa.org/whpcr2014/
19-23	10th Bi-annual WCPT Africa Congress Lusaka, Zambia Email: jmothabeng@wcptafrica.org

May 2014

17-18

Third World Health Professions Regulation Conference
Health professional regulation - facing challenges to acting in the public interest

Geneva, Switzerland
Web: www.whpa.org/whpcr2014/

19-23

10th Bi-annual WCPT Africa Congress

Lusaka, Zambia
Email: jmothabeng@wcptafrica.org

May 2015
1-4	World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress 2015 Singapore Web: www.wcpt.org/congress

Events

May 13 Jun 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Sep 13 Oct 13 Nov 13 Dec 13 2014 2015

9-11

2nd International Congress on Treatment of Dystonia

18-23

ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress Equity and Access to Healthcare

23-26

CPA Congress '13

24-26

48th Congress of the JPTA

28 May - 1 Jun

IUGA 38th Annual Meeting

30 May - 1 Jun

1st World Congress on Abdominal and Pelvic Pain

5 Jun

INPTRA webcast A global survey of direct access and patient self-referral to physical therapy - informing practice, policy and discourse

10-14

8th Global Conference on Health Promotion 2013

12

Stroke Conference: Key advances in stroke rehabilitation

16-20

7th World Congress of the ISPRM

24-26

ICORR 2013 13th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

26-29

Conference and Exposition of the American Physical Therapy Association

27-28

Symposium on Disability, Technology and Rehabilitation in Low and Middle Income Countries

11-13

Bone & Joint Decade World Conference

18-21

2013 G-I-N Conference Integrating Evidence into Practice - Strategies for the future

19

World Humanitarian Day

25-29

21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion

26-30

43rd Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society

5-9

56th Asia Western Pacific Regional Congress

8

World Physical Therapy Day

12-13

2nd World Congress of Clinical Safety (2WCCS) Risk in Clinical Care

23

United Nations High-level Meeting on Disability and Development

1-4

3rd World Parkinson Congress

5-9

Global Health Leadership Forum

16-19

XX Brazilian Congress of Physical Therapy From science of functionality to new professional challenges

23-26

8th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Pyschiatry New horizons in interdisciplinary approaches

27-31

8th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Pain Advances in multidisciplinary research for better spinal/pelvic care

28-30

ISCoS 2013 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting

30 Oct - 2 Nov

EBHC International Joint Conference 2013

10-13

3rd Global Forum on Human Resources for Health

3

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

8-12

8th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation "Towards New Horizons in NeuroRehabilitation"

17-18

Third World Health Professions Regulation Conference Health professional regulation - facing challenges to acting in the public interest

19-23

10th Bi-annual WCPT Africa Congress

1-4

World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress 2015

News & Events

ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress
Equity and Access to Healthcare

INPTRA webcast
A global survey of direct access and patient self-referral to physical therapy - informing practice, policy and discourse

ICORR 2013
13th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

2013 G-I-N Conference
Integrating Evidence into Practice - Strategies for the future

2nd World Congress of Clinical Safety (2WCCS)
Risk in Clinical Care

XX Brazilian Congress of Physical Therapy
From science of functionality to new professional challenges

8th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Pyschiatry
New horizons in interdisciplinary approaches

8th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Pain
Advances in multidisciplinary research for better spinal/pelvic care

ISCoS 2013
52nd Annual Scientific Meeting

8th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation
"Towards New Horizons in NeuroRehabilitation"

Third World Health Professions Regulation Conference
Health professional regulation - facing challenges to acting in the public interest