World Physiotherapy is pleased to announce the first sessions at the world’s largest gathering of the profession – World Physiotherapy Congress 2025, to be held in Tokyo, 29-31 May 2025.
A record number of focused symposia were submitted – 164 in total.
The congress programme includes 24 confirmed focused symposia featuring 93 speakers from 39 countries/territories. This includes nine countries/territories represented at a focused symposia for the first time, since 2017: Chile, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Oman, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey.
Focused symposia are core sessions where cutting edge relevant topics will be explored from an international and diverse perspective. Speakers will create insightful and engaging learning experiences that inform, inspire, involve and empower participants. Details of the newly announced symposia, including speakers, are provided in the attached sheets.
Catherine Joy Escuadra, chair of World Physiotherapy’s congress programme committee (CPC), said: “We were incredibly pleased with the breadth and quality of the many proposals we received. The focused symposia to be presented in Tokyo combine truly global perspectives with content that we believe represents the professional challenges that physiotherapists around the world are facing today. The topics cover a range of timely topics, such as pain management, sustainable developmental models, innovative technology, and health literacy, and are relevant to clinicians, managers, educators, and researchers.
“Focused symposia are a great opportunity to hear from experts in their area and gain a unique global understanding and insight into a particular field.
“The CPC is excited to announce the first confirmed programming for World Physiotherapy Congress 2025 and looks forward to developing it further with relevant and innovative content.”
Each focused symposium is organised by a recognised expert in the field, who leads an international group of speakers working together and engaging with the audience to draw out the relevance, challenges, applicability and take-home messages.
