Organised by the World Confederation for Physical Therapy at Palexpo in Geneva, the WCPT Congress 2019 will include 26 focused symposia and 12 discussion sessions, featuring speakers from a range of specialisms and from across WCPT’s five regions. Focused symposia are core congress sessions providing a forum where cutting edge research and practice perspectives can be explored and debated.
WCPT Congress Programme Chair Charlotte Häger said: ‘The focused symposia are very popular features of WCPT’s congress and draw large audiences. The symposia offer an opportunity to hear the most recent evidence from and engage with experts in their fields, and the discussion sessions explore current and critical issues and tap into the experience and knowledge of everyone in the room.
‘Some of the subjects on the programme should be familiar to delegates but, in addition to presenting updates in important areas, we’ve also included some new topics, for example diversity and inclusion and migrant health. Rehabilitation is an important issue for physical therapists and I’m pleased we’ve been able to include a number of novel sessions exploring this, rehabilitation in humanitarian emergencies, strengthening rehabilitation leadership, and rehabilitation in low-resource countries.’
The programme also includes networking sessions, clinical visits, and pre and post congress courses.
Professor Häger said: ‘WCPT’s priority is to make congress as relevant and engaging as possible for as many people as possible. It’s an opportunity to share professional knowledge and experience, gain insights, and build networks in an international context.’
