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ISCoS 2026 | Preliminary Scientific Programme

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Please note that the programme is subject to change


Tuesday, October 6, 2026


Wednesday, October 7, 2026


ASCoN Pre-Conference Day (Room 302)
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
8:30 AM - 5:15 PM ISCoS/ASCoN Nutrition and Nursing Workshop
“Nutrition, nursing and interdisciplinary SCI care in one focused pre-conference day”
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

ASCoN Pre-Conference Day (Room 304)
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM ISCoS / ASCoN Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Workshop
“From Function to Community Integration”
8:30 AM - 5:15 PM
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM


Thursday, October 8, 2026

Plenary (Banquet Hall)
Room 302
Room 303
Room 304
Room 305
Room 306
Club Suite 4
Room 309
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM Opening Ceremony
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary #1 - The Guttmann Lecture
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break Thu AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Oral Presentations 1
Advancing Population Health, Function, and Service Innovation
Oral Presentations 3
Promoting Psychosocial Wellbeing
Workshop 1
Common methodological misunderstandings in clinical trials
Workshop 2
Global strategies to prevent spinal cord injuries: Evidence, practice and future directions
Instructional Course 1
Ageing with Spinal Cord Injury: Unpacking the Lived Experience Using Evidence from the International SCI Community Survey (InSCI)
Oral Presentations 2
Respiratory Care and Paediatric Musculoskeletal Health
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break Thu - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM Industry Session I
Coloplast Lunch Symposium
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Poster & Oral Award Presentations I Oral Presentations 4
Exercised-Based Interventions
Instructional Course 2
Neuromodulation Therapies for SCI: Integrating Evidence, Mechanisms, and Implementation
One-Minute Poster Pitch
Miscellaneous topics
Workshop 3
Pressure Injury and SCI: A Rising Threat – Preventing the Downward Spiral from Failed Prevention to Catastrophic Outcomes
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break Thu PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM Plenary #2 - WFL Lecture
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Rapid Fire 1
Mental Health, Quality of Life, and Social Determinants After SCI
Allied Discipline Group - Physiotherapists Rapid Fire 2
Autonomic Function, Health Systems, and Outcomes After Spinal Cord Injury
Instructional Course 3
Spinal cord injury and cognitive function: impacts on adaptation following injury and strategies for managing cognitive impairment
Workshop 4
Recent Advances in Spinal Cord Injury Research and Clinical Practice in China
Allied Discipline Group - Occupational Therapists Allied Discipline Group - Nurses
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception
Plenary (Banquet Hall)
Room 302
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM Opening Ceremony
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary #1 - The Guttmann Lecture
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break Thu AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Oral Presentations 1
Advancing Population Health, Function, and Service Innovation
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break Thu - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM Industry Session I
Coloplast Lunch Symposium
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Poster & Oral Award Presentations I
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break Thu PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM Plenary #2 - WFL Lecture
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Rapid Fire 1
Mental Health, Quality of Life, and Social Determinants After SCI
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception

Room 303
Room 304
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break Thu AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Oral Presentations 3
Promoting Psychosocial Wellbeing
Workshop 1
Common methodological misunderstandings in clinical trials
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break Thu - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Oral Presentations 4
Exercised-Based Interventions
Instructional Course 2
Neuromodulation Therapies for SCI: Integrating Evidence, Mechanisms, and Implementation
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break Thu PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Allied Discipline Group - Physiotherapists Rapid Fire 2
Autonomic Function, Health Systems, and Outcomes After Spinal Cord Injury
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception


Club Suite 4
Room 309
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break Thu AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Oral Presentations 2
Respiratory Care and Paediatric Musculoskeletal Health
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break Thu - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break Thu PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Allied Discipline Group - Occupational Therapists Allied Discipline Group - Nurses
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception

Plenary (Banquet Hall)
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM Opening Ceremony
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary #1 - The Guttmann Lecture
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break Thu AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break Thu - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM Industry Session I
Coloplast Lunch Symposium
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break Thu PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM Plenary #2 - WFL Lecture
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception

Room 302
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break Thu AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Oral Presentations 1
Advancing Population Health, Function, and Service Innovation
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break Thu - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Poster & Oral Award Presentations I
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break Thu PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Rapid Fire 1
Mental Health, Quality of Life, and Social Determinants After SCI
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception

Room 303
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break Thu AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Oral Presentations 3
Promoting Psychosocial Wellbeing
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break Thu - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Oral Presentations 4
Exercised-Based Interventions
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break Thu PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Allied Discipline Group - Physiotherapists
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception

Room 304
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break Thu AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Workshop 1
Common methodological misunderstandings in clinical trials
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break Thu - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Instructional Course 2
Neuromodulation Therapies for SCI: Integrating Evidence, Mechanisms, and Implementation
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break Thu PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Rapid Fire 2
Autonomic Function, Health Systems, and Outcomes After Spinal Cord Injury
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception

Room 305
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break Thu AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Workshop 2
Global strategies to prevent spinal cord injuries: Evidence, practice and future directions
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break Thu - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM One-Minute Poster Pitch
Miscellaneous topics
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break Thu PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Instructional Course 3
Spinal cord injury and cognitive function: impacts on adaptation following injury and strategies for managing cognitive impairment
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception

Room 306
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break Thu AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Instructional Course 1
Ageing with Spinal Cord Injury: Unpacking the Lived Experience Using Evidence from the International SCI Community Survey (InSCI)
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break Thu - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Workshop 3
Pressure Injury and SCI: A Rising Threat – Preventing the Downward Spiral from Failed Prevention to Catastrophic Outcomes
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break Thu PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Workshop 4
Recent Advances in Spinal Cord Injury Research and Clinical Practice in China
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception

Club Suite 4
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break Thu AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Oral Presentations 2
Respiratory Care and Paediatric Musculoskeletal Health
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break Thu - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break Thu PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Allied Discipline Group - Occupational Therapists
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception

Room 309
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Allied Discipline Group - Nurses
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM


Friday, October 9, 2026

Plenary (Banquet Hall)
Room 302
Room 303
Room 304
Room 305
Room 306
Club Suite 4
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM Plenary #3 - Featured Oral Presentations
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 2
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break Fri AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Oral Presentations 5
Bladder, Bowel, and Skin Care
Workshop 5
A ISCoS Psychosocial SIG Workshop about challenging conversations: delivering and dealing with breaking the diagnosis and prognosis of spinal cord injury, and the role of the multi-disciplinary team.
Workshop 6
Motor training interventions in early spinal cord injury: methodological challenges and opportunities
Instructional Course 4
International Standards to document Autonomic Function following SCI (ISAFSCI): Third Edition
ASCoN Track I
ISCoS Emergencies Subcommittee and ASCoN Conference Emergencies Workshop
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break Fri - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM Industry Session II
Onward Lunch Symposium
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM Plenary #4 - ASCoN Lecture
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM Oral Presentations 6
Preclinical Innovations and Predictors of Recovery
Workshop 7
Implementation of exercise for people with spinal cord injury during the transition from inpatient rehabilitation to the community: International perspectives on barriers, facilitators and strategies for success
Instructional Course 5
Expanding the Spasticity Toolbox in Spinal Cord Injury: Novel Minimally Invasive Interventions for the assessment and management of Spasticity and Contracture in Spinal Cord Injury
Workshop 8
Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence in Spinal Cord Injury: improving access and personalising care.
ASCoN Track II
ASCoN – Africa International SCI Community Survey
Oral Presentations 7
Neuromodulation, Regeneration, and Emerging Biomarkers
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Coffee Break Fri PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM Workshop 10
Geriatric Spinal Cord Injury: Redefining Operative and Non-operative Decision-Making in the Era of Frailty, Central Cord Syndrome and Ageing Populations.
Oral Presentations 8
Ageing, Environment, and System-Level Determinants of Outcomes
Instructional Course 6
Turning Evidence into Action: Implementation Strategies for Motor Restoration and Spasticity, Bone Health, and Rehabilitation Engagement
Workshop 9
Advancing Evidence-Based Rehabilitation: Understanding and Conducting Cochrane Reviews in Spinal Cord Injury.
ASCoN Track III
ASCoN Oral Presentations
Oral Presentations 9
Participation, Work, and Community Engagement
7:30 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner



Club Suite 4
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 2
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break Fri AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break Fri - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM Oral Presentations 7
Neuromodulation, Regeneration, and Emerging Biomarkers
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Coffee Break Fri PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM Oral Presentations 9
Participation, Work, and Community Engagement
7:30 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner

Plenary (Banquet Hall)
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM Plenary #3 - Featured Oral Presentations
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 2
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break Fri AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break Fri - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM Industry Session II
Onward Lunch Symposium
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM Plenary #4 - ASCoN Lecture
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Coffee Break Fri PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
7:30 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner





Room 306
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 2
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break Fri AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM ASCoN Track I
ISCoS Emergencies Subcommittee and ASCoN Conference Emergencies Workshop
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break Fri - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM ASCoN Track II
ASCoN – Africa International SCI Community Survey
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Coffee Break Fri PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM ASCoN Track III
ASCoN Oral Presentations
7:30 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner

Club Suite 4
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 2
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break Fri AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break Fri - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM Oral Presentations 7
Neuromodulation, Regeneration, and Emerging Biomarkers
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Coffee Break Fri PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM Oral Presentations 9
Participation, Work, and Community Engagement
7:30 PM - 11:59 PM Conference Dinner


Saturday, October 10, 2026




Plenary (Banquet Hall)
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM AGM (for Members only)
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Coffee Break Sat AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:15 AM - 12:05 PM Plenary #5 - Spinal Research Lecture
12:10 PM - 1:00 PM Plenary #6 - Anthony F. DiMarco Lectureship
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lunch Break Sat - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Closing Ceremony & Reception



Room 304
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Poster & Oral Award Presentations II
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Coffee Break Sat AM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
11:15 AM - 12:05 PM
12:10 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lunch Break Sat - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Workshop 13
Epidural Spinal Stimulation for Respiratory Recovery After SCI in Humans
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM



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