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ISCoS 2026 | Preliminary Scientific Programme

All timings are in Malaysia Standard Time (MST).


Please note that the programme is subject to change


Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Pre-Conference
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Emerging Leaders Pre Conference Course (6 Oct)
Pre-Conference
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Emerging Leaders Pre Conference Course (6 Oct)

Pre-Conference
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Emerging Leaders Pre Conference Course (6 Oct)


Wednesday, October 7, 2026

ASCoN Pre-Conference Day
ASCoN Pre-Conference Day
ASCoN Pre-Conference Day
ASCoN Pre-Conference Day
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Prevention Pre Conference Workshop PT and OT Pre Conference Course Nutrition Pre Conference Course Nursing Pre Conference Course
ASCoN Pre-Conference Day
ASCoN Pre-Conference Day
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Prevention Pre Conference Workshop PT and OT Pre Conference Course

ASCoN Pre-Conference Day
ASCoN Pre-Conference Day
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Nutrition Pre Conference Course Nursing Pre Conference Course

ASCoN Pre-Conference Day
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Prevention Pre Conference Workshop

ASCoN Pre-Conference Day
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT and OT Pre Conference Course

ASCoN Pre-Conference Day
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Nutrition Pre Conference Course

ASCoN Pre-Conference Day
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Nursing Pre Conference Course


Thursday, October 8, 2026

Plenary
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 4
Breakout 5
Breakout 6
Breakout 7
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
Workshop 1
Common methodological misunderstandings in clinical trials
Oral Presentations 2
Respiratory Care and Paediatric Musculoskeletal Health
Instructional Course 1
Ageing with Spinal Cord Injury: Unpacking the Lived Experience Using Evidence from the International SCI Community Survey (InSCI)
Workshop 2
Global strategies to prevent spinal cord injuries: Evidence, practice and future directions
Oral Presentations 3
Promoting Psychosocial Wellbeing
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break Thu - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Poster & Oral Award Presentations I
Instructional Course 2
Neuromodulation Therapies for SCI: Integrating Evidence, Mechanisms, and Implementation
Workshop 3
Pressure Injury and SCI: A Rising Threat – Preventing the Downward Spiral from Failed Prevention to Catastrophic Outcomes
Oral Presentations 4
Exercised-Based Interventions
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 Plenary #2 - WFL Lecture
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Rapid Fire 1
Mental Health, Quality of Life, and Social Determinants After SCI
Instructional Course 3
Spinal cord injury and cognitive function: impacts on adaptation following injury and strategies for managing cognitive impairment
Rapid Fire 2
Autonomic Function, Health Systems, and Outcomes After Spinal Cord Injury
Workshop 4
Recent Advances in Spinal Cord Injury Research and Clinical Practice in China
Allied Discipline Group - Nurses
Room TBC
Allied Discipline Group - Occupational Therapists
Room TBC
Allied Discipline Group - Physiotherapists
Room TBC
Plenary
Breakout 1
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
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



Breakout 7
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
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

Plenary
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
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

Breakout 1
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
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

Breakout 2
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
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 Instructional Course 3
Spinal cord injury and cognitive function: impacts on adaptation following injury and strategies for managing cognitive impairment

Breakout 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
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 Rapid Fire 2
Autonomic Function, Health Systems, and Outcomes After Spinal Cord Injury

Breakout 5
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
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 Workshop 4
Recent Advances in Spinal Cord Injury Research and Clinical Practice in China

Breakout 6
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
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM 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 Allied Discipline Group - Nurses
Room TBC
Allied Discipline Group - Occupational Therapists
Room TBC
Allied Discipline Group - Physiotherapists
Room TBC

Breakout 7
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
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


Friday, October 9, 2026

Plenary
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 3
Breakout 4
Breakout 5
Breakout 6
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM Plenary #3 - The ISCoS Lecture
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 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
Oral Presentations 5
Bladder, Bowel, and Skin Care
Instructional Course 4
International Standards to document Autonomic Function following SCI (ISAFSCI): Third Edition
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break Fri - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM Plenary #4 - ASCoN Lecture
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
ASCoN Track I
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
Oral Presentations 6
Preclinical Innovations and Predictors of Recovery
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.
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
ASCoN Track II
Instructional Course 6
Turning Evidence into Action: Implementation Strategies for Motor Restoration and Spasticity, Bone Health, and Rehabilitation Engagement
Oral Presentations 8
Ageing, Environment, and System-Level Determinants of Outcomes
Workshop 9
Advancing Evidence-Based Rehabilitation: Understanding and Conducting Cochrane Reviews in Spinal Cord Injury.
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 9
Participation, Work, and Community Engagement
Plenary
Breakout 1
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM Plenary #3 - The ISCoS Lecture
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 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.
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break Fri - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM Plenary #4 - ASCoN Lecture
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
ASCoN Track I
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Coffee Break Fri PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
ASCoN Track II



Breakout 6
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
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

Plenary
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM Plenary #3 - The ISCoS Lecture
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
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

Breakout 1
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 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.
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break Fri - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
ASCoN Track I
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Coffee Break Fri PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
ASCoN Track II


Breakout 3
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 Oral Presentations 5
Bladder, Bowel, and Skin Care
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch Break Fri - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM Oral Presentations 6
Preclinical Innovations and Predictors of Recovery
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Coffee Break Fri PM - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM Oral Presentations 8
Ageing, Environment, and System-Level Determinants of Outcomes



Breakout 6
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
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


Saturday, October 10, 2026




Plenary
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
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


Breakout 2
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Workshop 11
Clinical applications of novel rehabilitation technologies in spinal cord injury
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
Closing Ceremony & Reception

Breakout 3
8:30 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 Rapid Fire 4
Holistic Approaches to SCI Care: Function, Culture, Community, and Complex Needs
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Lunch Break Sat - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Oral Presentations 12
Surgical, Medical, and Reconstructive Approaches to Optimising Outcomes
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Closing Ceremony & Reception

Breakout 4
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Oral Presentations 11
Social Inclusion, Role Participation, and Psychosocial Health
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 Oral Presentations 13
Advancing Neuromodulation, Imaging, and Translational Innovation
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Closing Ceremony & Reception

Breakout 5
8:30 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
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 Instructional Course 7
From Lived Experience to Real Change: Co-Designing Physical Activity Interventions Involving Persons with SCI.
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Closing Ceremony & Reception


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