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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


Wednesday, October 7, 2026


Thursday, October 8, 2026

Plenary
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 3
Breakout 4
Breakout 5
Breakout 6
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 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 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 3
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
7:30 PM - 11:59 PM
Conference Dinner
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
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
7:30 PM - 11:59 PM
Conference Dinner



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
7:30 PM - 11:59 PM
Conference Dinner

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
7:30 PM - 11:59 PM
Conference Dinner

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
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
7:30 PM - 11:59 PM
Conference Dinner


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 Workshop 6
Motor training interventions in early spinal cord injury: methodological challenges and opportunities
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
7:30 PM - 11:59 PM
Conference Dinner



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
7:30 PM - 11:59 PM
Conference Dinner


Saturday, October 10, 2026




Plenary
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


Breakout 2
8:15 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




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