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ISCoS - NoSCoS 2025: Scientific Programme

Programme timing is based on Gothenburg, Sweden local time.

Central European Summer Time (CEST)

Session timings and presenter names are subject to change


Wednesday, October 8, 2025


Thursday, October 9, 2025

Plenary: F1+F2+F3
Room G1
Room G2
Room G3
Room G4
Room F4
Room F5
9:00 - 9:40 Opening Ceremony
9:40 - 10:30 Plenary #1 - The Guttmann Lecture
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break Thursday AM
Poster viewing with refreshment
11:00 - 12:30 Oral Presentations 1
Bowel and bladder
Oral Presentations 2
Longitudinal and Misc. Studies
Oral Presentations 3
Stimulation Studies
Oral Presentations 4
Medical and Rehab
Oral Presentations 5
Respiratory and Neuro
Poster Award Presentations
Miscellaneous Topics
12:30 - 13:45 Lunch Break Thursday - Poster Viewing with Refreshment Sponsored Lunch Symposium 1
Takes place from 12:40-13:40
13:45 - 15:00 Workshop: paper #286
Abdominal Functional Electrical Stimulation to improve function after spinal cord injury: current evidence and future directions
Workshop: paper #421
A place called Home – accessible housing needs and strategies in the global community
Workshop: paper #382
Placebo effects in spinal cord injury clinical trials: Balancing scientific, ethical, and practical considerations and embracing solutions (sponsored by SCOPE)
Instructional Course: paper #46
Neuropathic pain treatment in SCI: emerging non-pharmacological strategies
Workshop: paper #151
Conservative assessment and management of the tetraplegic hand – what do we know, what else should we include and rationale for evidence-based therapy interventions.
Instructional Course: paper #298
Highlighting value in engagement: Strategies for identifying consumers and developing impactful consumer engagement
15:00 - 15:45 DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
all group 1 poster presenters at their poster board
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break Thursday PM
Poster viewing with refreshment
16:15 - 17:05 Plenary #2 - Spinal Research Lecture
17:15 - 18:05 Minute Poster Pitch 1
NEW: One-minute Poster Pitch Presentations.
Minute Poster Pitch 2
NEW: One-minute Poster Pitch Presentations
Rapid Fire 1
Miscellaneous Topics
Rapid Fire 2
Stimulation studies
Rapid Fire 3
Rehab/Therapy Issues
Rapid Fire 4
Youth and Aging
18:15 - 19:30 Welcome Reception












Friday, October 10, 2025

Plenary Room: F1+F2+F3
Room G1
Room G2
Room G3
Room G4
Room F4
Room F5
8:00 - 9:00 Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 1 NoSCoS AGM - Members Only Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 2
9:10 - 10:00 Plenary #3- The ISCoS Lecture
10:00 - 10:45 DEDICATED POSTER VIEWING SESSION 2
all group 2 poster presenters at their poster board
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break Friday AM
Poster viewing with refreshment
11:15 - 12:30 Instructional Course: paper #395
Reconceptualization of urinary tract infection among people with spinal cord injury and disease: diagnostic advances
Workshop: paper #173
Interprofessional perspective on digital multidomain interventions for people with SCI
Instructional Course: paper #117
Psychosocial SIG: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Psychosocial Support in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Workshop: paper #408
Hands of Hope: Overcoming Challenges in Upper Extremity Reconstruction for Cervical SCI with Patient-Inclusive and Multi-Professional Approaches
Workshop: paper #305
Navigating vocational rehabilitation: Lessons learned and possible pathways across cultural contexts
Industry Workshop
12:30 - 13:45 Lunch Break Friday - Poster Viewing with Refreshment Sponsored Lunch Symposium 2
Takes place from 12:40-13:40
Sponsored Lunch Symposium 3
Takes place from 12:40-13:40
13:45 - 14:35 Plenary #4- NoSCoS Award Lecture
14:40 - 15:30 Plenary #5- WFL Lecture
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break Friday PM
Poster viewing with refreshment
16:00 - 17:15 Workshop: paper #82
Noncompliance in SCI Rehabilitation - Patient and Healthcare Expectations out of Sync
Workshop: paper #372
Important considerations for real world application of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation for recovery after spinal cord injury.
Workshop: paper #248
Don’t forget about sleep! Strategies for SCI rehabilitation centres to identify and treat sleep apnoea.
Instructional Course: paper #393
Restoring function: current strategies in upper limb reconstruction in tetraplegia
Workshop: paper #149
Bridging the Knowledge Gap: Addressing Perimenopause/Menopause in Women with Spinal Cord Injury or Disorder (SCI/D)
Instructional Course: paper #409
What is New in Autonomic Dysreflexia following Spinal Cord Injury? by Affiliated Societies Network (ASN) sub-committee of ISCoS External Relations Committee (ERC).
17:30 - 18:30 Professional Group Meetings (hosted by NoSCoS) in various rooms
19:30 - 23:59 Conference Dinner












Saturday, October 11, 2025




Room F5
8:45 - 9:30
9:45 - 10:35
10:40 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:15 Sponsored Lunch Symposium 4
Takes place from 12:10-13:10
13:15 - 14:45 Rapid Fire 7
Miscellaneous Topics
14:45 - 15:15 Coffee Break Saturday PM
Poster viewing with refreshment
15:15 - 16:30
16:40 - 17:05
17:05 - 18:00
Closing Reception

Plenary Room: F1+F2+F3
8:45 - 9:30
9:45 - 10:35 Plenary #6- Special Guest Speakers' Lecture
10:40 - 11:30 Plenary #7 - Anthony F. DiMarco Lectureship
11:30 - 12:00 WHO-ISCoS Toolkit Launch
12:00 - 13:15 Lunch Break Saturday - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
13:15 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:15 Coffee Break Saturday PM
Poster viewing with refreshment
15:15 - 16:30
16:40 - 17:05
17:05 - 18:00
Closing Reception




Room G4
8:45 - 9:30
9:45 - 10:35
10:40 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:15 Lunch Break Saturday - Poster Viewing with Refreshment
13:15 - 14:45 Rapid Fire 5
Bladder, Breathing and Miscellaneous
14:45 - 15:15 Coffee Break Saturday PM
Poster viewing with refreshment
15:15 - 16:30 Workshop: abstract #412
Data SCIence - Bridging Bench and Bedside
16:40 - 17:05
17:05 - 18:00
Closing Reception

Room F4
8:45 - 9:30 ISCoS AGM - Members Only
9:45 - 10:35
10:40 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:15 Recent Nordic Dissertation
13:15 - 14:45 Rapid Fire 6
Gaiting, Stim and Miscellaneous
14:45 - 15:15 Coffee Break Saturday PM
Poster viewing with refreshment
15:15 - 16:30 Rapid Fire 8
Physical Rehabilitation
16:40 - 17:05
17:05 - 18:00
Closing Reception

Room F5
8:45 - 9:30
9:45 - 10:35
10:40 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:15 Sponsored Lunch Symposium 4
Takes place from 12:10-13:10
13:15 - 14:45 Rapid Fire 7
Miscellaneous Topics
14:45 - 15:15 Coffee Break Saturday PM
Poster viewing with refreshment
15:15 - 16:30
16:40 - 17:05
17:05 - 18:00
Closing Reception


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