Conference Agenda

A compact overview of all key congress activities at a glance.

Plenary Speakers

Parallel Session Speakers

Jan Hartvigsen

Predrag Petrovic

Dave Newell

Vitaly Napadow

Amir Minerbi

Charlotte Blease

Atle Torstensen

Petra Schweinhardt

Russ Hornstein

David Moore

Luke Neal

Bert Ameloot

Nicole Oliver

André Bussières

Ricardo Ribero

 

(The detailed program is currently in its final stages of preparation. Updates will be published on this page soon.)

Thursday, 14.05.2026

07:30 – 08:30

Registration and Welcome Coffee

17:00 – 18:30

Opening of the Exhibition - Welcome reception in the exhibition with apero riche

19:30 – 23:00

Dinner at Zunfthaus zur Saffran

10:30 – 13:00

General Assembly ChiroSuisse

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch break & Networking

14:30 – 15:00

Official opening

15:00 – 17:00

Polit Forum EU* Integration of MSK in medical health system

08:30 – 10:00

Research Part I

Importance of the Patient Voice in Musculoskeletal Health Research
Chair: Cesar Hincapié
10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 – 12:00

Research Part II

Mechanisms of muskuloskeletal pain and manual treatments and advancing chiropractic education
Chair: Petra Schweinhardt
12:00 – 12:45

Lunch break & Networking

12:45 – 14:00

Research Part III

Fishbowl and Lightning Round Pitches – Early-Career Researchers
14:00 – 14:30

Coffee break

15:00 – 16:30

Research Part IV

Lightning Round Pitches – Early-Career Researchers
07:30 – 08:30

Registration and Welcome Coffee

08:30 – 10:00

Research Part I

Importance of the Patient Voice in Musculoskeletal Health Research
Chair: Cesar Hincapié
09:00 – 10:00

Neue Session

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 – 12:00

Research Part II

Mechanisms of muskuloskeletal pain and manual treatments and advancing chiropractic education
Chair: Petra Schweinhardt
10:30 – 13:00

General Assembly ChiroSuisse

12:00 – 12:45

Lunch break & Networking

12:45 – 14:00

Research Part III

Fishbowl and Lightning Round Pitches – Early-Career Researchers
13:00 – 14:00

Lunch break & Networking

14:00 – 14:30

Coffee break

14:30 – 15:00

Official opening

15:00 – 16:30

Research Part IV

Lightning Round Pitches – Early-Career Researchers
15:00 – 17:00

Polit Forum EU* Integration of MSK in medical health system

17:00 – 18:30

Opening of the Exhibition - Welcome reception in the exhibition with apero riche

19:30 – 23:00

Dinner at Zunfthaus zur Saffran

Friday, 15.05.26

08:00 – 09:00

Registration

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee break

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch and Poster visit

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

19:30 – 23:00

Swiss Evening - at Papiersaal

09:00 – 09:30

Introduction

Jan Hartvigsen
09:30 – 10:15

Plenary Session

Placebo analgesia – from opioids to successful doctor–patient interaction
Predrag Petrovic
10:45 – 11:30

Plenary Session

Context as treatment. Rebalancing the emphasis on minds and bodies in the manipulative professions
Dave Newell
11:30 – 12:15

Plenary Session

Neuroimaging patient / clinician therapeutic alliance - a hyperscanning approach
Vitaly Napadow
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 1.1

Inside the Football Mind: How Thinking Shapes the Beautiful Game
Predrag Petrovic
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 2.1

14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 1.2

Sensory illusions as windows on the mechanisms of perception
Dave Newell
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 2.2

Adjusting to neutral
Russ Hornstein
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 1.3

Manual therapy
Atle Torstensen
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 2.3

Research - Abstracts
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 1.4

Radiology Session
Ricardo Ribero
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 2.4

Physical Literacy
Daniel Moore
08:00 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:30

Introduction

Jan Hartvigsen
09:30 – 10:15

Plenary Session

Placebo analgesia – from opioids to successful doctor–patient interaction
Predrag Petrovic
10:15 – 10:45

Coffee break

10:45 – 11:30

Plenary Session

Context as treatment. Rebalancing the emphasis on minds and bodies in the manipulative professions
Dave Newell
11:30 – 12:15

Plenary Session

Neuroimaging patient / clinician therapeutic alliance - a hyperscanning approach
Vitaly Napadow
12:30 – 14:00

Lunch and Poster visit

14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 1.2

Sensory illusions as windows on the mechanisms of perception
Dave Newell
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 1.3

Manual therapy
Atle Torstensen
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 1.4

Radiology Session
Ricardo Ribero
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 1.1

Inside the Football Mind: How Thinking Shapes the Beautiful Game
Predrag Petrovic
15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 2.2

Adjusting to neutral
Russ Hornstein
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 2.3

Research - Abstracts
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 2.4

Physical Literacy
Daniel Moore
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 2.1

19:30 – 23:00

Swiss Evening - at Papiersaal

Saturday, 16.05.26

08:00 – 09:00

Registration

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

12:45 – 14:00

Lunch and Poster visit

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

09:00 – 09:45

Plenary Session

Best Abstracts - Award Presentations
09:45 – 10:30

Plenary Session

Fibromyalgia and microbiome transplantation
Amir Minerbi
11:00 – 11:45

Plenary Session

AI and Healthcare
Charlotte Blease
11:45 – 12:45

Polit Panel

Future of education and accreditation
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 3.1

Microbiom
Amir Minerbi
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 4.1

Patient safety
Stuart Smellie, Tom Michielsen, Beatrice Zaugg
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 3.2

Actif release techniques
Luke Neal
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 4.2

Self management
André Bussières
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 3.3

Chronic Overlapping Pain Syndrome
Bert Ameloot, Eline De Zutter
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 4.3

Workshop for Principals
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 3.4

Neurorehab
Nicole Oliver
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 4.4

Petra Schweinhardt
08:00 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:45

Plenary Session

Best Abstracts - Award Presentations
09:45 – 10:30

Plenary Session

Fibromyalgia and microbiome transplantation
Amir Minerbi
10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45

Plenary Session

AI and Healthcare
Charlotte Blease
11:45 – 12:45

Polit Panel

Future of education and accreditation
12:45 – 14:00

Lunch and Poster visit

14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 3.2

Actif release techniques
Luke Neal
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 3.3

Chronic Overlapping Pain Syndrome
Bert Ameloot, Eline De Zutter
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 3.4

Neurorehab
Nicole Oliver
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 3.1

Microbiom
Amir Minerbi
15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 4.2

Self management
André Bussières
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 4.3

Workshop for Principals
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 4.4

Petra Schweinhardt
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 4.1

Patient safety
Stuart Smellie, Tom Michielsen, Beatrice Zaugg