Conference Agenda
A compact overview of all key congress activities at a glance.
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 – 14:30
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 – 13:00
Lunch break & Networking
13:00 – 14:30
Research Part III
Fishbowl and Lightning Round Pitches – Early-Career Researchers
14:30 – 15:00
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
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 – 13:00
Lunch break & Networking
13:00 – 14:30
Research Part III
Fishbowl and Lightning Round Pitches – Early-Career Researchers
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch break & Networking
14:30 – 15:00
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, 15.05.2026
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee break
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
19:30 – 23:00
Swiss Evening - at Papiersaal
09:00 – 09:30
Introduction
Good reason for optimism: New evidence is making chiropractors more relevant than ever before
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
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch and Poster visit
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
Personalized bioregulative medicine
Krisztina Baráth
12:30 – 14:00
Lunchsymposium
BVG - Einfach erklärt : Was Chiropraktoren wirklich wissen sollten
Angelika Köhl, Karin Nyögeri
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
Identifying the Primary Proprioceptive Error: The P1 Test and the Adjusting to Neutral Approach
Russ Hornstein
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch and Poster visit
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Session 1.3
Manual therapy
Atle Torstensen
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 2.3
Research - Abstracts
12:45 – 13:45
Lunchsymposium
Fast Recovery from Acute MSK Lesions through Class 4 High Power Photobiomodulation (Laser Therapy)
Phil Harrington
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Session 1.4
Radiology Session
Ricardo Teresa Ribeiro
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 2.4
A Lifetime of Movement: Supporting Physical Literacy Across the Lifespan.
Daniel Moore
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:30
Introduction
Good reason for optimism: New evidence is making chiropractors more relevant than ever before
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
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch and Poster visit
12:30 – 14:00
Lunchsymposium
BVG - Einfach erklärt : Was Chiropraktoren wirklich wissen sollten
Angelika Köhl, Karin Nyögeri
12:45 – 13:45
Lunchsymposium
Fast Recovery from Acute MSK Lesions through Class 4 High Power Photobiomodulation (Laser Therapy)
Phil Harrington
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Session 1.1
Inside the Football Mind: How Thinking Shapes the Beautiful Game
Predrag Petrovic
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Session 1.3
Manual therapy
Atle Torstensen
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 1.4
Radiology Session
Ricardo Teresa Ribeiro
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 2.1
Personalized bioregulative medicine
Krisztina Baráth
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 2.3
Research - Abstracts
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 2.2
Identifying the Primary Proprioceptive Error: The P1 Test and the Adjusting to Neutral Approach
Russ Hornstein
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 2.4
A Lifetime of Movement: Supporting Physical Literacy Across the Lifespan.
Daniel Moore
19:30 – 23:00
Swiss Evening - at Papiersaal
Saturday, 16.05.2026
12:45 – 14:00
Lunch and Poster visit
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 4.1
Patient Safety Incident Reporting
Stuart Smelllie, Tom Michielsen, Beatrice Zaugg
09:00 – 09:45
Plenary Session
Best Abstracts - Award Presentations
09:45 – 10:30
Plenary Session
Debugging Pain: The Unfolding Story of Gut Bacteria in Chronic Pain
Amir Minerbi
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45
Plenary Session
Dr Bot in Healthcare: Challenging Conventional Wisdom
Charlotte Blease
11:45 – 12:45
Polit Panel
Future Education and Accreditation
12:45 – 14:00
Lunch and Poster visit
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Session 3.1
Microbiom
Amir Minerbi
12:45 – 14:00
Lunchsymposium
La LPP - Expliquée simplement : ce que les chiropracteurs devraient vraiment savoir
Christine Holstein
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Session 3.2
Active Release Techniques: Lets get hands on!
Luke Neal
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 4.2
Implementing Self-Management Support Strategies in Chiropractic Practice and Educational Settings for People with Spine Conditions and Associated Comorbidities
André Bussières
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Session 3.3
Chronic overlapping pain syndromes in women's health: integrating gynaecology and chiropractic care.
Bert Ameloot, Eline De Zutter
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 4.3
Swiss Principal Workshop
Mirjam Baechler, Sarah Filliez
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Session 3.4
Neurorehab – An Essential Component of Chronic Musculoskeletal Care
Nicole Oliver
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 4.4
s'föferli und s'weggli - the swiss chiropractic curriculum
Petra Schweinhardt, Lindsay Gorell
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:45
Plenary Session
Best Abstracts - Award Presentations
09:45 – 10:30
Plenary Session
Debugging Pain: The Unfolding Story of Gut Bacteria in Chronic Pain
Amir Minerbi
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45
Plenary Session
Dr Bot in Healthcare: Challenging Conventional Wisdom
Charlotte Blease
11:45 – 12:45
Polit Panel
Future Education and Accreditation
12:45 – 14:00
Lunchsymposium
La LPP - Expliquée simplement : ce que les chiropracteurs devraient vraiment savoir
Christine Holstein
12:45 – 14:00
Lunch and Poster visit
12:45 – 14:00
Lunch and Poster visit
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Session 3.4
Neurorehab – An Essential Component of Chronic Musculoskeletal Care
Nicole Oliver
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Session 3.2
Active Release Techniques: Lets get hands on!
Luke Neal
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Session 3.3
Chronic overlapping pain syndromes in women's health: integrating gynaecology and chiropractic care.
Bert Ameloot, Eline De Zutter
14:00 – 15:30
Parallel Session 3.1
Microbiom
Amir Minerbi
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 4.4
s'föferli und s'weggli - the swiss chiropractic curriculum
Petra Schweinhardt, Lindsay Gorell
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 4.2
Implementing Self-Management Support Strategies in Chiropractic Practice and Educational Settings for People with Spine Conditions and Associated Comorbidities
André Bussières
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 4.3
Swiss Principal Workshop
Mirjam Baechler, Sarah Filliez
16:00 – 17:30
Parallel Session 4.1
Patient Safety Incident Reporting
Stuart Smelllie, Tom Michielsen, Beatrice Zaugg
