Conference Agenda

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

Poster List
Presentations

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

19:00 – 19:30

Arrival of Guests

19:30 – 23:00

Dinner at Zunfthaus zur Saffran

10:00 – 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 – 13:55

My Research in 3 Slides

Fishbowl and Lightning Round Pitches – Early-Career Researchers
13:55 – 14:10

Coffee break

14:10 – 15:10

Lightning Round I

Lightning Round Pitches – Early-Career Researchers
15:10 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:30

Lightning Round II

Lightning Round Pitches – Early-Career Researchers
16:30 – 16:45

AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Best Lightning and My Research in 3-Slides Presentations
Thalia Nikoglou, Caspar Nim, Judith Safford
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

10:00 – 13:00

General Assembly ChiroSuisse

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 – 13:55

My Research in 3 Slides

Fishbowl and Lightning Round Pitches – Early-Career Researchers
13:00 – 14:30

Lunch break & Networking

13:55 – 14:10

Coffee break

14:10 – 15:10

Lightning Round I

Lightning Round Pitches – Early-Career Researchers
14:30 – 15:00

Official opening

15:00 – 17:00

Polit Forum EU Integration of MSK in medical health system

15:10 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:30

Lightning Round II

Lightning Round Pitches – Early-Career Researchers
16:30 – 16:45

AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Best Lightning and My Research in 3-Slides Presentations
Thalia Nikoglou, Caspar Nim, Judith Safford
17:00 – 18:30

Opening of the Exhibition - Welcome reception in the exhibition

19:00 – 19:30

Arrival of Guests

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

18:30 – 23:00

Swiss Evening - at Papiersaal

Afterparty 22:00 - 02:00
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
12:45 – 13:45

Lunchsymposium

BVG - Einfach erklärt : Was Chiropraktoren wirklich wissen sollten
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

The shoulder
Atle Torstensen
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 2.4

A Lifetime of Movement: Supporting Physical Literacy Across the Lifespan.
Daniel Moore
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 2.3

Research - Abstracts
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

12:45 – 13:45

Lunchsymposium

BVG - Einfach erklärt : Was Chiropraktoren wirklich wissen sollten
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 1.2

Sensory illusions as windows on the mechanisms of perception
Dave Newell
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 1.4

Radiology Session
Ricardo Teresa Ribeiro
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 1.3

The shoulder
Atle Torstensen
15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

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 2.1

Personalized bioregulative medicine
Krisztina Baráth
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 2.3

Research - Abstracts
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 2.4

A Lifetime of Movement: Supporting Physical Literacy Across the Lifespan.
Daniel Moore
18:30 – 23:00

Swiss Evening - at Papiersaal

Afterparty 22:00 - 02:00

Saturday, 16.05.2026

12:45 – 14:00

Lunch and Poster visit

08:00 – 09:00

Registration

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

09:00 – 09:15

Plenary Session

Best Abstracts - Award Presentations
09:15 – 09:45

Plenary Session

Evidence with a Pulse: Building a Learning MSK Health System for the 21st Century
Cesar Hincapié, Milo Puhan
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

Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Assessment and Clinical Management
Amir Minerbi
16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 4.1

Panel discussion on Patient Safety & Incidents
Moderator: Bart Vandendries, Stuart Smellie, Tom Michielsen, Bea­tri­ce Zaugg, Thalia Nikoglou
12:45 – 13:45

Lunchsymposium

La LPP - Expliquée simplement : ce que les chiropracteurs devraient vraiment savoir
Christine Holstein
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 3.2

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
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
08:00 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:15

Plenary Session

Best Abstracts - Award Presentations
09:15 – 09:45

Plenary Session

Evidence with a Pulse: Building a Learning MSK Health System for the 21st Century
Cesar Hincapié, Milo Puhan
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 – 13:45

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 3.3

Chronic overlapping pain syndromes in women's health: integrating gynaecology and chiropractic care.
Bert Ameloot, Eline De Zutter
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 3.2

s'föferli und s'weggli - the swiss chiropractic curriculum
Petra Schweinhardt, Lindsay Gorell
14:00 – 15:30

Parallel Session 3.1

Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Assessment and Clinical Management
Amir Minerbi
15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 4.3

Swiss Principal Workshop
Mirjam Baechler, Sarah Filliez
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 4.1

Panel discussion on Patient Safety & Incidents
Moderator: Bart Vandendries, Stuart Smellie, Tom Michielsen, Bea­tri­ce Zaugg, Thalia Nikoglou