Program Overview

Congress Program

You will find all the content from the various parallel sessions here and the list of posters here.

Thursday, September 17th 2026

Schedule Activity
8:00 - 9:00 REGISTRATION - POSTER SESSION WITH COFFEE
9:00 - 9:10 Welcome presidents ASMA and WVV or President EUMASS
9:10 - 9:40 INAUGURAL LECTURE
9:40 - 10:25 Prof. Giovanni Briganti- Peter Donceel lecture - AI in Health Care: Promises and Challenges - See details
10:25 - 11:10 Prof. Paul Hoff - See details
11:10 - 11:40 COFFEE BREAK
11:40 - 12:15 Prof. Johan Albrecht: Leveraging Pareto's 80/20 Rule to Reframe Public Health Priorities - See details
12:15 - 13:00 Dr. Polit. Solveig Ose: Future of Public Health and Care Services - See details
13:00 - 14:30 LUNCH
14:30 - 16:00 PARALLEL ROUND I - See details
16:00 - 16:20 COFFEE BREAK - POSTER SESSION
16:20 - 17:50 PARALLEL ROUND 2 - See details
19:00 - 21:00 WELCOME RECEPTION

Friday, September 18th 2026

Schedule Activity
8:00 - 9:00 POSTER SESSION WITH COFFEE
9:00 - 9:05 Welcome day 2 - info
9:05 - 9:45 Dr Suzanne Weinbrenner:The Patient Knows Best: How the German Pension Insurance Uses AI (WD-FAB) to Deliver Rehabilitation Services Fairly and Efficiently - See details
9:45 - 10:30 Prof. Paulus Torki:Value-based Healthcare in Public Health Systems – Tracking Outcomes and Costs at a Population Level” - See details
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK -POSTER SESSION
11:00 - 11:45 Prof.Lode Godderis : Return to Work as a Core Health Outcome: Drivers, Implementation Levers, and Expected Impact - See details
11:45 - 12:15 Prof.Borut Jug : Cardiac Rehabilitation: From Disease Management to Cost-effective Comprehensive Patient Care - See details
12:15 - 13:45 LUNCH
13:45 - 14:30 PANNEL EXPERT CONFERENCE Pr Carlotta Kiekens; Stephanie Belflamme,. Elise Robben, Suzanne Weinbrenner ,Theo Brunois
14:30 - 16:00 PARALLEL ROUND III - See details
16:00 - 16:20 COFFEE BREAK -POSTER SESSION
16:20 - 17:50 PARALLEL ROUND IV - See details
20:00 - 1:00 CONGRESS DINNER

Saturday, September 19th 2026

Schedule Activity
9:00 - 9:30 POSTERSESSION WITH COFFEE
9:30 - 10:15 Prof. Mariana Virtanen :Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace - See details
10:15 - 11:00 Prof.Ute Bültman :Young Adults, Mental Health & Work: Integrating a Life Course Perspective - See details
11:00 - 11:20 COFFEE BREAK
11:20 - 12:05 Prof.Kristin Farrants : Sickness Absence among People of Higher Ages in the Workforce - See details
12:05 - 12:50 Dr Klaus Peter Thiele: Advances in Survival and Quality of Life with Hematologic Neoplasms in the Era of Personalized Medicine - Implications for the Return-to-work Process” - See details
12:50 - 13:15 CLOSING WORDS