Scientific Program

Thursday, 17th September 2026

08:30 Document delivery

09:00 Opening Ceremony

Table 1

Chair

09:15 Cerebral Palsy in the 21st century in Portugal; a country open to the world - Daniel Virella

10:15 Postural Stability to enhance activity and participation - Portuguese NTO

10:45 Questions

11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break

Table 2

Chair

11:15 Can the Bobath Clinical Reasoning Framework (BCRF) secure the future of Bobath? - Margarett Mayston

12:00 Neuroimaging and its connection to clinical practice - Raquel Carvalho

12:40 Questions

12:45 - 14:30 Lunch

Table 3

Chair

14:30 When Feeding Gets Complicated: The Power of a Multidisciplinary Approach or Bridging Disciplines to Decode Pediatric Feeding Disorders - Marleen D'hont

15:15 Windows of opportunity in atypical development - Leonilde Machado

15:55 Questions

16:00 - 16:20 Coffee Break

Table 4

Chair

16:20 "Facilitation" influencing activity and outcome: exploring the contradictions - Gill Stern

17:00 Questions

17:15 End of the conference day

Friday, 18th September 2026

Table 5

Chair

09:00 Israel NTO

09:30 Croatia NTO

10:00 Finland NTO

10:30 Questions

10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break

Table 6

Chair

11:15 Switzerland NTO

11:45 Italy NTO

12:15 to be confirmed

12:45 Questions

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

EBTA Meeting

14:00 - 18:30

Table 7

Chair

14:30 Partnering for possibility: Empowering partners for atypical communication - João Canossa

15:20 Questions

15:30 Sports the other side of participation - Nuno Januário

16:10 Questions

16:15 - 16:30 Coffee Break

Posters presentation

16:30

17:00 End of the conference day

Saturday,19th September 2026

Table 8

Chair

09:00 Bobath Concept… what challenges? - Christine Barber

09:45 What would I be without you AT - Nuno Meireles and Joaquim Faias

10:15 Questions

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

Table 9

Chair

11:00 to be confirmed

11:40 to be confirmed

12:10 Questions

12:15 Child presentation

Round Table

12:45 Conclusions

13:15 Closing Session