Programme
DAY 1, September 19, 2025
(FRIDAY)
08:30 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:30
Opening Ceremony
9:30 – 10:30
SESSION 1: PATOMECHANISM, ETIOLOGY OF SCOLIOSIS
Speakers:
Jean-Paul Höppner, PT, DO, MRO
Jean Claude de Mauroy, MD
10:35 – 10:55
Coffee break
10:55 – 13:00
SESSION 2: SCOLIOSIS EVALUATION
Speakers:
Samra Pjanic, MD, PhD
Fabio Zaina, MD
Theodoros B. Grivas, MD, PhD
Oral presentation
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00-15:30
SESSION 3: SCOLIOSIS TREATMENT
Speakers:
Agnieszka Stępień, PT, Asst.Prof.
Nicky Eddison Assoc. Prof., orthotist
Łukasz Argier, PT, PhD
15:40 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:15
WORKSHOPS
1. Michał Sternak „Scoliosis in the Fascial Network – How to Identify and Release
Primary Tensions?”
2. Elżbieta Piątek- Krzywicka, Anna Badowska „Schroth Method for Adults Scoliosis
Patients. Practical Approach”
3. Agnieszka Stępień, Katarzyna Maślanko „ Scoliosis in neuromuscular diseases
–exemples of physiotherapeutic interventions”
20:00
GALA DINNER (option event-additional fee)
Day 2, September 20, 2025
(SATURDAY)
9:00 – 11:00
Day 2 opening, session 4
9:00 – 11:00
SESSION 4: SCOLIOSIS TREATMENT
Speakers:
Tomasz Kotwicki, MD, Prof.
Tomasz Potaczek, MD, PhD
Oral presentation
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:50
SESSION 5: OTHERS IMPORTANT ISSUES
Speakers:
Nachiappan Chockalingam, Prof., CEng, CSci, PFHEA, FIPEM FISBc
Elisabetta D'Agata, PhD
Jacek Durmała, MD, Assoc.Prof
Renata Polisiakiewicz, Msc
12:50 – 13:10
Coffee break
13:10 – 15:00
OPEN SESSION
15:00 – 16:30
WORKSHOPS
1. Joanna Surowińska, Łukasz Argier “ Understanding the Application of Reflex
Locomotion According to Vojta as a Method of Assistance in Scoliosis of Various
Etiologies, Including Idiopathic Scoliosis”
2. Nachiappan Chockalingam “Gait and Movement Analysis in Scoliosis: Uncovering
Subtle Patterns for Designing Optimal Intervention”
3. Jean Claude De Mauroy “Balance Exercises for Idiopathic Scoliosis Under 25°”