Programme

Programme Summary

Exhibition Setup

Keynote Lecture

Plenary

Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU)

Wound Infection

Vascular

Burn

Pressure Injury

Surgical Wounds

Dermatological Wounds

Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS)

Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)

Chronic Pain

Scientific Research Made Easy

Wound Management

Global Celebration

The agenda is tentative and subject to revisions

Day 2 - 24th September 2026

Time	Session

07:00 17:00	Registration Centre Core Registration Counter						Exhibition Setup Hall 6A, Hall 7 and Banquet Hall
08:00 09:00	Keynote Lecture Plenary Hall
09:00 10:00	Plenary 1 Plenary Hall
10:00 11:00	Global Celebration and Certificate in Clinical Wound Care (CCWC) Ceremony Plenary Hall
11:00 11:15	COFFEE BREAK Foyer
11:15 12:30	Wound Infection Informing wound care worldwide: Introducing the IWII 4th edition of wound infection in Clinical Practice Infection updates from the IWGDF The Microbiome of the wound and skin: Are they different? Q&A session Ballroom 1	Arterial Diseases Endovascular therapy as the preferred option of managing lschemic ulcers ⁠Saritphat Orrapin Speaker Open surgery in calcified arteries (or surgical strategies for revascularization in calcified arterial disease) Debride first versus revascularization first in infected lschemic ulcers Improving microcirculation in ulcers due to arterial disease Q&A session Ballroom 2	Burn Surgery in burns Pornprom Muangman Speaker Associated therapies for burns and wounds Debora Sanches Pinto Speaker Rethinking burn care: An evidence-based transition from routine daily dressings to microenvironment-modulated closed advanced therapy for reducing oxidative stress and inflammatory reinforcement Leticia Vallejo-Carmona Speaker Q&A session Conference Hall 1	Pressure Injury The preventable paradox: Why pressure injuries still thrive in modern healthcare Pressure injury prevention strategies: The power of repositioning and microclimate ⁠Jaraspas Wongviseskarn Speaker The workload equation: Is nursing scarcity the newest predictor of pressure injury incidence? Q&A session Conference Hall 2	Surgical Wounds The 10-minute diabetic foot assessment: A surgeon’s algorithm for limb preservation Sangeetha Kalabhairav Speaker Clinical efficacy of ovine forestomach matrix and collagen/oxidised regenerated cellulose for the treatment of venous leg ulcers: A retrospective comparative real-world evidence study Rebecca Aburn Speaker From revascularization to regeneration: Redefining the vascular surgeon’s role in Global Wound Care specialty ⁠Saritphat Orrapin Speaker Q&A session Conference Hall 3	What are Modalities of Limb Salvage for DFUs? The clinical experience of free flap for diabetic limb salvage Nai-Chen Cheng Speaker Is identification and correction of DFU healing retardation factors crucial for DFU Salvage? The comparison of normoxic- and hypoxic-induced adipose-derived stem cell extracellular vesicles in enhancing diabetic wound healing and tissue regeneration Yur Ren Kuo Speaker Ultrasonic debridement: A minimally invasive tool for complex DFU Salma Khuraibet Speaker Q&A session MR301	Hidradenitis Suppurativa Introduction to Hidradenitis Suppurativa Plastic management HS in Malaysia Mohd Shakir Bathusha Mohd Hussain Speaker Surgical management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Panel discussion MR302 & 303	Epidermolysis Bullosa Current situation of EB globally An introduction to Epidermolysis Bullosa: Clinical presentation, science and management in the United Kingdom Living with butterfly children Q&A session MR304 & 305	Wound Related Pain Effect of pain in wound healing Kevin Woo Speaker Wound pain assessment Kirsti Ahmajarvi Speaker Psychological impact of wound related pain Nicoletta Frescos Speaker Q&A session MR306	Wound Paradigm Symposium The genomic paradigm: Precision medicine and the role of epigenetics in chronic wounds Hiske Smart Speaker Beyond the surface: Shifting to a "nutrition-first" healing paradigm Johlene Sander Speaker Treatment with combination enzymes in chronic ulcer Joyce Barrantes Alfaro Speaker Q&A session MR307, 308, 309 & 310	International Consensus Guidelines of Diabetic Foot: From Shelves to Patient – Practical Approach An update on the International Working Group on the diabetic foot guidelines Frances Game Speaker Offloading - from plaster to pixels - are we doing it enough? Wound healing interventional guidelines - What is new? Infection - clinical application in real time according to IWGDF consensus guideline Zulfiqarali G Abbas Speaker Q&A session Plenary Hall	Dermatological Wounds Overview of dermatological wounds Marco Romanelli Speaker When nerves go silent: The challenge of chronic leprosy wounds Kenny Tablizo Speaker Understanding acute wounds in leprosy: A clinical approach Abelaine Venida Tablizo Speaker Keloids and hypertrophic scars: Understanding pathogenesis and therapeutic approaches Q&A session Plenary Theatre
12:30 14:00	LUNCH Foyer
14:00 15:15	Wound Infection An Australian experience in nursing-led wound care and specialisation: Lessons for global practice Antimicrobial resistance in chronic wounds Irena Pastar Speaker Does aseptic technique translate to all countries and settings? Donna Larsen Speaker Modern modalities for assessment and diagnosis of wound infection Keryln Carville Speaker Q&A session Ballroom 1	Venous Diseases The role of endovenous ablation of superficial truncal reflux to promote venous ulcer healing Kittipan Rerkasem Speaker Perforator vein treatment in venous ulcers: Evidence, myths and current practice Treating mixed venous–Ischemic ulcers: An integrated clinical strategy Compression therapy for venous ulcers: What works best in real-world practice? Q&A session Ballroom 2	Burn Current advances in burn reconstructive surgery and post-burn scar management Rei Ogawa Speaker Tilapia fish skin dressings Debora Sanches Pinto Speaker To graft or not to graft? Navigating the deep dermal facial burn wounds Mohd Shahrul Suondoh Speaker Q&A session Conference Hall 1	Pressure Injury Medical device-related injuries: The hidden cost of life-saving technology in critical care The "aSSKINg" care bundle: A holistic approach to pressure injury prevention Beyond the total score: Leveraging braden subscale analysis for targeted pressure injury prevention Yuwadee Kestsumpun Speaker Q&A session Conference Hall 2	Surgical Wounds Principle of wound closure Negative pressure wound therapy Topical continuous oxygen therapies Q&A session Conference Hall 3	Tropical approach for limb salvage with wound? Utilization of soap salts - Does it work? The use of Topical Zinc as a new treatment for Skin Tears Geoffrey Sussman Speaker Case Series using GranuloxR (topical haemoglobin} spray in the management of complex Vascular wounds Rebecca Aburn Speaker Q&A session MR301	Hidradenitis Suppurativa Reconstruction of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Medical management of HS Case discussion Q&A session MR302 & 303	Epidermolysis Bullosa Multidisciplinary approach to management of EB Community approach to EB Angelic intervention in EB Q&A session MR304 & 305	Management of Wound Related Pain Treating would related pain Windy Cole Speaker Primary dressings for wound related pain Minimising wound related pain: Traditional wound dressings and topical agents in LMIC Emily Haesler Speaker Q&A session MR306	New Frontiers in Wound Healing Symposium The AI frontier: Using digital tools to predict wound healing The light frontier: Healing chronic wounds with biophototherapy The smart frontier: Next-gen bandages that talk to the wound Q&A session MR307, 308, 309 & 310	From Painful to Pulseless Foot: Peripheral Arterial Disease Limb preservation surgery: Your WIFI settings No blood, no healing: The central role of arterial assessment in modern diabetic foot ulcer care Lighting up angiosomes: Real-time intraprocedural thermal perfusion mapping in patients with and without diabetic foot ulcers Charmaine Childs Speaker When to refer for arterial assessment in non-healing wounds Re-vascularisation timing in infected diabetic foot ulcer Michael Arvind Speaker Q&A session Plenary Hall	Dermatological Wounds Extracellular matrix dressings Mohd Shakir Bathusha Mohd Hussain Speaker Epidermolysis Bullosa: Wound care and beyond Fungal dermatoses Non-Adherence / Non-Compliance: A bad patient, a bad treatment plan or both? Q&A session Plenary Theatre
15:15 17:15	Wound Infection Does geography matter with bugs? Global patterns Prashini Moodley Speaker Machine-assisted biofilm identification to achieve the high quality wound debridement – a randomized controlled study Infection in Atypical wounds Future predictions for prevention and management of infection The evolution of WBP and still the corner stone of treatment Gary Sibbald Speaker Inflammation and infection Marjana Tomic-Canic Speaker Q&A session Ballroom 1	Vascular Accelerating venous ulcer healing through exercise: A pathway to faster recovery Kittipan Rerkasem Speaker Perfusion-driven wound healing: Objective hemodynamic targets in chronic limb-threatening Ischemia ⁠Saritphat Orrapin Speaker “Superglue” treatment for varicosities and venous ulcers: A new approach Ali T. Macatanong Speaker Diagnostics for vascular ulcers Management of venous leg ulcers: Beyond compression The challenging heel ulcer: A vascular surgeon's perspective Michael Arvind Speaker When to refer for vascular assessment in non-healing wounds Q&A session Ballroom 2	Burn From bench to bedside: Exploring the role of ON101 in wound management strategy for burn injuries Hao-Yu Chiao Speaker The dermal matrix - Potential role to solve skin adhesion Children intensive burn care Maria Cristina Serra Speaker Burn treatment in South American: Crossing barriers Francisco Lopes Moreira Tostes Speaker Lasertherapy for burn scar Burn prevention campaigns Maria Cristina Serra Speaker Q&A session Conference Hall 1	Pressure Injury Precision health care in pressure ulcer prevention – a dream or a reality? ⁠Zena Moore Speaker Are pressure ulcer categorisation systems "fit for purpose"? Pressure ulcer risk assessment – Are we really moving forward or are we simply reinventing the wheel? ⁠Zena Moore Speaker Is categorisation a distraction from clinical care delivery? Pressure injury prevention: A nursing perspective Q&A session Conference Hall 2	Surgical Wounds Overview of flap surgery Multidisciplinary surgical management - Plastic Multidisciplinary surgical management - Vascular Podiatric surgery: Advancing limb salvage in high-risk feet Rajesh Kesavan Speaker Multidisciplinary surgical management - Paediatric surgery Multidisciplinary surgical management - General surgery Q&A session Conference Hall 3	Do Research Made Easy for Wound? Research methodology Tunku Kamarul Zaman Tunku Zainol Abidin Speaker Challenge of new technology to wound management strategy Josephine Ip Speaker Precision decontamination burn wound: The shift from aggressive to targeted management and cleansing Kusuma Chinaroonchai Speaker The importance of real world evidence in DFU research Windy Cole Speaker Cellular, Acellular, and Matrix-like Products (CAMPs) and specialized wound care: Building standards, skills, and recognition Dieter Mayer Speaker Elevate your impact: Publish your diabetic wound research with the International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds Kittipan Rerkasem Speaker Canadian consensus statement on the management of venous leg ulcers Michael C. Stacey Speaker Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) - A promising tool in chronic diabetic foot ulcer management: Case Report Salma Khuraibet Speaker Advanced modalities for the management of diabetic foot? Sanjay Vaidya Speaker Q&A session MR301	Matrices MR302 & 303	Wound Consensus on Wound Balance MR304 & 305	Pragmatic Analysis of Pain Tools Let's talk about wound pain Melanie Duran Speaker Painless dressings Pain and Health Related Quality of Life Adjunct therapies for pain management Hor Seow May Speaker Q&A session MR306	Wound Management Clinical pearls from Uganda Clinical application of negative pressure wound therapy in the management of morel-lavallée lesions: Case reports and literature review Chih Hsun Lin Speaker Evolution of Wound Bed Preparation (WBP): 1999-2026 Elizabeth Ayello Speaker Wound management updates and cases from Hong Kong Q&A session MR307, 308, 309 & 310	Prevention of Diabetic Foot Ulcer and Amputation: Is it Achievable? Drawtex vs standard of care: A prospective cohort study with protocolised standard of care Scaling preventive strategies in DFU care – A structured education model to reduce amputation burden in Middle Income Setting Ana Paula dos Santos Albuquerque Speaker Diabetic foot: Translating guidelines into practice – Results for fast-track pathways Zahid Miyan Speaker Limb preservation: How we do it in Latin America Strengthening public policies and primary care strategies for foot health in people with Diabetes From clinic to operating room: Structured protocols that reduce amputation rates Sangeetha Kalabhairav Speaker Breaking the stagnation in Diabetic Foot Wound Healing: Clinical evidence for advanced wound closure and limb salvage Wound care education in Myanmar: Empowering patients and care givers in Wound Care Tin Myo Han Speaker Diabetes-related foot disease in the Western Pacific: Foot burdens, care and strategies from the largest global region in the world Prevention of DFU at grass root level Empowering patients and caregivers in wound self-management: The role of education, digital tools and remote support Paulo Jorge Pereira Alves Speaker Q&A session Plenary Hall	Dermatological Wounds Key benefits of inelastic bandages in lower limb ulcers Claudia Ramírez Castro Speaker The wounded psyche: Recognizing and addressing factitious wounds Dot Weir Speaker Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor signaling in epithelial inflammation and tissue remodeling Le Thi Kieu Nhi Speaker Clinical ward rounds When wounds are not just wounds: Recognising inflammatory ulcers in dermatology Wound care in Steven-Johnson Sydrome and autoimmune blistering diseases : A dermatologic approach Ooi Shin Yi Speaker Q&A session Plenary Theatre
17:15 17:30	COFFEE BREAK Foyer

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