Programme

Programme Summary

Parallel Session

Sponsored Lunch Symposium

Oral/Posters Presentations/Case Discussions

Workshop

Meeting

Plenary

Wound Care

Advanced Dressings

Oxygen Therapies

Matrices

Ostomy

Mix Ulcers

Orthopaedic

Traditional vs Modern

Reconstruction

Lower Limb Wounds and Lymphedema

Hard to Heal

Telehealth

Cold Plasma

Exhibition Opens

The agenda is tentative and subject to revisions

Day 4 - 26th September 2026

Time	Session

07:00 17:00	Registration Centre Core Registration Counter																																																																Exhibition Hall 6A, Hall 7 and Banquet Hall
08:00 09:00	Plenary 3 - Real-World Multimodal Management of Complex Wounds and Soft-Tissue Disorders: Evidence from Japan Plenary Hall
09:00 10:00	Plenary 4 Plenary Hall
10:00 10:15	COFFEE BREAK Foyer
10:15 11:30	Advanced Dressings Diagnostic and therapeutic principles of chronic wounds Ting Xie Speaker The impact of medication on wound healing Geoffrey Sussman Speaker Q&A session Ballroom 1																																																																Oxygen Therapies Hyperbaric oxygen therapy Topical Oxygen Therapy-The New Paradigm Robert G Frykberg Speaker Role of skin substitute in Diabetic wounds Q&A session Ballroom 2																																																																Free Paper Conference Hall 1																																																																Ostomy ETNEP/REP recognition process Implementation of Enterostomal Therapy Nursing Education Program(ETNEP) for the recognition by World Council of Enterostomal Therapists(WCET) The financial impact of living with an Ostomy Kimberly LeBlanc Speaker Management of imidiate complication of stoma Q&A session Conference Hall 2																																																																Mix Ulcers Management of mixed ulcers Calciphylaxis - understanding the condition and multidisciplinary approach to its treatment Q&A session Conference Hall 3																																																																Hard to Heal Beyond the surface: Hidden non-viable tissue and fibrosis in hard-to-heal wounds ⁠Jaraspas Wongviseskarn Speaker Operational risk factors for delayed wound healing in maritime and military personnel: Strategies for early detection, prevention, and operational readiness Management of war wounds Q&A session MR301																																																																Traditional vs Modern Global overview of traditional and complementary medicine Zhang Long Speaker Q&A session MR302 & 303																																																																Reconstruction Plastic surgical reconstruction of the diabetic foot and ankle Salvage procedures for the management of failed osteosynthesis in the diabetic foot and ankle [Virtual] Meek technique for skin coverage in patients with burn wounds ⁠Eduardo Camacho Quintero Speaker Q&A session MR304 & 305																																																																Update on Lower Limb Wounds Footwear in lower limb wounds Lower Limb ulcer management: South American perspective Hector Tito Leoni Speaker Two are better than one: a paradigm shift in regional and rural health service delivery to improve outcomes for people with diabetes-related foot disease John Chen Speaker Q&A session MR306																																																																Wound Care When a wound doesn’t behave: Recognising red flags and avoiding diagnostic delay Aiwei Foster Speaker Sustainability and planetary health in wound care Vera Lúcia Gouveia Santos Speaker Working together globally to close gaps in lower-limb care Ellie Lindsay Speaker Q&A session Plenary Hall																																																																Orthopaedic Circular external fixation in the reconstruction of charcot foot deformity Chee Yuhan Speaker Surgical management of bone loss in complex lower limb osteomyelitis and diabetic complications Qin Cheng-he Speaker Principles and concepts of treating post surgical infections, wounds and chronic osteomyelitis in diabetic patients Charles Richard Roxas Cabuquit Speaker Standards for the management of open fractures Charles Richard Roxas Cabuquit Speaker Offloading and wound bed preparation (M.O.I.S.T.) in diabetic foot ulcers: An orthopedic surgeon’s perspective on limb salvage Q&A session Plenary Theatre
11:30 12:45	Super Absorbent Dressings Ballroom 1																																																																Oxygen Therapies Worldwide perspective of evidence based topical oxygen therapy Regional perspectives Case discussions Q&A session Ballroom 2																																																																Parallel Session - Essity Conference Hall 1																																																																Ostomy Stoma care: Muco-cutaneous separation and its management Stoma care: Management of complicated stoma & fistula Irritant contact dermatitis due to incontinence Elizabeth Ayello Speaker WCET International Ostomy Guideline 3rd Edition Emily Haesler Speaker Laurent Chabal Speaker NSWOCC best practice recommendation for children with an ostomy Kimberly LeBlanc Speaker Q&A session Conference Hall 2																																																																Assessment and Management of Mixed Ulcers Approach in mixed leg ulcer Luinio S. Tongson Speaker Q&A session Conference Hall 3																																																																Hard to Heal When healing stalls: Recognising hidden barriers in hard-to-heal wounds ⁠Jaraspas Wongviseskarn Speaker Remote patient monitoring for care continuum Q&A session MR301																																																																Traditional vs Modern The impact pressure redistribution mattresses have upon bed mobility, functional and rehabilitation, a multi-disciplinary approach. Rachael Durrans Speaker Herbal medicine (turmeric etc) Dressings and devices in the management of DFU Sanjay Vaidya Speaker Q&A session MR302 & 303																																																																Reconstruction Secure flaps, optimized incisions: Closed-incision negative pressure therapy guarantees free flap survival Chien-Liang Fang Speaker Stasis to salvage: Fluid resuscitation & wound conversion Kusuma Chinaroonchai Speaker Surgical management of pressure sore Josephine Ip Speaker Q&A session MR304 & 305																																																																Lower Limb Wounds & Lymphedema Management of lymphedema Medical Surgical management of lymphadema Q&A session MR306																																																																Wound Care Nurse specialists in Malaysia: A case study in building recognition, capability & impact pH matters: An evidence-based exploration of pH modulation as a biomarker and therapeutic target in diabetic foot ulcer healing Barath Kotru Speaker Applicability of Off-loading in Wound Care : Sharing Experiences of Myanmar Tin Myo Han Speaker From Task to Specialty: The Global Evolution of Wound Care and the Rise of Nurse Specialists Q&A session Plenary Hall																																																																Orthopaedic Surgery, frames and bone lengthening in complex diabetic limb conditions Qin Cheng-he Speaker Soft tissue reconstruction for upper and lower limb open fracture wounds The silent saboteur: Navigating Infection After Fracture Fixation (IAFF) Risk factors of surgical joint infection in total joint replacement surgery; choices of sutures & dressings, a concensus Q&A session Plenary Theatre
12:45 14:15	Sponsored Lunch Symposium Ballroom 1																																																																Sponsored Lunch Symposium Ballroom 2																																																																Lunch Symposium - Mölnlycke Health Care Conference Hall 1																																																																Sponsored Lunch Symposium - Oneness Biotech Conference Hall 2																																																																Sponsored Lunch Symposium Conference Hall 3																																																																LUNCH Foyer																																																																Sponsored Lunch Symposium Plenary Theatre
14:15 15:15	Global Celebration Marco Romanelli Speaker Plenary Hall
15:15 16:15	Plenary 5 Plenary Hall
16:15 16:30	COFFEE BREAK Foyer
16:30 17:30	Workshop Ballroom 1																																																																Workshop Ballroom 2																																																																Annual General Meeting & Bidding Conference Hall 1																																																																Oral and Poster Presentation Behavioral and therapeutic determinants of complex wound healing Mirian Apaercida de Oliveira de Souza Speaker The disease experience of elderly patients with recurrent diabetic foot ulcers: A descriptive phenomenological study How many wounds exist in this world? A freely accessible imaging platform built for the global south Aram Harijan Speaker Keystone perforator island flap following negative pressure wound therapy for hard-to-heal limb wounds with bone or hardware exposure: A prospective 22-case series Nguyen Tan Bao An Speaker Break Conference Hall 2																																																																Oral and Poster Presentation Rapid and efficient acoustofluidic platform for 3D stem cell spheroid assembly with enhanced therapeutic potential Screening, functional analysis and clinical validation of differentially expressed genes in diabetic foot ulcers Peng Wang Speaker Opposing phenotypes strategy reveals SLC16A3-associated metabolic reprogramming and apoe+ macrophage depletion in the vascular niche of diabetic ulcers YIZHI ZHANG Speaker Antiseptic challenges in multi-species biofilms: Who dominates? Ewa Klara Stuermer Speaker Conference Hall 3																																																																Real World Evidence MR301																																																																Oral and Poster Presentation Implementation and scaling of a structured educational model for diabetic foot prevention in primary care: A Brazilian experience with Latin American perspective Ana Paula dos Santos Albuquerque Speaker Integrating clinical and thermal imaging to predict diabetic foot ulcer Samantha Hanna Speaker ELPO certification: Guided simulation achieves zero positioning-related pressure injuries Camila Mendonça de Moraes Speaker Construction and application of a hospital-community joint chronic wound care clinic Yanqin Yuan Speaker MR302 & 303																																																																Cold Plasma From infection control to promoting healing: The dual effect of cold atmospheric plasma in Wound Management Le Huu Phuoc Speaker Experience and clinical outcomes of advanced wound therapy in the management of complex soft tissue defects at E hospital in Vietnam Le Thi Minh Duc Speaker Pham Son Tung Speaker MR304 & 305																																																																Bandaging Workshop MR306																																																																Wound Care From pathophysiology to practice: "Closing the gap in DFU management” Clinical practice of diabetes foot wound healing The role of antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate beads (STIMULAN®️) in treating infected diabetic foot ulcers KWOK Yuk Ki Speaker Q&A session Plenary Hall
17:15 17:30	E-poster and Mini Oral Presentation Conference Hall 2