Programme

Programme Summary

Plenary

Sponsored Lunch Symposium

Gala Dinner

Grand Opening Ceremony

Oral/Posters Presentations/Case Discussions

Meetings

Workshop

Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU)

Multidisciplinary Approach

AI in Wound Care

Future Technologies

Oncological Wounds

Traumatic Wounds

AMS & AMR

Veterinary Medicine

Setting Wound Centres

Wound Nutrition

Adjunctive Therapies

Exhibition Opens

The agenda is tentative and subject to revisions

Day 3 - 25th September 2026

Time	Session

07:00 17:00	Registration Centre Core Registration Counter																																																																Exhibition Opens Hall 6A, Hall 7 and Banquet Hall
08:00 10:00	[3B] Multidisciplinary Approach Nurses the florence nightingale of wound management MDT at its best Siti Khamsiah Abd Shukor Speaker Q&A session Collaborative hospital and community care is an effective approach to diabetes-related foot disease: a retrospective audit of a rural interdisciplinary high risk foot service John Chen Speaker A WOCN-led interdisciplinary cancer wound clinic model in Korea: From referral to intervention Ji Hyeon Hwang Speaker Ballroom 1																																																																[3C] Why AI Matters? AI is here to stay. What is the future of AI in wound care? Paul Chadwick Speaker Developing explainable AI for Asian wound images Joseph Lo Speaker An AI-framework for shared wound care among patients and clinicians ⁠Zena Moore Speaker Artificial Intelligence and digital health in wound care: From clinical decision support to person-centred care Paulo Jorge Pereira Alves Speaker Closing the last mile: AI-enabled shared care for DFU between hospital and community Esther Thng Speaker Q&A session Ballroom 2																																																																[3D] Future Technologies Milind Ruke Moderator Randomized controlled trial evaluating topical probiotics in soybean concentrate in diabetic foot ulcers Honda Hsu Speaker Advanced management of diabetic foot ulcers: Clinical experience with amniotic membrane in a Chilean Public Hospital Paolo Ignacio Muñoz Valdés Speaker Q&A session {Virtual} Infrared thermography for differential diagnosis of complex diabetic foot lesions in primary care settings Biomarker directed wound healing therapy - A new paradigm Michael C. Stacey Speaker Conference Hall 1																																																																[3E] Oncological Wounds Overview of surgical management of malignant wounds Myriad of cancers from a nursing perspectives Brinsley David Speaker Q&A session Palliative management of malignancies Aaron Hiew Wi Han Speaker Domiciliary care of malignant patients Janis Lim Speaker Conference Hall 2																																																																[3F] Traumatic Wounds What is a traumatic wound? Ibby Younis Speaker Initial Assessment e.g., primary survey, secondary survey, red flags, international guidance Yazid Bajuri Speaker Q&A session Abrasion Management in Taiwan: Classification, evidence-based protocols and advanced treatment strategies Yunnan Lin Speaker Plastic surgery and trauma Debora Sanches Pinto Speaker Conference Hall 3																																																																[3K] Adjunctive Therapies Photobiotherapy Elia Ricci Speaker Novel topical macrophage-regulating agent for hard to heal wounds Yur Ren Kuo Speaker Q&A session {Virtual} Shockwave therapies Christoph Hirche Speaker {Virtual} The power of bioelectricity: Reducing pain and accelerating healing in non-healing wounds through electrical stimulation therapy Emma Woodmansey Speaker MR301																																																																[3H] Defining the Needs [Virtual] The current landscape of veterinary wound practice Patricia Paskalia Maharani Bakti Putranti Speaker [Virtual] Clinical challenges in small animal wound management Patricia Paskalia Maharani Bakti Putranti Speaker Q&A session Wildlife & field wound management: Unique global challenges Sugeng Dwi Hastono Speaker Wound management in amputated wild tiger Sugeng Dwi Hastono Speaker Q&A session {Virtual} Pain and emergency wound care in animals Dito Anggoro Speaker MR302 & 303																																																																[3I] Setting Wound Centres Starting from zero: A personal journey as Malta's first tissue vaibility nurse in building wound care in a small nation Corinne Scicluna Speaker Setting up a Wound Care Center as specialized care in the Philippines Ali T. Macatanong Speaker Q&A session From human touch to artificial intelligence: Threat or opportunity for wound care nurses? Corinne Scicluna Speaker MR304 & 305																																																																[3J] China Medical Journals/Wound Medical Research Institute (WMRI) Translating theory into clinical practice, and specialized intervention into home care - The role of CJTEE in wound healing Journal: Chinese Journal of Traumatology Burns & Trauma: A trusted global journal platform for wound healing and trauma research Journal: Burns & Trauma Bridging innovation and care: The indispensable role of Chinese journals in wound healing Journals in Wound Healing Bridging evidence and practice: STRIDE and emerging antidiabetic therapies in lower extremity wound journals Journal: The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds Q&A session MR306																																																																[3L] Executive Board Meeting MR307																																																																[3M] Wound Consensus Document - Dermal Matrices MR308, MR309 and MR310																																																																[3A] Achieving Ideal Foot Services: Is it a Realistic? Auditing and benchmarking your diabetic foot services Glycaemic control beyond wound management Beyond guidelines: An evidence-based, simplified and comprehensive approach to diabetic foot offloading – Does it work? Barath Kotru Speaker Q&A session Plenary Hall																																																																[3G] Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Jacqui Fletcher Moderator What is AMR and AMS Karen Ousey Speaker Understanding wound infection identification and how to prevent unnecessary use of antimicrobials Barbara R Conway Speaker Ewa Klara Stuermer Speaker Q&A session {Virtual} Pharmacy’s contribution to effective antimicrobial stewardship Barbara R Conway Speaker Targeting biofilm identification and AMS Plenary Theatre
09:00 09:45	[3Z] Oral and Poster Presentations Development and validation of a primary care foot risk screening protocol for the prevention of diabetic foot ulcers in Klinik Kesihatan setting Khairina Kamaruddin Speaker Relationship between CDKN1A and NOX2 in wound exudate of pressure injuries MINAMI SHINKAWA Speaker Advanced dermal matrix for the management of infection and biofilm in wound care Le Tuong Van Vo Speaker MR308, MR309 and MR310																																																																[3N] Offloading: Is It Realistic Using Orthotic Protocols Offloading diabetic wounds/ulcers using orthotic protocols Pierre van Eeden Speaker Plenary Hall
09:30 10:00	[3AI] AI in Wound Care AI and telemedicine in wound care MR304 & 305																																																																[3AA] Surgical Intervention to Save Diabetic Foot Ulcer: What is the Way forward? Advances and updates in surgical wound management for diabetic foot ulcer Yazid Bajuri Speaker Plenary Hall
09:45 10:00	[3AL] E-poster/Mini Oral Presentations MR307, 308, 309 & 310
10:00 10:15	Holding Time - Move to Plenary Hall
10:15 11:15	Grand Opening - Officiating Ceremony by His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim Plenary Hall
11:15 11:30	COFFEE BREAK Foyer
11:30 12:45	[3AN] Multidisciplinary Approach Disaster wound management Widasari Sri Gitarja Speaker Case discussion and scenarios Zafrina Binti Burukan Speaker Q&A session Ballroom 1																																																																[3AO] Building Trustworthy AI Artificial Intelligence meets clinical judgement: A new era in Wound Care Gulnaz Tariq Speaker Rapid identification of slow healing wounds AI-driven automation of pressure injury nursing documentation ⁠Eun Jin Han Speaker Using Artificial Intelligence to predict perioperative pressure injuries Q&A session Ballroom 2																																																																[3AP] Future Technologies Milind Ruke Moderator Imaging modalities used in wound evaluation Poonsuta Nava-apisak Speaker Low temperature atmospheric pressure: A paradigm shift in chronic wound management Pitawan Rachata Speaker Q&A session Conference Hall 1																																																																[3AQ] Oncological Wounds End of life management Ummi Affah Mahamad Speaker Cancer awareness and services Q&A session Conference Hall 2																																																																[3AR] Traumatic Wounds Orthopaedic & trauma The innovation journey of lower extremity reconstruction Joon Pio Hong Speaker Q&A session Conference Hall 3																																																																[3AW] Adjunctive Therapies Identify the right laser for your practice NPWT id Kathleen Leak Speaker Case discussions Q&A session MR301																																																																[3AT] Veterinary Medicine {Virtual} Light-based therapies in veterinary wound care: Photobiomodulation therapy to modulate healing and control infection {Virtual} Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy to modulate healing and control infection Q&A session MR302 & 303																																																																[3AU] Veterinary Medicine Made Easy - Wound Care Across Species One health in practice: Bridging human and veterinary wound care Sim Chap Hoong Speaker [Virtual] Practical veterinary wound care: Lessons from companion animal cases Patricia Paskalia Maharani Bakti Putranti Speaker When wildlife becomes the patient: Wound management in human-wildlife conflict cases Panel discussion and Q&A session Patricia Paskalia Maharani Bakti Putranti Speaker Sim Chap Hoong Speaker MR304 & 305																																																																[3AV] Wound Nutrition The missing conversation in wound care: Targeted nutrition for healing Vadivelu Muniandi Speaker L-Arginine supplements Chong Chin Weun Speaker Q&A session MR306																																																																[3AX] Oral and Poster Presentations Precise 1 cm suspension: Application of a supine hammock device in patients with severe sacral pressure injury Yu Chen Speaker Impact of patient behavior on healing outcomes in complex wounds: A mixed-methods observational study Mirian Apaercida de Oliveira de Souza Speaker Application research of special risk early warning management model in the prevention and control of medical device-related pressure injuries in ICU Yan Wang Speaker Oral Poster Break Education and health care systems on community based care of diabetes Bouathep Phouminidr Speaker Immunological and hematological responses to systematic vascular photobiomodulation: Implications for woudn healing - A systematic review STEPHANIE OLIVEIRA DE ARAUJO Speaker Relationship between wound exudate amino acids and microbial dissimilarity in wound and peri-wound skin Mao Kunimitsu Speaker Psychometric validation of the winners tool and its impact on nurses' predictive precision and diabetic wound healing outcomes Widasari Sri Gitarja Speaker MR307, 308, 309 & 310																																																																[3AM] Surgical Intervention to Save Diabetic Foot Ulcer: What is the Way forward? {Virtual} From ulcer to limb salvage: Redefining surgical responsibility in modern diabetic foot care Sangeetha Kalabhairav Speaker Essential interventions in DF surgery: Safeguarding against amputation Surgical management of DFU in Asia Pacific Region: Past, Present & Future Aziz Nather Speaker Q&A session Plenary Hall																																																																[3AS] Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) AMS in emergency and critical care case studies: when stewardship succeeds — and when it fails Daiwon Jun Speaker {Virtual} The role of pharmacy in a multidisciplinary approach to antimicrobial stewardship Barbara R Conway Speaker Q&A session Plenary Theatre
12:45 14:15	Sponsored Lunch Symposium - Solventum Ballroom 1																																																																Sponsored Lunch Symposium Ballroom 2																																																																Prevent Skin & Wound Complications: Assess, Prevent and Successfully Manage MARSI and Exudate-Related Maceration - Essity Build-up Introduction Karen Ousey Speaker Skin matters: Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on MARSI: Impact, prevention, management and gaps Kevin Woo Speaker Uncovering the hidden burden of maceration: From application of the new MATE Scale to Real-World Cases Daiwon Jun Speaker Karen Ousey Speaker Q&A session Karen Ousey Moderator Conference Hall 1																																																																Sponsored Lunch Symposium - ConvaTec Conference Hall 2																																																																Sponsored Lunch Symposium - Smith & Nephew Conference Hall 3																																																																LUNCH Foyer																																																																Sponsored Lunch Symposium MR302 & 303																																																																Wound Balance in Clinical Practice: Impact on Healing and Patient Outcomes - Paul Hartmann Wound balance: A line in the sand for global wound care Wendy White Speaker Early intervention with wound balance, BIOMES and SAP dressings – United States clinical approach Wound balance in practice: A global framework with Australian adaptation for person-centred wound care Terry Swanson Speaker Q&A session MR304 & 305
14:15 15:30	[3AZ] Multidisciplinary Approach Sports and wound management The management of trauma wounds in active sports Geoffrey Sussman Speaker Case discussions Kamaljeet Singh Speaker Q&A session Ballroom 1																																																																[3ABA] Deploying AI at Scale Where are we in terms of AI in wound care? Karen Ousey Speaker From wound data to clinical intelligence: How AI analytics can change practice at scale Patrick Cheng Speaker AI-enabled “Smart Dressings” Surgical wound surveillance Bob Bartlett Speaker Q&A session Ballroom 2																																																																[3ABB] Future Technologies Milind Ruke Moderator Intelligent dressings Milind Ruke Speaker Use of thermography with low-cost sensors for nursing, and the possibility of developing research lines focused on biofilm description in wounds Sergio Andres Machado Passio Speaker Q&A session Conference Hall 1																																																																[3ABC] Oncological Wounds Oncology and chemotherapy Radiation associated dermatitis Q&A session Conference Hall 2																																																																[3ABD] Traumatic Wounds Necrotising fascitis, infection and pain Zulfiqarali G Abbas Speaker Treatment therapies e.g. closure techniques e.g., sutures, staples Luinio S. Tongson Speaker Q&A session Conference Hall 3																																																																[3ABI] Patient Experience Sharing Session Healing beyond the wound: A patient's journey through biology, psychology and hope Patient 1 - My journey: Living with a complex wound Patient 2 - Finding hope beyond the wound MR301																																																																[3ABF] Veterinary Medicine Economic sustainability of veterinary wound services Sim Chap Hoong Speaker Metalosis and its management in animals Antimicrobial resistance in animal chronic wound Ika Nindya Irianti Speaker Q&A session MR302 & 303																																																																[3ABG] Setting Wound Centers Jacqui Fletcher Moderator Nurse-led wound centers: Advancing quality, safety, and patient outcomes Joseph Imperial Speaker Solving the puzzle of complicated patient situation and unsupportive regulation through Nurse-led wound care clinic in community setting Ahmad Hasyim Wibisono Speaker MR304 & 305																																																																[3ABH] Atypical Wounds Vasculitis Atypical wounds vasculitis Atypical wounds in a nurse-led interdisciplinary clinic: Prevalence, pitfalls, and transforming practice Aiwei Foster Speaker Atypical wounds from North American perspectives Laura Swoboda Speaker Q&A session MR306																																																																[3ABJ] Chinese Tissue Repair Society (CTRS) Optimal choice of wound coverage: Considerations beyond healing Bing Wen Speaker Hemodialysis access-related upper arm venous ulcer Zhenya Yu Speaker Modified surgical management of hand deformities in patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa Dan Deng Speaker {Virtual} Promotion of standardized wound care clinical pathways vis integrated healthcare framework to empower primary care nurses in Zhejiang, China - Progress, bottlenecks and innovative solutions under the medical consortium model Hongyang Hu Speaker Clinical practice in addressing complex non-healing wounds following thoracotomy for successful chest wall reconstruction Xiaoye TUO Speaker Effects of bismuth subgallate with borneol cream on chronic refractory wounds SHI YULAN Speaker Community-based wound care specialty development under a systematic referral-support strategy: a replicable model from China's capital Jin Liu Speaker Q&A session MR307, 308, 309 & 310																																																																[3AY] ALPS@WUWHS: Toe and Flow in 3 Minutes: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Limb Preservation Introduction to ALPS & session framing Georgia Krehbiel Speaker The 3-Minute diabetic foot exam (“Toe”) David Armstrong Speaker Flow: Vascular assessment & decision-making Tze Woei Tan Speaker Podiatric surgery & structural solutions Cyandi Dove Speaker Panel discussion, Q&A session and closing David Armstrong Speaker Tze Woei Tan Speaker Georgia Krehbiel Moderator Plenary Hall																																																																[3ABE] Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Resistant wound infections (MRSA, Pseudomonas, ESBLs), stewardship in trauma, burns, and surgical pathways {Virtual} Antiseptics, disinfectants, surfactants – what is the difference, which to use to minimise AMR Q&A session Plenary Theatre
15:30 16:30	Plenary 2 - Bacterio Phage Therapy and Wound Healing: From Bench to Bedside V.K Shukla Speaker Plenary Hall
16:30 16:45	COFFEE BREAK Foyer
16:45 18:00	[3ABL] Workshop Conference Hall 1																																																																[3ABM] Workshop Conference Hall 2																																																																[3ABN] Traumatic Wounds Antimicrobials, skin grafting, NPWT, wound dressings Mohamed Waheed Speaker {Virtual} From visible to infrared: A new spectral approach to predicting surgical site infection Charmaine Childs Speaker Q&A session Conference Hall 3																																																																[3ABS] Blistering Matters: From Evidence to Action in Preventing Skin Harm Karen Ousey Speaker Harikrishna K.R. Nair Moderator MR301																																																																[3ABP] Veterinary Medicine {Virtual} Disaster management and animal rescue in Brazil Marco Scienza Speaker [Virtual] Pressure injury and offloading management in veterinary patients Patricia Paskalia Maharani Bakti Putranti Speaker Q&A session MR302 & 303																																																																[3ABQ] Charcot Symposium Jacqui Fletcher Moderator Charcot foot in the local setting: Philippines Enrico de Jesus Speaker Q&A session MR304 & 305																																																																[3ABR] Malnutrition Healing starts with nutrition: An oncology dietitian’s perspective on cancer-related malnutrition Norsuhaila Sha'ari Speaker Malnutrition screening in patients with chronic wounds Q&A session MR306																																																																[3ABT] Free Paper Presentation Effectiveness of a silver nanoparticle-coated bio-cellulose wound dressing on microbial bioburden and healing of hard-to-heal chronic wounds ⁠Jaraspas Wongviseskarn Speaker Matriderm dermal replacement matrix: Protection and prevention of adhesion in late tenorrhaphy Francisco Lopes Moreira Tostes Speaker MR307, 308, 309 & 310																																																																[3ABK] Diabetic Foot Ulcer: What are Modalities of Wound Care? Evidence-based infection management in chronic wounds: Bridging guidelines and clinical reality Paulo Jorge Pereira Alves Speaker Wound biofilm: its treatment and prevention strategies Ewa Klara Stuermer Speaker Global paradigm shift in wound care: From basic nursing to specialized practice Elizabeth Babalola Speaker The impotence of real world evidence in Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) research Windy Cole Speaker Ethical and practical considerations in conducting wound care research Kimberly LeBlanc Speaker Q&A session Plenary Hall																																																																[3ABO] Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Educating the workforce and patients/public about AMS Corinne Scicluna Speaker Nicoletta Frescos Speaker PATRICIA IDENSOHN Speaker Q&A session Plenary Theatre
18:45 22:00	Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony