ISPO Triennium report 2010 - 2013

ISPO World Congress
Through its World Congresses, ISPO aims at
stimulating, promoting and disseminating
multidisciplinary prosthetic and orthotic
science, care and education and building the
P&O community.
Since its inception in the early 1970s, ISPO has
organized triennial World Congresses around
the globe. Hosted by an ISPO Member Society,
this premiere global event serves as a forum
for presentations and discussions of advances
and findings in clinical, technical and basic
research. It combines invited and free paper
presentations, instructional courses, specialists
forums, symposia, and poster sessions
with a large trade and scientific exhibition,
and permits personal contacts between
participants on informal and social occasions.
Product demonstrations at exhibition
During the triennium 2010-2013, the ISPO
International Executive Board has made the
strategic decision to move from the three-year
rotation model to a two-year cycle with
a view to increasing visibility of the Society
on a global scale. On an organizational level,
ISPO will continue to work closely with local
and regional organizations. However, ISPO
International will now offer greater guidance
to local Member Societies and streamline
activities through greater standardization to
avoid unnecessary duplications of processes and
procedures and keep tight control on costs.
ISPO World Congress lecture
Increasing the frequency and hence the
geographical rotation of ISPO World Congresses
goes in line with ISPO’s mission to bring
education and information about latest
technologies to P&O and related professionals
in all parts of the world.
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