Upcoming EACD Online Events

    • 30 Sep 2025
    • 18:30 - 20:00
    • Online
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    EACD Early Career Researchers' Forum: Annual Meeting

    When: 30 September 2025, 18:30-20:00h CEST (Brussels time)

    Where: Online (Zoom)

    Dear Early Career Researchers, we would like to welcome you to the Early Career Researchers' (ECR) Forum Annual Meeting 2025. This is a unique opportunity to hear from this year’s speakers:

    Prof. Giuseppina Sgandurra, University of Pisa, Italy

    Prof. Jeroen Vermeulen, Maastricht UMC+, The Netherlands

    Dr. Saranda Bekteshi, KU Leuven Campus Bruges, Belgium

    Following this, at approximately 19:30h CEST, we will transition into our online ECRF Annual Meeting. During this session, we will present our activities, acknowledge the outgoing board, and propose new board members.

    We look forward to see you at the ECR Forum Annual Meeting!

    Date | Time: Wednesday 30 September 2025 | 18:30-20:00h CEST (Brussels time – but please check your local time)

    A web link will be provided after subscription.

    • 7 Oct 2025
    • 10:00 - 14:00
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    EACD 2025 Awards Celebration Event!

    When: 7 October 2025, 10:00-14:00h CEST (Brussels time)
    Where: Online

    As part of EACD's mission and strategy to celebrate excellence in research for the benefit of people with childhood-onset disabilities, we are planning the EACD 2025 Award Celebration Event on Tuesday October 7th, 10:00-14:00h CEST. During this online event we will give the platform to the EACD/IAACD 2025 award winners to give a 15-min presentation (followed by a 5-min Q&A) to the EACD community about their work that was awarded.

    This event is free for EACD members & EACD/IAACD 2025 congress delegates! Non-members can attend for a fee of 10 euros.

    Event outline (timings in CET):

    10:00 - 10:05 Opening & Welcome

    10:05 - 10:25 Dr. Carly Luke - The University of Queensland, Australia

    Decoding Early Motor Behaviour: infant neuromotor trajectories across evidence-based tools predict neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years

    10:25 - 10:45 Dr. Katarina Ostojic – University of Sydney, Australia

    EPIC-CP: a pilot feasibility trial to address the unmet social needs of families of children with cerebral palsy

    10:45 - 11:05 Sayak Chowdhury -  ¹Reha-Fit Gesundheitszentrum, Physiotherapy, Bavaria, Germany; ²Asha Bevan Centre for Cerebral Palsy, Howrah, India;

    Implementation of a community-based early detection program for infants at high risk of cerebral palsy in a low-middle income country

    11:05 - 11:25 Dr. Ignacio Martínez-Caballero  Hospital Niño Jesús Madrid, Spain, Orthopedic Surgery, Madrid

    EXPLORER: A Personal Exoskeleton for Families to Assist Children with Mobility Impairments in Home and Community Settings

    11:25 - 11:45 Christina Esmann Fonvig & Dr. Gija Rackauskaite - Cerebral Palsy Follow-up Program (CPOP) / Aarhus University, Denmark

    Multidisciplinary cross-sectoral collaboration improves quality of follow-up of children with cerebral palsy

    11:45 - 12:05 Dr. Benjamin Pardowitz -  RooWalk Mobility GmbH

    Dynamic Gait Assistance: Enhancing Balance, Motion, and Independence

    12:05 - 12:25 Melese Sinaga Teshome -  Jimma, Ethiopia / Uhasselt

    Effect of high-intensity motor learning and dietary supplementation on motor skill-related physical fitness in 5-7 years old children with moderate thinness living in Southwest, Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

    12:25 - 12:45 Prof. Oliver Wendt University of Potsdam, Faculty of Human Sciences, Cognitive and Emotional Disabilities, Germany; Purdue University, Department of Human Development and Family Science, USA

    SPEAKall! and SPEAKvision! Research-based Mobile Applications for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in Autism Spectrum Disorder

    12:45 - 13:05 Manjula Manikandan  & Dr. Grace Lavelle Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, School of Physiotherapy, Dublin, Ireland

    The prevalence of mental health difficulties and mental disorders among children with cerebral palsy 

    13:05 - 13:25 Lorenz Kiwull & Kirsten Eschermann - Paracelsus Medical University, Austria

    Empowering Patients in Research: Insights from the World’s Largest SYNGAP1 Registry

    13:25 - 13:45 Claire Marcroft - Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, School of Physiotherapy, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust/Newcastle University, UK

    Understanding parents’/carers experiences of neonatal developmental follow-up for babies born very preterm

    13:45 - 14:00 Closing Remarks


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