World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 2015

the 9th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) that will be held in Berlin from 19-23 June 2015. In the middle of the century we hope to organise an outstanding event with important scientific outcomes and educational contents at a top level. Additionally, we hope that you will experience an open and relaxed atmosphere as a basis of a good and intense communication among colleagues from all around the world. Many national and international scientific societies and organisations support us in this goal, in particular the three main European bodies of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine1.

In order to prepare a scientific programme at the highest possible level, we will invite speakers who are top quality experts in their fields and chose 9 main topics of recent interest in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. To structure the original papers, we will use the recent published ISPRM topic list2 that provides a comprehensive structure of science in our field. The sessions of these topics will be introduced by a lecture of an internationally recognised expert in the area followed by original papers. Additionally, we will provide a large spectrum of other sessions, such as hands-on-workshops and seminars, sessions for medical students and young scientists as well as special interest sessions of collaboration partners and national societies that are member of the ISPRM. Furthermore, a plenary session deals with recent topics of the ISPRM-WHO liaison, with regard to ISPRM´s special role as NGO in official relation with World Health Organization (WHO).