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Travel stipends: Open for applications until the end of October
Attendees from low or lower middle income countries, as well as emerging speakers, can submit their applications for a travel stipend to OTWorld 2026 until the end of October. Congress organiser Confairmed GmbH will award scholarships to cover travel and accommodation expenses.
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Special Exhibition “From Early Support to Employment: Enabling Participation through Orthopaedic Treatment and Care” at OTWorld 2026
Under the motto “From Early Support to Employment: Enabling Participation through Orthopaedic Treatment and Care” the special exhibition “Living with neurological conditions” will take place at OTWorld 2026 in Leipzig. Conceived by rehaVital, one of Germany’s largest healthcare provider networks and held under the patronage of the German Association of Orthopaedic Technology (BIV-OT), the exhibition highlights how people with neurological conditions can be supported from early childhood through to working life. At its core is the question of how optimal medical aids, interprofessional orthopaedic treatment and care and social support can enable participation in all stages of life.
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Disaster conference at OTWorld 2026: Learning from mistakes – submit treatment cases now!
The programme committee is developing a new and deliberately unusual format for the OTWorld 2026 World Congress (19–22 May in Leipzig): the Disaster Conference. The focus will be on treatment cases that have taken an unexpected turn – and precisely because of this offer valuable insights for practical care.
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Call for Papers – Become part of the OTWorld Congress Programme 2026 – You make the difference!
Whether innovative studies, groundbreaking research results, technical innovations or exemplary treatment cases - your expertise counts!
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New ideas for orthopaedic treatment and care: Dr Doris Maier and Thomas Münch shape the world congress of OTWorld 2026 as congress presidents
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