Programme overview

Programme overview available for download

Rich scientific programme

  • 12 Key sessions led by key opinion leaders
  • New and traditional EPUAP hands on workshops
  • Free paper and Student Free paper sessions
  • Focus on both research and practice areas
  • Awards sessions
  • Half-day Finnish stream

Networking opportunities

  • Wide range of networking opportunities
  • Large and lively exhibition area
  • Industry symposia and workshops
  • Guest sessions

Panel debate

EPUAP 2025 will bring a panel discussion around the important topic of ethical stress of health care professionals: “How can we prevent pressure ulcers with less resources – lack of money, lack of nurses?

The Key session Speakers will be announced soon!

Confirmed Key Session Speakers at EPUAP 2024

Dr. Elisabeth Ayello – Excelsior College of Nursing, USA
Prof. Katrin Balzer – University of Lübeck, Germany
Prof. Dimitri Beeckman – Ghent University, Belgium & Orebro University, Sweden
Dr. Joyce Black – University of Nebraska, USA

Dr. Mohamed Bouri – EPFL, Switzerland
Dr. Guido Ciprandi – Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital, Italy

Dr. Susanne Coleman – University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Dr. Matteo di Nardo – Bambino Gesu Childrens’s Hospital, Italy

Ms. Rie Fujisawa – OECD
Prof. Amit Gefen – Tel Aviv University, Israel
Prof. Georgina Gethin – University of Galway, Ireland
Beata Gress-Halasz PhD – University of P.J. Å afárik, Slovakia

Mr. Tino Jucker – ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Jan Kottner – Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Dr. Ana Lamza – Sv. Duh, Croatia
Dr. Abigail Langton – University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Philip Larkin PhD – Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

Prof. Zena Moore – Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Ms. Delia Muir – University of Leeds, UK
Mr. Diego Paez-Grandos – ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Andrea Pokorna – Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
Prof. Sebastien Probst – Geneva School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
Prof. Pierre-Yves Rohan – ENSAM, France

Dr. Anna-Barbara Schluer – Children’s Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Ms. Dominique Sigaudo-Roussel – Universite Claude Bernard Lyon, France
Ms. Knaerke Soegaard – Odense University Hospital, Denmark
Dr. Silvia Thomann – Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Mr. Menno van Etten, Norway
Prof. Daphne Weihs – Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Mr. Boas Wijker – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hannah Wilson PhD – Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Ms. Pauline Wilson – RCSI St. James’ Hospital, Ireland
Dr. Peter Worsley – University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Sofia Zahia PhD – University of Deusto, Spain

Key sessions led by opinion leaders

Large exhibition area & Industry workshops

Award sessions

Wide range of networking opportunities

Download the EPUAP 2023 Abstract book here

Confirmed Key Session speakers

  • Prof. Amit Gefen, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • Prof. Andrea Pokorná, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
  • RN MSc. Anika Fourie, Ghent University, Belgium
  • Dr. Anna-Barbara Schlüer RN, Children’s Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
  • Prof. Barnaby C Reeves, University of Bristol, UK
  • Prof. Brendan McCormack, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Dr. Caroline McGraw, University of London, UK
  • Dr. Clare Greenwood, University of Leeds, UK
  • Dr. Chunhu Shi, University of Manchester, UK
  • Ms. Delia Muir, University of Leeds, UK
  • Prof. Dimitri Beeckman, Ghent University, Belgium; Orebro University, Sweden
  • Prof. Franco Bassetto, University of Padova, Italy
  • Prof. Guido Ciprandi, Bambino Gesu’ Children’s Hospital Rome, Italy
  • Prof. Jan Kottner, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
  • Prof. Joyce Black, University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, USA
  • Prof. Jane Nixon, University of Leeds, UK
  • Prof. Jo Dumville, University of Manchester, UK
  • Prof. Lisette Schoonhoven, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • Dr. Lisa Ledger, University of Derby, UK
  • Prof. Liudi Jiang, University of Southampton, UK
  • Dr. Neesha Oozageer Gunowa, University of Surrey, UK
  • Dr. Noreen O´Brien, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
  • Dr. Paulo Alves, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
  • Dr. Peter Worsley, University of Southampton, UK
  • Prof. Sebastian Probst, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Geneva
  • RN Msc. Steven Smet, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
  • Dr. Susanne Coleman, University of Leeds, UK
  • Msc Zainaba Jones, Malmo Stad, Sweden
  • Prof. Zena Moore, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland