The biggest physiotherapy event in the UK this year

Two days of essential CPD for physiotherapy practitioners, educators, managers, researchers, associate members and students.

More than 70 expert speakers from across the world offer forward-thinking, evidence-based sessions to help physiotherapy professionals sharpen their skills and deliver excellent patient care.

Join your peers in the Birmingham International Convention Centre for cutting edge, patient-centred learning based on real life experiences.

Our hand-picked programme delivers the knowledge you must have to be the best physiotherapy professional you can be.

Themes for 2013

• Health policy & practice
• Musculoskeletal
• Neurology
• Rehabilitation
• Learning and development sessions from the CSP

What will you learn?

To help you explore our programme you may search by the themes (above) but also by learning areas, as follow:

• Embracing opportunity
• Evidence update
• Improving outcomes
• Innovation

Founders’ Lecture 2013

Dr Emma Stokes

Emma qualified as a physiotherapist in 1990 and is a lecturer in physiotherapy and a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. She teaches on the university's programmes in Dublin and Singapore.

Having represented the Irish Society for Chartered Physiotherapists internationally for over a decade, she was elected Vice-President of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy in 2011.

Her research interests include novel forms of exercise after stroke, as well as professional practice issues key to the profession both nationally and internationally such as patient self-referral, outcome evaluation, and advanced physiotherapy practice. Her teaching includes leadership, advocacy and professionalism in physiotherapy.