Programme overview available for download
EPUAP 2026 scientific programme is taking shape!
It will run in 4 parallel sessions filled with key sessions led by over 40 international experts, 7 hands on workshops (targeting both clinical and research practice), panel debates, mentoring sessions, free paper sessions where to discuss your research in highly focused international groups and more!
Key session talks will orbit around the following topics:
- Sustaining Prevention & Treatment: Person-Centred PU Care Across the Lifespan
- Sustaining PU Prevention and Treatment in the Community
- Sustaining Research on PU Prevention and Treatment
- Sustainable Education for PU Prevention and Treatment
- Sustaining Pre-Clinical Research for PU Prevention and Treatment
- Sustainable Product Design and Medical Innovation for PU Prevention and Treatment
- Sustaining PU Prevention and Treatment in the Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Community
- Sustaining Healthcare Professionals Engaged in PU Prevention and Treatment
- Sustaining Ulcer Care: Commonalities with VLU and DFU
- Sustaining PU Prevention and Treatment in Critical Care Settings
- Sustaining PU Prevention and Treatment in Differing Skin Types
- Sustaining the International Guidelines and Collaboration in PU Prevention, Treatment and Research
EPUAP is excited to present an important panel debate in the 2025 annual meeting programme:
Date and time: 24th September, 16:45 – 17:45
Title: Moral Distress and Missed Care
How can we prevent pressure ulcers with less resources – lack of human and material resources?
Moderator: Dimitri Beeckman
Confirmed panelists: Andrea Pokorná (Professor of Nursing Science at the Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic), Leena Berg (Plastic surgeon, University of Oulu, Finland), Britt Hansen (Registered Nurse at University Centre for Wound healing at the Odense University, Denmark), Steven Smet (Registered Nurse at the Wound Care Centre at the Ghent University Hospital, Belgium)
In today’s healthcare systems, professionals are increasingly confronted with the ethical and emotional burden of moral distress—especially when care is missed due to a lack of staff or essential materials. This panel debate will examine how these challenges impact the prevention of pressure ulcers, a critical yet resource-intensive aspect of patient safety. Drawing on diverse perspectives from policy, clinical practice, and frontline care, panellists will explore how healthcare systems can adapt, support staff well-being, and maintain quality standards in low-resource environments.
Audience engagement will be a key part of the session, using electronic polling to capture real-time views and experiences. Participants will also have the opportunity to submit questions to the panel, promoting a dynamic and inclusive discussion aimed at identifying practical strategies and advocating for systemic change.
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. Šafárik, 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
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