CSP assistant director Ruth ten Hove highlights why this year’s annual conference will focus on future directions in physiotherapy
As a profession, we face both challenges and opportunities in continuing to deliver high quality physiotherapy to the population, which is becoming more complex, where healthy life expectancy is continuing to show significant difference between the richest and poorest, and where technology is moving at tremendous pace.
These issues will underpin the programme or CSP Conference 2025 at the ICC Wales, in Newport, from 21-22 November.
The conference will provide members with a valuable opportunity to join over 1,200 attendees across two days to develop, connect and celebrate physiotherapy.
It also offers access to more than 50+ hours of continuing professional development as we showcase the latest clinical, research, education and policy developments in physiotherapy. In addition, delegates also have full access to the poster hall and all online and recorded content after the event.
Many members have told us about the benefits of the connections they have made at previous conferences, for work, for collaborations and for friendships. The benefit of being able to provide this unique space and opportunity for physiotherapists to network is an area we are strengthening for this year’s conference.
Broadening content
Led by all our networks – CSP regions and countries, professional and diversity networks – there will be some great sessions to choose from within the exhibition hall and the networking space.
The digital and data transformation sessions at last year’s conference proved to be extremely popular, and so we will be planning to build on this at the 2025 event, with a ‘transformational technology’ theme.
Setting the scene for conference, this year’s Founder’s lecturer, associate professor Michael Rowe, will bring a wealth of expertise to share how the increasing use and potential of AI is shaping the direction of clinical practice and professional education.
We’re also working with the professional networks to develop the programme within the ‘rehabilitation challenge’ and ‘active lives’ themes, so that physiotherapists feel more equipped to enable people with complex and comorbid conditions to experience the best quality of life. And how we ensure that we are building these approaches in how we invest and develop our staff will be the focus of our ‘future workforce’ theme.
Alongside symposiums, abstract sessions and keynote speaker presentations, we will be hosting workshops and master classes for members newer to the profession - or those looking for a change in direction - so they have access to relevant skills and capabilities development.
We are also extending the conference abstract portal to a wider range of peer reviewed content, including case studies, case reports and service evaluations.
We will provide members with new opportunities to share their work in different ways, to engage in discussion and build collaborations.
We will also be hosting several webinars throughout the early part of 2025 to explain the requirements for this new approach and how to get involved.
We look forward to seeing you at this year’s conference.
A host of benefits
Members who attended last year’s conference told us:
‘I made numerous connections with potential future employers, learned a lot about different areas of interest and further developed connections to help with my own research as well as was presented with opportunities to join numerous boards and observation opportunities.’
‘The prisons presentation was very interesting and highlighted a section of the workforce that I was aware of but hadn’t really thought about. I will be linking with them in future.’
‘I gained a wider perspective of approaches to practice and lots of helpful practice tips. I learnt about the CORE20plus5 and thought about how to use this in our local area. I learnt about other pathways to helping develop digital skills in the team.’
‘Very useful for our QI module looking at gaps and areas of healthcare in the future through a panel. The student abstracts were also helpful for my dissertation module to see examples of other projects.’
More information
Details on how to purchase early bird tickets, contribute abstracts and case studies and submission dates can be found here on our website.
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