EACD 2026 Awards Celebration Event!
When: 7 October 2026, 11:00-13:00h CEST (Brussels time)
Where: Online
As part of EACD's mission and strategy to celebrate excellence in research for the benefit of people with childhood-onset disabilities, we are planning the EACD 2025 Award Celebration Event on Wednesday October 7th, 11:00-13:00h CEST. During this online event we will give the platform to the EACD 2026 award winners to give a 10-min presentation (including a few min for Q&A) to the EACD community about their work that was awarded.
This event is free for EACD members. Non-members can attend for a fee of 10 euros.
Event outline (timings in CEST):
11:00 - 11:10 Opening & Welcome
11:10 - 11:20 Dr. Carly Luke - The University of Queensland, Australia
Decoding Early Motor Behaviour: infant neuromotor trajectories across evidence-based tools predict neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years
11:20 - 11:30 Dr. Katarina Ostojic – University of Sydney, Australia
EPIC-CP: a pilot feasibility trial to address the unmet social needs of families of children with cerebral palsy
11:30 - 11:40 Sayak Chowdhury - ¹Reha-Fit Gesundheitszentrum, Physiotherapy, Bavaria, Germany; ²Asha Bevan Centre for Cerebral Palsy, Howrah, India;
Implementation of a community-based early detection program for infants at high risk of cerebral palsy in a low-middle income country
11:40 - 11:50 Dr. Ignacio Martínez-Caballero - Hospital Niño Jesús Madrid, Spain, Orthopedic Surgery, Madrid
EXPLORER: A Personal Exoskeleton for Families to Assist Children with Mobility Impairments in Home and Community Settings
11:50 - 12:00 Christina Esmann Fonvig & Dr. Gija Rackauskaite - Cerebral Palsy Follow-up Program (CPOP) / Aarhus University, Denmark
Multidisciplinary cross-sectoral collaboration improves quality of follow-up of children with cerebral palsy
12:00 - 12:10 Dr. Benjamin Pardowitz - RooWalk Mobility GmbH
Dynamic Gait Assistance: Enhancing Balance, Motion, and Independence
12:10 - 12:20 Melese Sinaga Teshome - Jimma, Ethiopia / Uhasselt
Effect of high-intensity motor learning and dietary supplementation on motor skill-related physical fitness in 5-7 years old children with moderate thinness living in Southwest, Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
12:20 - 12:30 Prof. Oliver Wendt - University of Potsdam, Faculty of Human Sciences, Cognitive and Emotional Disabilities, Germany; Purdue University, Department of Human Development and Family Science, USA
SPEAKall! and SPEAKvision! Research-based Mobile Applications for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in Autism Spectrum Disorder
12:30 - 12:40 Manjula Manikandan & Dr. Grace Lavelle - Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, School of Physiotherapy, Dublin, Ireland
The prevalence of mental health difficulties and mental disorders among children with cerebral palsy
12:40 - 12:50 Lorenz Kiwull & Kirsten Eschermann - Paracelsus Medical University, Austria
Empowering Patients in Research: Insights from the World’s Largest SYNGAP1 Registry
12:50 - 13:00 Closing Remarks
