Main theme:
Pressure Ulcers: Preventable, Predictable, Yet Persisting - How Do We
Change The Story?
EPUAP 2026
26th Annual Meeting of the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
9 - 11 September 2026
Dublin, Ireland
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Main topics
- Lived experience, patient voice and caregiver partnership
- Risk assessment and early detection to personalised prevention
- Biomechanics, tissue tolerance and pathophysiology
- Support surfaces, positioning, mobility and offloading
- Medical device-related pressure ulcers
- Clinical assessment, differential diagnosis and classification
- Digital health, artificial intelligence and data-enabled care
- Treatment of complex and advanced pressure injuries
- Infection, biofi lm and antimicrobial stewardship
- Person-centred outcomes, recovery, rehabilitation and recurrence
- Special populations and complex care settings
- Guidelines, workforce, economics, policy and sustainability
- Teaching, learning and knowledge translation
EPUAP 2027 Chairs
Pedro Sardo, University of Aveiro
Paulo Alves, Catholic University of Portugal
Alexandre Rodrigues, University of Aveiro
Accreditation
Conference venue
Alfândega do Porto Congress Centre
R. Nova da Alfândega 59, 4050-430 Porto, Portugal
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