Agenda
Morning Programme
| 08:00 | Registration, Tea & Coffee with Trade Exhibition & Poster Viewing |
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| 09:00 |
Welcome Professor John McCabe, President, Irish Spine Society Professor Joseph Butler, Secretary, Irish Spine Society |
| 09:05 | Free Paper Session 1 |
| 10:05 | Questions & Answers |
| 10:25 |
WINNER IN SPINE by ISSLS Dr Terence McSweeney, Assistant Professor, University of Limerick School of Medicine, Ireland The winner of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) Prize in Clinical Science 2026: Data-driven trajectories of lumbar spine degeneration in chronic low back pain |
| 10:40 | Questions & Answers |
| 10:50 | Tea & Coffee with Trade Exhibition & Poster Viewing |
| 11:25 |
WINNERS IN SPINE – brought to you by Eurospine and EuSSAB Dr Jarkko Halme, Spine Surgeon, Kuopio University Hospital Mr Jeroen Huybregts, Neurosurgeon, University Neurosurgical Center Holland Leiden-The Hague The Winner of the EuSSAB Award Winning Lectures of European Spine Societies: Surgical versus conservative treatment for odontoid fractures in the elderly: an international prospective comparative study Dr Teija Lund, Senior Consultant, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland The Winner of the Eurospine Best of Show Award: Progression of lumbar disc degeneration: a 26-year follow-up study of healthy individuals from childhood to adulthood |
| 12:05 | Round Table Discussion with Questions & Answers |
| 12:20 |
President’s Address Professor John McCabe, Personal Professor of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery, Bon Secours Hospital Galway and University of Galway |
| 12:40 | Lunch followed by Trade Exhibition & Poster Viewing |
Afternoon Programme
| 13:40 | Free Paper Session 2 |
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| 14:40 | Questions & Answers |
| 15:00 |
Mr Sudarshan Munigangaiah, Consultant Paediatric and Adult Spinal Surgeon, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool and The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, UK Challenges in the delivery of paediatric and adult spine deformity services – a UK perspective |
| 15:15 |
Mr Patrick Kiely, Consultant Paediatric and Spine Surgeon, Crumlin Children’s Hospital, Dublin Challenges in the delivery of paediatric and adult spine deformity services – an Irish perspective |
| 15:30 | Questions & Answers |
| 15:45 | Tea & Coffee with Trade Exhibition & Poster Viewing (30 mins) |
| 16:15 |
Professor John McCabe, President, Irish Spine Society Ms Ruth Kiely, Programme Manager National Clinical Programme for Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) A Review of the Orthopaedic Model of Care Document for Spine Surgery in Ireland – Planning the Future |
| 16:45 | Round Table Discussion with Questions & Answers |
| 17:15 | Presentation of Free Paper Awards & Closing Remarks |
| 17:30 | Conference Ends |