Program:

Thursday 24 September 2026

08:30-09:00 – Registration and coffee

09:00-09:30 – Opening welcome, Arja Harila, Uppsala University and Erik Normann, Uppsala University Hospital

09:30-10:30 – LECTURE: Acquired Brain Injuries and CNS Tumors in Children: Differences and Consequences on Body Structure, Function, Activity and Participation (preliminary title) – Jan Willem Gorter (Canada)

10:30-11:00 – Coffe break & poster session

11:00-12:30 – SEMINAR: The Cerebellar Mutism Syndrome: Definition, Risk Assessment, Prevention and Treatment – Ditte Boeg Thomsen, Jonathan Kjær Grønbæk, Annesofie Ishøy Nielsen (Denmark) and Karin Persson (Sweden)

12:30-13:30 – Lunch

13:30-15:00 – SEMINAR: Neuro-visual Rehabilitation in Visual Impairments After Childhood Brain Tumors and Other ABIs – Kerstin Hellgren, Helena Söderström, Olga Calcagnile and Åsa Fyrberg Fridlizius (Sweden)

15:00-15:30 – Coffe break & poster session

15:30-16:15 – SEMINAR: Endocrine Late Effects After Childhood Brain Tumor Treatment – Helena Sjöström and Annika Janson (Sweden)

16:15-17:00 – LECTURE: Advancing Rehabilitation for Fatigue and Cognition in Childhood Brain Tumor Survivors: Why Progress Is So Challenging –
                          Ingrid Tonning Olsson (Sweden)

17:00                End  of the day.

18:30 –            Conference dinner – Norrlands Nation

Friday 25 September 2026

09:00-10:00 – LECTURE: Brain, Cognition and Affect in Patients with Hypothalamic-Pituitary Tumors – Jale Özyurt (Germany)

10:00-10:30 – Coffee break & poster session

10:30-11:30 – LECTURE: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Following Pediatric Brain Tumor – Riia Lindblom-Ikonen (Finland)

11:30-12:00 – LECTURE: Educational and Occupational Outcomes in Swedish Children Treated for CNS Tumors – Malin Lönnerblad (Sweden)

12:00-13:00 – Lunch

13:00-14:00 – SEMINAR: –The Consequences of Long-term and Late Effects on Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors´ Everyday Functioning – Anette Aalykkja (Norway) and Goal-oriented and Family-centered Rehabilitation for Children with Brain Tumours in the Child in Context Intervention – Nina Rohrer-Baumgartner (Norway)

14:30-15:00 – Summary and concluding remarks

15:00 –             End of the conference