Event Details
12th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain
02 - 05 November 2026
As an endorsing organisation, MII Faculty and MDT Diploma members are eligible for a reduced registration fee.
MISSION AND INVITATION
We would like to invite you to join us in Porto, Portugal for the 12th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Girdle Pain. Held every three years and attracting around 1000 participants, it is the only truly multidisciplinary conference on lumbopelvic pain.
This global congress invites practitioners, academics, researchers and policy makers from all continents and from clinical areas as wide ranging as medicine, orthopedics, neuro-surgery, physiotherapy, chiropractic, biomechanics, osteopathy, manual therapy, exercise therapy, myotherapy, and sports medicine. The content of this educational program is determined by rigorous assessment, medical practice, literature and chart review. All programs so far presented have been accredited internationally and by all professional organizations endorsing the programs.
This 4-day congress will be held between November 2-5 2026 at the Alfândega do Porto Congress Centre, Porto.
If you wish to be kept informed, please leave your email address on the website www.worldcongresslbp.com and you will be automatically updated on the latest news.
PROGRAM CHAIRS:
- Paul Hodges, Australia
- Lieven Danneels, Belgium
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Andry Vleeming, Britt Stuge, Jaap van Dieën, Bengt Sturesson, Robert Schleip, Carla Stecco, Hanne Albert, Jan Hartvigsen, Bart Koes
BACKGROUND
The World Congress Series on Low Back and Pelvic Pain was initiated to promote and facilitate interdisciplinary knowledge and consensus on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic lumbopelvic pain.
| 1992 San Diego, USA | 2001 Montreal, Canada | 2010 Los Angeles, USA |
| 1995 La Jolla, USA | 2004 Melbourne, Australia | 2013 Dubai, UAE |
| 1998 Vienna, Austria | 2007 Barcelona, Spain | 2016 Singapore |
| 2019 Antwerp, Belgium | 2023 Melbourne, Australia | 2026 Porto, Portugal |
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Venue and address
Alfândega do Porto Congress Centre
Address
Alfândega do Porto Congress Centre
R. Nova da Alfândega 59
Porto
Portugal