Preliminary Programme

Thematic Areas

Technology in Dysphagia Management
Personalised Dysphagia Management and Individualised Treatments
Addressing the Gap in Applicability of Clinical Guidelines

Location: Main Room, Evgenidio Foundation, Athens

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Day 1 – Thursday, 9 October 2025

7:45 – 9:00 Registration
Lobby - Ground Floor
9:00 – 10:15

Keynote Lecture 1

Pediatric Dysphagia: What We Know and What We Don’t Know.
Maureen Lefton-Grief

Round Table Discussion and Free Paper Session 1
   
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
Poster Viewing Session 1		 10:00 - 11:00
ESSD Board Meeting
10:45 – 11:15  Welcome Ceremony and Conference Opening
11:15 – 12:00 Presidential Symposium
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch "Navigating the Challenges of Dysphagia, Malnutrition,
and Sarcopenia in Older Adults" Satellite Symposium sponsored by NESTLÉ
13:00 – 13:45

Keynote Lecture 2

Brain mechanisms involved in taste, oral somatosensory signals including fat texture,
food reward value, emotion, and decision-making
Edmund Rolls

Round Table Discussion
13:45 – 15:30 Free Paper Session 2
15:30 – 16:30 Coffee Break
Poster Viewing Session 2
16:30 – 17:00 Obituary Session - In Memory of Margaret Walshe
Presenter: Julie Regan
17:00 - 17:30 Free Oral Presentations 3
17:30 – 18:30 ESSD General Assembly
19:30 – 23:00 Chairwoman’s Dinner
 

Day 2 – Friday, 10 October 2025

7:45 – 9:00 Registration
Lobby - Ground Floor
9:00 – 9:30

Keynote Lecture 3

Bridging Dimensional Gaps in the
Understanding of Swallowing Physiology:
The Role of Swallowing CT in Advancing
Dysphagia Assessment
Yoko Inamoto

 9:00 - 10:00
Hosted by World Dysphagia (WDS)
Coalition initiative
9:30 – 10:00
WDS Oral Presentations		  
10:00 – 10:45 Free Oral Presentations 4
10:45 – 11:45 Coffee Break
Poster Viewing Session 3
11:45 - 12:15

Keynote Lecture 4

Targeted Neuromodulation for Neurogenic Dysphagia: Recent Advances
Ivy Cheng

Round Table Discussion
12:15 – 13:00 Free Oral Presentations 5
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch A Lunch-Symposium sponsored by Phagenesis
14:00 – 15:00 Free Oral Presentations 6
15:00 – 16:30 Guidelines & Consensus – Technology Advances
16:30 – 17:30 Coffee Break Clinical Applications of Tongue Strength Measurement and
Rehabilitation Symposium sponsored IOPI Medical
17:00 – 17:30 Poster Viewing Session 4
17:30 – 18:30 Free Oral Presentations 7
19:30 – 23:00 Conference Dinner
 

Day 3 – Saturday, 11 October 2025

7:45 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:45

Keynote Lecture 5

Between Breath and Bite: The Dysphagia Dilemma in Critical Care
Paul Muhle

Round Table Discussion
9:45 – 10:30 Free Oral Presentations 8
10:30 – 11:30 Coffee Break
Poster Viewing Session 5
11:30 – 12:15

Keynote Lecture 6

Management and surgical treatment of oropharyngeal dysphagia from an Otolaryngologist perspective
Ozan Ozgursoy

Round Table Discussion
12:15 – 13:00 Free Oral Presentations 9
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Industry Lunch Symposium by Nutricia
14:15 – 15:30

Keynote Lecture 7

Integrating PROMs and CROMs in the Diagnostic Pathway
for Dysphagia in Head & Neck Cancer: Toward Patient-Centered Care

Laura Baijens
15:30 – 16:30 Case Seminar: “My Most Interesting Case” and Free Oral Presentations
16:30 – 16:45 Awards & Closing Ceremony