Pedorthics Integrated:
Solutions in every step
Pedorthic Conference 2025
Mantra on Salt Beach
Kingscliff NSW 2487
18-20 September 2025
COUNT DOWN TO PEDORTHIC CONFERENCE 2025!
Solutions In Every Step
It is with great excitement that we welcome you to the Pedorthic Conference 2025, the premier event for pedorthic professionals and allied health experts in the Southern Hemisphere. Building on the success of previous conferences, this year’s event promises to be an inspiring gathering of knowledge, innovation, and collaboration.
Pedorthics continues to evolve, driven by advancements in research, technology, and clinical practice. As a profession dedicated to enhancing mobility and improving quality of life, we have made significant strides in foot and lower limb health. This conference serves as a platform to celebrate these achievements, share expertise, and explore new frontiers in pedorthic care.
Over three days, we will engage with leading experts, discuss emerging trends, and gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge solutions in footwear, orthotics, and mobility management. Whether you are a seasoned professional or new to the field, this is an opportunity to deepen your understanding, connect with peers, and contribute to the future of pedorthics.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Mantra on Salt Beach, Kingscliff, for an event that will inspire, educate, and elevate the profession.
We hope to see you at the Pedorthic Conference 2025: Solutions In Every Step in Kingscliff.
Keynote Speaker
Prof Dr Sicco Bus
Joining us as our distinguished keynote presenter is Professor Sicco Bus.
Sicco Bus is a human movement scientist and a professor of clinical biomechanics and principle investigator at the Amsterdam University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Sicco completed his doctoral dissertation on the structural and functional aspects of the neuropathic foot in diabetes. In his work at the department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Amsterdam UMC, Sicco leads and supervises research on lower-extremity biomechanics and injury prevention in diabetes and sports.
Sicco is member of the board and program leader for Rehabilitation & Development of the Amsterdam Movement Sciences research institute. He is also member of the editorial board and chair of the ulcer prevention and offloading working groups of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) on guideline development. Sicco is chair of the study group of Neurovascular Complications of Diabetes in the Netherlands.
Keynote Speaker
Em Prof Dr Klaas Postema
Klaas Postema is a retired professor in Rehabilitation Medicine at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. His first contacts with pedorthics was in 1977. He became interested in the topic and never lost that. Next to pedorthics his interests are into gait analysis with the biomechanics of gait, orthotics and prosthetics. He is author of more than 130 articles and edited two books about pedorthics. The last one is: “Pedorthic footwear; Assessment and treatment”, in which different Australian pedorthists contributed.
Thursday 18 September
Pre-Conference
Workshops
Exhibition Bump-In
PAA Annual General Meeting
Welcome Reception
Friday 19 September
Conference Day 1
Exhibition
Conference Sessions
Conference Dinner
Saturday 20 September
Conference Day 2
Exhibition
Conference Sessions
Exhibition Bump-Out
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