As Chairperson and President of the IBIA Eighth World Congress on Brain Injury to be held March 10 - 14, 2010 in Washington, D.C., USA, we would like to invite the participation of all professionals involved with serving persons with acquired brain injury to this international Congress and meeting of minds. Assisted by the Congress Scientific Planning Committee, we are very excited about having the meeting in the United States and in particular, its capital, Washington, D.C. This is the first time in our history that a World Congress has been held in the USA. Washington, D.C. is a culturally diverse city with many fine hotels, restaurants, museums, culture events and historical landmarks. The meeting is expected to be the largest IBIA meeting in our history and in many ways the most exciting. We hope that you will join us for this unprecedented event.

As an added benefit of membership, IBIA produces a quarterly publication, the International NeuroTrauma Letter (NTL), in an electronic format.

The presentation materials of select speakers at the Seventh World Congress on Brain Injury are available for download.

The Seventh World Congress on Brain injury of the International Brain Injury Association was held in conjunction with the Portuguese Society of PRM in Lisbon, Portugal, from April 9-12, 2008. A pre-congress, one day symposium on MTBI, co-sponsored with the World Federation of Neurological Rehabilitation (WFNR), was held on 4/8/08. The event was an overwhelming success with delegates from every corner of the world in attendance.

IBIA World Congress is the largest gathering of international professionals working in the field of brain injury. Delegates are comprised of neurosurgeons, rehabilitation physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, nurses, case managers, legal professionals, advocates and all others working in the field of brain injury. To view the Scientific Programme, click here.

As chairperson and president of the IBIA Seventh World Congress on Brain Injury in Lisbon, Portugal, we would like to invite the participation of all professionals involved with serving persons with acquired brain injury to this international Congress and meeting of minds. We are very excited about having the meeting in Lisbon which, historically, has been the center of one of the biggest empires of all time with colonies in the Americas, Asia and Africa.

The 6 th World Congress on Brain Injury was held in Melbourne, Australia, from the 4-8 th May 2005, in conjunction with the annual scientific meetings of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFRM) and Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI). The Conference Chairman was Dr David Burke and the Scientific Program Chairs were Professor Jennie Ponsford and Associate Professor John Olver, assisted by a committee and conference organizers, International Convention Management Services.