Associations

 Olav Toornend has been president of the International Association of Orthopaedic Footwear Technicians (IVO) since October 2021. We asked him about his expectations regarding the IVO Congress in Cologne on October 14-15, 2022.

The Pedorthic Association of Australia (PAA) invites its members, the wider foot related network and allied health colleagues to the first face-to-face PAA conference since their pre-pandemic event in 2019.

The Pedorthics program at Southern Cross University (SCU), Australia, which was launched only a few years ago, is to be discontinued under the university's current plans. The Pedorthic Association of Australia (PAA) is seeking support to preserve this important program for the education and advancement of the profession.

PAC is pleased to announce the 2022 Symposium with options to attend both in person in Winnipeg, MB through real-time streaming. Over two days, 11 speakers will present on a variety of topics around this year’s theme: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Chronic Pain and Pedorthics.

To celebrate the start of a new year and a new decade, the Pedorthic Association of Australia (PAA) is proud to announce the launch of a new logo.

In 2010 the Pedorthic Association of Canada (PAC) for the first time expressed its desire to draw up practical clinical guidelines. They were supposed to assist the members in the treatment of their patients and to standardize the treatment process, but they were also supposed to enable a dialogue with the public, other health professions and political decision makers on pedorthic foot care.

Everyone would like to protect the environment. But when it comes to paying more for products that are produced in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner, most people are no longer interested in protecting the environment. What you experience in many areas also applies to shoes.

The 16^th IVO Japan congress in Fukuoka was successfully held on 25 and 26 January with more than 240 participants.

There is a large, unmet need for assistive technology worldwide. This was highlighted in the WHO-UNICEF Global Report on Assistive Technology (AT) report published this spring.