CFP IFESS25WG
Short Name: IFESS 2025
Conference Name: IFESS 2025: International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society 2025 (part of RehabWeek 2025)
Conference website: https://www.rehabweek.org
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ifess2025
Abstract submission deadline: November 22, 2024
Abstract registration deadline: February 25, 2025
The International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society (IFESS) invites you to submit contributions to our Annual Conference which will take place in Chicago as part of RehabWeek 25 between the 12-16 May 2025.
IFESS is a member-based, not-for-profit community and association dedicated to creating a future in which electrical stimulation technologies and therapies enhance the quality of life.
We have been promoting the awareness, knowledge, and understanding of electrical stimulation technologies and their application since 1995. We bridge research, application, and healthcare to enhance quality of life through advocacy, education, organization of international scientific meetings, and facilitation of inter-professional collaborations through our unique community of clinicians, scientists, and engineers.
Submission Guidelines
All contributions must be original and while you are welcome to submit different contributions to different RehabWeek societies, the same work may only be submitted to one of the RehabWeek societies. Please do not submit the same work to different RehabWeek societies.
IFESS will be accepting scientific contributions one page long, prepared according to the following template. Manuscripts must be submitted in electronic form as a PDF and Word document.
List of Topics
- Targeted stimulation approaches
- New strategies for FES
- Neural mechanisms of neuromodulation
- Controversies in electrical stimulation
- Closed loop neuromodulation and neuroprosthetics
- Optimization of stimulation approaches. Clinical guidelines and efficacy in the clinic
- Hybrid robotic-stimulation approaches
- Neural implants and commercialization
- Epidural and transcutaneous spinal stimulation
- Brain-computer interfacing, augmented reality, gaming, and FES
- FES for the recovery of non-motor functional outcomes (i.e., autonomic nervous system)
- End-user perspectives and quality of life
- Stimulation of denervated muscles
Presentation
Please specify if you would like your contribution to be considered for an oral or poster presentation.
Publication
IFESS accepted contributions will be published in Artificial Organs (only online) as conference proceedings. In addition, your submissions will be made available to all RehabWeek attendees during the conference in electronic form.
We will also organize a special issue in Artificial Organs where invited contributions will have an opportunity to be submitted for consideration as a peer-reviewed full journal paper. Please indicate in the submission form if you would be interested in having your submission considered for this special issue.
Vodovnik Award
The Vodovnik Award will be presented to the three best student IFESS member papers (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) at IFESS 2025. All student submissions participating in the Vodovnik paper competition should be student members of IFESS, undergraduate or graduate students (up to and including doctorate student: PhD, MD, DVM, etc.), and is the first author on the contribution. The student must attend the conference and provide the presentation to be eligible for this award.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to ifess25@ifess.org