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The European Forum for Research in Rehabilitation (EFRR) will held its 13th Annual Congress on 6-9 May 2015 in Helsinki, Finland. The congress will be organised by The Society for Rehabilitation Research and Development (SRRD) and EFFR and will include input from a number of stakeholders across the various different fields comprising rehabilitation research – from scientific to practical research. The theme of the 2015 event will be “Being, Doing, Participating,” a reference to the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health.

The President-Elect of the congress is Professor Aarne Ylinen, MD, of the University of Helsinki and the Chair of the Scientific Committee will be Professor Sven Uno Marnetoft, PHD, of the Mid Sweden University, whose institutions are among those cooperating in the organisation of the event.

To find out more about the Annual Congress, you can visit the event’s website here.

> CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The EFRR 2015 Organizing Committee invites authors to submit abstracts within any of the themes within the field of rehabilitation and disciplines close to this field. We seek submissions both for the scientific and the best practice presentations.

Please also note that the deadline for the abstract submission is the 24^th of November, 2014.

 http://www.confedent.fi/efrr2015/abstracts/

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EFFR is the major multidisciplinary rehabilitation research forum in Europe. Its purpose is to advance research and education in biopsychosocial aspects of rehabilitation. The outcomes of such research are implemented and disseminated with the aim of improving both the provision of social, vocational, health-care and rehabilitation services and the standards of practice in these services, for the benefit of people with disabilities. Read more about EFRR here.