International Expertise and Experience

DAY 1
DAY 2

Ukrainian Expertise and Experience

Online Marathon

LIMITLESS ABILITIES

Amputation. Rehabilitation. Socail Adaptation.
4-5 October 2025

PROGRAM

Day 1

08:30 - 09:00 - Gathering and Connecting

09:00 - 09:30 - Antonina Kumka (Ukraine), Introductory remarks

09:30 - 10:15 - Anton Johannesson (Sweden), Optimal levels of limb amputation for effective prosthetics

10:15 - 10:30 - Q&A

10:30 - 11:15 - Ukraine

11:15 - 11:30 - Q&A

11:30 - 11:45 - Break

11:45 - 12:30 - Robert Westergren (Norway), How the system of providing assistive devices in Norway contributes to the effective return of patients to society

12:30 - 12:45 - Q&A

12:45 - 13:00 - Break

13:00 - 13:45 - Simon Ramstrand (Sweden), How the system of providing assistive devices in Sweden contributes to the effective return of patients to society

13:45 - 14:00 - Q&A

14:00 - 14:45 - Claudia Ghidini (United Kingdom), Prosthetics in pediatrics: growth-related problems, pain, and compensation strategies

14:45 - 15:00 - Q&A

15:00 - 15:30 - Break

15:30 - 16:15 - Christoffer Lindhe (Sweden), Restoring confidence, returning to normal life, and technologies that facilitate this

16:15 - 16:30 - Q&A

16:30 - 17:15 - Jon Batzdorff (USA), Prosthetics for effective return to normal life

17:15 - 17:30 - Q&A

17:30 - 18:00 - Summary

PROGRAM

Day 2

08:30 - 09:00 - Gathering and Connecting

09:00 - 09:30 - Antonina Kumka (Ukraine), Introductory remarks

09:30 - 10:15 - Taras Tarasenko (Ukraine), Legislative initiatives that promote the rehabilitation and social adaptation of people with limb loss, especially veterans

10:15 - 10:30 - Q&A

10:30 - 11:15 - Olena Volynets (Ukraine), The role of a Doctor of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine in the rehabilitation of patients with limb loss

11:15 - 11:30 - Q&A

11:30 - 11:45 - Break

11:45 - 12:30 - Vadym Svyrydenko (Ukraine), How the “peer-to-peer” approach contributes to the effective reintegration of people with limb loss into society

12:30 - 12:45 - Q&A

12:45 - 13:00 - Break

13:00 - 13:45 - Oleksandr Popenko, Iryna Tkach (Ukraine), How prosthetics helps people with limb loss return to an active life

13:45 - 14:00 - Q&A

14:00 - 14:45 - Yaroslav Pavlovskyi (Ukraine), The role of a support specialist and social worker

14:45 - 15:00 - Q&A

15:00 - 15:30 - Break

15:30 - 16:15 - Tetiana Lomakina (Ukraine), Reintegration of people with limb loss into the community and barrier-free environment

16:15 - 16:30 - Q&A

4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Anastasiia Boichuk (Ukraine), The return of a person with a prosthetic limb to community life - a long-term perspective

5:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Q&A

5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Summary