April 29 – May 2, 2026
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hyatt Calgary
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Hotel Room Block Now Open!
IPBIS’s headquarter hotel for the conference is the elegant Hyatt Regency Calgary.
Guest rates are $239 CAD for standard king or 2 queen rooms not including fees/taxes.
Conference Registration Now Open!
Conference Registration is now open!
Key Event Information
Registration
About Calgary
Call for Workshop & Symposium Proposals
Abstract Submission
Hotel Accommodations
Conference Leadership & Scientific Planning Committee
Exhibit & Support Opportunities
Networking & Social Events
Pre-Conference & Symposia Sessions
Confirmed Speakers
Jane Gillett Award
About IPBIS
Education Objectives
The Scientific Planning Committee is developing a broad educational program that will address a wide range of brain injury topics, including:
- The epidemiology of acquired brain injuries in children and adolescents from a world health care perspective,
- Evidence-based research regarding the nature and efficacy of medical, clinical and educational rehabilitation of acquired brain injuries in children and adolescents,
- The varied causes of ABI in childhood, including medical conditions and non-accidental traumatic injuries,
- Protocols to support families affected by paediatric ABI, towards affecting change at National and International levels,
- Models of innovative systems, services and supports for children with ABI and their families, and
- How to better recognize, manage and treat mTBI/concussions in children/adolescents.
Who Should Attend?
Hotel Accommodations
The Conference will be held at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Calgary. The room block is now open.
To reserve a room, click here. To learn more about Calgary, click here.
Conference Leadership
Meet the Conference Leadership of the 2026 IPBIS Conference.
Keith Yeates
Vicki Anderson
Miriam Beauchamp
Adam Kirton
Carolyn Emery
Nick Reed
Scientific Planning Committee
Vicki Anderson
Australia
Shelina Babul
Canada
Miriam Beauchamp
Canada
Kate Bray
Australia
Leonie Kausel Camp
Chile
Jeff Caron
Canada
Mathilde Chevignard
France
Angela Ciccia
USA
Katie Davies
Australia
Carol DeMatteo
Canada
Naddley Désiré
Canada
Quynh Doan
Canada
Brenda Eagan-Johnson
USA
Carolyn Emery
Canada
Michael J. Esser
Canada
Linda Ewing-Cobbs
USA
Isabelle Gagnon
Canada
Gerard Gioia
USA
Eli Gunnarson
Sweden
Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa
USA
Adam Kirton
Canada
Sarah Knight
Australia
Andre-Anne Ledoux
Canada
Jennifer Lundine
USA
Gail Macartney
Canada
Andreas Meyer-Heim
Switzerland
Michael Noseworthy
Canada
Kaleigh Pennock
Canada
Marie-France Perrier
Canada
Elizabeth Pulcine
Canada
Vanessa Rausa
Australia
Nick Reed
Canada
Nina Rohrer-Baumgartner
Norway
Nicholas Ryan
Australia
Adam Scheinberg
Australia
Julia Schmidt
Canada
Leigh Schrieff-Brown
South Africa
Shannon Scratch
Canada
Rebecca Slykerman
New Zealand
Sandra Strazzer
Italy
Thsidi Thaane
Canada
Wan Winnie Yee Tso
Hong Kong SAR
Lyn Turkstra
Canada
Jillian Urban
USA
Frederike van Markus-Doornbosch
The Netherlands
Naznin Virji-Babul
Canada
Stephen West
Canada
Anne Wheeler
Canada
Keith Yeates
Canada
Roger Zemek
Canada
Have a Question?
Please email congress@internationalbrain.org or call 703.960.6500.