The Uprising

An EPA regional roundtables event

Thursday 20 – Friday 21 November 2025

Since the launch of the Environmental Physiotherapy Association (EPA) in mid-2019, the EPA has been growing steadily and currently unites over 1500 international members. With people in all corners and time zones of the world, speaking all sorts of different languages, and working on all sorts of different aspects of environmental physiotherapy, it can sometimes be difficult to gather all of us together to talk, share our ideas and experiences, and make plans for the way forward. This November, we want to make space for these kinds of meetings to happen to strengthen growing EPA members activity in different regions of the world. 

The Uprising – An EPA regional roundtables event invites all members and people interested in environmental physiotherapy to gather in their respective timezones and languages, to build community, and reflect on the lead question of the event:

What are the next steps for environmental physiotherapy and the EPA in my region? 

The exploration of this question, as well as questions about the specificities and challenges of each region, the EPT-related needs, interests, and wishes of clinicians, students, educators, and researchers, and ideas for future activities, will also be gathered to support the ongoing development of EPA regions pages. 

We can’t wait to see you there! 

Regional roundtables

Brasil

14:00-15:00h (São Paulo)

21 November 2025

Moderadores: Adriane Vieira (UFRGS), Luiz Hespanhol (USP) e Saulo Barboza

Link da reunião

Le monde francophone

Date et heure à venir

20/21 novembre 2025

Modérateurs : Shaun Cleaver (U Sherbrooke), Émilie Fortin (UQAC), Fanny Poget (HESAV)

Lien vers la réunion bientôt disponible

India

14:30-15:30 (IST)

21 November 2025

Moderator: Srishti Banerjee (LJ University) 

Meeting link coming soon

Österreich

Uhrzeit und Datum kommen bald

20/21 November 2025

Moderatoren: Elena Fluch (FH Kärnten), Simone Luschin (HCW)  

Meeting link kommt bald

Ireland

Time and date coming soon

20/21 November 2025

Moderators: Rosemarie McGee (ACU), Esther-Mary D’Arcy (ER WCPT), & Orlagh Nic Fhionnbhairr

Meeting link coming soon

Portugal

21:00 (CET)

21 November 2025

Moderadores: Andrea Ribeiro (ISAVE), João Paulo Ferreira de Sousa Venâncio (CESPU)

El mundo hispanohablante

09:00-10:00h (São Paulo)

21 Noviembre 2025

Moderadores: Magdalen Chamorro Gine (UCL), Barbara Maria Munoz Monari (UCL) y Berta Paz Lourido (UiB Baleares)

Enlace a la reunión disponible próximamente

UK

19:30-20:30h (UK)

21 November 2025

Moderators: Jen McNesfield, Danielle Munford (Uni Plymouth) and Leanne Wiles (Lincoln Uni)

Meeting link coming soon

Skandinavia

19:00h (CET)

20 November 2025

Moderatorer: Emma Swärdh (Karolinska Institutet), Margit Nikoline Langballe (EPA, Norge)

Länk till mötet kommer snart

Philippines

5pm (Philippines time)

21 November 2025

Moderators: Donald Manlapaz (UST), Zyra Mae Sicat (UST), Francis Clarence Chua (NWU), Angelica Tiongco-Fernandez (OLFU) 

Meeting link coming soon

USA

3pm ET / 12pm PT

20 November 2025

Moderators: Eric Robertson, Carly Lochala, Noriko Yamaguchi

Meeting link here

Suomi

Klo 15.00 Suomen aikaa

20 marraskuu 2025

Moderaattorit: Aki Rintala (Lab) ja Kati Nykänen (Laurea)

Kokouslinkki täällä

Japan

日時近日公開

2025年11月20日 / 21

モデレーター: … 

Meeting link coming soon

Europe

Time and date coming soon

20/21 November 2025

Moderators: Esther-Mary D’Arcy (ER WCPT)

Meeting link coming soon

Would you like to host a regional roundtable? 

Please contact Filip Maric (PhD) and you will be provided with a roundtable run sheet and further support and information.