The document announces the 7th International Symposium on ICF Education taking place virtually on October 23-24, 2021. The symposium will celebrate 20 years of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) by looking back on its progress and applications, and looking forward to its future developments over the next decade. Over the two-day event, speakers will present on topics like ICF implementations around the world, its use in statistics and clinical practice, and a discussion on the vision for ICF in 2030. The program includes individual speaker presentations, panel discussions, and poster presentations on ICF education and applications from participants around the world.

1. 7TH
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM:
ICF EDUCATION
-Celebrating 20 years of ICF: Quo vadis -
23 & 24 OCTOBER 2021
VIRTUAL VIA ZOOM
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REGISTRATION
During the 7th
International Symposium: ICF Education we will be celebrating the 20th
anniversary of the
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. We will look back at the progress made
over the past 20 years to implement ICF and look forward to where ICF might be 10 years from now.
The aim is to virtually bring together people from around the world who are teaching about or using the
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in health statistics and administration,
clinical practice and education such as in interprofessional education, research and product development.
Previous symposia demonstrated the successful biopsychosocial application of ICF in education, clinical
practice and research. People with an interest in ICF from around the world are once again invited to share
their experiences on this global platform and to learn from each other.
Collaboration and participation from all stakeholders are required. All participants are expected to share
their experiences (whether they present an abstract or not) and learn from each other.! Accepted
presentations will be posted on the www.ICFEducation.org website.
Date & time: Saturday & Sunday 23 & 24 October 2021 – 11h to 21h GMT
Venue: Virtual via Zoom (sympla.com.br/cifbrasil)
Host WHO-FIC Collaborating Centre in Brazil
Cost: BRL 240
Language: English (no translations)
Who: Educators, clinicians, advocates, advisors, and researchers from around the world with an
interest in ICF, as well as health policy makers and administrators, statisticians, and
people with disabilities, carers and disabled people’s organisations
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For further information: icfeducate@gmail.com

2. SYMPOSIUM THEME
Celebrating 20 years of ICF: Quo vadis
SYMPOSIUM TOPICS
1. Staking stock after 20 years of ICF
Now that the ICF is 20 years of age there have been many applications of ICF. We’ll take stock of all
these developments.
2. ICF: Quo vadis
A diverse group of ICF users will participate in the discussion where they would like ICF to be in the next
decade.
The outcomes of the symposium will be a set of recommendations and actions for collaboration between
participants – specialists in the areas of ICF, in interprofessional education and collaborative practice,
primary and digital health, managers as well as patients / clients – how to realise the vision for ICF 200.
An article with the purpose of stimulating the discussion on ICF will be written as a product of the event and
posters will be generated during the event, documenting the ideas and discussions.
This two-day event will have an informal and inclusive program involving people from different professional
backgrounds with international experience in their fields. All participants will be there on equal terms,
united by an online platform.
PROGRAM
People involved with the development of ICF and its use have been invited to speak. Individual presentation
by each panel member and then panel discussion of 30 minutes.
October 23: Taking stock for ICF over the past 2 decades
Morning
Time (GMT) Speaker Theme – Exact titles to be
Facilitator: Catherine Sykes
11:00h Matilde Leonardi ICF & WHODAS 2.0 around the world
11:40h Jerome Bickenbach Human Functioning Science, grounded on functioning
epidemiology
12:00h Priti Arun Using ICF in a facility for chronic mentally ill persons
12:20h PANEL DISCUSSION
13:00h Nicola Fortune ICF in national statistics
13:20h Bedirhan Üstün The development of ICF: Memories of those early days
13:40h POSTER SECTION 01 EXACT TITLES
Raimisson Vieira Silva Implementation of the International Classification of
Functioning, Disability and Health in Primary Care
Bibiana Monteiro Proposal for Use of the International Classification of
Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) for Elaboration of
a Therapeutic Project Centered on the Individual.
Bibiana Monteiro Use of Qualifiers for Performance and Capacity as
Indicators of Different Environments’ Influence on the
Execution of Activities and Participation
Lauri Lahti Trustworthy artificial intelligence for personalized
healthcare decision making: development of open and
safe measures, models and methods
14:40h PANEL DISCUSSION
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3. Afternoon
Time (GMT) Speaker Theme – Exact titles to be
Facilitator: Eduardo Santana Cordeiro
17:00h Andrea Martinuzzi Early implementation of ICF into my clinical service
17:20h André Souza Rocha ICF for Giftedness
17:40h Cássia Maria Buchalla ICF Brazilian Groups
18:00h PANEL DISCUSSION
19:00h Eduardo Santana Cordeiro ICF Core Sets
19:20h Alexander Evaso Beyond the Biopsychosocial Model
19:40h Estenifer Marques Balco ICF in Primary Care
20:00h POSTER SECTION 02 EXACT TITLES
Clara J. G. Carvalho Users’ experiences with the care received from
health professionals, hospitals, clinics and the
health system: proposal of the model disability
survey Brazil
Gyovani D. O. Lima Model Disability survey: presentation of the
environmental factors module of the WHO tool in
Brazil
20:30h PANEL DISCUSSION
October 24: The vison for ICF: where should ICF be in 2030
Morning
Time (GMT) Speaker Theme – Exact titles to be
Facilitator: Stefanus Snyman
11:00h Peter Rosenbaum Bringing the ICF to Life for Children and Families: The
F-words for Child Development
11:40h Ann-Helene Almborg ICF in health and social care systems
12:00h Patrik Eklund ICF and logical modeling
12:20h PANEL DISCUSSION
Facilitator: Gonda Stallinga
13:00h Anjan Bhattacharya ICF Education
13:20h POSTER SECTION 03 EXACT TITLES
Sabina Van der Veen Natural language processing for automated
recognition of ICF categories and their levels in
electronic health records of COVID-19 patients: a
proof- of- concept.
Carolina S. Beltrame The optimization of workers’ health through the
implementation of the ICF in Occupational medicine
Marina G. S. Borges An experience report: Teaching the International
Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health
(ICF) in a preparatory course for a public tender.
Gonda Stallinga The digital table: an ICF tool to assess functioning
Patricia Saleeby Role of the ICF in Value Assessment and
Patient-Centered Care
14:40h PANEL DISCUSSION
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4. Afternoon
Time (GMT) Speaker Theme – Exact titles to be
Facilitator: Gurpreet Binepal
17:00h Olaf Kraus de Camargo mICF and patient-driven data
17:20h Pedro Martins Jardim ICF teaching skills for medical doctors
17:40h Valéria de Sousa
Andrade
ICF teaching skills for OT’s
18:00h Gurpreet Binepal ICF Education
Facilitator: Eduardo Santana
18:20h POSTER SECTION 04 EXACT TITLES
Estenifer Balco ICF in Prumary Care
Mauro Antônio Félix Clinical Guidelines for Primary Health Care: proposal
for an model based Functioning (ICF) and Chronic
Conditions Care Model (MACC)
19:00h PANEL DISCUSSION
19:30h SUMMARY Discussion and summary of the symposium
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