INTERNATIONAL BOBATH INSTRUCTORS TRAINING ASSOCIATION
An international association for adult neurological rehabilitation
June Newsletter
Executive Committee
Congress and AGM 2025 in Tokyo, Japan
IBITA Congress Venue: KFC Hall and Rooms inside of Daiichi Hotel Rygoku, Tokyo, Japan (the main place for the meeting will be held at the 3rd floor of this building).
- The 41st IBITA AGM will be held on Friday 29thAugust 2025.
- The Congress will open on Wednesday evening 27thAugust with a Welcome party.
- This will be followed by educational days on 28thand 30th
- Registration is open:LINK
- For Programme details and Accommodation please open theLINK
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Course Exemptions
Please submit all course exemption requests to the IBITA Chairperson Marc Michielsen – [email protected]
Publishing Courses
Please do not forget to publish the basic and advanced courses you are teaching in 2025/2026. Please publish all the co-instructors or/and instructor candidates who are actively involved in teaching. We have a lot of requests from all over the world and if we don’t know where courses are running, we cannot help with further information! If you need help, please contact the IBITA Secretary Victor Urquizo – [email protected]
URGENT: Future AGMs
We are searching for countries which are willing to organise the AGM of 2027, 2028, 2029, etc. Eventual candidates should send their candidacy to the EC.
SIS Survey
Procedural Manual, 2.4 Statements of Instructor Status and Instructor Candidate Status (SIS)
- All members are required to complete the SIS.
- The SIS survey must be submitted after 1 May and before 1 July(Byelaws Art. VI – Members’ rights and duties – Section II Duties of members – Clause 3).
- Exemptions must be applied for before July 1st, the SIS submission deadline.
Research Committee
Dear all, the ResCom is inviting you all to send scientific posters for presentation in the upcoming AGM in Japan. This is an urgent call so that we can review your posters beforehand. Looking forward to it.
Other News
If you have any info for the July newsletter, please send it to Victor Urquizo at [email protected] by 15th July.