Author: COTEC

This year’s OT24Vx is starting on 27th October (Noon EDT, 16.00 UTC) with the theme: Making It Together.

There will be 42 presentations over the 24 hours of the online conference, with sessions starting at the beginning of each hour. Both the speakers and OT4OT offer their time voluntarily and provide an innovative and interactive platform to share the latest developments in practice, education and research.

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Please share with your networks to encourage attendance. More information about this event is available at http://ot4ot.com/ot24vx.html

[ezcol_2third]The 2017 COTEC general assembly will be held from September 30th till October 1st in Vienna. Location TBA. Also check out the calendar in the sidebar. Here you can find important dates for occupational therapists in Europe.[/ezcol_2third] [ezcol_1third_end][/ezcol_1third_end]

As Renée Oltmann stepped down from her post as vice president finance we thank her for doing a great job for occupational therapy in Europe over the past years. We also would like to introduce an congratulate the new vice president finance, that was electeed on the COTEC general assembly in June 2016, Eva Denysiuk. Read more about her in the executive committee section on this website:

Executive Committee

[ezcol_1half]Previous VP finance Renée Oltmann

[/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]VP finance 2016-2020 Eva Denysiuk

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The Swedish Association of Occupational Therapists (the Association) has established a grant award in the name of Inga-Britt Lindström, who has been the president of the Association in 1978-2008. Sveriges Arbetsterapeuter invites applications from foreign occupational therapists and occupational therapy students. The grant is offered to individuals or teams from countries where occupational therapy is under development and countries listed as low- or lower-middle-income economics, according to the World Bank List.

The maximum amount of the grant is 10 000 Swedish Kronor (about USD 1150) per year.

Application form and instructions are available on our website: http://arbetsterapeuterna.se/lindstromgrantaward

Application closes at October 1, 2016.

EFPC is inviting applicants to apply for the position of:
EFPC Coordinator, junior position for an average of 28 hours/week. Click on the following image to view full information about this vacancy.

The deadline for abstract submission for this years EFPC (European Forum for Primary Care) conference was extended. For more information click on the image below.