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Program Overview

Pre-Congress ICPF 2026, Brno

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Pre-Congress Brno


Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Pre-Congress Brno



Hotel Pyramida, Prague

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

14:00–17:30 ICPF Board of Trustees
17:00 Registration opens
18:00–20:00 Welcome drink


Thursday, October 1, 2026

Time/Room Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4
07:30 Registration opens      
08:30–09:00 Opening of the Congress
Professor Pavel Calda
Short Presidential invitation
Professor Marie M. Tolarova
09:00–09:15 Introduction of ICPF – History
Professor Nagato Natsume
09:15–10:00 Kenneth Salyer Global Award
10:00–10:30 The Prague Cleft Prevention Declaration
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–11:15 Remembering Professor Byung-II Min Memorial video
11:15–12:00 Keynote lecture
Global Aspects of Orofacial Cleft
Professor Peter A. Mossey
12:00–12:30 Presidential lecture
From Detection to Understanding:
AI-Enabled Ultrasound Redefines Prenatal Diagnosis of Orofacial Clefts
Professor Pavel Calda
12:30–13:30 Lunch Break
(Restaurant Nebula)
13:30–15:30 Primary Lip Surgery 1 Orthodontics 1 Speech and Hearing 1 Prenatal diagnostics. Anesthesia. Airway
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break      
Smile Train – Advanced Speech Surgery Course
15:45–18:30
16:00–18:15 Craniofacial Syndromes 1 and Craniofacial Syndromes 2 Genetics. Epidemiology. Prevention Multidisciplinary Treatment Concepts
18:15–18:30      


Friday, October 2, 2026

Time/Room Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4
07:00–08:00 Run for Cleft Prevention      
07:30 Registration opens
08:30–09:00 PLANA Session Primary Lip Surgery 2 Implementing AI. Robotic Surgery Velopharyngeal Dysfunction
09:00–10:30 Nasoalveolar Molding
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break      
11:00–11:30 Precious Award Ceremony and Lecture Secondary Rhinoplasty 1 Charity Programs
11:30–12:30 Alveolar Bone Grafting
12:30–13:30 Lunch Break
(Restaurant Nebula)
  Round table
Neonatal cleft lip surgery:
Pros and Cons
13:30–15:30 Primary Lip and Palate surgery Pierre-Robin sequence 1  
Master Workshop: Cleft Palate Speech Management
14:00–17:00
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break  
16:00–17:30 Secondary Surgeries and Revisions Orthognatic Surgery
 
19:00–23:00 Gala Dinner  


Saturday, October 3, 2026

Time/Room Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4
08:00 Registration opens      
08:30–10:30 Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Pierre-Robin sequence 2.
22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Speech and Hearing 2.
Microtia
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break    
11:00–12:30 Secondary Rhinoplasty 2 Orthodontics 2 Psychological Support
12:30–13:00 Closing Ceremony    

 

Last update on 27 July 2026.
The programme might be subject to necessary changes.

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