Professor M. S. Wong (left), IRSSD 2024 Organising Committee Chair, invited the current and past organising committee members, and the new and past IRSSD Presidents to the stage to the celebrate 30th Anniversary of the IRSSD and to kickstart the IRSSD Scientific Meeting 2024
Group photo of participants at the Opening Ceremony
Professor Jack CHENG (left), Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Professor Nachiappan CHOCKALINGAM, Professor of Clinical Biomechanics/ Director, Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies, Staffordshire University, are the Keynote Speakers at the "Basic Sciences of Spinal Deformities" session
Professor Carl-Eric AUBIN (left), Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal; Researcher, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and Professor Wafa SKALLI, Emeritus Professor, Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, are the Keynote Speakers at the "Clinical Assessments and Diagnoses of Spinal Deformities" session
Professor Stefan PARENT (left), Professor, CHU Sainte-Justine & Department of Surgery, University of Montréal and Dr Fabio ZAINA, Consultant, ISICO (Italian Scientific Spine Institute), are the Keynote Speakers at the "Management of Spinal Deformities" session
The International Research Society of Spinal Deformities (IRSSD), PolyU BME and the ISPO Hong Kong Chapter co-organised the IRSSD Scientific Meeting 2024: Exploring Better Outcome under Uncertainties on 21 – 23 June 2024 (Friday to Sunday) at the Jockey Club Innovation Tower, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The conference was attended by nearly 100 participants from around the world.
The International Research Society of Spinal Deformities (IRSSD) was established in 1994 to advance the study and research into spinal deformities, and provide a platform for the presentation and encouragement of research related to spinal deformities and to disseminate the results of the captioned research for the public benefit.
The IRSSD Scientific Meeting 2024 included plenary sessions, symposium sessions, oral/posters sessions, workshops and exhibition booths from the sponsors. Three domains — “Basic Sciences of Spinal Deformities”, “Clinical Assessments and Diagnoses of Spinal Deformities” and “Management of Spinal Deformities” — were covered in the conference.
Professor M. S. Wong from PolyU BME was the IRSSD 2024 Organising Committee Chair. He kickstarted the conference by delivering the welcome speech. The current and past organising committee members, and the new and past IRSSD Presidents were also invited to the stage to the celebrate the 30th Anniversary of IRSSD.
At the end of the conference, the following presenting authors received the Best Paper Awards and the Best Poster Award, based on their submitted abstracts and oral presentation performance or poster presentation:
Best Paper Award - Basic Sciences of Spinal Deformities
“A Pilot Single Cell RNA Sequencing Study Suggested that Conditioned Asymmetric Osteogenic Differentiation through mTOR Pathway in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)”
Presented by Mrs Gen TANG, Student, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Best Paper Award - Clinical Assessments and Diagnoses of Spinal Deformities
“Could Ultrasound Curve Angle (UCA) Measurement Reduce Unnecessary X-Ray Exposure for Screening Scoliosis Among Schoolchildren? – A Study of 509 Skeletally Immature Female Subjects”
Presented by Dr Adam Yiu Chung LAU, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Best Paper Award - Management of Spinal Deformities
“Development and Validation of Machine Learning Models to Predict Full-Time Brace Treatment Outcomes for Children with AIS”
Presented by Professor Edmond LOU, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
Best Poster Award
“A New Human-Free Brace Design Approach Using Global Shape Optimization to Treat Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Braces”
Presented by Professor Carl-Eric AUBIN, Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal; Researcher, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre, Canada
