Events
Welcome Party
Enjoy time to relax, network with colleagues from around the world and introduce yourself to the wider occupational therapy community at the Congress Welcome Party. Conveniently located within the congress venue. Light food and beverages will be provided.
Tickets for the Welcome Party are included in your registration if you purchase a Full Congress Registration or Day Registration for 6 November 2024.
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- Venue
- Sapporo Convention Center
- Date
- Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
- Time
- 18:00 - 19:30
- Price
- Free of charge for Full (6-9th November)and One-Day (Wednesday 6th November) Congress Participants.
*To attend the Welcome Party, you must RSVP on the registration form
Gala Dinner
Enjoy your time in Sapporo with your colleagues and friends at the Gala Dinner.
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WFOT 2014
- Venue
- Sapporo Park Hotel
- Date
- Friday, November 8th, 2024
- Time
- Start at 19:00
- Price
- 10,000 yen
*To attend the Gala Dinner, you must register from the registration system.
We will welcome you with solo violin performance by Manami Ito.
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In 2004, a year after entering nursing school, Ms. Ito was involved in a traffic accident that resulted in the amputation of her right arm, and she received occupational therapy and began making a prosthetic arm at Hyogo Prefectural Central Rehabilitation Hospital. She competed in swimming at the Beijing Paralympics (2008), the Asian Paralympics (2010), and the London Paralympics (2012). Currently, she is caring her three children while giving lectures and performing as a violinist with a prosthetic arm.