IBIA Open Access Webinar Library

Tap into a powerful, ever-growing archive of world-class expertise with the IBIA Open Access Webinar Library—where the conversation doesn’t end when the live session does.

This on-demand collection brings together leading voices in brain injury research, clinical care, and innovation, giving you the flexibility to learn anytime, anywhere.

As an IBIA member, enjoy immediate access to recent recordings as part of your exclusive benefits, while a wealth of past webinars becomes freely available to the global community after just three months.

Whether you’re revisiting key insights or discovering new perspectives, this library is your go-to resource for staying informed, inspired, and connected to the forefront of brain injury science and practice.

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A Mechanistically Informed tDCS Intervention to Restore Behavioural Responsiveness in Disorders of Consciousness
Speaker: Davinia Fernández-Espejo, PhD
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 11:00am ET
Organized by the Disorders of Consciousness Special Interest Group

It is now well accepted that a significant percentage of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC) are aware despite the lack of external responses contributing to their clinical diagnosis. Even when some of these patients retain a high level of cognitive functioning, there are limited therapeutic options to improve their long-term outcomes. In this webinar I will present a proposed mechanistic hypothesis to explain this ‘cognitive motor dissociation’ and how we have used it to develop a non-invasive brain stimulation intervention to restore external responsiveness in PDOC patients.

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Fear Avoidance and Persisting Symptoms after Concussion
Speaker: Noah Silverberg, PhD, R.Psych, ABPP-CN
Date/Time: Thursday, November 13, 2025, 1:00pm ET
Organized by the Concussion-mTBI Special Interest Group

In the days after concussion, sensory stimulation and over-exertion can trigger symptom flair-ups. These episodes can be scary and avoiding them is adaptive. However, if avoidance behaviour becomes excessive, generalized, and prolonged, it can interfere with concussion recovery and perpetuate fear. This talk will review theory and evidence for fear avoidance as a risk factor for persisting symptoms following concussion and approaches to treating excessive avoidance.

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Presentation of Prolonged DOC Center’s International Map Project, First Results and Future Directions
Speaker: Simona Ferioli, MD
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 9:00am ET
Organized by the Disorders of Consciousness Special Interest Group

This webinar will present the findings of the Disorders of Consciousness Program Project that created an international map of centers of care for prolonged DOC, which was launched in 2022 with the help of many DOC SIG members. The recently published results of the project’s first phase along with the first version of the map will be discussed.

More info on this specific project and the interactive map can be found here on the IBIA Website: click here

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Sensorimotor Disruption and ACL Injury Susceptibility After Concussion: A Female-Specific Neuromechanical Model
Speakers: Melissa Anderson, PhD and Abby Baldwin, PT, DPT
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 12: 00pm ET
Organized by the Concussion-mTBI Special Interest Group

Dr. Anderson and Dr. Baldwin will discuss the increased risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in female athletes after sport-related concussions (SRC), focusing on the neurophysiological and biomechanical factors that contribute to this higher risk. They will also review an intervention study they conducted to strengthen the deep neck flexors with a collegiate women's soccer team.

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A Perspective to Assessing Subjective Experience in Patients with a Disorder of Consciousness
Speaker: Jitka Annen, MSc, PhD
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 9:00am ET
Organized by the Disorders of Consciousness Special Interest Group

In this webinar, there will be a brief overview of the current state-of-the-art approaches for assessing patients with disorders of consciousness. One of the most pressing open questions remains whether—and in what way—these patients are capable of feeling. Although this challenge may seem insurmountable in non-communicating individuals, the webinar will outline several potential avenues, particularly those involving brain–body interactions, that may offer a starting point. As will be discussed, some approaches could refine diagnostic accuracy, others may provide insights into patients’ subjective experiences, and still others might inspire new, more holistic treatment strategies.

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Machine Learning Applications for Disorders of Consciousness Diagnosis and Prognosis in Paediatrics
Speaker: Erika Molteni, MSc, PhD
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 12:00pm ET
Organized by the Disorders of Consciousness Special Interest Group

This contribution examines and discusses the current state of machine learning (ML) employment in paediatric Disorders of Consciousness (DoC) research. ML has proven valuable in the research on DoC for diagnostic classification, prognostic staging, and endotyping in adults and elderlies. However, the use of ML for DoC research in paediatrics is still in its nascent stage. This contribution begins with a brief review of the existing literature, and highlights the few advancements made in ML research for the diagnosis and prognosis of paediatric DoC. In the second part, some technical considerations are discussed, specific to the future use of ML in paediatric DoC research. The discussion encompasses challenges related to data availability and collection, as well as the choice of model architectures. Then, considerations are made on the role transfer and active learning techniques can play, and on the importance of bias mitigation. A short summary concludes with practices suggested for future employment of ML in this field. This presentation has two main goals: firstly, to promote critical thinking regarding the vast potential and specific limitations of ML applications in paediatric DoC research, and secondly, to encourage the mindful utilization of ML to enhance patient care to the fullest possible extent.

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Advancing Communication Partner Training following Brain Injury: Past, Present, and Future
Speaker: Petra Avramović, PhD, BAppSc, CPSP
Date/Time: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 3:00pm ET
Organized by the Social Cognition, Communication and Affect Special Interest Group

This webinar will trace the journey of Communication Partner Training (CPT), from its traditional roots in communication rehabilitation to its current role in improving conversations for people with brain injury. It will highlight how core treatment elements of CPT have been adapted and maintained in digital health environments through collaborative design processes, allowing for greater flexibility and accessibility without losing their original intent. The session will also examine current innovations and future directions, including new technologies and efforts to enhance accessibility for diverse populations.

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Clinically Focused mTBI Research in New Zealand
Speakers: Josh McGeown, PhD and Katherine Forch, PhD candidate, PGDip, BHSC
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 2:00pm ET
Organized by the Concussion-mTBI Special Interest Group

This webinar will provide an overview of the clinically focussed mTBI research landscape in New Zealand. Dr. Josh McGeown will share preliminary insights on how advanced magnetic resonance imaging can enhance our understanding of symptom burden and clinical recovery after mTBI. Katherine Forch will discuss learnings from the development of their mTBI clinic model at Axis Sports Medicine Specialists – from one site, with one physician, one physiotherapist and an exercise physiologist, to multiple sites and over 40 clinical staff. This is an example of an interdisciplinary clinical management pathway for mTBI in New Zealand, informed by, and collaborating with, research. Katherine will also outline her PhD research aimed at improving mTBI assessment and return-to-play decision-making for sports-related concussion.

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The Post-Traumatic Confusional State: Defining the Upper Boundary of Disorder of Consciousness
Speaker: Yelena G. Bodien, PhD
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 11:00am ET
Organized by the Disorders of Consciousness Special Interest Group

After a severe traumatic brain injury, a common trajectory of recovery progresses from coma, to vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, minimally conscious state, and ultimately recovery into a confusional state marked by disorientation, significant impairments in cognitive function, inattention, and a constellation of clinical symptoms including behavioral dysregulation and fluctuation in symptoms. Referred to as the post-traumatic confusional state (PTCS), this phase of recovery can be distressing for families to witness and challenging for clinicians to treat. We will discuss the recently published case definition for PTCS and ongoing work to understand the biomarkers underlying this condition.

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Clinical Evolution and Multimodal Prognostic Evaluation of Anoxic People with Disorders of Consciousness
Speaker: Anna Estraneo, MD
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 11:00am ET
Organized by the Disorders of Consciousness Special Interest Group

Although anoxic aetiology is thought to have worse outcomes than traumatic brain injury from the acute phase, advances in treatment from the acute to the long-term phase have led to an increase in the number of post-anoxic individuals who persist in a prolonged disorders of consciousness. In this context, accurate multimodal assessment can help clinicians to identify patients with a high probability of recovery and avoid inappropriate withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy in the acute phase. This webinar will provide an overview of evidence-based neuro-prognostication with a focus on conventional predictors that are easy to collect at the patient's bedside and in all clinical settings.

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Standardized Patient Flow for Concussion Registry within an Outpatient Sports Medicine Clinic
Speaker: M. Nadir Haider, MD, PhD
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 12:00pm ET
Organized by the Concussion-mTBI Special Interest Group

Outcomes registries are crucial for improving patient care; however, patient flow should be standardized between clinicians at the same practice to ensure uniformity and reliability of automated data retrieval. This presentation discusses the standardized approach to seeing concussion patients at three UBMD Orthopedics and Sports Medicine clinics and the additional steps undertaken to implement a prospective registry at multiple sites.

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Functional Brain Imaging in DoC Clinical Practice and the Forensic Arena: What Can Be Said with Confidence
Speaker: Steven Laureys, MD, PhD, FEAN
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 11:00am ET
Organized by the Disorders of Consciousness Special Interest Group

This talk will explore the role of brain imaging in assessing patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) both in clinical practice and forensic settings. We will discuss the current state of knowledge regarding the use of bedside behavioral examination as compared to neuro-imaging techniques such as structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalography (EEG), evoked potentials (EP) and positron emission tomography (PET), highlighting what can be confidently inferred from these methods in terms of diagnosis, prognosis, and the detection of covert consciousness using brain computer interfaces (BCI). The talk will also address the challenges and limitations of these techniques, emphasizing the need for cautious interpretation and the integration of multiple assessment tools in comprehensive patient care.

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Post Traumatic Fatigue: Best Practices Assessment and Clinical Management
Speaker: Brian Greenwald, MD
Date/Time: Thursday, May 9, 2024, 12:00pm ET
Organized by the North America Brain Injury Society

This webinar will review the definition of fatigue as well as how it is conceptualized including peripheral versus central fatigue. Anatomic areas of the brain implicated in fatigue will be reviewed. Assessment tool for fatigue, the differential diagnosis, medical work up and a range of treatment considerations will be discussed.

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Our Journey to Recognizing Brain Injury as a Chronic Condition
Speaker: John D. Corrigan, PhD
Moderator: Katherine Snedaker, LCSW
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 17, 2024,12:00pm ET
Organized by PINK Concussions

Over the last 15 years the field of brain injury rehabilitation has evolved our view of the long-term effects of many brain injuries. Longitudinal data from the TBI Models Systems and TRACK-TBI have shown that brain injury remains more dynamic than static many years post injury. The evolution of this recognition, and its implications for treatment, will be discussed.

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Lithium Protects the Brain, but Not Tumours
Speaker: Klas Blomgren, MD, PhD
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 11:00am ET
Organized by the International Paediatric Brain Injury Society

In this webinar we will look at LiBRA, a phase 2, multi-centre, double blind, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial of lithium treatment after brain radiotherapy. We expect to recruit 84 children treated with cranial radiotherapy from Sweden and Denmark and randomise them to lithium or placebo (2:1) for 6 months, followed by neuropsychological assessments and imaging for up to 5 years. The primary outcome is processing speed index 2 years after lithium treatment. To date, there are 3 hubs in the world where similar trials are inititated: Karolinska, Stockholm (lithium), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada (metformin), and St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA (memantine). We envision that in the coming decades, we will combine preventive measures and active treatments, just like we combine anti-tumour treatments, to improve not only survival, but also the QUALITY of survival.

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Knowledge Translation in Action: A Comprehensive Web-Based Resource for Family Caregivers of Persons with Disorders of Consciousness
Speakers: Brooke Murtaugh, OTD, OTR/L, CBIST, BT-C and Amy Shapiro-Rosenbaum, PhD
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 11:00am ET
Organized by the Disorders of Consciousness Special Interest Group

This webinar will disseminate a novel website created for family caregivers of persons with disorders of consciousness after brain injury. The genesis of this project began over seven years ago by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine’s Brain Injury Special Interest Group DoC Task Force. The culmination of this work has resulted in a partnership with BrainLine.org to support development of a “one stop shop” website that allows caregivers to learn about all aspects of DoC care management through evidence-based vetted content, resources, and strategies for self-care. This webinar will briefly review how we engaged families and DoC experts to assist in development of the website, the process of obtaining and vetting content, and developing a partnership with BrainLine.org. Finally, presenters will do a walk-through of the current website to help promote awareness, dissemination, and use in everyday practice for providing education and training to DoC family caregivers.

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Casual Conversation with Dr. Collins
Speaker: Micky Collins, MD
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 11:00am ET
Organized by PINK Concussions

Casual Conversations with Brain Injury Professionals was a video podcast hosted by Katherine Price Snedaker, LCSW, PINK Concussions which ran from the Fall of 2020 to 2022, and produced over 50 interviews with brain injury experts which are all available on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@PINKC...).

In a return to this engaging format, Katherine will have a casual conversation with Dr. Collins to provide a deeper dive into how he became involved in this field, his present work ,and what future developments excited him as we look to the next decade in brain injury treatment.

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Many Heads are Better Than One: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Building a Research Program in Concussion
Speaker: Roger Zemek, MD
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 11:00am ET
Organized by the Concussion-mTBI Special Interest Group

This webinar will use a program of research in concussion as a case example. as a case example. We will apply strategies to build a structured, incremental and comprehensive program of research in concussion; integrate a team with broad diversity including patient engagement; and establish partnerships with stakeholders for effective, longitudinal knowledge translation.

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Self-Advocacy and Living Well after Brain Injury
Speaker: Lenore Hawley, MSSW, LCSW
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 12:00pm ET
Organized by the North America Brain Injury Society

This webinar will define the concepts of self-advocacy, empowerment and living well after brain injury. Evidence-based strategies will be discussed for empowering individuals and families with the skills and beliefs needed to advocate for themselves and live well while navigating the chronic challenges of life after brain injury.

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Working With Youth Experiencing Persisting Symptoms After Concussion: A Clinician Scientist Perspective
Speaker: Shannon Scratch, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Date/Time: Thursday, November 30, 2023, 12:00pm ET
Organized by the International Paediatric Brain Injury Society

This webinar will cover clinical fundamentals of concussion assessment and treatment of persisting symptoms. Recommendations for supporting youth experiencing persisting symptoms after concussion and their families, including a focus on integration of research and clinical guidelines into practice and models of interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary care will be outlined. Case vignettes will also be presented and time for audience questions will be incorporated.

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Use of Projects to Support Meaning-Based Rehabilitation and Development of Cognitive-Communication Skills in People with Acquired Brain Injury
Speaker: Nicholas Behn, PhD, MRCSLT
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 3:00pm ET
Organized by the Social Cognition, Communication and Affect Special Interest Group

In this webinar we will see projects involve people with brain injury working collaboratively in real-life contexts with other people to develop a self-identified concrete or tangible product, which benefits others. Projects have the potential to address impaired skills, improve mood, alter a person’s sense of identity, increase opportunities for social connection and give meaning and purpose to a person’s life. This webinar will briefly describe the origins of projects and how they have been used to support meaning-based rehabilitation for people with communication disorders following brain injury. I will describe some of the core components and provide examples of how projects have been created for a range of services, not just for people with communication disorders. In doing so, the relevance of projects for a range of different professions and for people with a range of clinical diagnoses will be shown.

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Challenges and Solutions in the Clinical Translation of [18F]FDG-PET Findings in Disorders of Consciousness - Presentation of an Automated, Free-to-Use Analysis Pipeline
Speaker: Arianna Sala, PhD
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 11:00am ET
Organized by the Disorders of Consciousness Special Interest Group

In this webinar, we will see how alterations of brain glucose metabolism, as measured by [18F]FDG-PET, are a well-established observation in patients with disorders of consciousness after severe brain injury. The degree of consciousness (arousal and awareness) impairment is associated with decreased brain glucose metabolism at the global and local levels (to highlight both global decreases and alteration of specific networks). As behavioral signs of consciousness (or lack thereof) do not always reflect the level of residual (covert) consciousness, [18F]FDG-PET provides direct insight into cerebral activity, complementing bedside examinations. Still, limited resources for neuroimage analyses hinders quantitative evaluation of [18F]FDG-PET findings in clinical settings. In this talk, we present a free-to-use pipeline to automatically analyze [18F]FDG-PET images in patients with disorders of consciousness. The pipeline requires minimal user intervention and allows to generate ready-to-use statistics for clinical assessment in under 1-2 minutes.

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Lurking, Liking, Posting, or Hashtagging: Using Social Media for Connection and its Role in Rehabilitation After Acquired Brain Injury
Speaker: Melissa Brunner, PhD, MHlthSc, BAppSc, CPSP
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 4:00pm ET
Organized by the Social Cognition, Communication and Affect Special Interest Group

Social media can support people with communication disability to access information, social participation, support, and their consumer rights. However, people with acquired brain injury (ABI) experience challenges in using social media and rehabilitation professionals describe being inadequately prepared to support them in its use. This webinar will outline the results of a qualitative metasynthesis of mixed methods research, a scoping review, the development of a bespoke online program, social-ABI-lity, to support people with ABI to use social media safely and enjoyably, and the use of social-ABI-lity in combination with peer support to practice and build social media communication skills. In this webinar, I will describe the benefits and risks of online social relationships and social media use after acquired brain injury; discuss the complexities of addressing social media use during brain injury rehabilitation; and explain where to find resources available to guide the incorporation of social media skills into collaborative social communication rehabilitation goals.

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Biopsychosocial Predictors of Pediatric Concussion Outcomes
Speaker: Keith Yeates, PhD, ABPP, FCAHS, FRSC
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 12:00pm ET
Organized by the Concussion-mTBI Special Interest Group

The outcomes of pediatric concussion reflect a complex interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors, operating through time, from before to after the injury. This presentation will summarize an ongoing research program that is investigating a range of factors associated with pediatric concussion outcomes, guided by a biopsychosocial model. The webinar will consider implications for clinical practice and future research.

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Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Research: An Era of Lessons Learned and Future Directions
Speaker: Yelena G. Bodien, PhD
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 12 PM Eastern
Organized by the North America Brain Injury Society

The design and execution of research studies focused on severe traumatic brain injury is complex and requires overcoming barriers related to data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation. In this webinar, we will review 10 lessons learned about the design of TBI research, presented in the context of prior and ongoing studies.

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Motivational Interviewing: A Tool to Support Self-Determination and Self-Regulation in Cognitive-Communication Disorders
Speaker: Jerry K. Hoepner, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 4:00pm ET
Organized by the Social Cognition, Communication and Affect Special Interest Group

This webinar will cover how individuals with cognitive-communication disorders have impaired self-regulation related to poor awareness of their strengths and weaknesses. This strains relationships and increases burden on communication partners. Motivational interviewing is a counseling technique designed to facilitate self-determination and motivation to change behaviors. As such, it is a powerful tool for self-monitoring and self-regulation. This presentation will address ways to incorporate motivational interviewing in goal setting and self-evaluation of goal achievement. Further, techniques such as video review can be used to scaffold self-assessment.

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Building Blocks of Learning & Pediatric Brain Injury: Revolutionizing School Supports & Shifting Paradigms
Speaker: Brenda Eagan-Johnson, EdD, CBIST-AP
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 12:00pm ET
Organized by the International Paediatric Brain Injury Society

This webinar will solidify your understanding of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), a primary cause of disability in children, teens, and young adults that often leads to long-term medical, rehabilitation, and educational implications.

This webinar will also share key insights learned from the nationally recognized BrainSTEPS Brain Injury School Consulting Program in Pennsylvania (PA) over the last 16 years, a statewide program jointly funded by the PA Department of Health and PA Department of Education.

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Opening the Door to Inpatient Rehabilitation for Individuals with Disorders of Consciousness
Speaker: Jean Woo, MD
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 11:00am ET
Organized by the Disorders of Consciousness Special Interest Group

In this webinar, we will see patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) continue to have limited access to inpatient rehabilitation, despite the increasing amount of evidence showing the benefits of rehabilitative interventions. This poses detrimental consequences in functional recovery and outcome for this patient population. In this webinar, we will discuss common barriers, fundamental causes of such barriers, and how to overcome those barriers to advocate for rehabilitation for this patient population. There will be a discussion on how to justify inpatient rehabilitation to the payers using current literature and data.

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Equal Play, Equal Protection: Towards Understanding Brain Injury in Female Athletes
Speaker: Elisabeth Williams, PhD
Moderator: Katherine Snedaker, LCSW
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 6, 2023, 11:00am ET
Organized by PINK Concussions

In this webinar, we will see how the application of male-centric concussion research findings to females in sports disregards their unique physiological characteristics, posing a significant issue. Females exhibit distinct anatomical differences in the cervical spine, axonal variances in the brain, and hormonal profile changes that can impact brain injury occurrence and outcomes. Recent findings report both sex and gender differences to influence brain injury incidence, management, and recovery. A combination of neck strength screening, video analysis, and head impact telemetry, have enabled a deeper understanding of head impact biomechanics in university female rugby players. This research serves as a foundation for developing tailored training strategies that effectively minimise the risk of brain injuries in this population.

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Customized Settings for Outcome Oriented Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Systems of Service Delivery
Speaker: David Ripley, MD, MS, CRC, FAAPM&R
Date/Time: Thursday, August 10, 2023, 12:00pm ET
Organized by the North America Brain Injury Society

Prior to joining HealthBridge, he served as Section Chief of Brain Injury Medicine and Rehabilitation and Medical Director of Worker’s Compensation Physician Practice at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago), and was Program Director of the James and Carmela O’Boyle Fellowship in Brain Injury Medicine. Dr. Ripley’s clinical practice has included evaluating and managing patients with neurotrauma throughout the continuum of care. He is widely published and has lectured nationally and internationally. He is Board Certified in both PM&R and Brain Injury Medicine.

This webinar will discuss the evolution of different settings for the provision of care for individuals with traumatic brain injury in the United States. Clinical, economic, and political pressures on how the current system of care developed will be discussed, with a focus on how each component plays a role in the recovery of individuals with brain injury.

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Return to Learn and Sport after Sport Related Concussion – an Update
Speaker: Margot Putukian, MD, FACSM, FAMSSM
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 9, 2023, 11:00am ET
Organized by the Concussion-mTBI Special Interest Group

This webinar will provide an overview of the systematic review of the literature on clinical recovery, return to learn (RTL) and return to sport (RTS) strategies after sport-related concussion. Understanding the complexity of mild traumatic brain injury and the limitations of the current literature is important. The webinar will review the updated RTL and RTS recommendations from the Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport Conference in Amsterdam.

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EENACOMA: A Model of Care for Disorders of Consciousness
Speaker: Willemijn van Erp, MD, PhD
Date/Time: Thursday, May 25, 2023
Organized by the Disorders of Consciousness Special Interest Group

Diagnostic and prognostic uncertainty, fragmented care after the acute phase, over- and undertreatment and ethical dilemma’s in deciding what is appropriate treatment: challenges in daily practice for patients with disorders of consciousness are universal. The Netherlands, however, until very recently did a particularly bad job in providing the necessary care for PDOC. Only patients younger than 25 received specialized rehabilitation; outside of those mere 14 weeks, they fell into the cracks of the care system.

2019 however saw a drastic reform. Virtually all PDOC patients are now eligible for a specialized care trajectory that can cover up to 24 months post-injury. How did this change come about? In this session, Van Erp will highlight the key ingredients to change in PDOC practice and its challenges and invite the audience to a discussion on how to make use of the Dutch experience in other countries.