Physiotherapy closer to home: national conference in Bologna on November 27
How should physiotherapy be organised closer to where people live? That question frames the Italian national conference “Fisioterapia nelle Cure Primarie. Una rete per la salute di prossimità”, promoted by eleven territorial physiotherapy professional orders. It will take place on Friday, November 27, 2026, in Bologna, in the Sala Londra at Zanhotel Europa, Via Cesare Boldrini 11.[1][2]
**When and who can attend.** This is an in-person event running from 08:30 to 17:15, with registration and welcome at 08:30 and the opening of proceedings at 09:00. Attendance is free and open to all professions, with compulsory registration and limited places.[1][2] Times in this listing are local to Bologna: Europe/Rome, CET, UTC+1 on November 27. This is our editorial time-zone conversion, not a label printed in the programme.
**The day’s agenda.** The programme schedules a presentation on primary care as a system at 09:30, a presentation of Tuscany’s DGR 944 at 10:00, and discussion of bill AC 1199 concerning community physiotherapists at 10:30. A research session follows at 11:50, with the presentation of the Network for the Promotion of Physiotherapy in Primary Care at 12:30.[2] These are agenda items, not decisions already adopted by the conference.
After the lunch break listed for 13:30, a roundtable at 15:00 will address training and research, from initial education to specialisation. At 16:00, discussion turns to local and collaborative action in community healthcare. Concluding remarks are scheduled for 17:00; the announced end time for the day is 17:15.[1][2]
**Registration: clarify the different instructions before travelling.** The OFI Siena page asks participants to email bolognaferrara.ofi@fnofi.it with their first name, surname and course code 7810.1.[1] The official PDF instead describes booking through the WHR employee portal for internal professionals at the specified healthcare organisations, and through the external portal for other participants. It also states that Italian continuing medical education credits (ECM) are awarded only to healthcare professionals registered on WHR-Time.[2] These routes should not automatically be treated as equivalent. We recommend contacting the same email address to confirm which route applies and whether a place is available. We have not registered or checked remaining capacity.
Official links to the information page and programme appear in sources [1] and [2]. Attendance is free; the sources do not clarify whether lunch is included. Our editorial interest lies in the discussion of organisation, training and local services, without mistaking a conference agenda for the actual introduction of new services.
## Sources
[1] https://www.fnofi.it/ofi-siena/convegno-nazionale-fisioterapia-nelle-cure-primarie-una-rete-per-la-salute-di-prossimita — eventi
[2] https://www.fnofi.it/ofi-siena/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/2026/10/Locandina_Programma_Bologna_27nov2026_blu-6.pdf — programma