The 15th biennial Incontinence: The Engineering Challenge conference aims to inform, encourage and inspire those keen to improve technology for diagnosing, treating, or managing urinary or faecal incontinence.
2 days
Next available: Bristol, 12 Nov 2025
Members: £290 + VAT Non-members: £350 + VAT
An interesting, well-organised conference, presenting a wide range of perspectives on continence care.
- Bladder & Bowel UK
This unique event brings together engineers, clinicians, industry, academia, and patients to encourage collaboration across sectors, striving for improvements for patients and healthcare professionals using continence products.
Perhaps you have work you’d like to present at the conference? We're inviting contributions to report on both new research and developments on existing projects, a valuable chance to update our multidisciplinary audience on advances related to incontinence technology. The deadline for submissions is 6 June 2025. Decisions will be announced on all submissions by 30 June 2025. Participate and Present
Abstracts will be reviewed by our Organising Committee and selected for either Podium Presentation or Multimedia Poster.
The presenting author of each presentation will be entitled to a substantial reduction in the registration fee and authors are expected to attend the seminar to present their work.
Submission Process
Abstracts should be up to 250 words and state authorship and affiliations. When submitting please state your preference for a multimedia poster presentation or a podium presentation. Abstracts should provide the aim and rationale for the work you are presenting, outline your methods and results, and indicate the significance of what you have found or achieved.
Final acceptance of all submissions will depend upon the Organising Committee’s decision. If you are unsure whether your work would be suitable, feel free to contact Professor Alan Cottenden or Professor Peter Culmer, the Organising Committee Co-Chairs, on a.cottenden@ucl.ac.uk or P.R.Culmer@leeds.ac.uk for advice.
To submit please fill the form: https://forms.office.com/e/b2xn3wGL7f
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