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# Patient Recap Session
###### PATIENT RECAP SESSION RECORDING | 2026 AMSTERDAM ISLC-PAIS CONFERENCE
## Key Findings | Expert Insights
Patient Questions
Watch the Patient Recap from the 2026 ISLC-PAIS Conference in Amsterdam. A 2-hour and 15-minute session bringing together patients, researchers and clinicians to reflect on the conference’s most important findings.
## Watch the Patient Recap
**Four days of scientific presentations, discussions and new research brought together in one accessible 2-hour and 15-minute session for patients.** During the conference, selected patients attended scientific sessions alongside researchers. Together, they identified the findings, developments and questions that stood out from a patient perspective.
In the Patient Recap, patients, researchers and clinicians come together to share these highlights, add context and discuss what the latest research could mean for people living with Long COVID, ME/CFS and other Post-Acute Infection Syndromes.
Watch the full recording on demand, including the questions and discussions raised by patients during the session.
Patient Recap Program Get Access to the Patient Recap Recording
### Who is it for?
People living with **Long COVID** , **ME/CFS** and related **PAIS** , as well as family members, carers and anyone interested in an accessible overview of the conference.
### When was it recorded?
Recorded on **Saturday 29 August 2026** , 15:00 – 17:30 CEST in closing of the 2026 Amsterdam ISLC-PAIS Conference.
### **What do** I get?
For **€ 15** you get on-demand access to the full two-hour and fifteen minutes 2026 ISLC-PAIS Conference Patient Recap Session.
### **How do I watch?**
Purchase access, login on our website and watch the recording online at a time that suits you.
* ## Want to explore the full conference program?
> If you are a patient and have a medical or scientific background, or simply want to explore the research in greater depth, you can access the full conference program as a patient through the discounted Professional Video-on-Demand (VOD) package.
**Ass. Prof. Rob Wüst**
Chair ISLC-PAIS Conference
### PATIENT RECAP RECORDING
€ 15
Get Access to the Patient Recap Recording
## **For patients who want a clear, accessible summary of the key conference developments.**
– Over 2-hours live Patient Recap Session
– Key findings and expert perspectives
– Watch on demand via your own ISLC-PAIS Conference account page
### PATIENT VIDEO ON DEMAND ACCESS
€ 95
Get Access to Patient VOD
## **For patients who want to explore the full scientific conference in depth.**
– Full scientific programme (100 sessions)
– Watch at your own pace
– English, Dutch & German AI subtitles
– Presentation slides where available
– No fixed expiry date (for as long as the Conference Foundation is active)
## Patient Recap Themes & Topics
Six key conversations will help translate the conference’s most important developments into what they could mean for patients.
### Breakthroughs
What is genuinely new, promising or emerging from the conference? Explore the findings and developments that could change our understanding of Long COVID, ME/CFS and PAIS.
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### Changing Patients’ Lives Today
What have we learned that can already make a practical difference? Hear how current knowledge is influencing care, rehabilitation and symptom management today.
### From Lab to Clinic to Scale
How do promising discoveries become tests, treatments or strategies that patients can actually access? A short talk on the journey from research and clinical validation to implementation at scale.
### Filling The Gaps
What are patients still missing or needing? Identify the unanswered questions, unmet clinical needs and areas where research and care still need to move forward.
### Cross-Conditions
What can Long COVID, ME/CFS and other PAIS learn from one another? A discussion where shared mechanisms and approaches can help, and where differences must remain visible.
### What Happens Next
Of everything we have learned, what should be prioritised now? Hear what researchers and clinicians believe needs to happen next to move towards treatments and better care for patients.
Who will join the conversation
## Meet the Patient Recap Panel
These panel members were selected for the different perspectives they bring to the Patient Recap Session.
From researchers investigating the underlying biology, to clinicians treating patients and specialists working to translate scientific findings into better care.
What they share is a commitment to understanding these conditions and to making the latest research meaningful for the people living with them.
#### Alba
Azola
Assistant Professor **Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine**
#### Michelle
Bull
Frailty Academy PM + Co-founder **Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust**
#### Odilia
Corneth
Principal Investigator Department of Pulmonology **Erasmus MC Rotterdam**
#### Caroline
Dalton
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Genetics **Sheffield Hallam University**
#### Rae
Duncan
Consultant Cardiologist Cardiothoracic Department **Newcastle Hospitals NHS**
#### Mark
Faghy
Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology **Loughborough University**
#### David
Joffe
Senior Staff Physician
**Royal North Shore Hospital**
#### Michael
Peluso
Assistant Professor of Medicine **University of California**
#### Resia
Pretorius
Vice-Dean Research and Postgraduate Studies **Stellenbosch University**
#### David
Putrino
Director of Rehabilitation Innovation **Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai**
#### Michele
van Vugt
Professor of Infectious Diseases
**Amsterdam UMC**
#### Rob
Wüst
Ass. Prof. Human Movement Sciences
**VU University Amsterdam**
support the next generation of researchers
## Invest in the future
Help us support early-career researchers attending the ISLC-PAIS Conference 2026. Your donation will contribute to **travel grants** and **early-career awards** , helping promising young scientists and clinicians take part, present their work, and connect with the international community.
The future of this field depends on new talent.
With your support, we can help them get there.
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