25 - 26 November 2026
NEC Birmingham

Innovation & Showcase Theatre Programmes 2026

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Led by suppliers from across the sector, these exhibitor sessions showcase innovations, product demonstrations, practical applications and emerging developments supporting occupational therapists across a wide range of settings and specialisms.

Whether you want to stay up to date with industry developments, assess new products for your service or discover solutions that enhance patient outcomes, the Innovation & Showcase Theatre programmes support informed decision-making and professional practice. This year's Innovation Theatre is sponsored by Closomat.

The Innovation & Showcase Theatre Programme

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- Housing, equipment and adaptions
09:50 10:20

From the school run to the basketball court: how the Motability Scheme keeps me moving

Innovation Theatre

Discover how the Motability Scheme can help occupational therapists support clients to achieve greater independence, mobility and quality of life. This session will provide an overview of the scheme, ...

Sponsored by:

Laurie Williams, Motability Scheme Ambassador and Customer - Motability Operations
- Moving, Handling and Posture
10:30 11:00

The chair, the skin and the person - an OT and TVN perspective on complex decision making

Innovation Theatre

What happens when the clinically safest option isn't necessarily the option that matters most to the person? From seating and positioning to pressure care, tissue viability, independence and quality o ...

Sponsored by:

Jayne Brewer, Occupational Therapist - ACCORA

Sarah Thompson, Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse Advisor - ACCORA
- Moving, Handling and Posture
11:10 11:40

Raising the bar – elevating care beyond passive transfer to maximised mobility opportunities in the care pathway

Innovation Theatre

For a long time, patient hoists have been seen as passive and viewed primarily as a safer way of lifting, repositioning and transferring patients in acute, long term and home care. While maintaining s ...

Sponsored by:

Carol Sinden, Director, Global Medical Affairs, Patient Handling and Hygiene - Arjo

Janet Copeland, UKI Product Manager, Patient Handling, Hygiene & Disinfection - Arjo UK
- Housing, equipment and adaptions
11:50 12:20

Beyond upper limb impairment: a guide to assistive technologies and service innovations from Rahana Life

Innovation Theatre

This session looks beyond upper limb impairment to identify assistive technology solutions and services which can help individuals to retain, regain and replicate hand and arm function. From arm suppo ...

Sponsored by:

Simon Fielden, Clinical Scientist and Technical Director - Rahana Life

Lauren Edwards, Occupational Therapist - Rahana Life
- Career development, leadership and professional practice
12:30 13:00

iOmniPro: working smarter, not harder. How an intuitive CRM system is transforming clinical practice

Innovation Theatre

Discover how iOmniPro is reshaping clinical practice by placing clinicians at the centre of technology design.This session explores how an intuitive CRM can streamline workflows, reduce administrative ...

Sponsored by:

Victoria McDermott, Managing director - iOmniHealth Ltd

Holly Luxton, OT Clinical Lead and Operations Manager - BREAKTHROUGH CASE MANAGEMENT LTD
- Career development, leadership and professional practice
13:10 13:40

OT CPD positive talks podcast LIVE at The Occupational Therapy Show

Innovation Theatre

Join us for a special live edition of the OT CPD Positive Talks Podcast, hosted by Mike Cowan Jones, Occupational Therapist, and Jade Wallace, Director of OT CPD. Featuring our popular HOT Topics segm ...

Sponsored by:

Jade Wallace, Equipment Provision Specialist & Healthcare Business Consultant - Laybrook Care

Mike Cowan Jones, Arms Rehab Occupational Therapist - Laybrook Care
- Moving, Handling and Posture
13:50 14:20

Managing complex and diverse manual handling situations

Innovation Theatre

Supporting people with complex conditions requires more than following standard manual handling techniques. In this clinically focused session, Occupational Therapists Kirsty Ryan and Kat Stafford wil ...

Sponsored by:

Katrina Stafford, Clinical Training Advisor - A1 Momentum

Kirsty O'Connor, Clinical Training Manager & Occupational Therapist - SEATING MATTERS
- Mental health
15:10 15:40

OT at a distance: can OT still provide quality and achieve positive outcomes?

Innovation Theatre

Home Group are a large housing association with both supported and care services. There are a number of OTs within the organisation working across learning disabilities, autism and mental health servi ...

Sponsored by:

Victoria Darcy, Clinical Operations Manager - Home Group

Julie Coram, Senior Occupational Therapist - Home Group

Clare Smith, Senior Clinical Practicioner - Home Group

Elise Johnson, Senior Occupational Therapist - Home Group

Millie Robinson, Senior Occupational Therapist - Home Group
15:50 16:20

Supporting every bite: paediatric occupational therapy for infants and children with complex feeding difficulties

Innovation Theatre

Eating and mealtimes are one of the most crucial and demanding, yet under-supported occupations of childhood and a vital co-occupation for children and their caregivers. Feeding difficulties span a wi ...

Sponsored by:

Teresa Foley, Paediatric Occupational Therapist & Founder - The Feeding Therapist

- Moving, Handling and Posture
09:20 09:50

The benefits of standing for adults and paediatrics: an introduction to the new technology robooter XZ droid

Showcase Theatre

Standing is something many of us take for granted. For wheelchair users and children with additional needs, it can be an important part of both therapy and everyday life. This session explores the cli ...

Sponsored by:

Kaiqiang Li, Physiotherapist/Product Manager - Robooter

Tim Cox, Rehabilitation Director - Recare Ltd
- Mental health
- Neuro
10:00 10:30

Neurodivergence, trauma & the OT perspective

Showcase Theatre

Trauma and neurodivergence can present in surprisingly similar ways—from sensory sensitivity and shutdown to hypervigilance, avoidance and executive functioning difficulties. But the underlying mechan ...

Sponsored by:

Birgit Fortmaier-James, occupational therapist - Witherslack Group
- Housing, equipment and adaptions
10:40 11:10

Does the Disabled Facilities Grant meet our clients’ needs in 2026?

Showcase Theatre

This session will examine the legislative purpose of the Disabled Facilities Grant and consider whether the current framework remains fit for purpose for clients with complex, long-term and evolving n ...

Sponsored by:

Kate Sheehan, Occupational Therapist - KS Occupational Therapy Services
- Housing, equipment and adaptions
11:20 11:50

Are we solving today’s problems or planning for tomorrow's? Preventative assessment and specifications in practice

Showcase Theatre

Drawing on the evidence and recommendations within RCOT’s Building Health into Homes Strategic Report, this session explores what a more preventative approach looks like in practice. Using toileting a ...

Sponsored by:

Emma Taylor, Specialist Occupational Therapist - Independent
12:00 12:30

Beyond scores: seeing sensory patterns, creating possibilities for participation

Showcase Theatre

Practical skills and tools for neuro-affirming practice across the lifespan. What could you notice tomorrow that changes the questions you ask, the choices you offer and the support you develop togeth ...

Sponsored by:

Kathryn Smith, Consultant Occupational Therapist, Director - ASI Wise & The Sensory Project
- Neuro
12:40 13:10

Sensory integration in practice: impact, insights and reflections

Showcase Theatre

Four experienced sensory integration practitioners will respond to three reflective questions: How has sensory integration influenced your work as an occupational therapist? What difference has it m ...

Sponsored by:

Beth Smithson, Programme Facilitator - Sensory Integration Education
- Neuro
13:20 13:50

Why CO-OP, Why now?

Showcase Theatre

An accessible introduction to the CO-OP Approach, exploring its core principles of client-centred goal setting, guided discovery, and cognitive strategy use. An overview of how CO-OP complements conte ...

Sponsored by:

Anne Corbett, Director - Learning2Practice
- Neuro
14:00 14:30

Becoming fatigue minded: rethinking how we notice and respond to fatigue

Showcase Theatre

Fatigue is one of the most common and disabling symptoms associated with neurological and long-term health conditions. People may understand fatigue-management strategies but still struggle to recogni ...

Sponsored by:

Charles Talbot, Specialist Neurological Occupational Therapist - NEW LEAF OT LTD
- Housing, equipment and adaptions
14:40 15:10

Building Health into Homes – why housing is every occupational therapist’s business

Showcase Theatre

Every person that an OT works with lives somewhere – even if that isn’t a home – yet housing is often viewed as something that only OTs in specialist and social care roles can influence. Building Heal ...

Sponsored by:

Lauren Walker, Professional Practice Manager - Royal College of Occupational Therapists

Rachel Russell, Head of Regional Advice - Foundations
- Housing, equipment and adaptions
15:20 15:50

Restrictive equipment, consent and lawful occupational therapy practice

Showcase Theatre

This session will explore how occupational therapists can make lawful, proportionate and person-centred decisions when considering restrictive equipment or adaptations for adults, children and young p ...

Sponsored by:

Kate Sheehan, Occupational Therapist - KS Occupational Therapy Services
- Housing, equipment and adaptions
16:00 16:30

3D home scanning in occupational therapy: a new approach to home modification assessments

Showcase Theatre

Most home modification assessments still capture the built environment with a tape measure and a phone camera. Rohith and Jen will walk through what changes when the room is captured as a 3D scan inst ...

Sponsored by:

Rohith McKim, Founder & CEO - OmaScan

Jen Bachynsky, Occupational Therapist & Founding Clinical Advisor - OmaScan

- Housing, equipment and adaptions
10:00 10:30

Beyond the equipment: clinical reasoning for confident wash and dry toileting recommendations

Innovation Theatre

Building on RCOT’s Building Health into Homes Strategic Report and Toolkits, this practical case study explores how to assess when wash and dry toileting is appropriate and how clinical reasoning and ...

Sponsored by:

Emma Taylor, Specialist Occupational Therapist - Independent
- Housing, equipment and adaptions
10:40 11:10

Beyond upper limb impairment: a guide to assistive technologies and service innovations from Rahana Life

Innovation Theatre

This session looks beyond upper limb impairment to identify Assistive Technology solutions and services which can help individuals to retain, regain and replicate hand and arm function. From arm suppo ...

Sponsored by:

Lauren Edwards, Occupational Therapist - Rahana Life

Simon Fielden, Clinical Scientist and Technical Director - Rahana Life
- Moving, Handling and Posture
11:20 11:50

Raising the bar – elevating care beyond passive transfer to maximised mobility opportunities in the care pathway

Innovation Theatre

For a long time, patient hoists have been seen as passive and viewed primarily as a safer way of lifting, repositioning and transferring patients in acute, long term and home care. While maintaining s ...

Sponsored by:

Carol Sinden, Director, Global Medical Affairs, Patient Handling and Hygiene - Arjo

Janet Copeland, UKI Product Manager, Patient Handling, Hygiene & Disinfection - Arjo UK
- Neuro
12:00 12:30

#AnalysingTheOrdinary: from developing brains to rebuilding lives - executive function and the power of occupational therapy

Innovation Theatre

Executive function is the brain's goal-management system, enabling us to transform intention into action. It underpins our ability to initiate, organise, adapt, regulate and participate in everyday oc ...

Sponsored by:

Aine O'Dea, Owner & Director - Radiance Consulting Ltd
- Career development, leadership and professional practice
12:40 13:10

From AMPS to QoP tools: practical assessments for contemporary occupational therapy practice

Innovation Theatre

This session introduces the evolution from the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) and School AMPS to the new Quality of Performance (QoP) tools, offering OTs a timely and practical update o ...

Sponsored by:

Patricia Terrar-Perez, Director/Clinical Specialist - THERAPY ROUTES TO INCLUSION CIC (TRI NETWORK)
- Housing, equipment and adaptions
13:20 13:50

Inside the Motability Scheme - mobility that makes life easier

Innovation Theatre

Discover how the Motability Scheme can help occupational therapists support clients to achieve greater independence, mobility and quality of life. This session will provide an overview of the scheme, ...

Sponsored by:

Sian Robinson, Micromobility Dealer Partnership Manager - Motability Operations
- Housing, equipment and adaptions
14:00 14:30

Spatially aware AI scribes in home assessments

Innovation Theatre

Reports, funder forms and follow-up coordination take hours. AI scribes can address this issue, but how do we leverage this technology when 3D spaces are involved? This session will explore emerging t ...

Sponsored by:

Rohith McKim, Founder & CEO - OmaScan

Jen Bachynsky, Occupational Therapist & Founding Clinical Advisor - OmaScan
- Moving, Handling and Posture
14:40 15:10

The benefits of standing for adults and paediatrics: an introduction to the new technology robooter XZ droid

Innovation Theatre

Standing is something many of us take for granted. For wheelchair users and children with additional needs, it can be an important part of both therapy and everyday life. This session explores the cli ...

Sponsored by:

Kaiqiang Li, Physiotherapist/Product Manager - Robooter

Tim Cox, Rehabilitation Director - Recare Ltd

- Career development, leadership and professional practice
10:10 10:40

Supporting healthy working lives: our role as occupational therapists

Showcase Theatre

OTs play a critical role in helping people living with disabilities or health conditions to continue with the occupations that they value, want, or need to do. For working age adults, a central occupa ...

Sponsored by:

Karin Orman, Director of Practice, Innovation and Advocacy - Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Housing, equipment and adaptions
10:50 11:20

Does the Disabled Facilities Grant meet our clients’ needs in 2026?

Showcase Theatre

This session will examine the legislative purpose of the Disabled Facilities Grant and consider whether the current framework remains fit for purpose for clients with complex, long-term and evolving n ...

Sponsored by:

Kate Sheehan, Occupational Therapist - KS Occupational Therapy Services
- Mental health
11:30 12:00

Embodied practice: beyond the therapy room

Showcase Theatre

This session will explore how occupational therapists use themselves as a therapeutic resource, considering how physical presence, body language, positioning, movement, tone, pace and self-awareness c ...

Sponsored by:

Hathaway Davis, Paediatric Occupational Therapist - Witherslack Group
- Neuro
12:10 12:40

Sensory integration in practice: impact, insights and reflections

Showcase Theatre

Four experienced sensory integration practitioners will respond to three reflective questions: How has sensory integration influenced your work as an occupational therapist? What difference has it m ...

Sponsored by:

Beth Smithson, Programme Facilitator - Sensory Integration Education
- Housing, equipment and adaptions
12:50 13:20

Beyond reminders: using connected technology to support independence in older adults with cognitive decline

Showcase Theatre

Occupational therapists know that supporting independence for older adults with dementia or cognitive decline means going beyond generic reminder tools. In this session, Valérie Larochelle, CEO and co ...

Sponsored by:

Valérie Larochelle, CEO and Co-founder - Eugeria and Idem
- Housing, equipment and adaptions
13:30 14:00

Restrictive equipment, consent and lawful occupational therapy practice

Showcase Theatre

This session will explore how occupational therapists can make lawful, proportionate and person-centred decisions when considering restrictive equipment or adaptations for adults, children and young p ...

Sponsored by:

Kate Sheehan, Occupational Therapist - KS Occupational Therapy Services
- Neuro
14:10 14:40

Mindfulness-Informed Fatigue Management (MIFM) - from awareness to occupational change

Showcase Theatre

This session introduces Mindfulness-Informed Fatigue Management (MIFM), an eight-week occupational therapy programme developed for people living with persistent fatigue.Charles Talbot will explain how ...

Sponsored by:

Charles Talbot, Specialist Neurological Occupational Therapist - NEW LEAF OT LTD

Are you interested in delivering a session as part of the 2026 Innovation or Showcase Theatre programme? Exhibitors looking to present product demonstrations, case studies or innovation-led content should get in touch with the team today to discuss speaking opportunities.

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