Apply for media registration to attend World Physiotherapy Congress 2025
World Physiotherapy welcomes journalists to World Physiotherapy Congress 2025. Complimentary registration is provided to qualified journalists who apply for media credentials and register to attend congress in advance. Journalists who meet the media registration criteria will be accredited on a space-available basis. Journalists who are not registered will not be able to participate in the congress in Tokyo.
Registered journalists have free and full access to scientific programme sessions, including the opening and closing sessions, for World Physiotherapy Congress 2025, and are assisted, where available, to gather material for stories.
World Physiotherapy welcomes individual journalists and will usually allow one free media registration per publication.
Journalists who wish to attend the congress free of charge must provide the following:
- a completed registration form
- supporting information as detailed below
We recommend that journalists apply for registration as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Applications for media registration will be accepted from journalists employed by or on assignment from:
- recognised print, broadcast, and online general and specialist health news media
- recognised World Physiotherapy member organisations
All applicants for media registration must be 18 or older by 29 May 2025.
Website owners/contributors and people who primarily publish content on social media (eg bloggers, podcasters) will not be considered for media registration.
Publishers and representatives of sales, advertising or marketing departments of publications or other news organisations will not be considered for media registration.
Editors and staff of scientific journals are not considered media and will not be considered for media registration.
Applicants for media registration must download and complete the online form and return it along with supporting documents to communications@world.physio.
Completed registration forms, and all supporting materials, must be received by 28 February 2025.
If you are a print or online journalist working for a newspaper or magazine, you will need to submit your completed registration form and the following (scans or URLs) to communications@world.physio.
- three recent articles with your by-line and published by a recognised media outlet or World Physiotherapy member organisation AND
- a copy of the publication masthead listing your primary position as an editor or reporter AND
- an email or letter from your editor or World Physiotherapy member organisation stating you have been assigned to cover the congress
If you are a broadcast journalist or filmmaker, you will need to submit your completed application form and the following (files or URLs) to communications@world.physio
- audio or video of three broadcast programmes you have worked on, with proof of your involvement in the production AND
- an email or letter from your editor or World Physiotherapy member organisation stating you have been assigned to cover the congress
If you are an editor/producer for a mainstream newspaper, magazine, online publication, radio, or broadcast outlet, you will need to submit your completed registration form and documentation confirming your position (business card, letterhead, press card, letter from publisher) to communications@world.physio
If you are a freelance writer, you will need to submit your completed registration form and the following (scans or URLs) to communications@world.physio
- an email or letter from your editor or World Physiotherapy member organisation stating you have been assigned to cover the congress AND
- a by-lined story appearing in a verifiable print or electronic publication dated within the last six months
You will be informed by email by 28 March 2025 on the outcome of your application for media registration.
