ISPO World Congress 2023 – Sepp Heim Award - Call for Nominations

The Sepp Heim Award was established by ISPO at the ISPO World Congress 2019 to honor Mr. Sepp Heim for his lifetime of significant contributions to ISPO as well as the development of mobility devices (prosthetics, orthotics, and wheelchairs) education and services in less resourced settings. The Sepp Heim Award replaced the Yeongchi Wu International Education Award.

The award is granted to an individual/s or institution/organization that has made a major contribution to mobility device education and/or improving mobility devices service in less resourced settings. In doing so, the nominee should have positive impact to the lives of persons with disabilities living in less resourced settings through improving availability, accessibility, affordability, quality, and sustainability of mobility device services.

The Winner will receive:

• Award Certificate;
• $1000.00 USD; &
• Complimentary registration to the ISPO World Congress for the recipient or a representative if the award is attributed to an institution/organization.

This Application Form should be completed by 26th February 2023.