Media Information

The WMS annual Congress is the foremost scientific congress in the field of neuromuscular disorders. WMS 2025 is our 30^th anniversary Congress. WMS 2024 in Prague, our delegates presented more than 700 posters, sharing the latest, breaking science in the field.

This year, our three topics are:

• neuromuscular diseases as multisystemic disorders
• multidisciplinary management of neuromuscular diseases
• advances in therapies and drug development

We will cover each topic in the plenary sessions and are inviting abstract submissions for delegates to share their work. 

As well as our main plenary sessions, we will host:

• a debate, inviting experts to discuss a hot topic in the field
• a keynote lecture - the Victor Dubowitz lecture, named for the founder of the WMS
• six industry symposia
• 60 short oral presentations
• late breaking news, giving space to emerging science in the field 

We invite media with an interest in the field of neuromuscular disorders to attend WMS 2025 virtually or in person. We will have a media office on-site to support journalists, photographers and media representatives who wish to cover abstracts, presentations and events during the Congress.

Media representatives will be expected to follow the Congress Code of Conduct and respect embargoes set by the WMS, presenters and our industry partners. We request that media representatives share links to their outputs as they are published/ broadcast with the communications lead for promotion on WMS social media channels.

In person media passes include:

• attendance at 30th Annual Congress 7th-11th October 2025: The Austria Center, Vienna, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Wien, Austria
• access to a dedicated space at the Congress, including space to work, power a laptop, access Wifi, water and beverages as well as lunch at the Congress each day
• access to the WMS EventsAir virtual platform to view presentations, posters, exhibitors and sponsors' information.

Please note, in person attendance does not include accommodation or travel expenses.

Virtual media passes include:

• access to the WMS EventsAir virtual platform to view presentations, posters, exhibitors and sponsors information
• opportunity to interact with presenters via the app

Code of conduct

Media delegates must abide by WMS Congress Ltd’s Code of Conduct.

WMS Congress Ltd reserves all rights to take action to prevent or report violations of the Code of Conduct, including blocking access to the WMS 2025 Congress and future Congresses.

Embargoes

Embargoes for most presented work stand until 00:01 Central European Standard Time (CEST) (GMT +1) on the 7^th October 2025. The embargo for late breaking abstracts is 00:01 on Saturday 11^th October.

NMD Journal, as the partner journal of the WMS and the WMS Congress has exclusive rights to publish the presentations in advance of the embargo. The Congress edition of the NMD Journal is due to be available to Congress delegates and journal subscribers from 30^th September, 2025.

If you would like to arrange interviews with presenters, speakers or other people attending as part of the Congress agenda, you can do so through the communications lead, Catherine Ross. Vox pop style interviews with attendees are permitted. 

Because this is a hybrid meeting, the content may be available prior to the session being broadcast at the scheduled time in the programme. In this instance, the media embargo remains as stated above.

For more information, please contact:

Catherine Ross
WMS Communications Manager
[email protected]