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In this conference special, JWC presents: a systematic review of the risk factors for pressure ulcer (PU) development among adults undergoing surgery; a scoping review of multidisciplinary teams in pressure injury (PI) prevention and management; and a 7-year interrupted time series analysis of PI incidence density in an Italian NICU. The underlying vascular and mechanical commonalities of venous leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers are the focus of a unified framework for management. The translation, content validity and preliminary usability testing of an Italian adaptation of the End-of-Life Wound Assessment Tool are described; as is the development of BEPU2025 to standardise and optimise PU  risk assessment and prevention in Belgium. Students’ perceptions of the effectiveness versus demonstrated clinical competence of simulation-based PU/I education in undergraduate nursing are described, a single-centre study examines incidence density and device-related PI patterns in paediatric intensive care, and the current evidence on engineering performance as the foundation for support surface selection is presented.  The continuing debate on silver in wound management is analysed. DACC features in two papers:  a retrospective comparative study of DACC versus silver gel-forming fibre dressings in paediatric partial-thickness burns, and a retrospective comparison of DACC-coated versus silver hydrofibre dressings in paediatric polymicrobial wound infections. The 2026 ISPeW manifesto sets out a global culture of prevention, innovation and humanised care in paediatric wound healing