ISST 2025 - 27th International Congress

27th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

Changing Horizons: Encountering the Other in Sandplay Therapy

August 18 - 22, 2025

Egmond aan Zee | The Netherlands

General Information

Organiser

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Sandplay Therapie (further as NVST)
KVK-nummer: 09142947
Molvense Erven 182, 5672HR Nuenen

Badges

Onsite access to all scientific and networking events will only be possible with your personal badge. All participants are requested to wear their name badge throughout the congress.

Currency

As in most countries of the European Union, the official currency is the Euro (€).
Major credit cards are accepted at most cash points (ATM machines), stores, restaurants and hotels.

Electricity

The Netherlands operates on a 230V supply voltage and 50Hz.
Official plugs in the Netherlands are:
“Schuko” (round) Type F/ CEE 7/4
“Europlug” (flat) Type C/ CEE 7/16

Health

All visitors are advised to have valid international insurance.

Invitation letter

If you require an invitation letter to attend the congress for visa purposes, please request this from organization-registration@isst2025.org after successful registration.

Language

The official language of the Netherlands is Dutch. English is spoken by the staff of most hotels, restaurants and shops.

Weather

Please check for up-to-date weather in Egmond aan Zee at the following link.
https://weather.com/en-GB/weather/today/l/da71feb96706935c8b0e699790950d03c3e9a8b7af25dcc4cfd124148b1ab8e8

Telephone and internet

The Netherlands international pre-dial is +31. Public places like museums, malls, restaurants, monuments and even parks may offer “free” WiFi Hotspots.

Time

Please note that in August, the Netherlands follows Central European Summer Time (CEST), which is UTC+2.
All scheduled times are provided in this time zone.

Important Notification

Please follow the instruction below for filling out and submitting the Registration form of Attendance **

1.Topic

Every congress participant will receive a Congress Certificate of participation stating the maximum number of educational credits based on their attendance, up to 24 hours.

2. Topic

If a congress participant was unable to attend all 24 hours during the congress week, these hours can still be credited after viewing the recorded presentations, which have to be also checked on the attendance form. Please note that the recordings are available until November 16th.

3.Topic

When applying for the ISST Certification sandplay therapy students must submit their congress attendance forms along with their certification application (Appendix D) for verification of their completed theory hours.

4. Topic

Please note that due to a high number of participants we may experience delays in issuing and sending you the certificate.

You can send your specific questions about this subject to this email:

sandplay.nvst@gmail.com

Special question about the login for the recorded presentations:

isst@intercom-kongesse.de

** legend

** The Registration form of Attendance confirms your attendance at specific sessions, while the Congress Certificate proves your registration and attendance at the entire event.”

The first is specific to your attendance at individual sessions, which may be useful for continuing education credits. The second confirms your overall attendance at the congress.

Congress Organizer

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Sandplay Therapie (NVST)