Previous Congresses
 

1st World Congress on Pain

September 5-8, 1975, Florence, Italy

First President Elected: Denise Albe-Fessard
Keynote Address: Patrick D. Wall
Number of Attendees: 759
Poster Presentations: 265
 

2nd World Congress on Pain

August 27 - September 1, 1978, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Incoming President: John J. Bonica
SPC Chair: John C. Liebeskind
Number of Attendees: 1300+
Number of Presentations: 380

3rd World Congress on Pain

September 4-11, 1981, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Incoming President: Ainsley Iggo
SPC Chair: Ulf Lindblom
LAC Chair: Ainsley Iggo
Number of Attendees: 1600+
Number of Presentations: 372
 

4th World Congress on Pain

August 31 - September 5, 1984, Seattle, Washington, USA

Incoming President: Ronald Melzack
SPC Chair: Howard L. Fields
LAC Chair: B. Raymond Fink
Inaugural John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecturer: Edward R. Perl
Number of Attendees: 1800+
 

5th World Congress on Pain

August 2-7, 1987, Hamburg, Germany

Incoming President: Michael J. Cousins
SPC Chair: Ronald Dubner
LAC Chair: Manfred Zimmermann
Refresher Course Organizer: Robert A. Boas
John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecturer: Patrick D. Wall
Inaugural Young Investigator Awardee: Clifford J. Woolf
Number of Attendees: ~1900

6th World Congress on Pain

April 1-6, 1990, Adelaide, Australia

Incoming President: Ulf Lindblom
SPC Chair: Michael R. Bond
LAC Chair: Issy Pilowsky
Refresher Course Organizer: Allan I. Basbaum
John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecturer: Ronald Melzack
Number of Attendees: 2000+
 

7th World Congress on Pain

August 22-27, 1993, Paris, France

Incoming President: John D. Loeser
SPC Chair: G. F. Gebhart
LAC Chair: Jean-Marie Besson
Refresher Course Organizer: Allan I. Basbaum
John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecturer: Jean-Marie Besson
Inaugural Ronald Dubner Research Prize Recipient: Martin Koltzenburg
Number of Attendees: 4000+
 
 

8th World Congress on Pain

August 17-22, 1996, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Incoming President: Jean-Marie Besson
SPC Chair: Troels S. Jensen
LAC Chair: Kenneth D. Craig
Refresher Course Organizer: James N. Campbell
John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecturer: Ronald Dubner
Patrick D. Wall Young Investigator Award Recipient: Terence Coderre
Number of Attendees: 4200+
Plenary Sessions: 25
Workshops: 80
Poster Presentations: 1500
 

9th World Congress on Pain

August 22-27, 1999, Vienna, Austria

Incoming President: Barry Sessle
SPC Chair: Marshall Devor
LAC Chair: Peter Wessely
Refresher Course Organizer: Mitchell Max
John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecturer: Erik Torebjörk
Number of Attendees: 5200+
Plenary Sessions: 19
Workshops: 90
Poster Presentations: 1700+
 

10th World Congress on Pain

August 17-22, 2002, San Diego, California, USA

Incoming President: Michael Bond
SPC Chair: Jonathan Dostrovsky
LAC Chair: Sandra Chaplan
Refresher Course Organizer: Maria Adele Giamberardino
John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecturer: Allan I. Basbaum
Number of Attendees: 5100
Plenary Sessions: 20
Workshops: 82
Poster Presentations: 1650+
 

11th World Congress on Pain

August 21-26, 2005, Sydney, Australia

Incoming President: Troels S. Jensen
SPC Chair: Herta Flor
LAC Chair: Geoffrey Gourlay
Refresher Course Organizer: Douglas Justins
John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecturer: William D. Willis
Inaugural John D. Loeser Distinguished Lecturer: Rita Charon
Number of Attendees: 5000
Plenary Sessions: 20
Workshops: 82
Poster Presentations: 1725
 

12th World Congress on Pain

August 17-22, 2008, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Incoming President: G.F. Gebhart
SPC Chair: José Castro-Lopes
LAC Chair: Michael Serpell
John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecturer: Tony Yaksh
John D. Loeser Distinguished Lecturer: Inge Genefke
Number of Attendees: 6000+
Plenary Sessions: 18
Workshops: 90
Poster Presentations: 1818
 

13th World Congress on Pain

August 29 - September 2, 2010, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Incoming President: Eija Kalso
SPC Chair: Jeffrey S. Mogil
LAC Chair: Manon Choiniere
John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecturer: Clifford J. Woolf
John D. Loeser Distinguished Lecturer: Kathleen Foley
Plenary Sessions: 14
Workshops/Symposia: 73
Poster Presentations: 1906