Europe

May 2018

• May 24 – 26, 2018 : XV CONGRESO DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DEL DOLOR - SED

  Dear colleagues and friends: As President of the Organizing Committee of the 15th Congress of the Spanish Society of Pain, which will take place in Palma de Mallorca between May 24-26 2018, it is an honor and a pleasure to welcome you to our city, in our behalf and on behalf of our Society (SED).

June 2018

• June 9, 2018 : Annual Scientific Meeting Belgian Pain Society Congress: 'Pain Education'

July 2018

• July 2 – 5, 2018 : British Pain Society Philosophy and Ethics Special Interest Group annual meeting: Language and burnout

  This years meeting has two themes. We will be examining the problems of the language we and our patients use in the interface between us, both as regards the dangers of careless use of language by practitioners and the inadequacy of language for expressing suffering. Our second theme of stress and burnout is unfortunately topical with mounting evidence that this is becoming increasingly prevalent not just in pain medicine but in the health professions generally. These themes overlap in the way the language we use to ourselves can aggravate our problems. This meeting will take place in the beautiful surroundings of Launde Abbey in the heart of the English countryside, and the program designed to maximize the time for discussion.

• July 5 – 7, 2018 : 34th Annual LIVERPOOL COURSE ON MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN: “A PRACTICAL APPROACH” 2018

  This course aims to further develop skills of assessing and treating complex chronic pain patients. This practical and interactive course develops an evidence based approach to assessment, examination and formulation of a diagnosis and designing a comprehensive management plan. This pain course will be of help to Anaesthetic, Neurosurgery and Pain Trainees. Pain Consultants, General Practitioners with Special Interest in Pain Medicine, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Senior Physiotherapists with Specialist Interest in the management of chronic pain.

September 2018

• September 4, 2018 : 5th SUA Ultrasound Guided Chronic Pain Interventions Workshop

  The 5th Society for Ultrasound in Anaesthesia (SUA) Chronic Pain Interventions Workshop will take place at the Royal College of Physicians, London, UK on 4th September 2018 An expert faculty will cover a wide variety of chronic pain procedures under ultrasound guidance with live models. Workshop delegates will be given access to an online library of lectures and resources in advance for additional training and in order to maximize the hands-on scanning practice.

• September 4, 2018 : 5th SUA Ultrsasound Guided Pain Interventions Workshop

  Learn to perform ultrasound guided pain interventions from experts in this small group hands on workshop. The course will cover cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacral interventions and is ideal for those practicing pain medicine.

• September 13 – 15, 2018 : World Neuron Diseases Congress

  NEURON 2018, a special program that involves latest innovative treatment and prevention of Neurological Disorders may help people with multiple sclerosis (MS). On behalf of the Scientific Committee, World Neuron Diseases Congress is going to be held in the Bucharest, Romania during September 13-15, 2018.

• September 29, 2018 : Worldwide Day Hundred Cities Against Pain

  The 2018 edition of the Worldwide Day Hundred Cities Against Pain is scheduled on Saturday, October 6th; the event will involve more than 100 Italian and foreign cities, and more than 90 Italian hospitals to raise awareness of the problem of chronic pain and its treatment. During the same week, the information campaign on chronic pain will be organized in the hospitals involved in the Day. Individuals, patients, doctors, associations, and other organizations can join the celebration of the Worldwide Day in different ways: by organizing their own events in cities or hospitals and/or by supporting the initiative website and social networks.

October 2018

• October 5 – 6, 2018 : Spine Intervention Society Lumbar Hands-On Lab

  SIS is bringing hands-on lumbar intervention training to Ioannina, Greece exclusively for SIS members based in Europe. You will experience 8 hours of hands-on lab instruction with phantom spine models and 5.75 hours of lectures, breakout sessions, and discussions with your instructors.

• October 11 – 13, 2018 : 16th Ibero-American Meeting of Pain and the 6th APED Congress

  This year the Portuguese Association for the Study of Pain gathers two different events (RIAD meeting+ APED Congress) under the headline "Movement towards the future". The RIAD meeting joins professionals from SED, FEDELAT and APED to discuss 4 central themes - Education; Pharmacology; Cancer pain and Palliative Care and Interventional Pain Treatments. The APED meeting has a broad set of themes that go from neurobiology of pain to treatment of complex pain settings. Oncological and non oncological pain; neuromodulation; intervention; the continuum of acute pain, etc. APED will launch during the congress the campaign about movement benefits.

• October 16 – 19, 2018 : EFIC® Winter Cancer Pain School 2018

  This course aims to develop skills of assessing and treating pain related to cancer and its treatment. This interactive course develops an evidence-based approach to assessment, and formulating diagnosis and designing a comprehensive management plan including pain management. The emphasis is on a multidisciplinary approach to managing pain related to cancer. Learning objectives of this course are in line with EFIC Core Curriculum for managing pain related to cancer as below.

• October 20, 2018 : Irish Pain Society 18th Annual Scientific Meeting

  The Irish Pain Society are delighted to announce an excellent multidisciplinary line up of speakers to compliment this year’s theme of ‘Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education’: Dr. Ipek Yalcin (Basic Science), Ms. Felicia Cox (Nursing), Prof. Hans-Georg Kress (Pain Medicine), Dr. Cormac Ryan (Physiotherapy) and Dr. Jeff Breckon (Psychology). The plenary talks will be followed by an afternoon of master classes, namely, Ultra-sound Guided nerve blocks and Opioid Prescribing, poster competition and the 4th Annual Irish Pain Research Network symposium.

• October 27 – 28, 2018 : Spine Intervention Society Advanced Lumbar Bio-Skills Lab

  Building on the lumbar foundation, the Advanced Lumbar Bio-Skills Lab progresses your knowledge in this region. This course contains 8.75 hours of hands-on lab instruction, 4.25 hours of lecture and breakout sessions, and have an hour for discussion with your instructors.

November 2018

• November 10, 2018 : Cannabinoids - A drug is ennobled

  24th Schleswiger Pain Conference: Scientific symposium on cannabinoids - pharmacology, clinical data on physiology and pathophysiology, use in chronic pain, possible indications, dangers, v.a. Dependence, legal framework and data on the part of pharmacists and payers

• November 14, 2018 : 2nd Study Day on Joint Management of Joint Pain

  Primary Care Mx of Jt Pain - GP Medical Mx of Jt Pain - Rheumatologist Preop Optimisation for Jt Surgery - Anaesthetist Surgical Mx of Jt Pain - Ortho Surgeon Mx of Complex Jt Pain - Novel Techniques -Genicular RF, Shockwave PRP - Cons Pain Med Physical therapies for joint pain - Senior Physio Mx of Pain Killer Addiction & Psychological Support –Psychiatrist & Psychologist Workshops Regional Blocks Special Interventions - Genicular RF Medicine Optimisation

• November 15 – 16, 2018 : The 11th Royal Marsden Pain and Opioid Conference

  Opioids still form the mainstay of many types of pain for both cancer and non-malignant pains. Although there is evidence for their effect, opioids also are associated with significant side effects in the short and long term.

May 2019

• May 23 – 25, 2019 : 16th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care

  Global Palliative care - shaping the future

June 2019

• June 16 – 20, 2019 : ISPP 2019 - 12th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain, Basel, Switzerland

  Children and families as partners in pain management. Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood.