Europe

September 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 5 – 6, 2018 : Third International Congress Of Moldovan Society for the Study and MAnagement of Pain

  World known speakers, Large networking, Fresh news and more other.

• October 8, 2018 : Bringing Pain Education to Life through Story Telling: Pain Education SIG Study Day

  The British Pain Society are proud to present an interactive study day hosted by the Pain Education Special Interest Group exploring how patient stories and service users are contributing to pain education and the challenges encountered when facilitating and contributing in such opportunities.

• 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 12 – 13, 2018 : 5th LSORA Ultrasound in Pain Medicine Workshop

  An expert international faculty will join us once again for this comprehensive course to teach ultrasound guided pain relief procedures on live models.

• 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 18 – 19, 2018 : II Balearic meeting Nursing of Pain and I Balearic meeting Acute Pain

  The II Balearic meeting Nursing of Pain and I Balearic meeting Acute Pain is a major annual gathering of pain management specialists. Are aimed at nurses, anesthesiologists, surgeons, pharmacists, physicians, researchers, as well as others professionals from different disciplines involved in the treatment of postoperative pain. The objective of this meeting is to raise awareness among professionals from multidisciplinary perspective relating to the importance of their involvement in managing pain control update knowledge and raise the main controversies in the treatment of acute postoperative pain. For this we have Balearic public and private health service, primary care, the University of the Balearic Islands, and users of the health system representation. We hope to see you in Majorca!

• 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 24 – 26, 2018 : 14th Interventional Pain Management Cadaver Workshop

  Fluoroscopy cadaver workshop - cervical, lumbar and thoracic facet CRF, DRG, transforaminal, disc, SIJ, hypogastric, ganglion impar, epiduroscopy, thoracic/lumbar sympathectomy, vertebroplasty, genicular, cooled RF, stellate, trigeminal and sphenopalatine, SCS. US musculoskeletal procedures – joints, nerves, bursae. Fresh frozen specimens. Max 4 delegates per session

• 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 9 – 10, 2018 : 6th Hands-on Peripheral Neuromodulation Masterclass Plus Advances in SCS

  The Neuromodulation Masterclass will include lectures on peripheral neuromodulation techniques and advances in neuromodulation for chronic pain by a faculty of experts as well as live model scanning and hands-on cadaver training on up to seven stations with the aid of fluoroscopy and ultrasound.

• 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 12, 2018 : Implanted Pelvic Materials and Chronic Pain: The Full Story

  The British Pain Society presents a Study Day focusing on why some of those living with mesh may suffer chronic pain and what are the best ways of investigating, managing and supporting these individuals for the future. Topics will include epidemiology of mesh and its pathophysiology when chronic pain occurs as well as the role of investigation, surgery and pain management techniques.

• 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.

January 2019

• January 3 – 4, 2019 : The National Pain Conference of the Norwegian Pain Society

  This is the annual Norwegian pain conference to promote evidence based pain treatment and pain research.

• January 20 – 25, 2019 : 7th London Pain Forum "Advances in Pain Medicine" Winter Symposium

  The "Advances in Pain Medicine" International Winter Symposium will be returning for the seventh time to the Hotel Village Montana, Tignes Le Lac on 20-25 January 2019 with a six day programme of lectures and expert discussions in a breath-taking location.

March 2019

• March 7 – 9, 2019 : 30th Congress of the German Pain Association

  Motto of the conference this year will be "individualization instead of standardization"

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.