Chair: Michael Rathleff, Denmark

Biopsychosocial understanding of the transition from acute to chronic pain in adolescents

Tonya Palermo, United States

Who are the adolescents with musculoskeletal pain that have the highest risk of a poor outcome?

Sinead Holden, Denmark

Evidence-based self-management approaches for adolescent musculoskeletal pain: from simple to complex

Michael Rathleff, Denmark

Q&A

Closing Remarks by Chairs

Brona Fullen, Ireland
Prof. Dr. Bart Morlion, Belgium

Chair: Manohar Sharma, United Kingdom

Pain management at the end of life: Evidence and practice

Nevenka Krcevski Skvarc, Slovenia

Pain management at the end of life: Case presentation

Manohar Sharma, United Kingdom

Managing common non-pain symptomsat end of life

Sam Ahmedzai, United Kingdom

Q&A

Chair: Rianne van Boekel, Netherlands

Advanced nursing roles to be: Transitional pain services

Nadja Nestler, Austria

Advanced nursing roles: Nurse-led pain clinic

Karin Cannons, United Kingdom

Building a network, career and professional development: A nice example

Patricia Schofield, United Kingdom

Q&A

Chair: Miriam Kunz, Germany

Older adults’ pain prevalence and underlying mechanisms

Stefan Lautenbacher, Germany

Assessing older adults’ pain experiences

Miriam Kunz, Germany

Psychological interventions for older adults with chronic pain

Peter Mattenklodt, Germany

Q&A

Chair: Catherine Blake, Ireland

Nutrition pain and obesity

Anneleen Malfliet, Belgium

Sleep (problems) and pain

Eveline van Looveren, Belgium

Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS)

Speaker: TBA

Q&A

Chair: Emma Briggs, United Kingdom

Patient education: The effect of positive words on pain and anxiety

Sigrid Heemskerk, Netherlands

Patient perspective: Priorities in educating patients and professionals

Chris Bridgeford, United Kingdom

Joe Parsons, United Kingdom

Professional education: Developing e-learning

Emma Briggs, United Kingdom

Q&A

Chair: Edmund Keogh, United Kingdom

Introduction and overview of need for multiple assessment for pain

Ulrike Kaiser, Germany

Self-reported questionnaires

Dimitri Van Ryckeghem, Netherlands

Nonverbal measurement of pain behaviour

Judith Kappesser, Germany

Q&A

Chair: Hani Hattar, Sweden

Mixed pain

Rainer Freynhagen, Germany

Pain and related symptoms in post COVID-19 patients

Indre Bileviciute-Ljungar, Sweden

Burning mouth syndrome

Antoon De Laat, Belgium

Q&A

Chair: Anneleen Malfliet, Belgium

Pain in people suffering from intellectual disability

Owen Doody, Ireland

Pain in children

Kelly Ickmans, Belgium

From Working with Persistent Pain to Long COVID - a clinical perspective

Stefanie Poulton, United Kingdom

Q&A

Chair: Jonathan Hill, United Kingdom

Setting the scene: the power of PSE in interdisciplinary pain management

Bart Morlion, Belgium

Implementation of PSE: Lessons learned from the past 20 years

Speaker: Lorimer Moseley

PSE in special populations: Pain Education after CANcer (PECAN)

An De Groef, Belgium

Q&A

Application of digital technology to facilitate practice

Chair: Brona Fullen, Ireland

Use of technology in the remote management of musculoskeletal pain

David Hohenschurz-Schmidt, United Kingdom

Use of VR to facilitate clinician treatment decision-making around pain

Adam Hirsh, United States

Q&A

Addiction and substance abuse in the context of chronic pain

Chair: Kevin Vowles, United Kingdom

Co-morbid chronic pain and opioid misuse/opioid use disorder

Kevin Vowles, United Kingdom

Alcohol use disorder from the perspective of addictions treatment

Katie Witkiewitz, United States

Reflections on 20 years of working a pain and addiction treatment service

Alexander Baldacchino, United Kingdom

Q&A

Acute pain in sports

Chair: Harriet Wittink, Netherlands

Inflammation and tissue healing

Tim Watson, United Kingdom

Pain or injury

Morten Hoegh, Denmark

Being an athlete with pain

Tasha Stanton, Australia

Q&A

Clinical updates: Pain and dementia

Chair: Patricia Schofield, United Kingdom

Identifying and assessing pain in dementia care

Stefan Lautenbacher, Germany

Using technology to assess and manage pain in dementia care

Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Canada

Managing pain in dementia care

Gisèle Pickering, France

Q&A

Interventional pain management

Chair: Sam Narouze, United States

Intrathecal drug delivery for chronic pain

Peter Staats, United States

Basic principles of radiofrequency in pain management: Understanding the mechanisms

Koen Van Boxem, Belgium

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block: Techniques and indications

Sam Narouze, United States

Q&A

Prevention of chronic pain: Biopsychosocial risk models, evidence and early intervention

Chair: Monika Hasenbring, Germany

Psychological prognostic factors in musculoskeletal pain: Description, conceptualization, and approaches for early intervention

Paul Campbell, United States

Assessing psychosocial barriers to return-to-work and pain-related disability

William Shaw, United States

Transition to persistent pain: The role of activity-related behaviour and early interventions

Monika Hasenbring, Germany

Q&A

Clinical updates: Neuropathic pain

Chair: Nicola Torrance, United Kingdom

Epidemiology and risk factors associated with neuropathic pain

Nicola Torrance, United Kingdom

Assessment of neuropathic pain

Speaker: TBA

Managing pain diabetic neuropathy

Suzanne Pouwels, Netherlands

Q&A

Pain in infants, children and adolescents

Chair: Boris Zernikow, Germany

Psychological aspects of acute and chronic pain including pain assessment

Julia Wager, Germany

The biology of acute pain and acute pain treatment

Francesca Oppitz, Netherlands

The biology of chronic pain and chronic pain treatment

Boris Zernikow, Germany

Q&A

Resilience factors and their role in buffering pain

Chair: Madelon Peters, Netherlands

Optimism as a resiliency for pain

Madelon Peters, Netherlands

Positive affect at the intersection of the biopsychosocial model of pain

Patrick Finan, United States

Coping with chronic pain: On the value of acceptance and flexible goal adjustment

Emelien Lauwerier, Belgium

Q&A

eHealth in pain management

Chair: An de Groef, Belgium

The potential role of ehealth in rehabilitation

Michiel Punt, Netherlands

E-health self management to support physical activity for chronic painful conditions

Mark van Tilburg

Stratified blended care

Corelien Kloek, Netherlands

Q&A

ACT and mindfulness: Overview and application to pain

Chair: Lance McCraken, Sweden

ACT model and evidence

Whitney Scott, United Kingdom

ACT Method and for whom

Lance McCraken, Sweden

Mindfulness model, evidence, method, and for whom

Jasmine Hearn, United Kingdom

Q&A

Chronic widespread pain

Chair: Winfried Häuser, Germany

Differential diagnosis

Winfried Häuser, Germany

Hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) pain management

Hani Hattar, Sweden

Chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia. The role of physician and multidisciplinary approach

Indre Bileviciute-Ljungar, Sweden

Q&A

Clinical updates: Infants, children and young people

Chair: TBA

Pain assessment in paediatric ICU

Norma O'Keeffe, Ireland

Non-pharmacological techniques with children and young people

Verena del Valle Mattsson, Switzerland

Procedural pain management

Koen Vanhonsebrouck, Belgium
 

Q&A

Education and communication

Chair: Morten Hoegh, Denmark

Explaining pain to patients with chronic pain

Tim Beames, United Kingdom

Narrative medicine and chronic pain

Lissanthea Taylor, Australia

Psychologically informed practice

Chris Main, United Kingdom

Q&A

Multidisciplinary female pelvic pain management

Chair: Manohar Sharma, United Kingdom

Urogynaecology perspective on complex female pelvic pain

Shaireen Aleem, United Kingdom

Psychology perspective on complex female pelvic pain

Natalie Lane, United Kingdom

Pain Medicine perspective on complex female pelvic pain

Rajiv Chawla, United Kingdom

Q&A

Gut Feelings: The microbiome and pain disorders

Chair: David Finn, Ireland

Siobhain O’Mahony, Ireland

Q&A

Bridging the gap between patients and health care providers: Communication strategies in pain management

Chair: Bart Morlion, Belgium

Candy McCabe, United Kingdom

Q&A

Chair: Brona Fullen, Ireland

Different behavioural styles in patients with chronic low back pain

Ivan Huijnen, Netherlands

Tools for adherence to behaviour change in pain self-management

Anne Söderlund, Sweden

Strategies for physiotherapists' behaviour change when implementing evidence in practice

Johanna Fritz, Sweden

Q&A

Chair: Martin Galligan, United Kingdom

Principles of cancer-related pain management

Martin Galligan, United Kingdom

Invasive cancer pain treatment

Suzanne Chapman, United Kingdom

Management of complex cancer related pain

Martin Galligan, United Kingdom & Suzanne Chapman, United Kingdom

Q&A

Chair: Corey Shum, United States

Advances in virtual reality for pain management

Zina Trost, United States

Acceptance and exposure-based online treatment for chronic pain

Jenny Rickardsson, Sweden

Web-based interventions and educational websites for pain management

Rubén Nieto, Spain

Q&A

Chair: Geert Dom, Belgium

Background and foundation

Arnt Schellekens, Netherlands

Risk assessment and clinical presentation

Geert Dom, Belgium

Opioid tapering and stopping for pain physicians

Bart Morlion, Belgium

Q&A

Chair: Rianne van Boekel, Netherlands

Pharmacological treatment of postoperative pain

Rianne van Boekel, Netherlands

Non-pharmacological interventions for postoperative pain

Sigridur Zoëga, Iceland

Clinical effect of the combination of adjuvants and local anesthetics in postoperative pain treatment

Winfried Meissner, Germany

Q&A

Chair: Didier Bouhassira, France

NeuPSIG identification algorithm for neuropathic pain. Possibilities and potential pitfalls

Didier Bouhassira, France

Central neurostimulation techniques to relieve neuropathic pain

Luis García-Larrea, France

Somatosensory testing, including quantitative thermal testing (QTT)

Speaker: Janne Gierthmuhlen

Q&A

Chair: Meghan McMurtry, Canada

Social context of paediatric (everyday) pain and implications for management

Line Caes, United Kingdom

Understanding and managing paediatric needle-related pain and fear

Meghan McMurtry, Canada

Behavioural interventions for paediatric chronic pain

Rikard Wicksell, Sweden

Q&A

Chair: Stefan Elbers, Netherlands

Self-management in rehabilitation

Michael Nicholas, Australia

Barriers and enablers to self-management

Hemakumar Devan, New Zeland

What is self-management - concept analysis

Dominique Van Der Velde, Belgium

Q&A

Chair: Catherine Doody, Ireland

Evidence for exercise in the management of chronic pain

Máire-Bríd Casey, Ireland

Dysfuncational endogenous pain inhibition during exercise in chronic MSK pain

Jessica Van Oosterwijck, Belgium

Should exercises be painful in the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain

Benjamin Smith, United Kingdom

Q&A

Chair: Johannes Vlaeyen, Belgium

Introducing the concept 'Fear of pain'

Johannes Vlaeyen, Belgium

The persistence of avoidence behaviour

Ann Meulders, Belgium

The reduction of avoidance behaviour

Katja Boersma, Sweden

Q&A

Chair: Peter Vanwambeke, Belgium

Clinical assessment to identify specific causes

Peter Vanwambeke, Belgium

Role of imaging in spinal pain

Rianne van der Heijden, Netherlands

Identifications for spinal surgery

Bart Depreitere, Belgium

Q&A

Chair: Petra Mandysova

Promoting self-management during COVID and beyond

Chris Bridgeford, United Kingdom & Joe Parsons, United Kingdom

Lifestyle interventions for people in pain

Petra Mandysova

Q&A

Chair: Nadja Nestler, Austria

Pain assessment and triage in trauma patients in the emergency department

Sivera Berben, Netherlands

Blunt Thoracic Injuries: Understanding pain throughout the recovery journey

Edward Baker, United Kingdom

Pain assessment in adult ICU

Irmela Gnass, Austria

Q&A

Chair: Kai Karos, Belgium

Theoretical foundations of pain communication

Kai Karos, Belgium 

Clinical application of pain communication theories to reduce stigma and invalidation of people with pain

Harbinder Sandhu, United Kingdom

The role of (implicit) bias in pain assessment and patient-clinician interactions

Claire Ashton-James, Australia

Q&A

Chair: Harriet Wittink, Netherlands

Nociception to the dorsal horn

Roland Reezigt, Netherlands

Pain modulation

Roland Reezigt, Netherlands

Pain in the brain

Andre Mouraux, Belgium

Q&A

Chair: Harm Peters, Germany

Pharmacotherapy of pain during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Flaminia Coluzzi, Italy

Pharmacotherapy of pain in liver disease

Bart Morlion, Belgium

Pharmacotherapy of pain in renal disease

Harm Peters, Germany

Q&A

Chair: Sónia Bernardes, Portugal

Examining the effectiveness of undisciplinary clinical psychology and interdisciplinary chronic pain treatments

Kevin Vowles, United Kingdom

Applying key principles to the setting up of a new interdisciplinary pain prevention service

Ulrike Kaiser, Germany

Interdisciplinary working: A nursing perspective

Amelia Swift, United Kingdom

Q&A

Chair: Roger Knaggs, United Kingdom

Challenges with analgesics in the COVID pandemic

Gisèle Pickering, France

Long COVID

Deepak Ravindran, United Kingdom

Q&A

Chair: Johannes Vlaeyen, Belgium

The crisis of quality and spin in systematic reviews

Neil O'Connell, United Kingdom

Knowing how to spot a good review and what to trust

Emma Fisher, United Kingdom

Q&A