2017 PROGRAMME


Symposium Venue: Salon Le Lac, Hotel Village Montana, Les Almes, 73320 Tignes Le Lac

Sunday 15 January 2017 – 17.00-20.00hrs

*Please note the Symposium Registration Desk Opens from 16.30hrs on 15.01.17 in Salon Le Lac, Hotel Village Montana

17.00-17.45 – REGISTRATION/EXHIBITION

17.45-18.00 – WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION (T.GOROSZENIUK/A.BHASKAR)

Neuropathic Pain

18.00-20.00 – Evening Session Day One:

Session Chair: T. Goroszeniuk, UK

1.  Neuropathic Pain in Cancer Patients (A. Bhaskar, UK)
2.  Painful diabetic neuropathies and the Challenges for the Pain Physician
(T. Ivanova-Stoilova, UK) 
3.  Botox in Peripheral Neuropathy (R. Cregg, UK) 
4.  Neuropathic Pain and the Role of Neuromodulation (T. Goroszeniuk, UK) 


Monday 16 January 2017 – 07.30-09.30hrs & 17.00-20.00hrs

07.30-08.00 – EXHIBITION

Ultrasound in Pain Management

08.00-09.30 – Morning Session Day Two:

Session Chair: A. Thottungal, UK

1. Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks for Pain Management in Cervical Region (HJ. Park, South Korea)
2. Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Neuromodulation. New Possibilities.(A. Thottungal, UK)
3. Q&A

17.00-17.30 – EXHIBITION

17.30-20.00 – Evening Session Day Two:

Instructors: A. Thottungal, UK/HJ. Park, South Korea

1. Interactive Ultrasound Scanning (Live Model)
                                                                                                                                                                    
Tuesday 17 January 2017 – 07.30-09.30hrs & 17.00-20.00hrs

07.30-08.00 – EXHIBITION

Abdomino-Pelvic Pain Management

08.00-09.30 – Morning Session Day Three  
 
Session Chair: R. Cregg, UK
                                                            
1. Anti-Neuropathics for Abdomino-Pelvic Pain (R. Cregg, UK)
2. Red Herrings of Abdomino-Pelvic Pain and US Interventions (A. Thottungal, UK)
3. Solvimax: Pain in the Groin after Surgery & Abdominal Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome
 (T. Lim, The Netherlands)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
17.00-17.30 – EXHIBITION

Managing Opioid Problems

17.30-20.00 – Evening Session Day Three:

Session Chair: A. Bhaskar, UK

1. Introduction & Overview (A. Bhaskar, UK)
2. Dependence/Addiction (Prof M. Dematteis, France)
3. Narcotic Bowel Syndrome and Reducing Opiate Use (M. Alexander-Williams, UK)
4. Q&A 
                                                                                                                                                                                               
Wednesday 18 January 2017 – 07.30-9.30hrs & 17.00-20.00hrs

07.30-08.00 – EXHIBITION

Low Back & Knee Pain

08.00-09.30 – Morning Session Day Four:
         
Session Chair: M. Bone, UK

1.  Management of Low Back Pain (K. van Tilburg, The Netherlands)
2.  Novel Treatments for Chronic Knee Pain (T. Ivanova-Stoilova, UK)
3.  Q&A
                                                        
17.00-17.30 – EXHIBITION
                                                
Medical Education, Healthcare Ethics & Panel Discussion Topics

17.30-20.00 – Evening Session Day Four:

Session Chair: K. van Tilburg, The Netherlands

1. Current State of Medical Education & Update from the Faculty of Pain Medicine 
(L. Hacking, UK/N. Hacking, UK)
2. The Conflict of Ethics Between Managerialism and Professionalism in Healthcare (M. Platt, UK)
3. Panel Discussion Topics To be Announced


Thursday 19 January 2017 – 07.30-09.30hrs

07.30-08.00 – EXHIBITION

Whiplash & RSD

08.00-09.30 – Morning Session Day Five  

Session Chair: N. Padfield, UK

1. Whiplash Associated Disorders (K. van Tilburg, The Netherlands)
2. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Y. Perper, USA)
3. Q&A

                                                                          
Friday 20 January 2017 – 17.30-20.00hrs

17.30-18.00 – EXHIBITION

Management of Difficult to Treat Pain Conditions

18.00-20.00 – Evening Session Day Six:

Session Chair: A. Bhaskar, UK                                               

1. Fibromyalgia - What is Safe & Effective from Assessment to Discharge (CD. Laird, UK)
2. The Establishment of an Interventional Pain Service in a Hospice Setting (J. Browne, Ireland)
3. Intrathecal Drug Delivery in Pain Management (K. van Tilburg, The Netherlands)
4. Q&A

20.00 – CLOSE OF THE WINTER SYMPOSIUM