Tuesday, May 1

Resident’s Course

Wednesday, May 2

Resident’s Course

Pediatric Pain Forum*

Preconference Session
Integrating Individual Responder Approaches and Pharmacogenetics for Clinical Pain Research

Thursday, May 3

8–9 am

Keynote Address
Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS PhD

Plenary Session
Glial-Neuronal Interactions: Implications for Chronic Pain and Its Treatment
Joyce DeLeo, PhD

9:30–11 am

Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall

11:15 am–12:45 pm

Corporate Satellite Lunch Symposia

2:45–4:15 pm

Symposia and Paper Presentations

4:45–6:15 pm

Author-Attended Poster Session

5–6 pm

SIG Meetings

Friday, May 4

Corporate Satellite Breakfast Symposia

8:45–9:15 am

Plenary Session
The Nature and Nurture of Pain
Jeffrey Mogil, PhD

9:15–9:45 am

Plenary Session
Obstetric Pain: Acute and Chronic?
James Eisenach, MD

Symposia and Paper Presentations

Noon–1:30 pm

Corporate Satellite Lunch Symposia

1:45–3:15 pm

Symposia and Paper Presentations

4–5:30 pm

Author-Attended Poster Sessions

4:30–7 pm

SIG Meetings

6:30–8:30 pm

Corporate Satellite Dinner Symposia

6:30–8:30 pm

Basic Science Research Forum Dinner

Saturday, May 5

6–7:30 am

Fun Run/Walk

8:15–9 am

5th Annual Decade of Pain Control and Research Special Lecture
Advancing Pain and Palliative Care Nationally and Globally
Kathleen Foley, MD

9–10:15 am

Business Meeting/Award Presentations

10:15–11 am

Frederick W. L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award Presentation and Lecture
Neurochemistry of Pain and Analgesia at the First Afferent Synapse
George Wilcox, PhD

11:15 am–Noon

Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award and Lecture
The Biopsychosocial Approach to the Etiology, Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Chronic Pain
Robert Gatchel, PhD

Noon–1:15 pm

SIG Meetings

1:30–3 pm

Symposia

Corporate Satellite Symposia

Thursday, May 3

1–2:30 pm

Signal Transduction of Pain: Implications for Opioid Therapy

Exploring the Reality of Fibromyalgia

Friday, May 4

7–8:30 am

State Policies Affecting Pain Management: Relevance, Progress, and Next Steps

Advances in Combination Opioid Therapy: Emerging Strategies for Pain Practice

Noon–1:30 pm

State-of-the-Science Update: Imaging, Innovations, and Implications

Therapeutic Targets for Optimizing Opioid Tolerability: A Class Review of Opioid Antagonists

6:30–8:30 pm

The NSAID Debate: Balancing Gastroprotective Effects and Cardiovascular Risks in the Management of Osteoarthritis

Freedom from Neuropathic Pain: Moving Toward Enhanced Assessment and Management of Symptoms