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Conference Overview and Special Events

Tuesday, May 17

8 am-5:30 pm

Fundamentals of Pain Management

Wednesday, May 18

8:30 am-5:30 pm

Fundamentals of Pain Management

7-9 pm

Clinical and Basic Science Data Blitz

Thursday, May 19

7:15-7:30 am

Gathering and Introductions

7:30-8:30 am

Keynote Address
Pain Management: Promising Approaches from Outside the Mainstream
Josephine Briggs, MD

8–8:30 am

Plenary Lecture
Mechanisms of Evoked and Stimulus-Independent Neuropathic Pain
Frank Porreca, PhD

8:30–9 am

State of the Society
Seddon Savage, MD
APS President

9–10:30 am

Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall

10:45 am–12:15 pm

Symposia

12:30–2 pm

Corporate Satellite Lunch Symposia

2:15–3:45 pm

Symposia

3:45–4:15 pm

Break with Exhibits

4–6 pm

SIG Meetings

4:15–5:45 pm

Author-Attended Poster Session*

6:30–8:30 pm

President’s Recognition Reception

Friday, May 20

6:45-8:15 am

Corporate Satellite Breakfast Symposia

8:30-12:15 am

Workshops

8:30-10 am

Symposia

10-10:45 am

Break with Exhibits

10:45 am-12:15 pm

Symposia

12:30-2 pm

Corporate Satellite Lunch Symposia

2:15-2:45 pm

Plenary Lecture
Persistent Postsurgical Pain— What Are the Mechanisms and How Should We Prevent It?
Henrik Kehlet, MD PhD

2:45-3:15 pm

Plenary Lecture
The Promise of Pain Research
Patricia Grady, PhD RN FAAN

3:15-4 pm

Break with Exhibits

4-5:30 pm

Author-Attended Poster Session*

6:30-8:30 pm

Basic Science Research Dinner
The Future of Drug Discovery

9:30 pm-Midnight

Pain Sensations

Saturday, May 21

8:30-9 am

General Session
Pain Policy Update: The View from Washington
Robert J. Saner, JD

9-9:30 am

Frederick W. L. Kerr Basic Science Research Lecture
Arthur (Bud) DeWitt Craig, Jr., PhD

9:30-10 am

Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Lecture
Michael C. Rowbotham, MD

10-10:15 am

Break

10:15-11:45 am

Symposia and Paper Presentations

Noon-1:30 pm

Corporate Satellite Lunch Symposium

1:45-3:15 pm

Symposia and Paper Presentations

* Posters ending in odd numbers will be presented on Thursday, and posters ending in even numbers will be presented on Friday.