Main Congress
2 May 2025, Friday
| Time | Garnet 212-219 | Topaz 220-225 | Topaz Concourse |
| Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | |
| 0800 – 0830 | Registration | ||
| 0830 – 0900 | Plenary: International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) President Lecture/Global Year 2025 Lecture Andrew Rice |
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| 0900 – 0930 | Plenary: Prof Cynthia Goh Lecture – Pain Education & Training, Where Do We Go From Here? Mary Cardosa |
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| 0930 – 1000 | Plenary: OPEN Consortium Michael Nicholas |
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| 1000 – 1030 | Coffee/Tea break, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | ||
| 1030 – 1200 | Symposium: Headaches & Facial Pains, Tell Me About It! | Symposium: Pain in the Older Adults | Symposium: New Frontiers in Low Back Pain Management |
| Overview of Headaches Tha Tha Oo |
Epidemiology, Impact and Barriers to Pain Management in Older Adults Fiona Blyth |
Vertebrogenic Pain – Myth or Fact? Manojit Sinha |
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| Latest in Migraine Treatment (Including CGRP Blockers) Samer Narouze |
Analgesics & Polypharmacy in the Older Adults Thanarat Suansanae |
Discogenic Pain – Diagnosis & Treatment Marvin Thepsoparn |
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| Interventions for Headaches Nicholas Chua |
Challenges of Managing Pain in Dementia/Delirium Bharathi Balasundram |
Exercise, Exercise, Exercise – Role of Rehab in Spinal Pain Gunawan Kurniadi |
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| Orofacial Pain Tan Hee Hon |
Postherpetic Neuralgia – Prevention Better than Cure? Iswandi Erwin |
When Not to Operate for Low Back Pain Ozlan Kamil |
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| 1200 – 1245 | Satellite Lunch Symposium | ||
| 1245 – 1300 | Lunch, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | ||
| 1300 – 1430 | Symposium: Cancer Pain | Symposium: Nociplastic Pain | Symposium: Integrative Therapies for Pain Management |
| Epidemiology, Impact & Barriers to Pain Management in Cancer Sara Ho |
Nociplastic Pain- Applications & Controversies Andrew Rice |
Unconventional Pain Management, Perspectives of TCM Huang Fang |
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| Opioid Use & Rotation Sasikaan Nimmaanrat |
Nociplastic Orofacial pains- Diagnosis & management aspects Peter Svensson |
Yoga & Chronic Low Back Pain – Evidence & Practical Implications Ganesh Mohan |
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| Evidence for Interventions in Cancer Pain Ahmad Afifi Mohd Arshad |
Fibromyalgia – What’s New? Faisal Parlindungan |
Acupuncture for Chronic Pain – Evidence & Practice Desmond Teo |
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| Mental Health and Psycholigical Care in Cancer Patients Nattha Saisavoey |
Whiplash Injury Steven Setiono |
Can Nutrition Help My Chronic Pain? Herdiani Sulistyo Putri |
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| 1430 – 1500 | Coffee/Tea break, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | ||
| 1500 – 1630 | Symposium: Implantable Therapies for Pain | Symposium: What’s New in Pain Medicine? | Symposium: Research & Clinical Practice |
| SCS for Neuropathic Pain Ho Kok Yuen |
Gut Microbiome & Chronic Pain Athmaja Thottungal |
Challenges of Pain Research: Patients, Priorities, Progress Sng Ban Leong |
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| Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain Bernard Canlas |
Chemical Neurolysis for Major Joint Pain Tony Ng |
Top 5 Pain Papers That Have Changed Practice Narinder Pal Singh |
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| Neuromodulation in Spinal Cord Injury Wan Kai Rui |
Artificial Intelligence & VR/AR in Pain Practice Yacine Hadjiat |
Placebo and Nocebo Responses in Pain Medicine Margaretha (Barbara) Breebaart |
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| Peripheral Neuromodulation for Pain Management Joysree Subramaniam |
Green & Sustainable Pain Practice Prit Anand Singh |
Mastering Skills for The Pain Practitioner – Deliberate Practice Mah Chou Liang |
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| 1630 – 1700 | Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | ||
| 1800 – 2000 | Opening Ceremony | ||
3 May 2025, Saturday
| Time | Garnet 212-219 | Topaz 220-225 | Topaz Concourse |
| Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | |
| 0730 – 0800 | Registration | ||
| 0745 – 0830 | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 2A | Early Career Network Event – what Exams To Do – FIPP/CIPS/EDPM |
| 0830 – 0900 | RA Lecture: Quality Assurance in Regional Anaesthesia Philippe Macaire |
Plenary 2A: Pain in the Lifespan Fiona Blyth |
| 0900 – 0930 | Live Scanning Demo Athmaja Thottungal |
Plenary 2B: Radiofrequency Ablation of Shoulder and Knee – What’s New, Tips and Tricks for Success Philip Peng |
| 0930 – 1000 | Live Scanning Demo Philippe Macaire |
Plenary 2C: Revolutionising Pain Management: Precision Medicine in Healthcare Practice Jo Nijs |
| 1000 – 1030 | Coffee/Tea break, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | |||
| 1030 – 1200 | Symposium: Acute Pain, Regional Anaesthesia & POCUS – New Advances |
Symposium: Moving from Fear to Empowerment | Symposium: Interventional Pain Management | |
| Consensus Guidelines on Perioperative Acute Pain Management Suwimon Tangwiwat |
How Important is Understanding in Moving from Fear to Empowerment? Lorimer Moseley |
A Run-through of Fluoroscopy Based Neuraxial Procedures Sanjeeva Gupta |
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| Hip Fracture Pathways – How to Get the Best Outcomes Siow Wei Shyan |
Unleash the power of Subconscious Mind for Pain Control Tan Siok Bee |
A Run-through of US-guided MSK Procedures Sadiq Bhayani |
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| Transitional Pain Service Amit Varma |
Pain as Whole Person Experience – A Clinical Reasoning Approach Lester E. Jones |
Infections & Interventions- Available Guidelines & How to Use Them Emmanuell Villano |
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| Perioperative – POCUS: Why, When & How – Top to Toe Divesh Arora |
A Case study: From Fear to Empowerment John Tan |
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| 1200 – 1245 | Sponsored Lunch Symposium | Sponsored Lunch Symposium | Sponsored Lunch Symposium | |
| 1245 – 1300 | Lunch, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | |||
| 1300 – 1430 | Symposium: All Hands On Deck – New Guidelines for Acute Surgical Pain Management |
Symposium: Panel Discussion – What Does Patient Centred Care Look Like? Current Understanding & Challenges | Symposium: Collaborations in Paediatric Pain |
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| What Blocks for My ERAS Patients: Total Knee Arthroplasty, Total Hip Arthroplasty, Spine Surgery ONG Say Yang What Blocks for My ERAS Patients: Mastectomy, Open Abdominal Surgery Madonna Damayanthie Datu |
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Essential Pain Management in Pediatrics – An ASEAN Collaboration Herdiani Sulistyo Putri |
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| Predicting Persistent Post Operative Pain – Is It Possible? Nantthasorn Zinboonyahgoon |
Panel Discussion – Building a Paediatric Pain Service Aye Mya Min Aye Sahatsa Mandee Farah Khalid |
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| Biopsychosocial Issues with Managing Acute Post Surgical Pain Myint Thaung |
Procedural Pain – What Healthcare Providers & Parents Can Do Farah Khalid |
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| 5 Papers That Changed My Practice Sanjay Bajaj |
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| 1430 – 1500 | Coffee/Tea break, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | |||
| 1500 – 1630 | Symposium: Pro-Con Session in Acute Pain, Regional Anaesthesia & POCUS | Symposium: Emerging Trends in Pain Management | Symposium: How to Make Things Work! | |
| Block the Open Tibia/ Fibula Fracture ORIF Uma Shridhar |
When Environment Meets Genetics: Epigenetics to Foster Precision Pain Medicine Jo Nijs |
How to Optimise Patient Outcomes with Words! Quyen Van Than |
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| POCUS is All Hocus POCUS CON: Jeetinder Kaur Makkar |
Pain Self Management – Building Capacities in ASEAN Countries Zubaidah Jamil |
Medicolegal Aspects in Pain Medicine Melvin See |
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| Erector Spinae Plane Block – The Days are Numbered PRO: Ashokka Balakrishnan CON: Roneil M Nogoy |
Towards Better Chronic Pain Outcomes: The Evolving Role of Physiotherapists Preeshaa Adithan |
At The Crossroads of Dependency & Pain Lui Yit Shiang |
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| Clinical Hypnosis As A Safe, Easy, and Effective Pain Management Approach Mark P. Jensen |
Hypnotic Intervention: A Feasible Approach for Emotional and Psychological Peri-surgical Care Shawn Lee Ji Kwan |
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| 1630 – 1800 | Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | |||
| 1800 – 2000 | Faculty Dinner | |||
4 May 2025, Sunday
| Time | Garnet 212-219 | Topaz 220-225 |
| Track 1 | Track 2 | |
| 0730 – 0800 | Registration | |
| 0800 – 0900 | Plenary: Australian Pain Society President Lecture Bernadette Smith |
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| 0900 – 0930 | Plenary: Management of Pain: Evolving Role of Nursing Practice Paulin Koh |
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| 0930 – 1000 | Plenary: South Asian Regional Pain Society Lecture G. P. Dureja |
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| 1000 – 1045 | Best Poster, Best Infographics Awards & Closing Ceremony | |
| 1045 – 1115 | Coffee/Tea break, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | |
| 1115 – 1300 | Symposium: Osteoarthritis – Balancing Injectables & Conservative Care | Symposium: Looking Into The Future |
| Injectables for Major Joint Osteoarthritis – Steroids, Hyalunronic Acid, Platelet Rich Plasma Philip Peng |
When Drugs Don’t Work – The Scientific Basis Behind Everything Else Aimee Barrion |
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| Evidence for Radiofrequency Sadiq Bhayani |
The Advancement of Precision In Pain Treatment Mark P. Jensen |
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| “Not Uncommon” Complications in Pain Interventions Ong Say Yang |
Measuring PROMs- Utility & Looking Forward Diana Chan |
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| Primary Care Management of Osteoarthriti Ben Darlow |
Power of Metaphors in Pain Practice Sanjeeva Gupta |
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| Adjourn | ||
DISCLAIMER: The programme is subject to change. Accurate at time of publishing.
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