Wednesday, May 8, 2013

8 am - 5 pm
Preconference Event
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Roles in Chronic Pain Management & Research
Preregistration is required.

2:30–4:30 pm
Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings

4:30–6 pm
Opening Reception with Exhibits and Posters

4:45–5:15 pm
Corporate Showcase: Using Adaptive Design to Improve Dose Selection in Exploratory Phase Pain Trials
Supported by Aptiv Solutions.

6–8 pm
Clinical and Basic Science Data Blitz

Thursday, May 9, 2013

7:45–8 am
Gathering and Introductions

8–8:30 am
(100) State of the Society
Roger Fillingim, PhD
APS President

8:30–9 am
(101) Keynote Address
The Future of Pain Research: Challenges and Opportunities
Story Landis, PhD

9–9:30 am
(102) Plenary Lecture
Why Image Pain?
Irene Tracey, DPhil FRCA

9:30–11 am
Break with Exhibits and Posters*
Author-Attended Poster Session (Odd-Numbered Posters)

9:45–10:45 am
Corporate Showcase: The First Buprenorphine Transdermal System
Supported by Purdue Pharma L.P.

11 am–12:30 pm
Symposia

12:45–2 pm
Corporate Satellite Lunch Symposia

2:15–3:45 pm
Symposia

3:45–5:15 pm
Break with Exhibits and Posters

5:15–6:15 pm
SIG Meetings

6:30–8 pm
President’s Recognition Reception

Friday, May 10, 2013

7:30–8 am
(103) Plenary Lecture
Pain and Aging: Translating Assessment Knowledge Into Practice
Keela Herr, PhD RN AGSF FAAN

8–8:30 am
(104) Plenary Lecture
Mechanisms Controlling Nociceptor Excitability and How They Can Be Targeted for Pain Relief
Martin Koltzenburg, MD FRCP

8:45–10:15 am
Break with Exhibits and Posters*
Author-Attended Poster Session (Even-Numbered Posters)

10:30 am–Noon
Symposia

12:15–1:30 pm
Corporate Satellite Lunch Symposia

1:45–3:15 pm
Symposia

1:45–5 pm
Workshops

3:30–5 pm
Symposia

5:30–7:30 pm
Basic Science Research Dinner
The Future of Drug Discovery for Pain
Space is limited. Preregistration is required.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

8–8:30 am
(105) Frederick W. L. Kerr Basic Science Research Lecture
Mice Are People, Too: Social Modulation of and by Pain in Laboratory Rodents
Jeffrey S. Mogil, PhD

8:30–9 am
(106) Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Lecture
Phenotypic and Molecular Approaches to Translational Pain Medicine
William Maixner, PhD DDS

9–9:30 am
(107) Global Year Against Pain Lecture
Chronic Visceral Pain: The Long Path to Better Treatments
Emeran Mayer, MD

9:30–9:45 am
Break

9:45–11:15 am
Symposia

11:30 am–2:30 pm
Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) for Extended-Release and Long-Acting Opioids: Achieving Safe Use While Improving Patient Care
This session is open to all meeting attendees. Preregistration is required.