PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Theme: Building Latin American Leadership in Pain Research

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Day 1 | Arrival

• 12:00 - 18:00  Arrival and Registration

• 19:00 - 21:00  Welcome Dinner

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Day 2 | Circuits, Cells & Pain Mechanisms​

• 08:30 - 09:00  Welcome by Organizers

• 09:00 - 10:00  Faculty Lecture: "Circuits, Cells, and Chronicity: Insights from a Career in Pain Research" — Allan Basbaum

• 10:30 - 11:30  Faculty Lecture: "Receptor Channels in Neuronal and Non-Neuronal Cells and Their Role in Pain" — Romina Nassini

• 12:00 - 13:00  Student Presentations I (4 talks)

• 13:00 - 14:00  Lunch

• 14:00 - 15:00  Faculty Discussion: Pain Research in Europe — Romina Nassini, Francesco de Lugo, Andrew Rice

• 15:00 - 16:00 Faculty Lecture: "Satellite Glial Cells: Gatekeepers of Sensory Ganglia and Pain Modulation" — Temugin Berta

• 16:00 - 17:00  Student Presentations II (4 talks)

• 18:00 - 19:00  Debate: Controversies in Pain Research — Preclinical Models: Where We Are, Where We Can Go

• 20:00 Dinner & Social

 

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Day 3 | Global Perspectives & Career Paths

• 09:00 - 10:00  Faculty Lecture: "Advancing the Global Pain Agenda: Reflections from the IASP Presidency" — Andrew Rice

• 10:00 - 11:00  Faculty Lecture: "From Data to Discovery: Charting the Molecular Landscape of Chronic Pain" — Ted Price

• 11:00 - 12:00  Student Presentations III (4 talks)

• 12:00 - 14:00  Lunch

• 14:00 - 15:00  Faculty Lecture: "Leaving Academia for a Non-Academic Career: Opportunities and Obstacles" — Paulino Barragán Iglesias

• 15:00 - 16:00  Student Presentations IV (4 talks)

• 16:00 - 21:00  Cultural Activity & Dinner

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Day 4 | Neuroimmunity, Innovation & Farewell

• 09:00 - 10:00 Workshop: Entrepreneurship in Science — Pitching and Financing Your Idea — Ted Price

• 10:00 - 11:00 Faculty Lecture: "Mechanisms of Pain in the Neuroimmune Axis" — TBC

• 11:00 - 12:00 Faculty Lecture: "The Role of Schwann Cells in Chronic Pain" — Francesco de Lugo

• 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch

• 14:00 - 15:00 Faculty Lecture: "Long-Term Imaging of Pain Processing in the Spinal Cord of the Awake, Behaving Mouse" — Allan Basbaum

• 16:00 - 17:30 Student Presentations V (6 talks)

• 17:30 - 18:30 Debate: Overcoming Barriers in Pain Treatment — Science, Strategy, and Solutions

• 20:00 Farewell Dinner & Party

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Day 5 | Departure

07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 Departure