SIP Symposium

Time

Organisers

Topic

Location

12⁰⁰ - 14³⁰

MEP Interest Group on Brain, Mind and Pain

Meeting on "Ensuring equitable access to treatment, services and support"

Member’s Salon, European Parliament

15⁰⁰ - 18⁰⁰

Pain Alliance Europe

Workshop on Pain&Stigma

Conference Center of EU Thon hotel 

19⁰⁰ - 21³⁰

Active Citizenship Network

Award Ceremony for European Civic Prize on chronic pain

Concert Noble, Brussels

Time

Topic

Speakers

8⁰⁰

Registration and welcome coffee

Exhibit area

09⁰⁰ - 09²⁰

Introductory remarks: ‘SIP 10^th Anniversary: past, present and future’

Bart Morlion (European Pain Federation - EFIC)

Liisa Jutila (Pain Alliance Europe - PAE)

Mariano Votta (Active Citizenship Network - ACN)

Mark Fladrich (Grunenthal)

Moderators: Michael van Fisenne (Grünenthal), Guistino Varrassi (World Institute of Pain - WIP)

09²⁰ - 10⁰⁵

European Survey on National Pain Plans: results and implications

Vittoria Carraro (European Pain Federation - EFIC)

Paul Cameron (NHS)

Deirdre Ryan (Pain Alliance Europe - PAE)

Moderators: Michael van Fisenne (Grünenthal), Joke Jaarmsa (European Federation of Neurological Associations - EFNA)

10⁰⁵ - 10²⁵

SIP Thematic Network Program 2018 – What´s next?

Martin Seychell (European Commission DG Health and Food Safety - SANTE) Video message

Brona Fullen (European Pain Federation - EFIC)

Moderators: Michael van Fisenne (Grünenthal), Vittoria Carraro (European Pain Federation - EFIC)

10²⁵ - 10³⁵

Keynote speech: Pain on the political agenda after the European elections

Alfred Sant MEP (European Parliament) Video message

10³⁵ - 11²⁰

Pain Research - SIP Joint Statement implementation

Gertrude A. Buttigieg (Malta Health Network - MHN)

Marian Nicholson (Pain Alliance Europe - PAE)

Elisabetta Vaudano (Innovative Medicine Initiative - IMI)

Petra Bloms-Funke (Grünenthal)

Monica Ensini (European Commission - DG Research)

Thomas Tölle (European Pain Federation - EFIC)

Moderators: Michael van Fisenne (Grünenthal), Frédéric Destrebecq (European Brain Council - EBC)

11²⁰ - 12⁰⁵

Pain Education - SIP Joint Statement implementation

Emma Briggs (European Pain Federation - EFIC)

Gisèle Pickering (European Pain Federation - EFIC, SIP France)

Roberta Metsola (European Parliment) Video message

Usman Khan (European Patients' Forum - EPF)

Moderators: Michael van Fisenne (Grünenthal), Sam Kynman (European Pain Federation - EFIC)

12⁰⁵ - 14⁰⁰

Lunch and SIP national platforms poster exhibition

Exhibitors: SIP National Platforms, other organisations

14⁰⁰ - 14⁴⁵

Pain & Employment - SIP Joint Statement implementation

Joachim Brites (Associação Portuguesa de Neuromusculares (APN), SIP Portugal)

Saskia Decuman (National Institute of Health and Disability Insurance - RIZIV)

Elsa Frazão Mateus (Liga Portuguesa Contra as Doenças Reumáticas - LPCDR)

Sarah Copsey (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work)

Moderators: Michael van Fisenne (Grünenthal), Grainne O’Leary (Arthritis Ireland)

14⁴⁵ - 16⁰⁰

Pain as a Health Quality Indicator - SIP Joint Statement implementation

Ulrich Vogel (German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information)

Cesar Margarit (Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, SIP Spain)

Santiago Calvos-Ramos (DG ECFIN, European Commission)

Ioana-Maria Gligor (DG Sante, European Commission)

Rolf-Detlef Treede (European Pain Federation - EFIC)

Moderators: Michael van Fisenne (Grünenthal), Winfried Rief (Phillips University of Marburg)

16⁰⁰ - 16⁴⁵

Panel and Q&A session - Pain on the Political agenda after the European Elections

Thomas Isenberg (German Pain Society)

Ortwin Schulte (German Health Attaché)

Deirdre Ryan (Pain Alliance Europe - PAE, SIP Ireland)

Monica Ensini (DG RESEARCH, European Commission)

Thomas Tölle (European Pain Federation - EFIC)

Moderators: Michael van Fisenne (Grünenthal), Sam Kynman (European Pain Federation - EFIC)

16⁴⁵ - 17⁰⁰

Wrap up and next steps

SIP Partners