Programme

9.00 – 9.15    Welcome

9.15 – 10.00    Keynote lecture, professor Eija Kalso, University of Helsinki: The many paths of a researcher – What did they teach me?

10.00 – 10.30  Discussion: What career moves should I make? - Small group discussions

10.30 – 10.45  Break

10.45 – 11.15  Questions and answers with top pain researchers

11.15 – 12.00  Short poster talks with feedback

12.00 –  13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 14.15 Docent Hanna Viisanen-Kuopila University of Helsinki and Associate Professor Alexander Jung Aalto University: How to benefit from AI and how to avoid pitfalls

14.15 – 15.00 MPsych Jari Lipsanen: Traditional statistic vs. Bayesian modelling

15.00 – 15.15 Break

15.15 – 16.00  Editor in chief Scandinavian Journal of Pain Mads Werner: Recent changes in scientific publishing (open access, IF)

8.30 - 8.45   Welcome

8.45 - 9.25   Keynote lecture, Professor emerita Vineta Fellman, Lund University & University of Helsinki: Development of the nervous system in neonates with a focus on nociception and pain

9.25 - 10.00   Docent Anna Axelin, University of Turku: The role of parents in the treatment of pain in neonates

10.00 - 10.30 Break & posters

10.30 - 10.40 A word from our sponsor - Heikki Mansikka & Carina Stenfors, Orion Pharma: Introduction to Orion Pain Therapy Area

10.40 - 11.20 Docent Silja Kosola, University of Helsinki & Docent Matti Hero, University of Helsinki: Two different perspectives on the change from childhood to adult

11.20 - 11.50 Professor Edmund Keogh, University of Bath: Pain during puberty - Does gender/sex have an effect on the experience of pain or its treatment?

11.50 - 12.10 Discussion

12.10 - 13.40 SASP General Assembly

13.40 - 14.15 Docent Christopher Nielsen, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Department of Pain Management and Research, Oslo University Hospital: The future of pain epidemiology

14.15 - 14.50 Professor Esa Jämsen, University of Helsinki: What is important in aging and pain, and why?

14.50 - 15.25 Harald Breivik honorary lecture, docent Vesa Kontinen: What do we know about age and the postoperative pain experience?

15.25 - 15.40 Break activity

15.40 - 16.15 Professor Tommi Vasankari: Physical activity and pain

19.00 - 23.00 Congress dinner

8.30 - 9.15   Keynote lecture, professor Eero Castrén, University of Helsinki: Neuronal plasticity in chronic pain and its treatment

9.15 - 9.45  Top poster presentations 

• Martin Gorosito, Oslo Metropolitan University: Early identification of young individuals at risk of receiving disability pension during emerging adulthood; Survival analysis using machine learning on Young-Hunt survey linked to welfare data in Norway
• Christiana Owiredua, Örebro Uniiversity: Trajectories of school absenteeism due to pain in adolescents with recurrent pain and its associations with future work ability and overall future expectancy
• Saara Pasternack, University of Helsinki: Bodily emotions of patients with endometriosis

9.45 - 10.15  Break & posters

10.15 - 10.25 A word from our sponsor - Dr. Claudia Vollbracht, Pascoe pharmazeutische Praeparate GmbH: Time to consider vitamin C in pain management - Evidence, plausibility and feasibility 

10.25 - 11.00 Docent Tarja Stenberg: Why is sleep essential to health?

11.00 - 11.35 Senior lecturer Katarina Aili: Sleep problems and pain - the cause or the consequence?

11.35 - 12.10 Dr. Vinko Palada: Circadian rhythms in pain and analgesia

12.10 - 13.15 Lunch break

13.15 - 13.25 A word from our sponsor - Sanna Selenius, Terveystekniikka/Hälsoteknologi/Sundhedsteknik Ltd.: Laser therapy in pain management

13.25 - 14.00 Dr. Hanna Antila: Effects of commonly used analgesics on sleep

14.00 - 14.35 Docent Tuomas Lilius: The glymphatic system and its implications for pain and its treatment

14.35 - 15.25 Professor Per Eide: Imaging the glymphatic system in humans

15.25 - 15.40 Closing words