Short announcements about upcoming meetings and positions available, related to pain can be posted here at no charge (even if they are not related to EFIC activities, or are being held outside of Europe). Please send notices to

secretary@efic.org





    Postdoctoral Fellowships in Pain Research at McGill University
    Call for Applications
    The Centre for Research on Pain at McGill University, in partnership with AstraZeneca R&D Montreal, requests applications for five Postdoctoral Fellowships to be held at the research laboratories of the Centre. Qualifying applicants will have a PhD, MD or comparable degree and have an interest in pain research.
    More details at: www.painresearch.mcgill.ca
    or email catherine.bushnell@mcgill.ca





    June 21 - 24 2007 / Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, New York USA
    7th International Conference for Pain and Chemical Dependency (ICPCD)
    www.iapcd.com , registration@iapcd.com , 1-866-574-2723

    June 01 - 02 2007 / Leuven Belgium
    Belgian Pain Society, Annual Scientific Meeting, New Topics in Pain
    www.belgianpainsociety.org, info@belgianpainsociety.org,
    016/34 86 52


    24-27 April, 2007 / Glasgow
    ASM 2007
    The British Pain Society would like to invite all healthcare professionals to attend its 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held in Glasgow at the Scottish Exhibition + Conference Centre (SECC)

    January 12th -13th, 2007
    Update in Anesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Algology
    The Belgian Pain Society is organising in cooperation with the department of Anesthesiology and Algology-Pain Management of the University Hospitals of Leuven the 22nd International Winter Symposium “Update in Anesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Algology”.

    October 19-22, 2006
    Chania - Crete, Greece . 6th Panhellenic Congress on Pain.
    Scientific Meeting of the Hellenic Pain Society (IASP Chapter).
    Info:Aktina-City Congress S.A.
    Tel: 210-3232433 Fax: 210-3232338
    Email: info@citycongress.com
    Web: www.citycongress.com

    October 11-14, 2006
    Berlin, Germany
    11. Internationales Wiener Schmerzsymposium, Vienna, Austria, February 24 and 25, 2006, Symposium in the Renaissance Penta Vienna Hotel and Workshops in the General Hospital of Vienna. Contact-Info and registration: www.anaesthesieb.meduniwien.ac.at/Schmerzsymposium/html

    September 13-16, 2006
    Istanbul, Turkey.
    "Pain in Europe V", Europe Against Pain, Don't Suffer in Silence , Triennial meeting of EFIC (European Federation of IASP chapters ). Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 15, 2006. Info: EFIC 2006 Congress Secretariat, Kenes International, 17 rue du Cendrier, PO Box 1726, CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland.
    Tel:  +41 22 908 0488 Fax: +41 22 732 2850
    E-mail: efic@kenes.com
    Website: www.kenes.com/efic

    July 4 - 7, 2006
    Torino, Italy
    12th International Ccongress Pain Clinic
    W.S.P.C. “World Society of Pain Clinicians” Turin (Italy), July 4-7, 2006
    Congress venue: Lingotto Congress Center – Via Nizza, 280 – Torino (Italy)Scientific organizer: Dr. Diego Beltrutti - President of W.S.P.C.
    Ph. 0039 0172 420269 Fax: 0039 0172 420257 Email: beltrutti@painclinicians.org
    Organizing Secretariat: Centro Congressi Internazionale – Torino (Italy)
    Ph. 00339 011 2446911 Fax: 0039 011 244 6900 Email: info@pain2006.com
    The URL Address: (mandatory) http://www.pain2006.com
    Language: English Key words: 1.) pain clinic 2.) Pain Medicine 3.) Interventional Pain techniques 4.) Cancer pain 5.) Not cancer pain

    June 8-10, 2006
    Verona, Italy.
    28 th Congresso Nazionale, annual meeting of the Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Dolore (AISD) (IASP Chapter). Info: Segreteria AISD, Cattedra di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Università di L'Aquila, Piazzale Salvatore Tommasi 1, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
    Tel +390862433326 Fax +39 0862 433327
    Email: segreteria@aisd.it
    Web: www.aisd.it

    May 4-7, 2006
    Stockholm, Sweden.
    30th Annual Meeting and Advanced Course of the Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain (IASP Chapter). Info: Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain (SASP), Per Hansson, MD, PhD, DDS, President, Dept. of Surgical Sciences, Section of clinical pain research, Karolinska institute/hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
    Tel: 46-8-51-77-54-35 Fax: 46-8-51-77-66-41
    Email: per.hansson@kirurgi.ki.se
    Web: www.sasp.org

    April 24-27, 2006
    Harrogate, United Kingdom.
    2006 Annual Scientific Meeting of The British Pain Society (IASP Chapter).
    Info: The British Pain Society, 21 Portland Place, London, W1B 1PY
    United Kingdom
    Tel: 44-20-7631-8870 Fax: 44-20-7323-2015
    Email: meetings@britishpainsociety.org  
    Web: www.britishpainsociety.org

    9 - 12 April 2006
    3rd State of the Art in Chronic Low Back Pain; Symposium
    Bodrum, Turkey Language: English Organizers: Erasmus University (Rotterdam, Netherlands) & VitalMed (Bodrum, Turkey) Registration fee: Euro 350 until 15th of January 2006
    Email: vitalmed@vitalmedbodrum.com
    Website: www.vitalmedbodrum.com

    April 2006
    Bucharest/Campina, Romania.
    7th National Asociatia Roman Pentru Studiul Durerii (ARSD) Congress (IASP Chapter). Info: Asociatia Roman Pentru Studiul Durerii – ARSD, Virgil Dinca, MD, PhD or Elena Copaciu, MD, PhD, Spitalul Universitar de Urgenta, Clinica ATI, Splaiul Independentei nr. 169, Sector 5, Bucharest, 76251, Romania
    Email: arsd@cmb.ro or elenac@pcnet.ro;
    Web: www.arsd.ro

    February 24-25, 2006
    Vienna Austria, 11th International Vienna Pain Symposium
    11. Internationales Wiener Schmerzsymposium, Vienna, Austria, February 24 and 25, 2006, Symposium in the Renaissance Penta Vienna Hotel and Workshops in the General Hospital of Vienna. Contact-Info and registration: www.anaesthesieb.meduniwien.ac.at/Schmerzsymposium/html

    December 2, 2005
    Kaunas , Lithuania, "Visceral Pain", the Annual Conference of the Lithuanian Pain Society (IASP Chapter).


    November 16-19, 2005
    Paris, France "Pain and Disability"
    Société Française d'Etude et de Traitement de la Douleur (SFETD)

    November 16-18, 2005
    The Dead Sea, 2005 Annual Meeting of the Israel Pain Association.


    November 10-11 2005
    Berne, Switzerland, Joint Meeting Swiss Society for the Study of Pain and Swiss Headache Society
    The joint meeting of the Swiss Society for the Study of Pain and the Swiss Headache Society will take place at Berne, Switzerland, November 10 - 11, 2005. The main topics are: State of the art in pain treatment with focus on nociceptive pain, mechanisms of chronification, opioioides, CRPS, cluster headache, migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, and dangerous headaches. There will also be special meetings on rhumatology, headache treatment in daily practice and a workshop on psychological treatment in chronic pain. The congress languages are predominantly German and French. You may find additional information on the congress
    website: http://www.imk.ch/html/sgss-skg2005/