EFIC Congress - Pain in Europe XV 2027
21 April 2027 – 23 April 2027
Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow, United Kingdom
The 15th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC (Pain in Europe XV) takes place at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow from 21 to 23 April 2027 under the theme "Building Bridges in Pain: Thriving through Communication". The multidisciplinary scientific programme combines plenary sessions, workshops, debates, masterclasses, focus sessions, guided poster walks, industry sessions and early career activities across acute, chronic, cancer and non-cancer pain, alongside an exhibition and poster area.
12 sessions · 19 speakers
Organiser (1)
EFIC – European Pain Federation
Speakers (19)
- Nurcan Üçeyler Uniklinik Würzburg (UKW)
- Ben Seymour Wellcome Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Oxford
- Dawn Dowding Professor in Clinical Decision Making and Head of the Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester
- Geert Crombez Professor of Health Psychology, Ghent University
- Greg Weir Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow
- Hanneke Willemen
- Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Katja Boersma Professor of Psychology, Örebro University
- Kristian Petersen Professor, Aalborg University
- Lene Vase Professor of Psychology and Placebo Effects, Aarhus University
- Maria Lalouni Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet
- Markus Ploner Professor of Human Pain Research, Technical University of Munich
- Nanna Brix Finnerup Professor in neuropathic pain research and head of the Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University
- Nicolas Dumaire Saint Louis University
- Patrik Ernfors Karolinska Institutet
- Rafael Maldonado Full Professor of Pharmacology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- Rohini Kuner Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Heidelberg University
- Tamar Pincus Professor in Health Psychology, University of Southampton
- Xavier Moisset Professor of Neurology, University of Clermont Auvergne
Agenda
- Newcomers Orientation Session 21 April 2027
- It is all about networks?: Dissecting the mechanisms behind the cortical neuromodulation?
- Mechanisms Matter: Fear, Attention, and Validation in Modern Pain Psychology
- Messages from the brain: oscillatory brain activity in pain and pain relief
- Messages from the Periphery: Decoding and Silencing Pain Pathways
- Pain as Communication: From Sensory Coding to Chronic Disease
- Panel on Neuropathic Pain: What is there and what comes Next? Voices from Basic Science, Neurophysiology, and from the bedside / guideline
- Rising Stars
- The Predicting Brain in Pain
- Digital Decision Support for Pain: Reducing Noise Without Losing Clinical Judgement
- The Quest for Pain Biomarkers in Musculoskeletal Pain: Using Basic Science in a Clinical Context
- How expectations shape symptoms, treatment outcomes, and clinical trials