SASP 2025

From the test tube to the clinic

Welcome to the annual conference of the Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain in Reykjavík, Iceland, May 21.-23.2025

The conference will cover topics like pain and genetics, headaches, pelvic pain, sleep and pain, and caveats of pain research

Key note speakers: Dr. Erna Sif Arnardóttir and Dr. Jeff Mogil

The Table shows an outline of the program, for more detailed information click on the link: PROGRAMME

Preliminary Program
Wednesday May 21	Thursday May 22	Friday May 23
9:00 Lectures	8:30 Welcome	8:30 To be announced
	8:45 Engaging the Patient in the Management of Pain Speakers: Brynja Ingadóttir, Reetta Sipilä	9:00 Under the Microscope Speakers: Páll Karlsson, Alexander Rosenström
	10:15 Break	10:00 Break
	10:45 Headache Speakers: Ólafur Árni Sveinsson, Gyða Björnsdóttir	10:30 Big Data Speakers: Christopher S. Nielsen, Þorgeir Þorgeirsson
12:00 Lunch	11:45 Lunch	11:30 General Assembly
12:45 Workshop	12:15 The Harald Breivik Lecture: The role of sleep for pain pateints. Speaker: Erna S. Arnardóttir	12:00 Keynote: Mistakes were made: How to fix preclinical research. Speaker: Jeff Mogil biosketch
14:30 Visit to DeCode Genetics	13:00 Poster Session	12:45 Fairwell
	14:00 New Kids on the Block? Speakers: Vesa Kontinen, Sigríður Zoëga	13:00 Public Session on Chronic Pain Speakers: Haraldur M. Guðnason, Þorsteinn Guðmundsson Stephensen, Sigríður Zoëga
	15:00 Break
	15:30 Pelvic Pain Speakers: Cecilie Hagemann, Heidi Trydal, Helena Hallencreutz Grape
	19:00 Conference Dinner

	Until March 21	From March 22
SASP member	65.000 ISK	78.000 ISK
Non member	74.000 ISK	88.000 ISK
Trainee and patient representative	45.000 ISK	54.000 ISK