22 October Thursday, 2026
Time Slot Main Hall
08:30 - 09:10

Opening Ceremony
Miles Day, President of WIP
Serdar Erdine, Chair of WIP Registered Turkish Section
İbrahim Aşık, Co Chair of WIP Registered Turkish Section
Ender Sir, President of the Turkish Society of Algology
Goals of WIP and FIPP exam, Miles Day
Mentorship in Pain Education, Miles Day

Session I – Global Perspectives and Future Directions in Pain Medicine
Jan Van Zundert, İbrahim Aşık
09:10 - 10:10
09:10 - 09:30 Whiplash Associated Disorder: medical legal implications Dominic Hegarty
09:30 - 09:50 Less is more, Jan van Zundert
09:50 - 10:10 Interventional pain procedures, Quovadis?, Serdar Erdine
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break
10:40 - 12:40 Session II – Contemporary Interventional Strategies in Spinal Pain
Alp Yentur, Tatiana Bravo
10:40 - 11:00 MILD, indications and mishaps, Cüneyt Özaktay
11:00 - 11:20 Advances in the management of pelvic pain: focus on pudendal neuralgia Tatiana Bravo
11:20 - 11:40 Spinal endoscopy for Interventional Pain Physician, Ovidiu Palea
11:40 - 12:00 Chronic Pain Management in the Elderly: Challenges and Best Practices, Gül Köknel Talu
12:00 - 12:20 Intradiscal Therapies for Chronic Discogenic Pain: Current Concepts and Outcomes, İbrahim Aşık
12:20 - 12:40 Peripheral nerve stimulation versus RFA for axial low back pain, Sean Li
12:40 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 18:15 Parallel Session I : Cadaver Workshop
23 October Friday, 2026
Time Slot Main Hall
8:30 – 10:30 Session III – Neuropathic Pain and Neuromodulation: Mechanisms, Targets, and Optimization
Gözde Dağıstan
08:30 – 08:50 The Future of Interventional Pain Medicine: Innovations, Challenges, and Evolving Standards, Adnan Al Kaisy
08:50 – 09:10 The Role of Fascia in Pain: An Anatomical and Neurophysiological Perspective, Osman Coşkun
09:10 – 09:30 Vagus nerve stimulation in clinical practice, current results, Peter Staats
09:30 – 09:50 Post-Herpetic Neuralgia: Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches, Gözde Dağıstan
09:50 – 10:10 Minimal Important Change in patients with neuropathic pain undergoing PRF treatment: the PURPOSE study Katrin Stoecklein
10:10 – 10:30 Pulsed RF Optimization: Which Settings Matter?, Koen Van Boxem
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee Break
10:50 – 12:50 Session IV – Advanced Interventional Approaches in Cancer Pain Management
Kris Vissers, Mert Akbaş
10:50 – 11:10 Cancer Pain in the Modern Era: Progress, Gaps, and Future Directions / New developments in Cancer Pain, Kris Vissers
11:10 – 11:30 Questions neuropathic pain in nodopathies, Ersin Tan
11:30 – 11:50 Sympathetic blocks in cancer pain, Martine Puylaert
11:50 – 12:10 Update in oncology pain medicine, Karolina Szadek
12:10 – 12:30 Cordotomy new insights, Mert Akbaş
12:30 – 12:50 Abdominal Cancer Pain :Management and Treatment of Interventional Complications, Liong Liem
12:50 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 18:15 Parallel Session II : Cadaver Workshop
24 October Saturday, 2026
Time Slot Main Hall
8:30 – 10:30 Session V – Quality, Safety, and Evidence in Pain Practice
Raja Reddy, Bolkar Şahinler
08:30 – 08:50 Evidence based medicine for interventional pain procedures, where are we?, Arun Bhaskar
08:50 – 09:10 Quality Improvement Strategies for WIP Education and Training Mission, Monique Steegers
09:10 – 09:30 Serious Complications from Basic Interventional Procedures, Milan Stajonavic
09:30 – 09:50 The Role and Safety of Intrathecal Opioids for Non-Malignant Pain, Bolkar Şahinler
09:50 – 10:10 Osteoarthritis & Denervation: More Nerves..More Questions, Raja Reddy
10:10 – 10:30 Chronic Knee Pain: Role of Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation,Astrid Van Lantschoot
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee Break
10:50 – 12:30 Session VI – US-Guided Interventions and Regenerative Therapies: Evidence and Clinical Practice
Javier de Andres, Christ Declerck
10:50 – 11:10 Plasties in cancer pain, Ricardo Plancarte
11:10 – 11:30 US-Guided Facet Joint Interventions: Evidence and Controversies, Derya Güner
11:30 – 11:50 PRP, Stem Cells, and Exosomes: A Comparative Review of the Current Evidence, Matthieu Cachemaille
11:50 – 12:10 PRP, Platelet Lysate, and BMC in Discogenic Pain: Mechanism, Outcomes, and Practice Considerations, Christ Declerck
12:10 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 18:15 Parallel Session III : Cadaver Workshop