22 October Thursday, 2026
Time Slot Main Hall
08:00 - 08:20

Opening Ceremony
Miles Day, President of WIP
Serdar Erdine, Chair of WIP Registered Turkish Section
İbrahim Aşık, Co Chair of WIP Registered Turkish Section
Goals of WIP and FIPP exam, Miles Day

Session I – Global Perspectives and Future Directions in Pain Medicine
08:20 - 09:50
08:20 - 08:40 Mentorship in Pain Education, Miles Day
08:40 - 09:00 Whiplash Associated Disorder: Medicolegal Implications, Dominic Hegarty
09:00 - 09:20 Less is more, Jan van Zundert
09:20 - 09:40 Interventional pain procedures, Quovadis?, Serdar Erdine
09:40 - 09:50 Questions & Answers
09:50 - 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 - 12:20 Session II – Contemporary Interventional Strategies in Spinal Pain
Alp Yentur, Tatiana Bravo
10:20 - 10:40 MILD, indications and mishaps, Cüneyt Özaktay
10:40 - 11:00 Advances in the management of pelvic pain: focus on pudendal neuralgia Tatiana Bravo
11:00 - 11:20 Percutaneous Cervical Discectomy versus ACDF, Ovidiu Palea
11:20 - 11:40 Chronic Pain Management in the Elderly: Challenges and Best Practices, Gül Köknel Talu
11:40 - 12:00 Intradiscal Therapies for Chronic Discogenic Pain: Current Concepts and Outcomes, İbrahim Aşık
12:00 - 12:20 Peripheral nerve stimulation versus RFA for axial low back pain, Sean Li
12:20 - 13:00 Industry Symposium
13:00 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 18:15 Parallel Session I : Cadaver Workshop
23 October Friday, 2026
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8:30 – 10:40 Session III – Neuropathic Pain and Neuromodulation: Mechanisms, Targets, and Optimization
Eleni Episkopou, Gözde Dağıstan
08:30 – 08:50 The Future of Interventional Pain Medicine: Innovations, Challenges, and Evolving Standards, Adnan Al Kaisy
08:50 – 09:10 Cryoneurolysis in Pain Medicine: Mechanisms, Indications, and Clinical Outcomes, Eleni Episkopou
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 PULSE trial: pulsed radiofrequency of peripheral nerves, Katrin Stoecklein
10:10 – 10:30 Pulsed RF Optimization: Which Settings Matter?, Koen Van Boxem
10:30 – 10:40 Questions & Answers
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 Session IV – Advanced Interventional Approaches in Cancer Pain Management
Kris Vissers, Mert Akbaş
11:00 – 11:20 Cancer Pain in the Modern Era: Progress, Gaps, and Future Directions / New developments in Cancer Pain, Kris Vissers
11:20 – 11:40 Plasties in cancer pain, Ricardo Plancarte
11:40 – 12:00 Sympathetic blocks in cancer pain, Martine Puylaert
12:00 – 12:20 Update in oncology pain medicine, Karolina Szadek
12:20 – 12:40 Cordotomy new insights, Mert Akbaş
12:40 – 13:00 Questions & Answers
13:00 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 18:15 Parallel Session II : Cadaver Workshop
24 October Saturday, 2026
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8:30 – 10:40 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, Thibaut Vanneste
10:30 – 10:40 Questions & Answers
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 Session VI – US-Guided Interventions and Regenerative Therapies: Evidence and Clinical Practice
Javier de Andres, Christ Declerck
11:00 – 11:20 Questions neuropathic pain in nodopathies, Ersin Tan
11:20 – 11:40 US-Guided Interventions for Trigeminal Neuralgia: Techniques, Efficacy and Safety, Maria Padilla Del Rey
11:40 – 12:00 US-Guided Facet Joint Interventions: Evidence and Controversies, Derya Güner
12:00 – 12:20 PRP, Stem Cells, and Exosomes: A Comparative Review of the Current Evidence, Matthieu Cachemaille
12:20 – 12:40 PRP, Platelet Lysate, and BMC in Discogenic Pain: Mechanism, Outcomes, and Practice Considerations, Christ Declerck
12:40 – 13:00 Questions & Answers
13:00 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 18:15 Parallel Session III : Cadaver Workshop