Conferences
2nd Annual Advanced Pain Discovery (APDP) Conference
The conference will take place on Friday 7th June at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham.
The Advanced Pain Discovery Platform (APDP) is a consortium-based UK network resource that is breaking through the complexity of pain and revealing new treatment approaches to address a wide spectrum of chronic and debilitating clinical conditions. The APDP conference can welcome up to 200 delegates: hosting a network of researchers from universities across the UK, pharmaceutical companies, people with lived experience of pain, charities, and government sectors. The conference will build on new and established collaborations, sharing knowledge and bringing together diverse perspectives across a broad range of disciplines and stakeholder groups. The academic programme includes Elevator Pitches (short presentations of key outputs from APDP community members) linked to poster presentations, a Plenary lecture, and workshops.
This year’s conference immediately follows in the same venue as the British Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting. APDP and BPS conferences are linked but separate events. APDP conference registration is free to APDP community members.
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Contact APDP Administration
1st Annual Advanced Pain Discovery (APDP) Conference
The conference took place on the 26th of June 2023, in the Business School South, Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham.
The APDP conference welcomed 200 delegates: hosting a network of researchers from universities across the UK, pharmaceutical companies, people with lived experience of pain, charities, and government sectors.
APDP Annual Conference built on new and established collaborations, sharing knowledge and bringing together diverse perspectives across a broad range of disciplines and stakeholder groups. The academic programme included Elevator Pitches (short presentations of key outputs from APDP community members) linked to poster presentations, a Plenary lecture, and workshops.
Versus Arthritis 4th Annual Pain Research in the UK Conference 2022
This conference took place on Monday 27 June 2022 9am - 5pm at King's College London.
The conference brought together UK researchers in musculoskeletal and chronic pain. This annual meeting was an opportunity for research leaders and early career researchers to come together in person to establish and consolidate collaborative networks, and to shape future research direction.
The day combined short quick fire elevator pitch presentations from leading pain research teams and poster presentations, followed by parallel workshops based around the key themes of the day:
- Psychosocial aspects of pain
- Nociplastic pain
- ‘Omics’ in pain
- Mechanisms of chronic pain in the periphery
- Comorbidities
For further information, please see below.
Conference Programme
Versus Arthritis Conference Report 2022
Versus Arthritis 3rd Annual Pain Research in the UK Conference 2021
This conference took place on Wednesday 14 July 2021 9am - 5pm
Research themes included:
Big Data, Pain Measurements, Phenotypes, Molecular Pain Mechanisms and New Approaches to Treatment
For further information, please see below.
2021 Conference Programme
Meet our Plenary Lecturers
3rd Versus Arthritis: Pain Research In the UK Conference Report
Versus Arthritis 2nd Annual Pain Research in the UK Conference 2020
This conference took place on Wednesday 9 September 2020 9am - 4pm
Research themes include: Models of Pain, Measurement of Pain, Psychological Mechanisms, Pain Biomarkers, Brain Networks, Functional Connectivity and Novel Targets for Treatment.
2020 Conference Programme
2020 Conference Flyer
2nd Versus Arthritis: Pain Research in the UK Conference Report