Program Overview
Saturday, September 21, 2013 |
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| TBD | Registration | |
| 2:00 - 4:30 | IFSI Board Meeting | |
| 5:00 - 5:15 | Greeting and Introduction | Ethan Lerner, USA Jacek C. Szepietowski, Poland |
| 5:15 - 6:45 | Distinguished Lectures: | |
| Chairpersons: Yasushui Kuraishi, Japan, Jeffrey Bernhard, USA, & Jacek C. Szepietowski, Poland |
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| 5:15 - 6:00 | Itch Clinical Research - Bernhard Lecture | Gil Yosipovitch, USA |
| 6:00 - 6:45 | Itch Basic Mechanisms - Kuraishi Lecture | Earl Carstens, USA |
| 7:00 | Welcome Reception | |
Sunday, September 22, 2013 |
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| 7:30 - 8:00 | Continental Breakfast | |
| PLENARY SESSION I | ||
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Questionnaires | Elke Weisshaar, Germany Gil Yosipovitch, USA |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Launch of a New SIG: Uremic Itch | Thomas Mettang, Germany Jacek C. Szepietowski, Germany |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 9:45 - 10:30 | Special Lecture: Pain and Itch | Clifford Woolf, USA |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Receptors, Channels and Neuronal Pathways of Itch | Diana Bautista, USA Xinzhong Dong, USA Martin Schmelz, Germany |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch and Poster Session I | |
| 1:00 - 3:00 | BREAKOUT SESSION I (choose one) | |
| Basic Research Track Inhibitory Pathways and Itch |
Sarah Ross, USA Malin Lagerstrom, Sweden Kenji Takamori, Japan |
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| Clinical Research Track Burden of Itch |
Florence Dalgard, Norway Suephy Chen, USA |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 | Refreshment Break | |
| 3:30 - 5:00 | BREAKOUT SESSION II (choose one) | |
| Basic Research Track Spinal and Brain Mechanisms of Itch |
Zhou-Feng Chen, USA Glenn Giesler, USA |
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| Clinical Research Track Systemic Itch and Clinical Cases |
Thomas Mettang, Germany Laurent Misery, France |
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| PLENARY SESSION II | ||
| 5:00 - 6:00 | IFSI General Assembly NIAMS Report of the Treasurer Acta Dermato-Venerologica National Eczema Association |
Stephen Katz, USA Alan Fleischer, USA Agneta Anderson, Sweden Julie Block, USA |
| 7:00 - 10:00 | Dinner and Poster Awards | |
Monday, September 23, 2013 |
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| 7:30 - 8:00 | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 - 9:30 | Breakout Session III (choose one) |
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| Basic Research Track Animal Models: Rodents, Canines and Primates |
Mei-Chuan (Holden) Ko, USA Robert LaMotte, USA Thierry Olivry, USA |
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Clinical Research Track: |
Ben Zylicz, Switzerland Nora Bergasa, USA |
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| (8:45 - 9:30) Scoring in Clinical Trials | Sonja Ständer, Germany Adam Reich, Poland |
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| 9:30 - 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Breakout Session IV (choose one) | |
| Basic Research Track Neuropathic Itch |
Anne Louise Oaklander, USA Andreas Kremer, Germany |
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| Clinical Research Track Itch Clinics |
Sonja Ständer, Germany Toshiya Ebata, Japan |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch and Poster Session II | |
| 1:00 - 3:00 | Breakout Session V (choose one) | |
| Basic Research Track Neuroimaging and Neuroimmunology in Mouse and Man |
Martin Steinhoff, USA Ethan Lerner, USA |
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| Clinical Research Track Methodology for Clinical Research in Itch |
Andreas Evers, Netherlands Ichiro Katayama, Japan |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 | Refreshment Break | |
| PLENARY SESSION III | ||
| 3:30 - 5:00 | New Treatments | Alan Fleischer, USA Elke Weisshaar, Germany |
| 5:00 - 6:00 | Panel Discussion Academics, Industry and Next Steps |
Martin Schmelz, Germany Jacek C. Szepietowski, Poland |