PainConnect Program

Program-at-a-Glance

Day 01

April

3

Day 02

April

4

Day 03

April

5

Day 04

April

6

Thursday, April 3, 2025

7:30 AM

Registration Opens

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Workshop Education**

Advanced Practice Providers
Emergency Medicine
Pain Medicine Fundamentals


*There is a nominal ticketed fee for Ultrasound workshops, available with full conference registration

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Workshop Education **Advanced Practice Providers
Emergency Medicine
Pain Medicine Fundamentals

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Welcome Reception with Exhibits

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

APP Reception

Friday, April 4, 2025

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Keynote Presentation

Bench to Bedside - New Understanding and Better Treatment for Migraine

Presented by: Peter Goadsby, FMedSci, FRS

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Painful Narratives: Harm Reduction and Opioid Policy

Presented by: Maia Szalavitz


9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Break with Exhibits

10:00 AM – 11:50 AM

Advanced Pain Medicine Principles Sessions

PainConnect Open Education Forum Break-Out Sessions

AAPM SIG Meetings

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Sponsored Lunches

1:10 PM – 3:00 PM

Advanced Pain Medicine Principles Sessions

PainConnect Open Education Forum Break-Out Sessions

AAPM SIG Meeting

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Break with Exhibits

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Advanced Pain Medicine Principles Sessions

PainConnect Open Education Forum Break-Out Sessions

AAPM SIG Meetings

5:30 PM- 6:30 PM

Reception with Exhibits

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Fellow and Resident, Meet & Greet, Pain Fellowship Awards

Innovation Networking Reception (Invitation Only)

Saturday, April 5, 2025

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM

Registration & Continental Breakfast

AAPM Annual Membership Business Meeting

8:00 AM – 12:10 PM

Advanced Pain Medicine Principles Sessions

PainConnect Open Education Forum Break-Out Sessions

AAPM SIG Meetings

12:10 PM – 1:30 PM

Sponsored Lunches

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Keynote Presentation

Huxley’s Science Fiction: Ion Channels in Pain, Pain Resilience and Beyond
Moderated by Dr. Doshi
Presented by: Stephen Waxman, MD, PhD

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Break with Exhibitors

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

AAPM + MIT Hacking Medicine Innovation Challenge Pitch Competition

6:00 PM

Cowboy Boots & Karaoke Gala Event

Wear your favorite cowboy boots to our 2025 Annual Awards presentation, DJ/Karaoke, Dancing, and Dining. (guest tickets will be available for purchase)

Sunday, April 6, 2025

6:30 AM – 7:00 AM

Mastering the Waves: Swim Stroke Clinic

7:30 AM – 8: 00 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Pain Medicine Business & Practice Management Course

PainConnect Open Education Break-Out Sessions

*Schedule subject to change
**There is a nominal ticketed fee for Ultrasound workshops on Thursday, April 3rd, available with full conference registration.