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8.00am     Registration Desk Open, Welcome Tea & Coffee                                                                                                                 Treaty Rooms Foyer

8.45am-9.30am                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Treaty Rooms 1 & 2, Chair: Anthony Carrie
Patient-Centered Opioid De-Prescribing (presentation via video link)
Dr Beth Darnall, Principal Investigator, Stanford PCORI Project on Opioid and Pain Reduction (the EMPOWER study);Clinical Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, California, USA

09.30am-10.00am
Shifting Tough Misconceptions – The Example of OA Knee
Associate Professor David Butler, University of South Australia; Director, Neuro Orthopaedic Institute, Adelaide, Australia

10.00am-10.30am
Exercise Induced Hypoalgesia in Pain Free and Chronic Pain Populations
Dr David Rice, Associate Head of Research and Senior Lecturer, School of Clinical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology,
​Auckland, NZ

10.30am-11.00am     Morning Tea with Table Top Displays                                                                                                                      Waitaha Events Centre

11.00am-11.30am                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Chair: Anthony Carrie
Sleep and Pain
Dr Tony Fernando, Consultant Psychiatrist and Sleep Specialist, Auckland, NZ

11.30am-12.00pm
How Neuroplasticity is Changing the Way We Treat Neurological Conditions
Dr Melanie Cheung, Neurobiologist

12.00pm-1.00pm     Lunch with Table Top Displays                                                                                                                                Waitaha Events Centre

12.30pm-2.00pm           New Zealand Pain Society AGM                                                                                                                  Treaty Room 1

Psychological Treatments for Pain
​                                              Treaty 1, Chair: Chanchal Ajodha
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2.00pm-2.30pm
Integrating Behavioural and Psychological Therapies into Primary Care 
​(presentation via video link)
Dr Beth Darnall, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, California, USA
 
2.30pm-3.00pm
New Avenues for Early Interventions. How to Address Psychological Mechanisms 
(presentation via video link)
Professor Steve Linton, Senior Professor, Clinical Psychology; Scientific Leader, Center for Health and Medical Psychology, Örebro University, Sweden

Compassion, Reducing Suffering & Mindfulness               Treaty 2, Chair: Margot Forrest

2.00pm-3.00pm
Reducing the Suffering from Pain through Mindfulness and Compassion
 
Dr Kees Lodder, Palliative Medicine Specialist, North Haven Hospice and Whangarei Base Hospital, Whangarei, NZ
 
Dr Tony Fernando, Consultant Psychiatrist and Sleep Specialist, Auckland, NZ


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Hypnosis          
​                  Rangatira Room , Chair: Louise Sheppard
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2.00pm-3.00pm
Communicating With Your Patients – How To Use Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors in Your Daily Practice
 
Kate McCallum, Clinical Nurse Specialist, The Auckland Regional Pain Service, Auckland, NZ

Jan Haraldsson, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pain Management, Northland DHB, Whangarei, NZ




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​3.00pm-3.30pm     Afternoon Tea with Table Top Displays                                                                                                                  Waitaha Events Centre

3.30pm-4.00pm                                                                                                                                                                                                         Treaty Room 1, Chair: Natalie Tuck
Ko te pō te kai hari te rā ko te mate te kai hari te oranga
How the Perception and Experience of Pain and Suffering can bring a Greater Understanding of Humanity
Paora Joseph, Filmmaker & Clinical Psychologist, Northland, NZ

4.00pm-4.30pm
Media Representation of Chronic Pain in Aotearoa New Zealand – A Content Analysis of News Media
Dr Hemakumar Devan, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Wellington, NZ
Broadfoot Trust Awardee 2020

4.30pm-5.00pm
Who Benefits Most from Chronic Pain Management Programmes?
Associate Professor Gwyn Lewis, Neurophysiologist, Department of Physiotherapy, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, NZ