PROGRAMME

Arrival of Scholars and Faculty at the Certosa di Pontignano

Registration

A short guided tour through the Certosa, its Chapel, Cloisters and Garden

Opening Ceremony - Welcome Addresses

The European Pain School

Anna Maria Aloisi, School Director (Siena, Italy)

Welcome by the President of Medical School, University of Siena

The FENS/IBRO Neurosciences Schools

Mihai Moldovan (Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark)

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)

Eija Kalso, IASP President (Helsinki, Finland)

Grünenthal against pain

Gaby Erkens, Scientific Relations Management Grunenthal GmbH (Aachen, Germany)

Pain a field of science

Marshall Devor (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel)

The Certosa di Pontignano

Giancarlo Carli (Univ. of Siena, Italy)

Monasteries, the medieval forerunners of Universities and Hospitals

Manfred Zimmermann (Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany)

Scholars’ self-introduction
to be continued informally at the subsequent wine reception and dinner

Guided morning exercise in the large Cloister

Breakfast

Morning Session [with coffee break on the Garden Terrace]

Lecture 1

Lecture 2

Oral Presentations by 3 Scholars

Discussions conducted by Faculty and Scholar

Lunch in the small cloister [free discussions and garden walks]

Afternoon Session [with coffee break on the Garden Terrace]

Lecture 3

Lecture 4

Discussions conducted by Faculty and Scholar

Interactive Joint Events of Faculty and Scholars

Dinner in the small Cloister

Guided morning exercise in the large Cloister

Breakfast

Morning Session [with coffee break on the Garden Terrace]

Lecture 5

Lecture 6

Oral Presentations by 3 Scholars

Discussions conducted by Faculty and Scholar

Lunch in the small cloister [free discussions and garden walks]

Afternoon Session [with coffee break on the Garden Terrace]

Lecture 7

Lecture 8

Discussions conducted by Faculty and Scholar

Interactive Joint Events of Faculty and Scholars

Dinner in the small Cloister

Guided morning exercise in the large Cloister

Breakfast

Morning Session [with coffee break on the Garden Terrace]

Lecture 9

Lecture 10

Oral Presentations by 3 Scholars

Discussions conducted by Faculty and Scholar

Lunch in the small cloister [free discussions and garden walks]

Afternoon Session [with coffee break on the Garden Terrace]

Lecture 11

Lecture 12

Discussions conducted by Faculty and Scholar

Interactive Joint Events of Faculty and Scholars

Dinner in the small Cloister

Guided morning exercise in the large Cloister

Breakfast

Morning Session [with coffee break on the Garden Terrace]

Lecture 13

Lecture 14

Oral Presentations by 3 Scholars

Discussions conducted by Faculty and Scholar

Excursion to Siena Old Town

Bus departs from the Certosa

Guided tour to historical Siena, City Hall and Cathedral

Free time in Siena

Guided morning exercise in the large Cloister

Breakfast

Morning Session [with coffee break on the Garden Terrace]

Lecture 15

Lecture 16

Oral Presentations by 3 Scholars

Discussions conducted by Faculty and Scholar

Lunch in the small cloister [free discussions and garden walks]

Afternoon Session [with coffee break on the Garden Terrace]

Lecture 17

Lecture 18

Discussions conducted by Faculty and Scholar

Interactive Joint Events of Faculty and Scholars

Dinner in the small Cloister

Guided morning exercise in the large Cloister

Breakfast

Morning Session [with coffee break on the Garden Terrace]

Lecture 19

Lecture 20

Oral Presentations by 3 Scholars

Discussions conducted by Faculty and Scholar

Lunch in the small cloister

Bus Transfer to Rapolano Terme, a hot mineral water Spa in Tuscany

Stay and relax at “Terme Antica Querciolaia”, Rapolano Terme Bathing in the waters of a hot mineral spring known and used by the Romans for purposes of medicinal application, wellness, love and entertainment

Farewell Dinner and Party in Restaurant “Locanda da Annita” in Rapolano Terme

Bus return to the Certosa di Pontignano

Departures