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8 AM-5 PM – Registration
9 AM-12 PM – IFSI board meeting
10 AM-12 PM – Introduction to Itch (overview for students, researchers new to itch)
1 PM-5 PM – IFSI Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
3 PM- 3:30 PM – PM Poster/Exhibition Space and Afternoon Tea
5:15- 8 PM – Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception
8 AM- 9:30 AM – Morning session: Hot off the bench: Latest news by young investigators
9:30 AM-10 AM – Bernhard Lecture: Elke Weisshaar
10-10:30 AM – Coffee break
10:30 AM- 11 AM – Neurobiology of Itch
11:00 AM-12:00 – Concurrent Session 1: Skin inflammation and itch. Speakers TBD
11:00 AM- 12:00 PM – Concurrent Session 2: Psoriasis and itch
12- 12:45 PM – Lunch and poster viewing
12:45 PM-2:00 PM – Plenary session: New antipruritic treatments. Speakers TBD
2:00 PM- 2:30 PM – Coffee Break and poster Discussions
2:30 PM- 4 PM – Concurrent Session 1: methods in itch research (clinical) Speakers TBD
2:30 PM- 4 PM – Concurrent Session 2: methods in itch research (experimental) Speakers TBD
4:00 PM- 5:00 PM – General Assembly Meeting
5:15 PM-5:45 PM – IFSI Board Meeting
6:45 PM – Gala Dinner & Cruise, Sydney Harbour
8 AM – 9:30 AM – Morning session: Hot off the bench: Latest news by young investigators. Speakers TBD
9:30 AM-10:00 AM – Kuraishi Lecture: Robert LaMotte
10:00 AM-10:30 AM – Coffee break and poster viewing
10:30 AM-11:00 AM – Atopic dermatitis and itch. Speakers TBD
11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Concurrent Session 1: Patient’s perspectives and patient reported outcomes. Speakers TBD
11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Concurrent Session 2: Itch and Pain. Speakers TBD
12- 12:45 PM – Lunch and poster viewing
12:45 PM-2:15 PM – Concurrent Session 1: Prurigo and other pruritic skin diseases. Speakers TBD
12:45 PM-2:15 PM – Concurrent Session 2: New receptors, channels and pathways for itch. Speakers TBD
2:15 PM- 2:45 PM – Coffee Break and poster Discussions
2:45 PM-3:45 PM – Concurrent Session 1: Epidemiology of itch and quality of life. Speakers TBD
2:45 PM-3:45 PM – Concurrent Session 2: New imaging techniques and other aspects of itch. Speakers TBD
3:50 PM-4:30 PM – Plenary Session: Future perspectives
3:50 PM-4:10 PM – Andrea Evers, Netherlands: Future perspectives in the treatment of itch
4:10 PM-4:30 PM – Martin Steinhoff, Qatar: Future perspectives in basic research of itch
4:30 PM-5 PM – Closing Ceremony
Handwerker Prize; Poster Prizes; Travel Grant winners
Closing remarks: Frank Brennan (Congress President), Earl Carstens (IFSI President)
6:00 PM – IFSI Board Dinner
Social Events
Starship Cruise
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