The NeuPSIG Satellite Meeting on Neuropathic Itch will take place in Milan, Italy, Sunday August 26th, 2012. An Official Satellite Symposium of the 14th World Congress on Pain.

The NeuPSIG Satellite Meeting on Neuropathic Itch, will be held at the Milano Convention Centre on Sunday, August 26, 2012.
The goal of the 2012 NeuPSIG Satellite Meeting is to advance our understanding of neuropathic itch. The meeting will focus on
mechanisms, epidemiology, assessment, and treatment of neuropathic itch.
The meeting will also serve as a networking opportunity for anyone with an interest in neuropathic itch.

Meeting Organizers:
Karin L. Petersen MD, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute and University of California, San Francisco, USA
Akihiko Ikoma MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco, USA

Speakers include:
Allan Basbaum, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, USA; Sonja Ständer MD, PhD, University of Münster, Germany;
Anne Louise Oaklander MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA; Earl Carstens PhD, University of California Davis, USA;
Yasushi Kuraishi PhD, University of Toyama, Japan; Martin Schmelz MD, University of Heidelberg Mannheim, Germany;
Matthias Ringkamp PhD, Johns Hopkins University, USA; Martin Steinhoff MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco, USA;
Hiroshi Sekiyama MD, PhD, University of Tokyo, Japan; Gil Yosipovitch MD, Wake Forest University, USA.

Registration is now open.
More details will be available soon, on the NeuPSIG website, and in the NeuPSIG Newsletter.

The 4th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain will take place in Toronto, Canada, May 23 – 26, 2013 For further information please see the Congress webpage