Get ready for the Global Pain Expert Summit 2025

Join Viatris at the Global Pain Expert Summit 2025 - an essential event for healthcare professionals passionate about advancing pain management. Held on 11–12 July 2025, this two-day summit offers exclusive access to the latest research, evolving clinical strategies, and real-world insights that are transforming how we understand and treat pain.

With a focus on “Know Pain, Empower Care”, this year’s summit brings together leading international experts to share practical, evidence-based as well as patient centered strategies across a range of acute and chronic pain conditions - from fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis to painful diabetic neuropathy and chronic low back pain.
Be part of a global community that’s driving meaningful change in pain care. Learn, connect, and walk away with tools to elevate your clinical practice and empower better outcomes for your patients.

Register now and help shape the future of pain management.

Get to know our Speakers

Prof. Rainer Freynhagen

Germany

Head of Anaesthesiology, Pain & Palliative Care at Benedictus Hospital Tutzing at University of Munich and the Chair of the Pain Centre Lake Starnberg, Feldafing, Germany. He specializes in neuropathic and mixed pain, co-developed painDETECT and serves as examiner for the European Diploma in Pain Medicine by the European Pain Federation.

Prof. Bart Morlion

Belgium

Director of the Leuven Centre for Algology & Pain Management at the University Hospitals of Leuven and clinical professor at the University of Leuven, Belgium, where he teaches pain management, pharmacology and evidence based medicine at the medical school.

Prof. Ralf Baron

Germany

Head of Neurological Pain Research and Therapy and Vice Chair of Neurology at Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Kiel, in Germany. A global expert in neuropathic pain, served in leadership roles within IASP, NeuPSIG and German pain societies.

Prof. Andrea Truini

Italy

Professor in Neurology, Head of the Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular Disease Unit at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

Prof. Rakesh Jain

USA

Clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Midland, Texas, USA.

Dr. Milton Raff

South Africa

Specialist anesthesiologist and Director of the Pain Management Clinic at Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. A past President of the South African Society of Anesthesiologists (SASA) and PAINSA, he is the past chairperson of the WFSA Acute Pain Committee and edits the Journal of PAINSA.

Dr. Ozlan Kamil

Malaysia

Orthopaedic surgeon specializing in spine and pain management. Formerly a consultant at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, his practice focuses on orthopedic interventional pain, and spinal surgery.

Prof. Jean-Yves Reginster

Switzerland

President of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO). Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Aspects of Musculoskeletal Health and Aging. Protein Research Chair at the Biochemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Prof. Julie Li-Yu

Philippines

Rheumatologist and Associate Professor at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, in Manila, Philippines. Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at UST Hospital. Vice-Chair of the Asia Pacific Panel of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) and is a Council Member of the Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies. Former President of both the Philippine Rheumatology Association and the Osteoporosis Society of the Philippines Foundation.

Dr. Nicholas Fuggle

United Kindgom

Associate Professor of Rheumatology at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, UK. Board Member of the ESCEO, Associate Editor of Rheumatology and is on the Editorial Boards of Calcified Tissues International and Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research. Co-founder of the Clinical AI Interest Group at the Alan Turing Institute.

Prof. Solomon Tesfaye

United Kindgom

Consultant Diabetologist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Honorary Professor at the University of Sheffield, where he also serves as Research Director for Diabetes and Endocrinology. He is a Visiting Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Prof. Lee-Ling Lim

Malaysia

Head of the Diabetes Care Unit at University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and an expert in cardiometabolic medicine. She holds honorary roles at Baker Institute and CUHK, and serves on ADA/EASD and WHO global diabetes initiatives.

Prof. Sasikaan Nimmaanrat

Thailand

Anesthesiologist and pain specialist at Prince of Songkla University, Thailand. She holds advanced qualifications in pain management from the University of Sydney and currently serves as Chairman of the Local Arrangement Committee (LAC) for International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) World Congress of Pain (WCP) 2026. Former President of the Thai Association for the Study of Pain.

Prof. Giustino Varrassi

Italy

President of the Fondazione Paolo Procacci, a Rome-based NGO focused on pain research and education. Former Chair of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine at the University of L’Aquila, Italy, where he started and directed all the Academic Anesthesia and Pain Medicine programs.

Dr. Giacomo Farì

Italy

Medical Doctor specialized in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, with a PhD in Sport Sciences. Adjunct Professor at the University of Salento, Italy. Team physician for the Italian national wheelchair basketball team. National Councilor for the Manual Medicine and Interventional Physiatry sections of the Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.

Dr. Giuliano Piccoliori

Italy

Scientific Responsible of the Institute of General Practice and Public Health in Bolzano/Italy.

Dr. Matteo Leoni

Italy

PhD in Medical-Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Consultant in Interventional and Surgical Pain Management with clinical training in Anesthesia and Pain Therapy. Former researcher at the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research. Completed advanced studies in biostatistics and machine learning at the University of Padua and Harvard University.

The Global Pain Expert Summit features sessions across Day 1 and Day 2. Please select all sessions you wish to attend.
For the parallel sessions on Day 1 (morning and afternoon), choose only one from each time slot based on your specialty.

  • Global Pain Expert Summit – Day 1

    11th July 2025 to 11th July 2025 at 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM
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    • 11th July 2025 at 09:00 AM - 10:45 AM Indochina Time
      by Prof. Rainer Freynhagen Prof. Bart Morlion Prof. Rakesh Jain Prof. Ralf Baron
        Plenary Session for all Specialties
    • 11th July 2025 at 11:15 AM - 01:00 PM Indochina Time
      by Prof. Andrea Truini Prof. Ralf Baron Prof. Rakesh Jain
        Specialties in focus: Rheumathology, Neurology, Pain Management
    • 11th July 2025 at 11:15 AM - 01:00 PM Indochina Time
      by Dr. Milton Raff Dr. Ozlan Kamil
        Specialties in focus: Anesthesiology, Orthopedic, Internal Medicine, Pain Management
    • 11th July 2025 at 02:30 PM - 04:30 PM Indochina Time
      by Prof. Solomon Tesfaye Prof. Ralf Baron Prof. Lee-Ling Lim Prof. Andrea Truini
        Specialties in focus: Neurology, Endocrinology, Diabetology
    • 11th July 2025 at 02:30 PM - 04:30 PM Indochina Time
      by Prof. Jean-Yves Reginster Prof. Julie Li-Yu Dr. Nicholas Fuggle
        Specialties in focus: Rheumatology, Orthopedic, Internal Medicine, Pain Management
  • Global Pain Expert Summit – Day 2

    12th July 2025 to 12th July 2025 at 08:30 AM - 01:00 PM
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    • 12th July 2025 at 08:30 AM - 01:00 PM Indochina Time
      by All speakers
        Chronic Low Back Pain & Driving AI-led Transformation in Healthcare

        Time group

        8:30 - 10:10 ICT (UTC+7)

        A Multimechanistic Perspective on Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP)

        Time group

        10:10 - 11:20 ICT (UTC+7)

        Chronic Low Back Pain: A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Complex Condition – Workshop

        Time group

        11:40 - 12:30 ICT (UTC+7)

        Driving AI-led Transformation in Healthcare

        Time group

        12:30 - 13:00 ICT (UTC+7)

        Closing Ceremony