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The SASP Annual Meeting was held in Reykjavík, Iceland, May 26-27th 2016

The meeting was well attended with nearly 200 participants who listened to speakers from all the Scandinavian countries, the US, Canada, and the UK, talk about pain in the joints, pain and genetics, risk factors for chronic pain, and how to cope with pain.

Harald Breivik, Professor Emeritus and Editor in Chief for the Scandinavian Journal of Pain, was made an honorary member of SASP at the meeting. Harald received the honorary status for his years of commitment and work for SASP and for his tremendous work in establishing the Scandinavian Journal of Pain, the official journal of SASP. Harald Breivik is the fourth honorary member of SASP, the others are Ulf Lindblom, Björn A. Meyerson and Staffan Arnér.

From the left: Torsten Gordh (former president of SASP), Nanna Brix Finnerup (SASP president of SASP), Harald Breivik, and Sigridur Zoëga (president-elect of SASP)

 

Six young researchers received the SASP travel grant awards 2016 and presented their work at their meeting. Those were: Elín Magnúsdóttir (Iceland), Emmanuel Bäckryd (Sweden), Oleg Kambur (Finland), Steffan Wittrup Christensen (Denmark), Rán Magnúsdóttir (Iceland), and Debbie Jørgensen (Denmark).

From the left: Elín Magnúsdóttir, Rán Magnúsdóttir, Steffan Wittrup Christensen, Emmanuel Bäckryd

 

The General Assembly took place on Friday. Several changes were made to the SASP bylaws. The major changes regarded election of Council members and the name of the Association was changed from newSASP to SASP. The new bylaws can be found here on the SASP webpage http://www.sasp.org/about-sasp/terms-conditions . Torsten Gordh left the board and Rolf Karlsted was elected in his place. The SASP board would like to thank Torsten for his generous work for SASP through the years. Nanna Brix Finnerup stepped down as president and will serve on the board as past president from 2016-2017. Sigridur Zoëga took over as president for the next three years. Sigridur is the first Icelander to be the president of SASP and the first nurse to hold the position.

The Organizing Committee would like to thank the speakers, participants, and the meeting sponsors for their contribution to the meeting. The next SASP Annual Meeting will be held in Aalborg, Denmark, April 27-28th 2017. We hope to see you there!

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register and book their hotel early. Iceland is quite popular these days and hotelrooms can be hard to get on a short notice. We are looking forward to see you in May!

             The Organizing Committee

 

Thanks to the sponsors

 

 

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