The 13th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC® will be held in Budapest, Hungary from 20-22 September 2023. Under the theme of ‘Personalised Pain Management: The Future is Now’, EFIC is putting together an ambitious programme of lectures, workshops, refresher courses and networking initiatives on acute, chronic, cancer and non-cancer pain.
In addition to the latest developments in basic, translational and clinical science, we will also focus on pain management in  primary care , as well as multimodal interdisciplinary care.

Annual Scientific Congress 2023, 'Translating pain knowledge into integrated pain care'

After a first successful edition of the BPS Young Researchers Day (YRD) in 2020, a second edition will be organised Saturday April 22nd 2023. The event, hosted at Ghent University, will bring together young researchers and clinicians having an interest in basic or clinical research in the field of pain in Belgium. The event provides a unique opportunity to get to know each other, to learn about the current novelties in pain research carried out by ‘the next generation in pain’, to interact and exchange ideas and foster “bench-to-bedside” collaborations.

For the year 2023, the BPS Award will focus on Basic Science. This annual award aims to recognize and foster the scientific work of a junior researcher in the field of pain. The Award will be presented on the occasion of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Belgian Pain Society on 3rd June 2023. Applications can be submitted until 17 April 2023.

De BePPA (Belgian Pediatric Pain Association) , Jessa Ziekenhuis Hasselt & BAPA (Belgian Association for Paediatric Anaesthesiology) organiseren op zaterdag 11 maart 2023 een congres ‘Pijnbeleid bij kinderen: een intergalactische missie 2.0’ in Congresgebouw PXL, Hasselt.

La BePPA (Belgian Pediatric Pain Association) et Jessa Ziekenhuis Hasselt & BAPA (Belgian Association for Paediatric Anaesthesiology) organisent le samedi 11 Mars 2023 le congrès "Gestion de la douleur de l’enfant: une mission intergalactique 2.0" à Congresgebouw PXL à Hasselt.

Annual Scientific Congress 2022, 'Life with a Back'

For the year 2022, the BPS Award will focus on Clinical Science. This annual award aims to recognize and foster the scientific work of a junior researcher in the field of pain. The Award will be presented on the occasion of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Belgian Pain Society on 11th June 2022. Applications can be submitted until 27 April 2022.

Fibromyalgie: quelles réflexions et recommandations en Belgique à partir de l’expertise collective de l’Inserm en France

This one-day colloquium is​ co-organized by the Belgian Pain Society (BPS), the Institute of Neuroscience & the Faculté des Sciences de la Motricité of UCLouvain, the Pôle expertise collective Inserm, the CHU UCL Namur site Godinne centre multidisciplinaire douleur chronique and FOCUS Fibromyalgie Belgique.

For the year 2021, the BPS Award will focus on basic science. This annual award aims to recognize and foster the scientific work of a junior researcher in the field of pain. The Award will be presented on the occasion of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Belgian Pain Society on 4th December 2021. Applications can be submitted until 08/10/2021.

The survey will help the working group understand the needs and the challenges of people living with pain and will set the basis of the campaign for the next few months.

Due to Covid-19 the BPS Congress 2020 will be organized as an online webinar.
Topic: "Chronic pain: primary, secondary & tertiary prevention".

The theme for 2017-2020 is ‘EFIC On the Move’ focusing on the importance of physical activity in preventing primary and secondary pain. Physical activity has well known health benefits including a reduced risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and improved mental health. What is less well known is that greater levels of physical activity and exercise are also associated with a lower risk of developing chronic pain.