Launching the IASP 2026 Global Year of Neuropathic Pain
What is Neuropathic Pain and Why Does it Matter?
This webinar, organised by IASP and free to attend, will take place on Wednesday, 29 January at 08:00 a.m. ET / 01:00 p.m. GMT.
This first webinar to launch the IASP Global Year on neuropathic pain will introduce the Global Year project, its goals, aims, and planned activities and outputs. Talks will summarise contemporary definitions of neuropathic pain, the epidemiology of neuropathic pain, and the burden it places on people and society. We will hear firsthand the experiences of people with neuropathic pain.
Speakers include IASP President, Professor Andrew Rice; Dr. Harry Hebert, an expert in the epidemiology of neuropathic pain; Global Year chairs, Professors Angelika Lampert and Neil O’Connell; Fiona Talkington, a broadcast journalist who lives with neuropathic pain; Jo Josh, a communications consultant who also lives with neuropathic pain; and Assistant Professor Dr. Mohammed Zunaid, a doctor working with people with neuropathic pain in Bangladesh.
This webinar is meant to be interactive. Please bring your questions, ideas, and comments.
Moderator:
Fiona Talkington – United Kingdom
Panelists:
Harry Hebert – United Kingdom
Jo Josh – United Kingdom
Angelika Lampert – Germany
Neil O’Connell – United Kingdom
Andrew Rice – United Kingdom
Mohammad Zunaid – Bangladesh