SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
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10.00 AM | Registration | |||||
1.30 PM | Pre-conference Workshops | |||||
Vallauris | Biot | Tourette | Cogolin | St Paul | Vence | |
Cancer Safety Speakers: Moderator and take home message: Judith Raber | Physical Therapy -Musculoskeletal Disorders Where is the evidence for PBM in the most common MSD… Chair: Speakers: | Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Medicine From Pets to People… Chair: Speakers: | Scientific Publishing in PBM Chair: Mike R.Hamblin Speaker:
| Intravenous and intraarticular PBM-PDT treatments Chairs: Hans Michael Weber Speakers: | Preview Room | |
3.00 PM | Coffee Break | Espace Mougins Exhibition Room | |||||
3.30 PM | Pre-conference Workshops | |||||
Vallauris | Biot | Tourette | Cogolin | St Paul | Vence | |
Clinical Trials Consortium Moving towards international, multi-centre PBM trials Dr Liisa Laakso: | Dental PBM Chair: Speakers: | Veterinary Medicine
| Acupuncture Laser Acupuncture and Auricular Medicine… Chair: Speakers: | Research Process Prof. Jeri Ann Lyons, Prof. Praveen Arany:
| Preview Room | |
5.00 PM | Opening Event | Vallauris | |||||
Welcome Session Welcome by the Dean of the Faculty of Medecine, Nice Sophia Antipolis, Patrick Baqué. Welcome by Christian Estrosi Mayor of Nice, President of Nice Côte dr’Azur Metropolis, Deputy President of the Regional Council Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur. Welcome by René-Jean Bensadoun, WALT Program Chair. | ||||||
5.20 PM | Opening Ceremony – World Session Invited Organizations and Guests | |||||
History of WALT Reza Fekrazad | ||||||
6.00 PM | Plenary Session I: Presidential Session I | Vallauris | |||||
Photobiomodulation Therapy | Current Status and Future Directions of Clinical PBM Therapy Jan Bjordal | ||||||
PBM Innovations | Lightsite I: A Double-Masked, Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Parallel Group Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Photobiomodulation in Subjects with Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration Clark Tedford | ||||||
7.00 PM | Plenary Session I: : Presidential Session II | Vallauris | |||||
Photobiomodulation Therapy | Current Status and Future Directions of Research Praveen Arany | ||||||
Current Advances in PBM Research | Photobiomodulation therapy of stem cells in the bone marrow: from bench to bedside Uri Oron | ||||||
8.00 PM | Welcome Reception | Salon Riviera, Le Méridien Nice |
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Program may be subject to change. designates the room and/or venue. Click here to download a PDF of the full Scientific Program
7.30 AM | Welcome Coffee | Espace Mougins Exhibition Room – Sponsored by ![]() | |||||
8.00 AM | Plenary Session I: Invited Keynote Speaker | Vallauris | |||||
Can photobiomodulation treat obesity and metabolic syndrome? Nivaldo Parizotto | ||||||
9.00 AM | Vallauris | Biot | Tourette | Cogolin | St Paul | Vence |
Clinical Guidelines 1 Chairs: Speakers: | Posters and Exhibition room | Future Vision 1 Chair: Speakers: | Oral Abstracts 1 Presenters: | Oral Late Breaking I Presenters: | Preview Room | |
10.30 AM | Coffee Break | Espace Mougins Exhibition Room | |||||
11.00 AM | Clinical Guidelines 2 Chairs: Round table Moderators: Speakers: Round Table Participants: | Posters and Exhibition room | Future Vision 2 Chairs: Speakers: | Oral Abstracts 2 Presenters: | Oral Abstracts 3 Presenters: | Preview Room |
12.30 PM | Lunch & WALT Member’s Meeting | Espace Riviera | |||||
1.30 PM | Vallauris | Biot | Tourette | Cogolin | St Paul | Vence |
Special Session Dr. Ruben Wernik:
| Posters and Exhibition room | Oral Late Breaking 2 Presenters: | User’s Group | User’s Group | Interview | |
2.30 PM | Clinical Guidelines 3 Prof. Janis T. Eells: Prof. Tim Kern:
| Posters and Exhibition room | Consensus Guidelines 1 Chairs: Speakers: | Oral Abstratcs 4 Dr. Jolien Robijns: Dr. Jolien Robijns:
| User’s Group | Interview |
4.00 PM | Coffee Break | Espace Mougins Exhibition Room | |||||
4.15 PM | Special Session Session Francophone Moderator: Chairs: Round Table Participants: | Posters and Exhibition room | Future Vision 3 Chair: Speakers: | Oral Abstracts 5 Presenters: | Oral Abstracts 6 Presenters: | User’s Group Presenters: |
5.30 PM | Networking with your Region The Americas (North & South) | Networking with your Region Australia and Asia | Networking with your Region Middle East, Iran and Africa | Networking with your Region Europe | Informal Mixer | |
7.30 PM | Presidential Awards and Dinner | Hotel Westminster Nice (optional) |
Friday, October 5, 2018
Program may be subject to change. designates the room and/or venue. Click here to download a PDF of the full Scientific Program
7.30 AM | Welcome Coffee | Espace Mougins Exhibition Room – Sponsored by ![]() | ||||||
8.00 AM | Plenary Session I: Invited Keynote Speaker | Vallauris | ||||||
Photobiomodulation for the Brain: Has the Light Dawned? Michael Hamblin | |||||||
9.00 AM | Vallauris | Biot | Tourette | Cogolin | St Paul | Vence | |
Clinical Guidelines 4 Chairs: | Posters and Exhibition room | Future Vision 4 Chairs: Speakers: | Oral Abstracts 7 Presenters: | User’s Group
| Preview Room | ||
10.30 AM | Coffee Break | Espace Mougins Exhibition Room | ||||||
11.00 AM | Consensus Guidelines 2 Chairs: Speakers: | Posters and Exhibition room | Consensus Guidelines 3 Dr. Volkmar Kreisel:
| Oral Abstracts 8 Presenters: | User’s Group | Preview Room | |
12.30 PM | Extended Lunch & Networking time | Espace Riviera | ||||||
12.30 PM | WALT General Body and Members Meeting | ||||||
2.00 PM | Vallauris | Biot | Tourette | Cogolin | St Paul | Vence | |
Consensus Guidelines 4 Dr. Ron Hirschberg: Dr. Marty Henderson: Dr. Richard Godine: Dr. Richard Godine:
| Posters and Exhibition room | Future Vision 5 Dr. Alexander Wunch:
| Oral Abstracts 9 Presenters: | User’s Group | Preview Room | ||
3.30 PM | Coffee Break | Espace Mougins Exhibition Room | ||||||
4.00 PM | Consensus Guidelines 5 Dr. David Draper:
| Posters and Exhibition room | Oral Abstracts 10 Presenters: | Oral Abstracts 11 Presenters: | Oral Abstracts 12 Presenters: | Preview Room | |
5.30 PM | Closing Session | Vallauris | ||||||
Conference Summary and Future Directions Praveen Arany, Jan Bjordal, René-Jean Bensadoun | |||||||
6.00 PM | Adjourn | ||||||
7.30 PM | Get Together Party | Le Ligure Restaurant (optional) |