Word of welcome
It is a real pleasure to invite you to a very special meeting: The first World Congress on Pelvic Pain. This meeting will be a unique opportunity to talk with colleagues who are providing care to patients with pelvic pain. Come and feel the recognition when listening to lectures of experts who will share with you the latest information on all the different aspects of pelvic pain.
This meeting is organized by PUGO, IPPS and ConPP, all well known associations in the world of pelvic pain. The strength of these separate organizations is now bundled in this first world meeting.
The programme contains a lot of interesting information for everyone treating patients with pelvic pain. We especially invite physiotherapists and psychologists to visit our congress.
This meeting will also serve as a consensus meeting. We will try to get more general agreement on algorithms for the topics presented.
Please put the dates in your planner and be sure to be in Amsterdam, the capital city of Holland.
See you there,
Bert Messelink, congress chair.
Organising groups
Convergences PelviPerineal (ConPP)
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For more information, see our website
International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS)
IPPS, established in 1996, has a mission to educate health care professionals on the diagnosis and management of patients with chronic pelvic pain and to bring hope to women and men who suffer from chronic pelvic pain. IPPS maintains an active website and sponsors 1 or 2 scientific congresses per year.
IPPS looks forward to participation in the 1st World Congress on Pelvic Pain and to the collaboration of the sponsoring societies of this Congress.
For more information, see our website
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Pain of UroGenital Origin (PUGO)
PUGO is a Special Interest Group (SIG) of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). Our goal is to provide a forum for care givers to engage in discussions on the diagnosis, management and research into pelvic pain. During recent years we have broadened our scope from urogenital to the whole area of pelvic pain. Our members have played an important role in composing the terminology and taxonomy document on pelvic pain, which will be published by IASP. We are exploring the opportunities to compile a guideline on pelvic pain that is accepted worldwide. We are also working on a web-based learning program for care providers with an interest in pelvic pain. We organize a symposium every two years, at the time of the World Congress of Pain and have increasingly been involved in collaborative meetings between organizations working in the area of pelvic pain.
PUGO is happy to participate in the organization of the 1st World Congress on Pelvic Pain and is sure that this will be the first in a series of meetings bringing an update of what we know and what we want to know about pelvic pain.
For more information, see our website
Click here to download our latest congress announcement.
Congress venue
The 1st World Congress on Pelvic Pain will be held in the Beurs van Berlage. The Beurs van Berlage is located in the city centre of Amsterdam, very conveniently located next to the Central Station and surrounded by many hotels.
The Beurs van Berlage was built between 1898 - 1903 under the auspices of architect H.P. Berlage. It was a complete break with the traditional Neo Style and reactions were not very positive back then. Today the building is regarded as a leading design for the 20th century, and Berlage as the father of Dutch modern architecture. For a long time the building served as stock exchange, but as of 1985 it hosts conferences, exhibitions and cultural events.
Beurs van Berlage
Damrak 277
1012 ZJ AMSTERDAM
T +31 (0)20 - 530 41 41
W www.beursvanberlage.nl