The Scientific Program will Include:

• Keynote speakers, addressing the four conference themes
• Oral and poster presentations
• Workshops

Key Dates Keynote SpeakersPreliminary Program

Call for Abstracts CLOSED: October 31, 2008

Call for Workshops CLOSED: September 30, 2008

Please find following details concerning LBP Forum X workshop and abstract submission dates.

Workshops:
-- Call for workshops proposal will go out September 2, 2008
-- Workshop proposal submissions will close on September 30, 2008
-- Workshop selection announcements will be made on October 15, 2008

Abstracts:
-- Call for abstracts will go out September 15, 2008, and the abstract submission process will open on that date
-- Abstract submissions will close October 31, 2008
-- Announcements regarding abstract acceptance will be made in December 2008

Please note that workshop and abstract submission dates overlap so that if a workshop proposal is not accepted, there will still be time to submit an abstract proposal for consideration. Registration will open to coincide with announcement of abstract acceptance.

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Keynote Speakers

Addressing Question One: What are the outcomes of LBP, and how do they inter-relate?

Mansel Aylward,
Director of the Unum Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research (CPDR) at Cardiff University, will talk about relationships among outcomes of LBP, describing events and models.

Addressing Question Two: What factors are related to outcomes?

Chris Maher,
Director of University of Sydney's Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy, will discuss factors that are related to outcome, with an emphasis on current research on risk factors, co morbidities, and subgroups.

Addressing Question Three: How can we improve outcomes?

Robert Drake,
Professor of Psychiatry and of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth College and Director of the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, will speak about improving outcomes, focusing on lessons that can be learned from other disciplines.

Addressing Question Four: How can we translate research to practice?

Peter Croft,
Director of the Primary Care Musculoskeletal Research Centre at Keele University Medical School, will talk about meeting the challenge of translating research to practice.

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Preliminary Program

Sunday, June 14, 2009
5:00 – 7:00 pm	WELCOME RECEPTION
Monday, June 15, 2009
8:30 am	Welcome
9:00	Keynote Addressing Question 1
9:45	Orals Addressing Question 1
10:15	COFFEE
10:30	Panel Addressing Question 1
11:00	Posters Addressing Question 1
12:00 pm	LUNCH
1:00	Keynote Addressing Question 2
1:45	Orals Addressing Question 2
2:15	Panel Addressing Question 2
2:45	Posters Addressing Question 2
3:45	COFFEE
4:00	Oral Presentations Emergent Theme
4:30	Emergent Theme Posters
5:15	Sessions End
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
8:30 am	Invited Presentation
9:00	Keynote Addressing Question 3
9:45	Orals Addressing Question 3
10:15	COFFEE
10:30	Panel Addressing Question 3
11:00	Posters Addressing Question 3
12:00 pm	LUNCH
1:00	Open Theme Posters
2:00	Workshops (n ~ 6)
3:45	COFFEE
4:00	Oral Presentations Emergent Theme
4:30	Emergent Theme Posters
5:15	Sessions End
6:00 – 9:45 pm	RECEPTION & DINNER
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
8:30 am	Workshop Reports
9:00	Keynote Addressing Question 4
9:45	Orals Addressing Question 4
10:15	COFFEE
10:30	Panel Addressing Question 4
11:00	Posters Addressing Question 4
12:00 pm	LUNCH
1:00	Open Theme Posters
2:00	Debate
3:00	Invited Presentation
3:15	LBP Forum XI
3:30	Closing Session
3:45 pm	Adjournment
sasas	Agenda is subject to change

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