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Program Committee Meeting (Committee members only)
Chair: Yong Hai
Membership Committee Meeting (Committee members only)
Chair: Fabio Zaina
Focus Group #1 - ISSLS Degenerative Spinal Phenotypes Focus Group. Creating a common language to advance knowledge
Chairs: Michele Battié & Dino Samartzis
Strategy Group Meeting
Chair: Helena Brisby
Focus Group #2 - Artificial Intelligence in Spine – (AI-ISSLS)
Chairs: Fabio Galbusera & Anne F Mannion
Executive Committee Meeting
Chair: Scott Blumenthal
Focus Group #3 - How High Is Up? A Virtual Debate On The Future of Outcomes Research in Spinal Disorders
Chair: Rowland Hazard
Registration opens
Women's ISSLS
Chairs: Jeannie Bailey & Christy Tomkins-Lane
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Opening Ceremony & Welcome Reception
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Welcome by local hosts
Chairs: James Kang & Andrew Schoenfeld
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Program Chair Report
Chair: Yong Hai
SESSION #1 - LOW BACK PAIN
Chairs: Scott Blumenthal & Jeffrey Lotz
SESSION #2 - BASIC SCIENCE
Chairs: Helena Brisby & Dino Samartzis
COFFEE
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SESSION #3 - SPONDYLOLISTHESIS
Chairs: Scott Blumenthal & Edward Vresilovic
INVITED LECTURE - James Stock - The Macroeconomics of Climate Change
Chair: James Kang
Lunch
SESSION #4 - BEST PAPER AWARD SESSION
Chairs: Dawn Elliott & Frances Williams
COFFEE
SESSION #5 - SURGERY
Chairs: Robert Gunzburg & Tim Yoon
ISSLS - ORS Spine Section: Artificial Intelligence-Based Spine Care and Research: Current Technology and Future Developments
Chairs: Morgan Giers & Dino Samartzis
First Business meeting (Members only)
Chair: Scott Blumenthal
Zoom presentation - Orals
Chairs: Yong Hai & Jeffrey Lotz
BREAKFAST!!!
Special Poster Session 1A. PAIN GENERATOR AND TREATMENT
Chairs: Max Aebi & Christy Tomkins-Lane
Special Poster Session 1B. SURGERY AND CLINICAL OUTCOME
Chairs: Masahiro Kanayama & Donna Ohnmeiss
Special Poster Session 1C. DEFORMITY, MUSCLE AND INSTABILITY
Chairs: John Popovich, Jr. & Aseem Sharma
Special Poster Session 1D. INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS AND MODIC CHANGE
Chairs: Stefan Dudli & Cornelia Neidlinger-Wilke
SESSION #6 - SURGERY II: FUSION AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
Chairs: Ashish Diwan & James Kang
COFFEE
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SESSION #7 - SCOLIOSIS
Chairs: Serena Hu & Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran
ISSLS Presidential Address 2022 - It’s Personal - Scott Blumenthal
Chair: Jeffrey Lotz
Harry Farfan Presidential Lecture - Nicole Saphier: Covid-19: How Science Bent to Politics
Chair: Scott Blumenthal
Afternoon outing
Zoom presentation - Special Posters
Chairs: Ashish Diwan & Arnold Wong
BREAKFAST!!!
SESSION #8 - MODIC CHANGE AND SPINAL CORD SENSITIZATION
Chairs: Jeremy Fairbank & Fabio Zaina
SESSION #9 - CLINICAL IMAGING AND OUTCOME
Chairs: Grace O'Connell & Hans-Joachim Wilke
Fellowship Award Ceremony
COFFEE
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ISSLS Prize Introduction and Award Ceremony
Chair: Helena Brisby
ISSLS Prize Award
Invited Lecture - Reflections from two ISSLS Founding Members
Chair: Tom Oxland
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Lunch
SESSION #10 - BIOMECHANICS
Chairs: Christopher Colloca & Teija Lund
GENERAL POSTER SESSION
GENERAL POSTERS ON-LINE
SESSION #11 - NON SURGERY
Chairs: Olavi Ariaksinen & Anne F Mannion
Debate - Is subclinical infection a cause for disc degeneration and low back pain? - Fact or Fiction
Chairs: Helena Brisby & Robert Gunzburg
Second Business meeting (Members only)
Banquet
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BREAKFAST!!!
Special Poster Session 2F. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES
Chairs: Fabio Galbusera & Matthew Smuck
Special Poster Session 2G. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISKS
Chairs: Zorica Buser & Paul Licina
Special Poster Session 2H. DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR DISEASE
Chairs: Lisbet Haglund & Peter Robertson
Special Poster Session 2I TEST AND GUIDE
Chairs: Drew Bednar & Hanna Hebelka
Report from Focus Groups
SESSION #12 - DISC DEGENERATION
Chairs: James Iatridis & Andrew Schoenfeld
COFFEE
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SESSION #13 - TECHNIQUE AND MRI
Chairs: Jeannie Bailey & Scott Boden
SESSION #14 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND NOVEL TECHNIQUE
Chairs: Howard An & Svenja Illien-Junger
CLOSING REMARKS - TIM YOON
Chair: Tim Yoon