Program

Autoimmune Disease

• “Treating Connective Tissue Disorders with Acupuncture and Moxibustion”
  Thomas Burgoon (USA)
  Lecture

Cosmetic

• “Cosmetic Acupuncture”
  Mehmet Cabioglu (Turkey)
  Workshop 2 hour

Dental

• “Oral-Micro-Acupuncture as a Strategy In Craniomandibular Disorders”
  Irmgard Simma (Austria)
  Lecture
• “The Importance of Dentistry and Craniomandibular Dysfunction (CMD) In The Medical Field: Temporomandibular Joints (TMJ), Cervical Spine, Lymphatic System”
  Irmgard Simma (Austria)
  Workshop 2 hour
• “Surgical analgesia during dental extractions” – In two clinical cases, the results of using acupuncture as a unique analgesic method during dental extractions are shown.
  Guillermo Chaibún (Uruguay)

Education

• “Educating our non-acupuncture medical colleagues about”
  Thomas Burgoon (USA)
  Lecture

Emergency

• “Emergency Acupuncture, AGOM Experiences in Timor Leste” 
  Paola Poli and Carlo Moiraghi (Italy)
  Lecture

Forum

• “Chinese Herbal Medicine”
• “Acupuncture Education Worldwide”

Laser and Energy

• “Light Effects on Tissues – Therapeutic Implications for Laser Therapy and Laser Acupuncture.”
  Roberta Chow (Australia)
  Lecture
• “Laser (Photobiomodulation) Therapy vs Laser Acupuncture – What is The Difference?”
  Roberta Chow (Australia)
  Lecture
• “Energy, Qi by Soulie de Morant”
  Patrick Sautreuil (France)
  Lecture

Microsystems

• “Quick Response Acupuncture with Craniometric and Vertebral Points and Nasal Bone (Yamamura Acupuncture System)”
  Marcia Yamamura (Brazil)
  Workshop
• “Auriculotherapy In Musculoskeletal Injuries”
  Charles Lee (Australia)
  Lecture

Neural Therapy

• “Introduction to Neural Therapy”
  Helmut Liertzer (Austria) and Petja Piehler (Germany)
  Workshop 3 hours
• “Neural Therapy in the Treatment of Headache”
  Rainer Wander (Germany)
  Master Workshop 1.5 hours

These two workshops will be run in tandem in the order listed above.

Neuroanatomical

• “Sonographic Studies of Acupuncture Points / Trigger Points. Practical Proceedings.”
  Helmut Liertzer (Austria)
  Lecture
• “Acupuncture as Neuromodulation”
  Peter Dorsher (USA)
  Lecture
• “Neuroembryology of the Meridians”
  Peter Dorsher (USA)
  Lecture
• “Neuroanatomic Approach to Joint Pain” 
  Peter Dorsher (USA)
  Workshop 2 hour
• “Physical Medicine and Neuroacupuncture”
  Patrick Sautreuil (France)
  Lecture
• “Physical Medicine and Neuroacupuncture”
  Patrick Sautreuil (France)
  Workshop 2 hour
• “Dry Needling and Trigger Point Acupuncture for headache, facial pain and neck pain”
  Dominik Irnich (Germany)
  Workshop 2 hour
• “Knee Pain Treatment by Acupuncture and Osteopathy: a personal combination and clinical approach method.”
  Umberto Mazzanti (Italy)
  Workshop
• “Trapezius Muscle Syndrome”
  Alex Chan (Australia)
  Workshop
• “Acupuncture for Musculoskeletal Degeneration”
  Koosnadi Saputra (Indonesia)
  Workshop

Obesity

• “Obesity Treatment with Acupuncture, Similarities to Addiction”
  Mehmet Cabioglu (Turkey)
  Lecture

Oncology

• “Oncology Acupuncture, Treatment with Extraordinary Meridians, ALMA AGOM method”
  Paola Poli and Carlo Moiraghi (Italy)
  Workshop 2 hour

Paediatrics

• “Acupuncture in Paediatric patients”
  Marcia Yamamuran (Brazil)
  Lecture
• “A Systematic Review On Acupuncture Techniques For Neonatal Acute Pain Management”
  Jasmin Stadler (Austria)
  Lecture
• “Intraoperative Acupuncture as Complementary Analgesic for Post-Tonsillectomy Pain in Children”
  David Ho
  Lecture

Related Techniques

• “Natural Zeolite In The Human Medicine” 
  Wilfried Dathe (Germany)
  Lecture

Research

• “The Science behind Medical Acupuncture” 
  Dominik Irnich (Germany)
• “Is Neuropathic Pain a Target for Acupuncture? New Trends and Results”
  Dominik Irnich (Germany)
• “Pimp Our Evidence – Translating Clinical Experience in Acupuncture into Scientifically Valid Results”
  Petra Baumler (Germany)
• “Science of Acupuncture’s Effects Catching Up to Medical Reality”
  Ian Relf (Australia)
  Lecture
• “The secret of the success and popularity of modern acupuncture”
  Henriette Murakozy (Germany)
  Lecture
• “Evaluation of the Benefit Provided by Acupunctural Analgesia vs Conventional Local Anaesthesia alone during Surgical deep brain stimulation”
  Alain Huchet (France)
  Lecture
• “Intraoperative acupuncture as complementary analgesic for post‐tonsillectomy pain in children”
  David Ho (Australia)
  Lecture
• “The Modern and the Traditional Acupuncture ‐ Dialogue or Conflict?”
  Petr Fiala (Czech Republic)
  Lecture
• “Science of acupuncture’s effects catching up to medical reality”
  Ian Relf (Australia)
  Lecture
• “RCT to guidelines, migraines as example.”
  Marc Martin (France)
  Lecture
• “Efficacy of combined treatment with acupuncture and bee venom acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment for Parkinson’s disease”
  Seong-Uk Park (Korea)
  Lecture
• “Selection and application of different methods in point intervention therapy”
  Serge Mezhov (Australia)
  Lecture
• “Behavioral Analysis of Alzheimer’s Disease Model Mouse (APPswe / PSEN1dE9) & Comparing the Effects of Ginseng Radix and Rehmanniae Radix Extracts on Biological Factors”
  Kyeong Kim (Korea)
  Lecture
• “Laserpuncture Increases Serum Concentration of Insulin‐LikeGrowth Factor–1 in Adolescent Rats”
  Selfi Handayani (Indonesia)
  Lecture
• “The Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Spatial Memory of the White Rat (Rattus norvegicus) exposed to Chronic Stress”
  Panji Bintara (Indonesia)
  Lecture
• “Effects of Acupuncture on Anxiety and Depression”
  Alexander Joannou (Australia)
  Lecture
• “Teaching, trials and tribulations in utilising acupuncture for ED analgesia – ready to go?”
  Andrew Jan (Australia)
  Lecture
• “Efficacy and safety of thread embedding acupuncture combined with conventional acupuncture for chronic low back pain:A randomized, controlled, assessor‐blinded, multicenter clinical trial”
  Dongwoo Nam (Korea)
  Lecture
• “Efficacy and safety of thread embedding acupuncture combined with conventional acupuncture for chronic low back pain:A randomized, controlled, assessor‐blinded, multicenter clinical trial”
  Dongwoo Nam (Korea)
  Lecture
• “Menopausal Neurovegetative Disorders and Auricular Acupuncture.”
  Pilar Margrit (Spain)
  Lecture
• “Patient attitudes towards analgesia and their openness to non‐pharmacological methods such as acupuncture in the Emergency Department”
  Andrew Jan (Australia)
  Lecture

Safety

• “Hazardous acupuncture points in pregnancy. True or false. Review” 
  Guillermo Chaibún (Uruguay)
• “Systematic Review on the Safety of Acupuncture”
  Petra Baumler (Germany)
  Lecture
• “Risks related to the bad practice of Acupuncture: reflections of technical, scientific and legal nature”
  Fernando Genschow (Brazil)
  Lecture

TCM Herbs

• “TCM Herbs and Probiotics for The Prevention of Allergies: Immunological Mechanisms” 
  Karin Stockert (Austria)
  Lecture
• “Chinese Herbal Medicine Research Project at the University. of Nijmegen”
  Chun-Lee Oei-Tan (The Netherlands)
• “The Wandering Formula (Xiao Yao San 逍遥散 ) syndrome” Most frequently related conditions and its treatment with acupuncture and herbal medicine
  Francisco Lozano (Mexico)
  Lecture
• “CHM The Heart of TCM – Introduction in Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) – Chances, Safety, Good Clinical Practice”
  Josef Hummelsberger (Germany)
  Lecture
• “CHM against antimicrobial resistance”
  Josef Hummelsberger (Germany)
  Lecture
• “TCM therapy in acute respiratory infections”
  Karin Stockert (Austria)
  Lecture

Veterinary

• “One Only Sees What One Knows; Interference Field Therapy In Veterinary Medicine”
  Christiane Wander (Germany)
  Lecture

World Acupuncture

• “WHO strategy concerning traditional, complementary and Integrative medicine”
  Hedi Luxenburger (Germany)
  Lecture
• “World opioid crisis and intervention through acupuncture”
  Konstantina Theodoratou (Greece)
  Lecture
• “Stress, Epigenetics & Acupuncture”
  Konstantina Theodoratou (Greece)
  Lecture
• “ICMART”
  Chin Chan (Australia)
  Lecture