International Symposium on Pediatric Pain

IASP’s Pain in Childhood Special Interest Group hosts the biannual International Symposium on Pediatric Pain (ISPP). ISPP is the premier international, interdisciplinary conference on pain in infants, children, and adolescents. It attracts a global audience of professionals and scholars and provides attendees with the latest research in the management of acute, procedural, and chronic pediatric pain.

The International Symposium on Pediatric Pain (ISPP) was first held in 1988 in Seattle, USA and has been organised biannually ever since. See below for an overview. Program brochures for ISPPs from 2000 onward are located here (IASP login required), available as one PDF for each conference.

We are delighted to announce that the 15th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, UK from 18 – 21st of June, 2025. The 2025 International Symposium on Pediatric Pain (ISPP) theme is “A lifespan approach towards paediatric pain management: from neonates to young adults” . SAVE THE DATE and stay tuned for more details soon!

Past International Symposiums on Pediatric Pain

- - 2023 Halifax, Canada
  - 2022 Auckland, New Zealand
  - 2019 Basel, Switzerland
  - 2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  - 2015 Seattle, USA
  - 2013 Stockholm, Sweden
  - 2010 Acapulco, Mexico
  - 2006 Vancouver, Canada
  - 2003 Sydney, Australia
  - 2000 London, England
  - 1997 Helsinki, Finland
  - 1994 Philadelphia, USA
  - 1991 Montreal, Canada
  - 1988 Seattle, USA