Preliminary Program

8:30 Registration of participants
   
9:00

Welcome addresses
Chair: Dott. Umberto Mazzanti – Vice- President, A.M.A.B.
Dott. Carlo Maria Giovanardi – President, A.M.A.B.
Dott. Giovanni De Virgilio - Head, External Relations Office, ISS
Dott. Ranieri Guerra – Director General, Preventive Health, Ministry of Health of Italy
Prof. Zhang Xu – Dean, Graduate School of Nanjin University of Chinese Medicine and CHETCH Consortium Partner
Prof. Chu Lirong - Deputy Dean, International Education College of Tianjin University of TCM and Chinese counterpart of the JoSIL

 
   
9:30   Introduction to the Symposium
Carlo Maria Giovanardi, Alice Fauci – Symposium Scientific Coordinator
   
 
 Panel Session 1:
ACTION MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE AND CURRENT TRENDS IN ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH
Chairs: Marco Romoli, Federico Marmori
9:50 Presentation of the topic and of the panellists
9:55 Bin Xu"The innovative idea of the neuromechanism of acupuncture bi-regulating gastrointerstinal function: The hypothesis of homotopic/heterotopic-acupoints-organ" – Vice Director, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Medicine Research of Ministry of Education and Leader of 2nd Clinical Acupuncture College of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, PRC
10:10 Elisabet Stener-Victorin"Effect and Mechanisms of Acupuncture on Reproductive Dysfunction in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome" - Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
10:25 Christine Nardini"New technologies applied to acupuncture: modern tools for ancient wisdom"- Scientific Consultant, Geeppies and Supervisor at CAS-MPG-PICB, Shanghai, PRC.
10:40 Discussion
   
11:10 Coffee break
   
  Panel Session 2:
METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH AND EBM IN ACUPUNCTURE
Chairs: Francesca Menniti-Ippolito, Giovanna Franconi
11:40 Presentation of the topic and of the panellists
11:45 Junhua Zhang"Why clinical effect of acupuncture is controversial?"- Director, Evidence Based Medicine Centre in Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TUCM), Tianjin, PRC.
12:00 Myeong Soo Lee – "Systematic Reviews : their role in determining the evidence for Acupuncture" Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM) Daejeon, South Korea
12:15 JianpingLiu – "Methodology of Research and EBM in Acupuncture" Director, Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, PRC.
12:30 Harald Walach – "The incompatibility of external and internal validity invalidates the evidence hierarchy: theoretical and practical consequences" - Director, Institute for Transcultural Health Sciences & Samueli Institute, European Office; Professor for Research Methodology, Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
12:45 Discussion
13:15 Lunch

 

  Panel Session 3:
ACUPUNCTURE AND PLACEBO 
Chairs: Giovanni Battista Allais, Alessio Lilli
14:30  Presentation of the topic and of the panellists
14:35 Hugh MacPherson - "Acupuncture for chronic pain: definitive results on treatment and placebo effects" - Senior Research Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom.
14:50 Terje Alraek - "Some thoughts on placebo in acupuncture research" Senior Researcher, National Research Centre in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), Faculty of Medicine Tromsø, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
15:05  Discussion
15:35  Interactive Poster Session
Chair: Eleonora Marchi
   
16:05 Coffee break
   
  Panel Session 4:
INTEGRATION OF ACUPUNCTURE INTO THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS: REGULATION, EDUCATION AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS
Chairs: Annunzio Matrà, Paolo Roberti di Sarsina
16:30 Presentation of the topic and of the panellists
16:35 Wolfgang Weidenhammer - "Acupuncture as part of the healthcare system: some key facts from a European and a national point of view" – Senior Researcher, Competence Centre for Complementary Medicine and Naturopathy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
16:50 Nicola Robinson - "Should Acupuncture play a greater role in healthcare?" - Professor, School of Health & Social Care, London South Bank University, United Kingdom
17:05 David Wonderling – "The cost-effectiveness of acupuncture" - Head of Health Economics, National Clinical Guideline Centre, Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom.
17:20 Discussion
 
17:50  Symposium Conclusions
Carlo Maria Giovanardi, Alice Fauci
 
18:00 CME and participant satisfaction questionnaires