Keynote Speakers (confirmed):

 

Lance M McCracken
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, 
Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Keynote lecture 2 - Embracing complexity with personalized psychological treatment for people with low back pain: Shall we? 
  

Raymond Ostelo
Professor of Evidence-Based Physiotherapy at VU University & Amsterdam University Medical Centre, the Netherlands. 
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Keynote lecture 5 - Intervention research in low back pain. Challenges in developing and evaluating (complex) interventions.
 

Bert Otten
Professor NeuroMechanics, Department of Human Movement Sciences
University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Keynote lecture 1 - Complexity in human movement and practical implications.
 

Romy Parker
Professor and Director of the Pain Management Unit in the Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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Keynote lecture 4 - Managing complex pain in complex settings: lessons from the primary healthcare environment in resource poor settings.
 

Judy Veldhuijzen
Dr. Judy Veldhuijzen is Associate Professor in the Health, Medical and Neuropsychology Unit at Leiden University, the Netherlands
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Keynote lecture 3 - You get what you (don’t) expect? How placebo effects can be used to optimize healthcare.