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12th IACM Conference: the ex libris of cannabinoid medicine meets in Basel on 20 and 21 October
It is the oldest and most important scientific conference on cannabinoid medicine in the world and this year it has a luxury poster, which includes the most renowned international doctors and researchers in the field of medical cannabis. THE 12th Conference on Cannabinoids in Medicine, “Cannabis Medicinalis”, takes place on the 20th and 21st of October 2022 at the Congress Center in Basel, Switzerland, and will feature more than 30 speakers to discuss and present the latest advances in cannabinoid science and medicine. Cannareporter is the Media partner of this pioneering and prestigious conference, which has been in existence for over 20 years.
The event is promoted by IACM (International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines), which held its first informal meeting in Wolfsburg, Germany, on 16 September 2000, more than 22 years ago. This year, the organization joins for the first time the SSCM (Swiss Society of Cannabis in Medicine) as a partner of an event that already has more than 20 years of support for research and activities related to the medical use of cannabis and cannabinoids.
Poster brings together the most important doctors and researchers in medical cannabis
The Scientific Committee of Cannabis Medicinalis has members from the IACM and the SSCM, among which Franjo Grotenhermen, a German physician who was one of the main founders of the IACM, in March 2000, following the creation of the ACM (German Association for Cannabis as Medicine). Barbara Broers, Daniela Eigenmann, Daniele Piomelli, Deborah Kimless, Ilya Reznik, Raquel Peyraube, Reto Agosti and Rudolf Brenneisen make up the scientific panel that chairs the conference, which includes lectures by more than 30 physicians and researchers from around the world.
The Congress Center in Basel, Switzerland, where the 12th IACM conference, “Cannabis Medicinalis” will take place
With nine plenary sessions, eight short oral communications, four “Ask the Experts” panels, a patient panel, an open interdisciplinary SSCM forum, an IACM membership assembly, a poster session (abstracts) and an exhibition area of companies, organizations and associations in the cannabis industry, the 12th IACM conference will address topics as diverse as pharmacology, palliative care, dermatology, psychiatric and neurological disorders or the future of cannabinoid medicines, among many others. This 12th edition will be dedicated to the Italian professor and researcher Daniela Parolaro, who died in March 2022, and who was a member of the IACM Board of Directors for several years, having assumed the presidency between 2013 and 2015.
Speakers and Abstracts
The 30 guest speakers will discuss topics ranging from the Endocannabinoid System to Pharmacokinetics, through interactions and dosage of cannabis in pathologies such as Epilepsy, Migraine, Pediatric Pain, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Anxiety, Schizophrenia, autism, endometriosis, breast cancer and CBD and SARS-CoV-2, among many others.
The list of confirmed speakers to date includes:
“The Doctor” is a documentary about the German doctor Franjo Grotenhermen, who founded the IACM in March 2000
Allyn C. Howlett (USA)
Barbara Broers (CH)
Ben Arn (CH)
Cristina Sanchez (ES)
Dustin Sulak (USA)
Eva Bergsträsser (CH)
Franco Vicariotto (IT)
Franjo Grotenhermen (DE)
Franziska Quadri (CH)
Georg Haber (EN)
Gudrun Lorenz-Eberhardt (AT)
Guillermo Moreno-Sanz (GBR)
Hinanit Koltai (ISR)
Jacqueline Poitras (EN)
Jose Crippa (BRA)
Kirsten Müller-Vahl (DE)
Lumir Hanus (CZE)
Marta Vazquez (URY)
Maximilian Plenert (DE)
Michael Geci (USA)
Natalia Szejko (PL)
Paola Cubillos (CA)
Reto Agosti (CH)
Rudolf Brenneisen (CH)
Sandra Maria Carrillo-Gomez (COL)
Sharon R. Sznitman (ISR)
Thilo Beck (CH)
Timna Naftali (ISR)
Tom Curran (EN)
Vincenzo DiMarzo (CA)
Walter Zieglgänsberger (DE)
With regard to abstracts, all were peer-reviewed by the Scientific Committee. The official journal where abstracts will be published is «Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids» (Karger Publishers, Basel, Switzerland), which is also the official journal of SSCM and SSCM-IACM Cannabinoid Conference 2022. All accepted abstracts will be published online and will have open access.
The complete conference program can be consulted at official event website.
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[Disclaimer: Please note that this text was originally written in Portuguese and is translated into English and other languages using an automatic translator. Some words may differ from the original and typos or errors may occur in other languages.]____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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With a degree in Journalism from the University of Coimbra, Laura Ramos has a postgraduate degree in Photography and has been a Journalist since 1998. Winner of the Business of Cannabis Awards in the category "Journalist of the Year 2024", Laura was a correspondent for Jornal de Notícias in Rome, Italy, and Press Officer in the Office of the Minister of Education of the 21st Portuguese Government. She has an international certification in Permaculture (PDC) and created the street-art photography archive “Say What? Lisbon” @saywhatlisbon. Co-founder and Editor of CannaReporter® and coordinator of PTMC - Portugal Medical Cannabis, Laura directed the documentary “Pacientes” and was part of the steering group of the first Postgraduate Course in GxP's for Medicinal Cannabis in Portugal, in partnership with the Military Laboratory and the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon.
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