July 2007
PAINWeek convenes as Research Reveals 40% Increase in Chronic Pain

April 2007
National Pain Organizations Unite for PAINWeek 2007

October 2006
American Society of Pain Educators Announces Partnership for PAINWeek 2007

• B. Eliot Cole, MD, MPA, PAINWeek 2007 spokesperson and American Society of Pain Educators Executive Director
• Shanda Shribbs, National Fibromyalgia Research Association spokesperson
• Bill H. McCarberg, MD, President of the Western Pain Society
• Alana Greca, Trigeminal Neuralgia Association spokesperson

To arrange an interview please contact Velia Alvarez at pr@painweek.org.

Media Guidelines

The following Media Guidelines have been adopted as protocol by leadership of PAINWeek 2007.  All media must register on-site at the PAINWeek 2007 Registration Desk.

• The organizers of PAINWeek 2007 reserve the right to limit access to PAINWeek 2007-affiliated meetings and events.
  
  
• The organizers of PAINWeek 2007 reserve the right to inspect the credentials of anyone registering as media.
  
  
• Based on space requirements, the organizers of PAINWeek 2007 reserve the right to limit the number of press badges issued to a single media organization.
  
  
• Media representatives may be asked to present identification to verify affiliation with print, broadcast, or recognized Internet media
  
  
• Any press badge holder who sells, markets or represents a company or organization for the purpose of obtaining advertising or subscriptions from any meeting registrant or exhibitor immediately forfeits press credentials.
  
  
• Exhibitors and representative firms may not display or distribute promotional or press materials in the PAINWeek 2007-sponsored Press Room.
  
  
• PAINWeek 2007 program content may not be used to develop continuing medical education (CME) without the express written consent of the organizers of PAINWeek 2007.
  
  
• Live broadcasts from continuing medical education courses and any other PAINWeek 2007 event may not occur without consent from the public relations manager.
  
  
• Filming, photographing and live broadcasting of any kind on exhibit floors at PAINWeek 2007 meetings is allowed only at the discretion of the public relations manager.
  
  
• Camera crews and photographers must be accompanied at all times by PAINWeek 2007 public relations staff.