Thursday, May 17

EXPERIENTIAL SESSIONS 06:30 - 07:15 OregonActive 5km jog or 2.4km walk of the Portland Bridges Meadowlark/Douglas Fir | Level 3 Sunstone | Level 3 Salmon and Patio | Level 3 Departs from Main Lobby at 06:30 Registration Speaker Check-In 07:30 - 17:00 | Registration Desk, Lower Level 1 07:30 - 16:45 | Portland, Lower Level 1 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST BUFFET 07:00 - 8:00 | Exhibit Hall, Lower Level 2 Yoga Meditation Tai Chi IAYT / NWYTC Breakfast 07:00 - 08:00 | Mt. Hood, Level 2 PLENARY SESSIONS 04 AND 05 08:00 - 09:45 | Salons E/F, Lower Level 1 Chair: Robert Saper Trainee Award Winner Recognition "Comparative Effectiveness Research: Implications for Practice and Policy": Michael Lauer "Developing a Methodological Framework to Improve the Quality and Relevance of Research in Integrative Medicine": Sean Tunis POSTER VIEWING AND BEVERAGE BREAK 09:45 - 10:30 | Exhibit Hall, Lower Level 2 CONCURRENT SESSIONS 10:30 - 12:00 | Lower Level 1 S15: What Can Comparative S16: Mechanisms of Stress S14: Low Back Pain: Standardization Issues in Effectiveness Research (CER) Reduction and Resilience Manual Medicine Research During Mindfulness-Based Contribute to Integrative and its Application to Interventions Health? Evidence-Based Practice An International Perspective Salon C/D Salon E CAHCIM Education Working Group 07:00 - 08:00 | Hawthorne, Level 2

S13: Integrative Pain Management: Meeting the Research Challenge of Clinical Effectiveness and Cost Efficiency Salon A/B

S17: Assessing the Safety of S18: Acupuncture, Research Pediatric CAM and The Challenge of Heterogeneity: What Can We Learn From Comparing Manual vs Electrical Acupuncture? Salon G/H Salon I

General Lunch Seating

Pearl & Mt. Hood Level 2 Exhibit Hall Lower Level 2

Salon F LUNCH SESSIONS 12:00 - 13:15 | Box lunches available for pickup in the Ballroom Foyer Funding Your Research: Update for NCCAM Clinical Open Discussion: Integrative Pain Management Interest New Opportunities and Research Applicants: New Group Strategic Partnerships Resources and Oversight Measures Salon E Lower Level 1

Meet the Speaker: Sean Tunis

Pediatrics Interest Group: Priority Research Topics and Methods for Health Services and Policy Research

OA05: Education Involving CAM/IM Salon A/B

Salons C/D Columbia/Willamette Belmont/Laurelhurst Hawthorne Lower Level 1 Lobby Level Level 2 Level 2 ORAL ABSTRACT SESSIONS 13:30 - 14:30 | Lower Level 1 OA06: Clinical: Movement and Manipulation OA07: Clinical: Naturopathic and Herbal OA08: Basic Science Mechanisms Approaches Salon E Salon F Salon G/H BREAK 14:30 - 14:45 | Exhibit Hall, Lower Level 2 ORAL ABSTRACT SESSIONS 14:45 - 15:45 | Lower Level 1 OA10: Clinical: Yoga Research OA11: IM for Low Back Pain Salon E Salon F POSTER VIEWING AND BEVERAGE BREAK 15:45 - 16:15 | Exhibit Hall, Lower Level 2 PREVIEW OF ICCMR 2013 AND PLENARY SESSION 06 16:15 - 17:15 | Salons E/F, Lower Level 1 Chair: Adam Perlman

OA09: Clinical: Touch Therapies Salon A/B

OA12: Health Services Research: Surveys Salon G/H

"Plan to Attend: The 2013 International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research (ICCMR) in London, England": Peter Fisher "International Perspectives on Acupuncture Research Where Do We Stand, Where Should We Go?": Claudia Witt POSTER SESSION 02 AND RECEPTION 17:15 - 18:45 | Exhibit Hall, Lower Level 2