- By act of Congress, the decade 2001-2010 was declared the Decade of Pain Control and Research
- 2008 is the Global Year against Pain in Women
- September 2008 is National Pain Awareness month (see Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm's proclamation)
- September 17 Conference on Pain - Perspectives on Pain....Getting the Whole Picture, The Inn at St. John's, Plymouth, MI (PDF brochure here)
- September 17 MCPI Annual Membership Meeting, The Inn at St. John's, Plymouth, MI, 4:00 p.m. following Conference on Pain
- October 23-24 Palliative Care Collaborative: Second Annual Regional Conference, The Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, MI
(For more information contact Renata Korabiewski, 313-577-0907, Center to Advance Palliative-Care Excellence at Wayne State University)
- October 24 Michigan Cancer Consortium Annual Meeting, The Lansing Center, Lansing, MI
(For more information contact Amy Stagg, 517-324-7310)
- October 30-November 1 Alliance of State Pain Initiatives Annual Meeting: Frontiers in Pain Management, Austin, TX


