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Room Section Session Title Speaker
Hall 1A Simulator session 08:30-10:30 Simulation in Anaesthesia Barach P
Hall 1A Ethics 11:15-13:15 Responsibility in bioethics. van Niekerk A
Hall 1A Ethics 11:15-13:15 Ethical dilemmas in anaesthesiology. de Roubiax M
Hall 1A Ethics 11:15-13:15 Clinical case discussion: Clinician's views on utility and futility Takala J
Hall 1A Ethics 11:15-13:15 Clinical case discussion: Clinician's views on utility and futility Ferguson N
Hall 1A Ethics 11:15-13:15 Clinical case discussion: Clinician's views on utility and futility Lipman J
Hall 1B Pharmacology 08:30-10:30 Chairs:J Sear & B Mets  
Hall 1B Pharmacology 08:30-10:30 Nitrous oxide: Is it obsolete? Myles P
Hall 1B Pharmacology 08:30-10:30 The role of xenon in anaesthesia. Maze M
Hall 1B Pharmacology 08:30-10:30 Suxamethonium: is it still necessary? Asai T
Hall 1B Pharmacology 11:15-13:15 Chairs:M Maze & T Asai  
Hall 1B Pharmacology 11:15-13:15 New ideas with regard to drug metabolism. Sear J
Hall 1B Pharmacology 11:15-13:15 Pharmaco-dynamics: Pain (acute and chronic) medication. Tan K-H
Hall 1B Pharmacology 11:15-13:15 Acute opoid tolerance. Mets B
Auditorium 1 Quality of Recovery Symposium 08:30-10:30 Chairs: D Wilkinson & Buwei Yu  
Auditorium 1 Quality of Recovery Symposium 08:30-10:30 Introduction Wilkinson D
Auditorium 1 Quality of Recovery Symposium 08:30-10:30 Why patients as well as anaesthetists want a high quality of recovery from anaesthesia Boldt J
Auditorium 1 Quality of Recovery Symposium 08:30-10:30 How anaesthesia recovery is measured currently Chung F
Auditorium 1 Quality of Recovery Symposium 08:30-10:30 Developing a new Quality of Recovery score McKay R
Auditorium 1 Quality of Recovery Symposium 08:30-10:30 First experiences of using the QAR score clinically Royse C
Auditorium 1 Quality of Recovery Symposium 08:30-10:30 First experiences of using the QAR score clinically Hurtado I
Auditorium 1 Quality of Recovery Symposium 08:30-10:30 First experiences of using the QAR score clinically Yu Buwei
Auditorium 1 Quality of Recovery Symposium 08:30-10:30 Long term recovery from anaesthesia; is POCD normal? Newman S
Auditorium 1 Quality of Recovery Symposium 08:30-10:30 Discussion Wilkinson D
Auditorium 2 General Surgery 08:30-10:30 Preoxygenation: Pros and cons Munoz H
Auditorium 2 General Surgery 08:30-10:30 Neostigmine and the gut. Gelb A
Auditorium 2 General Surgery 08:30-10:30 Obesity and its implications for anaesthesia and surgery Gottlieb A
Auditorium 2 General Surgery 11:15-13:15 Nitrous oxide. Still usefull ? Gurman G
Auditorium 2 General Surgery 11:15-13:15 Laparoscopic surgery: Problem for anaesthetist. Bellamy M
Auditorium 2 General Surgery 11:15-13:15 General surgery on the elderly. Eden A
Ballroom East Conscious Sedation 08:30-10:30 Chairs: JF Coetzee & G Kenny  
Ballroom East Conscious Sedation 08:30-10:30 Drugs and drug combinations for conscious sedation. Absalom A
Ballroom East Conscious Sedation 08:30-10:30 Patient controlled conscious sedation. Kenny G
Ballroom East Conscious Sedation 08:30-10:30 Pitfalls in paediatric sedation. Sury M
Ballroom East Conscious Sedation 08:30-10:30 Who should administer conscious sedation Roelofse J
Ballroom East Neuromuscular function 11:15-13:15 Chairs: FJ Mattheyse & RD Miller  
Ballroom East Neuromuscular function 11:15-13:15 Biology of the neuromuscular junction and its interaction with muscle relaxants in disease Martyn JAJ
Ballroom East Neuromuscular function 11:15-13:15 Can knowing the mechanism of action influence your clinical judgement? Miller RD
Ballroom East Neuromuscular function 11:15-13:15 Monitoring Neuromuscular Function Eriksson LI
Ballroom West Outpatient anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Anaesthetic agents for fast track anaesthesia and analgesia: Do we have what we need? Philip Beverly
Ballroom West Outpatient anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 When is it safe to drive after fast track anaesthesia? Raw Rob
Ballroom West Outpatient anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Place of neuraxial/major plexus anaesthesia in outpatient anaesthesia. Shalaby M
Ballroom West The patient with the full stomach 11:15-13:15 Advanced uses of the ProSeal LMA Brimacombe J
Ballroom West The patient with the full stomach 11:15-13:15 Acid aspiration prophylaxis – the myths and the truth. Kluger M
Ballroom West The patient with the full stomach 11:15-13:15 Nil per mouth for emergency cases: Are there scientific facts to guide our practice? Eldridge James
Terrace Glostavent 08:30-10:30 Chairs: Dr R Eltringham & Dr Jing Zhao  
Terrace Glostavent 08:30-10:30 Presentation Tembo D
Terrace Glostavent 08:30-10:30 Presentation Rampanjato M
Terrace Glostavent 08:30-10:30 Presentation Perndt H
Terrace Glostavent 08:30-10:30 Presentation Kapatuka K
Terrace Glostavent 08:30-10:30 Presentation Shram O
Terrace Glostavent 08:30-10:30 Presentation Schwalbach T
Terrace Glostavent 08:30-10:30 Presentation Neighbour R
Terrace Glostavent 08:30-10:30 Discussion  
Terrace Transport 11:15-13:15 Lessons learned over 10 years of air ambulance service in the Middle East. Linton D
Terrace Transport 11:15-13:15 Critical decision and prevention of in-flight complications in the regional transport of the critically ill by helicopter Arnon Ron
Terrace Transport 11:15-13:15 International transport of critically ill children. Lutman Dr
Room 1.4 HIV and AIDS 08:30-10:30 Chairs: Dr S Hughes &  
Room 1.4 HIV and AIDS 08:30-10:30 HIV disease and the parturient: Anaesthetic concerns Hughes S
Room 1.4 HIV and AIDS 08:30-10:30 Management of the airway in the HIV patient. Avidan M
Room 1.4 HIV and AIDS 08:30-10:30 Antiretrovirals and interaction with anaesthetic agents. Maartens G
Room 1.4 Herbal medications and anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Chairs: Prof J Alexander  
Room 1.4 Herbal medications and anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 The potential hazards of the perioperative use of popular nutraceuticals Alexander J
Room 1.4 Herbal medications and anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Traditional medicines: acute poisoning. Du Plooy WJ
Room 1.4 Herbal medications and anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Traditional healing: How does it impact on anaesthetic practice? Bateman C
Room 1.6 Catheter-related blood stream infection 08:30-10:30 Chairs: Riedel B, Gropper M  
Room 1.6 Catheter-related blood stream infection 08:30-10:30 An Overview of Sepsis and Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections Silvester W
Room 1.6 Catheter-related blood stream infection 08:30-10:30 Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections in Anesthesia Practice Maze A
Room 1.6 Catheter-related blood stream infection 08:30-10:30 Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections in Critical Care Practice Gropper M
Room 1.6 Catheter-related blood stream infection 08:30-10:30 Early recognition and Treatment of Severe Sepsis utilizing State of the Art Technology and Telemedicine Weavind L
Room 1.6 Catheter-related blood stream infection 08:30-10:30 Discussion  
Room 1.6 ICU 11:15-13:15 Chairs: J Vincent & K Knudson  
Room 1.6 ICU 11:15-13:15 Adrenal dysfunction in critical illness Venkatesh B
Room 1.6 ICU 11:15-13:15 Theoretical and proven advantage of statins in the critically ill. Levin A
Room 1.6 ICU 11:15-13:15 Vasopressin in the intensive care unit Westphal M
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 Chair: A Merry  
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 Overview and welcome Merry A
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 WFSA QSC, WHO and Patient safety Merry A
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 Education updates  
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 Education and safety Enright A
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 VAM and WFSA Lampotang S
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 Operation smile  
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 Operation smile Stabile M
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 GO  
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 GO overview Thoms G
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 GO CEBU Nuevo F
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 GO Uganda Wilson I
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 GO Vietnam Merry A
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 GO India Thoms G
Room 2.4 Education and Safety 08:30-10:30 Discussion  
Room 2.61-3 Eye Blocks 08:30-10:30 Chairs: Chandra Kumar & Hannes Loots  
Room 2.61-3 Eye Blocks 08:30-10:30 Anatomy Dodds Chris
Room 2.61-3 Eye Blocks 08:30-10:30 Assessment and preparation of patients Kumar Chandra
Room 2.61-3 Eye Blocks 08:30-10:30 Practical aspects of needle block Kumar Chandra
Room 2.61-3 Eye Blocks 11:15-13:15 Practical aspects of Sub-Tenon’s block Dodds Chris
Room 2.61-3 Eye Blocks 11:15-13:15 Intraoperative care and sedation Loots Hannes
Room 2.6.4-6 Tropical disease 08:30-10:30 Chairs: Prof P Hopkins & Dr J Piercy  
Room 2.6.4-6 Tropical disease 08:30-10:30 Malaria: Update and issues what the anaesthetist must take account of. Grobusch M
Room 2.6.4-6 Tropical disease 08:30-10:30 African bugs: What the anaesthetist should know about the potent viral diseases reported in Africa. Meintjies G
Room 2.6.4-6 Tropical disease 08:30-10:30 How to manage the patient with heat stroke. Hopkins P
Room 2.6.4-6 Non-physicians in anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Chair: Mr Jean Louis SERGENT  
Room 2.6.4-6 Non-physicians in anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Key role of registered anaesthetic nurses in the management of in-hospital cardiac arrests Roussell F
Room 2.6.4-6 Non-physicians in anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 On the importance of anaesthetic nurses in relation to the improvement of safety conditions in France Louise T
Room 2.6.4-6 Non-physicians in anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Nurse of anaesthesia skills for optimizing medical equipment transfer in humanitarian field Sergent J-L
Westin BR1Ultrasound08:30-10:30Echography for the beginners Dardenne Gilles
Westin BR1Ultrasound11:15-13:15Echography for the beginnersGreco Frederic
Westin Diaz Genetics and anaesthesiology 11:15-13:15 Chairs: F Mattheyse & VA Corfield  
Westin Diaz Genetics and anaesthesiology 11:15-13:15 Beyond Mendel: what is inherited disease in the genomics era? Corfield V
Westin Diaz Genetics and anaesthesiology 11:15-13:15 Pharmacogenetics – one size doesn’t fit all Van der Bijl P
Westin Diaz Genetics and anaesthesiology 11:15-13:15 Porphyria: A Cape Town perspective Meissner P

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