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Room Section Session Title Speaker
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 08:30-10:00 Session 1 – Safety  
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 08:30-10:00 The Future of Safety in Anaesthesia Merry A
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 08:30-10:00 Critical Incident Study in Japan Morita Kiyoshi
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 08:30-10:00 Critical Incident Study in Thailand Charuluxananan Somrat
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 08:30-10:00 Doing it better with Less Aziz Lutful
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 10:30-12:00 Session 2 – Disaster Medicine  
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 10:30-12:00 Planning for Disasters Raharjo Eddy
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 10:30-12:00 Trauma education in China Xiong Lize
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 10:30-12:00 Disaster management in Fiji Nasedra Luke
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 10:30-12:00 Experiences in setting up ambulance services Balavenkatasubramanian Dr
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 13:00-14:30 Session 3 – Education & Training  
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 13:00-14:30 Anaesthesia Education in Asia/Australia Nuevo Florian
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 13:00-14:30 Tsunami response in Thailand Tritrakarn Thara
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 13:00-14:30 Picking the right level of training Aigeeleng Harry
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 13:00-14:30 Evaluation of Anaesthesia Trainees Herbosa Grace
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 16:30-18:00 Session 4 – Avian Flu/SARS  
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 16:30-18:00 Influenza Pandemic – Implications for Critical Care Gomersall Charles
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 16:30-18:00 The SARS ecperience and it’s role in the Transformation of Critical Care services in the province of Ontarioada Stewart Thomas E.
Hall 1A Asian Australian Regional Session 16:30-18:00 Managing the Critical Care system for SARS Loo Shi
Hall 1B Organon 08:30-11:30    
Hall 1BFresenius Kabi08.45 - 10.30Making an Evidence-Based Choice
Hall 1B Masimo Corporation 10:30 - 13:30 Breakthroughs in Noninvasive Patient Monitoring; Multiple Measures-One Sensor-Increased Clinical Yield  
Hall 1BJanssen Pharmaceutica14.00 - 16.00A New Day in the Management of Postoperative Pain
Auditorium 1 Current Concepts 08:30-10:30 Chairs  
Auditorium 1 Current Concepts 08:30-10:30 Effects of epidural anesthesia/analgesia on cardiovascular function Van Aken H
Auditorium 1 Current Concepts 08:30-10:30 What does the POISE study tell us about beta-blockade? Foex P
Auditorium 1 Current Concepts 08:30-10:30 Optimal fluid management in the postoperative period Vincent JL
Auditorium 1 Current Concepts 11:15-13:15 Chairs:  
Auditorium 1 Current Concepts 11:15-13:15 New concepts in the reversal of neuromuscular blockade Mirakhur R
Auditorium 1 Current Concepts 11:15-13:15 The patient with a recent stent requiring major surgery Augustides Y
Auditorium 1 Current Concepts 11:15-13:15 The use of guided insertion techniques with the ProSeal LMA Brimacombe J
Auditorium 1 Current Concepts 14:30-16:30 Chairs:  
Auditorium 1 Current Concepts 14:30-16:30 Perioperative Lung Injury and protection Slinger P
Auditorium 1 Current Concepts 14:30-16:30 Hemodynamic monitoring should be kept as simple as possible. But not simpler Perel A
Auditorium 1 Current Concepts 14:30-16:30    
Auditorium 1 WFSA General Assembly 16:30-18:00    
Auditorium 2 Paediatric anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Who should anaesthetize children ? Rollin A-M
Auditorium 2 Paediatric anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Parental presence at induction. Who benefits ? Crean P
Auditorium 2 Paediatric anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Advanced ventilation techniques simplified. Wolf A
Auditorium 2 Paediatric anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Sedation: Is there a role for dexmedetomidine or clonidine ?. Hammer G
Auditorium 2 Paediatric anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Pain management with limited resources. Pawar D
Auditorium 2 Paediatric anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Paracetamol: Which route ? Anderson B
Auditorium 2 Paediatric anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Practical blocks: What is new ? Conceicao M
Auditorium 2 Paediatric anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Improving accuracy: Ultrasound is essential Marhofer P
Auditorium 2 Paediatric anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Discussion  
Ballroom East Vascular anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Chairs: J Vender & K Nakahata  
Ballroom East Vascular anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Intraoperative management of endovascular stents. Cunningham A
Ballroom East Vascular anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Does perioperative coronary angioplasty improve cardiac outdome? Cheng D
Ballroom East Vascular anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Brain monitoring: Options and applications during carotid endarterectomy. Akca O
Ballroom East Vascular anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Chairs: J Auler & D Cheng  
Ballroom East Vascular anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Laparoscopic vascular surgery: Surgical and anaesthetic implications and management. Nakahata K
Ballroom East Vascular anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 The implications of recent and remote stroke for vascular surgery procedures. Roizen M
Ballroom East Vascular anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Blood sparing and salvage techniques in major vascular surgery. Auler J
Ballroom East Vascular anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Chairs: A Cunningham & M Roizen  
Ballroom East Vascular anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Spinal cord protection in aortic surgery. Gelman S
Ballroom East Vascular anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Pulmonary artery catheter in aortic surgery. Vender J
Ballroom East Vascular anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 TEE in aortic surgery. Swanevelder J
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Chairs: Coetzee A and Augoustides Y  
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Anaesthesia for the patient with cardiac failure. Salmenpera M
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Cardiac conduction defects: What the anaesthetist should know about the pathophysiology and treatment. Tempe D
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Perioperative care of the patient with a cardiac pacemaker or ICD Rozner M
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Chairs: Tempe D and Salmenpera M  
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Anaesthesia for OPCAB procedures Cheng D
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 TEE is essential essential during cardiac surgery Dini D
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 TEE is not essential during cardiac surgery Murphy P
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Non-cardiac surgery for the patient with valve lesions. Poelaert J
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Chairs: Dini D and Rozner M  
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Preconditioning of the heart: The anaesthetist’s contribution to protecting the heart perioperatively. Augoustides J
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Anaesthesia for cardiac trauma. Guarracino F
Ballroom West Cardiac anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Short and long term mechanical circulatory assist devices: Indications and management challenges Jacobsohn E
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Analgesia in obstetrics  
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 The neurophysiological basis of obstetric pain. Wong Cynthia
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 Continuous lumbar epidural analgesia for labour – State of the Art. Capogna G
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 CSE for labour and caesarean section: an appraisal Gogarten W
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 08:30-10:30 CSE for labour and caesarean section: an appraisal Birnbach D
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Post Caesarean section analgesia Carvalho Brendan
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Continuous spinal anaesthesia for labour and delivery. Hughes S
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 Adjuvant drugs for neuraxial obstetric anaesthesia/analgesia. Paech M
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 11:15-13:15 The febrile patient and regional analgesia. Van de Velde M
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Outcomes in obstetric anaesthesia  
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Neurological complications of obstetric regional anaesthesia. Bogod D
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 The best management after inadvertent dural puncture. Fernando R
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Haemodynamic instability during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. Mercier F
Terrace Obstetric anaesthesia 14:30-16:30 Obstetric anaesthesia and neonatal outcome. Carvalho J
Room 1.4Karl Storz TBC
Room 1.6 ICU 08:30-10:30 Chairs: M Mythen & G Bertolini  
Room 1.6 ICU 08:30-10:30 Predicting outcome in intensive care is a futile exercise. Vincent JL
Room 1.6 ICU 08:30-10:30 Changes in regional and microvascular blood flow in sepsis Jakob S
Room 1.6 ICU 08:30-10:30 Impact of goal directed therapy on outcome Greenberg S
Room 1.6 ICU 11:15-13:15 Chairs: J Vender & S Greenberg  
Room 1.6 ICU 11:15-13:15 Monitoring tissue perfusion and oxygenation. Mythen M
Room 1.6 ICU 11:15-13:15 A critical review of the validity of vena cava haemoglobin saturation compared to mixed venous haemoglobin saturation in critically ill patients Gopalan D
Room 1.6 ICU 11:15-13:15 Effect of intravascular fluid therapy on the inflammatory response. Fox-Robichaud A
Room 1.6 ICU 14:30-16:30 Chairs: J Vincent & D Gopalan  
Room 1.6 ICU 14:30-16:30 Cardiac and vascular support in septic shock Martin C
Room 1.6 ICU 14:30-16:30 Anaemia and transfusion in the critically ill Vender J
Room 1.6 ICU 14:30-16:30 Nutritional support: Does parentral or enteral support make a difference in patient outcome? Bertolini G
Room 2.41-3 Regional Anaesthesia Workshop 08:30-10:30    
Room 2.41-3 Regional Anaesthesia Workshop 11:15-13:15    
Room 2.41-3 Regional Anaesthesia Workshop 14:30-16:30    
Room 2.44-6 Regional Anaesthesia Workshop 08:30-10:30    
Room 2.44-6 Regional Anaesthesia Workshop 11:15-13:15    
Room 2.44-6 Regional Anaesthesia Workshop 14:30-16:30    
Room 2.61-3 TEE workshop 08:30-10:30    
Room 2.61-3 TEE workshop 11:15-13:15    
Room 2.61-3 TEE workshop 14:30-16:30    
Room 2.65-6 TEE workshop 08:30-10:30    
Room 2.65-6 TEE workshop 11:15-13:15    
Room 2.65-6 TEE workshop 14:30-16:30    
Room 2.6.4 Simulator 08:30-10:30    
Room 2.6.4 Simulator 11:15-13:15    
Room 2.6.4 Simulator 14:30-16:30    
Westin BR1 Risk and Safety 08:30-10:30 Critical incident monitoring. Runciman B
Westin BR1 Risk and Safety 08:30-10:30 The anatomy of an anaesthetic accident. Rall M
Westin BR1 Risk and Safety 08:30-10:30 How to structure morbidity and mortality meetings. Mets B
Westin BR1 Risk and Safety 11:15-13:15 Strategies to reduce drug administration errors in anaesthesia. Merry A
Westin BR1 Risk and Safety 11:15-13:15 Sharp injuries: Do safety needles make a difference? Vimlati L
Westin BR1 Risk and Safety 11:15-13:15 Safety of Thoracic Epidural anaesthesia Van Aken H
Westin BR1 Radiology 14:30-16:30 Paediatric MRI sedation and general anaesthesia. Kussman B
Westin BR1 Radiology 14:30-16:30 Coils, beads, glue and devices: What we should know. Taylor A
Westin BR1 Radiology 14:30-16:30 Risks associated with anaesthesia outside the operating room. van de Velde M
Westin BR1 Radiology 14:30-16:30 Anaesthesia for interventional neuroradiology Reed A
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 08:30-10:30 Chairs: JF Coetzee & S Shafer  
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 08:30-10:30 Understanding modern anaesthetic machines. Lampotang S
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 08:30-10:30 The pharmacokinetics of low flow anaesthesia. Baum J
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 08:30-10:30 Integrated anaesthetic workstations are unnecessarily complicated devices (Pro) Kenny G
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 08:30-10:30 Integrated anaesthetic workstations are unnecessarily complicated devices. (Con) Struys M
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 11:15-13:15 Chairs: T Egan & P Glass  
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 11:15-13:15 Pharmacology of the obese. Shafer S
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 11:15-13:15 Pharmacology of extremes of age: Children. Meistelman C
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 11:15-13:15 Pharmacology of extremes of age: Elderly. Schnider T
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 11:15-13:15 Circulatory shock and anaesthetic drugs. Johnson K
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 14:30-16:30 Chairs: T Schnider & K Johnson  
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 14:30-16:30 Front-end kinetics: The pharmacology of anaesthetic induction. Ludbrook Guy
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 14:30-16:30 Drug interactions for anaesthesiologist. Egan T
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 14:30-16:30 Debate: TIVA is best: Pro Glass P
Westin BR2 Anaesthetic drug delivery 14:30-16:30 Debate: TIVA is best: Con Gelb A

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