Balkan Anesthesia Platform

8th European Airway Management Society Congress ( EAC2024 )
2024-09-25 - 2024-09-28 | Elite World Grand İstanbul Küçükyalı, Aydınevler, İnönü Cd. No:22, İstanbul, 34854, Turkey
Dear Airway Enthusiasts,
I am honored to invite you to the 8th European Airway Congress (EAC 2024), which will take place in Istanbul, the most exciting city of Turkey. We will come together on 25-28 September to share our knowledge and learn from our experiences.
Our scientific committee worked a lot to create this final program, including the main critical issues we need to know on behalf of airway management. On the other hand, our simulation team will offer a combination of innovative approaches. They will also prepare pre-congress courses and cover the basic and advanced techniques to improve your technical and non-technical skills.
The EAC 2024 also will give you the opportunity to present your scientific research for the evaluation of airway experts. Your oral presentations will add value to our congress. In the Meet The Expert Sessions, you will be able to access interactive discussions with worldwide famous speakers.
Istanbul has unique characteristics being a center of beliefs, thoughts, history, culture and art. It has been a capital of three great empires – the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman – and this diverse heritage is reflected in its architecture, cuisine, and traditions. It will be a delight to discover its streets, historic districts and the food while enjoying this rich program content with your colleagues.
EAC 2024 promises you to be a unique platform for sharing information and best practices this year as before. Kindly come and join us in September.
Sincerely
Kemal Tolga Saracoglu
European Airway Management Society President

41th ESRA Annual Congress Prague
2024-09-04 - 2024-09-07 | Prague Congress Centre, 5. května 1640/65, 140 21 Praha 4-Nusle, Çekya, Prague, Czech Republic
Dear Colleagues, Friends and Collaborators,
The World Congress in Paris 2023 has been the best ever and our journey continues. The 41st European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA) Annual Congress will take place in Prague, mother of all cities (Praha matka mest), Golden City or the city of 100 towers.
A vibrant city full of culture, where Smetana, Dvořák, Janacek and Mozart played and now the strings of autumn are waiting to be enjoyed. 900 years of life Architecture, home of uncounted beer breweries, coffee houses and famous Franz Kafka, Jaroslav Hasek and Egon Erwin Kisch.
The Congress Scientific and Local Organizing Committees, supported by an extensive International Experts Group, have built an comprehensive and high-quality Scientific Program for both young and experienced Delegates.
More than 100 well-respected international experts and KOL, as well as the rising stars of the future, all serving on our faculty team. Joining together an audience of many thousands of participants, with a representation from more than 50 countries from all over the world, this is Your opportunity in 2024 to network, as well as to share and underpin the latest updates, advancements and leading–edge research and innovation across the spectrum of Regional Anaesthesia (RA), Perioperative care, PocUS (Point of Care Ultrasound) and Acute Postoperative & Chronic Pain Management.

Traditionally, the ESRA Annual Congress is included amongst the most influential Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine platforms for clinicians, researchers, scientists and industry representatives from all over the world, with its high scientific standard being recognized and highly rated by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
We again drive interactivity, deepen collaboration, accelerate promotion of science and networking, and encourage knowledge sharing, via state-of-the-art presentations on our fields, as well as by highlighting new insights into basic science, clinical research and therapeutic interventions.

This Meeting Format will again encourage an active interplay in between faculty and delegates, framed by your input, commitment and pro-action. Accordingly, the Scientific Program will comprise of:

Multiple exciting learning opportunities specifically designed for Residents, Trainees and Fellows
Free Papers and e-Posters Sessions to be rewarded with numerous prizes on RA and Chronic Pain
Video Contest
A busy large exhibition area will be available for the presentation of latest innovations from our industry supporters
Written and oral exams of the well–established EDRA and EDPM ESRA Diplomas will take place in parallel with the congress main scientific program, or as a post-congress activity

Last but not least, a variety of social activities and unique networking events will be organized, such as the Congress Opening Ceremony & Welcome Session, an exceptional Networking Reception, the Networking on The Run (formerly known as FUN run), the Trainees & Diplomates Reception, the Annual Networking Dinner & Celebration, and the Farewell Reception at the end of the Congress, all befitting in Prague, our ideal location.
Counting on everbodys support, enthusiasm and fruitful participation, we are preparing another inspiring congress, and we are excited to have you all along our side! On behalf of the organizing team, we look forward to sharing and interacting with our colleagues across the globe and meet you all in the “Golden City”, in September 2024, for another memorable experience:

Networking Sessions and Symposia
Plenary Experts’ Panel Discussions
Instructional Refresher Course Lectures
PRO CON Debates
Ask the Expert Interactive Sessions
Second Opinion Discussion Sessions
Tips & Tricks Sessions
Problem Based Learning Discussions (PBLD)
Lunch

Video and e-Poster contests
RAPM session
Complex Case Discussions
Audience-Submitted Content / Q&A
Hands-On Clinical & Cadaver Workshops
Trainees Sessions
LIVE Demonstrations on Models
360 Open Space Simulation Courses- Sessions

Thomas Volk
ESRA Past President
Chair of the Scientific Committee

Eleni Moka
ESRA President

Euroanesthesia 2024
2024-05-24 - 2024-05-27 | ICM – International Congress Center Messe München, Messegelände, 81823, Munich
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It is our pleasure to welcome you to Euroanaesthesia 2024 (EA24), the leading congress for anaesthesiologists and intensivists, taking place in the lively city of Munich, Germany. From 25 to 27 May 2024, we will gather to connect, learn, and share our insights in a stimulating and interactive setting.
Euroanaesthesia is an essential event for our community, and this year’s edition is poised to deliver an outstanding experience. Our programme covers a wide range of topics, such as general anaesthesiology, intensive care, critical emergency, and pain medicine. Sessions will explore patients’ views, novel therapies, advances in organ-specific interventions, and more.
We have designed scientific sessions in various formats that suit different learning styles to facilitate active learning. Moreover, our workshops programme offers a combination of practical training experiences and innovative approaches to medical education. Delegates will be able to develop technical and non-technical skills through hands-on workshops, simulation sessions, and serious games tailored for all levels of expertise.
The ESAIC Expo returns at Euroanaesthesia 2024, showcasing the exciting projects and initiatives led by the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC). This central room provides an excellent opportunity for delegates to interact with key stakeholders of ESAIC projects and committees. We encourage you to visit this space as it serves as a hub for exchanging knowledge and fostering collaboration within our remarkable community.
As you immerse yourself in the enriching learning and networking opportunities at Euroanaesthesia 2024 in Munich, you will also have the chance to discover the vibrant city and its surroundings. Munich offers a captivating mix of history, culture, and natural beauty. There is much to explore, from its renowned architecture to its picturesque parks and gardens.
Known as “München” in German, the name Munich means “Home of the Monks.” Its origins date back to the Benedictine monks who founded a monastery here in the Middle Ages. Over time, Munich has evolved into a dynamic metropolis while preserving its rich heritage.
Euroanaesthesia 2024 will serve as an important platform for industry partners to present their latest developments and breakthroughs in our field. This exhibition of cutting-edge innovations will provide valuable insights into emerging trends and technologies that are shaping anaesthesiology, intensive care medicine, pain management, perioperative medicine, and critical emergency medicine.
With a steadfast commitment to advancing our shared understanding of complex issues within our discipline, Euroanaesthesia 2024 promises to be an unparalleled forum for sharing knowledge and best practices. Our collective efforts during this congress will foster progress and innovation in anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine.
We warmly welcome you to Euroanaesthesia 2024, Europe’s premier event for professionals in our field.
Sincerely,

Prof. Edoardo De Robertis
ESAIC President
Prof. Idit Matot
ESAIC Scientific Committee Chairperson

SRATI 2024
2024-05-15 - 2024-05-19 | International Conference Center, Sinaia, Sinaia, Romania
Dear colleagues, dear friends,
It is an honor and a joy to invite you to participate in the SRATI 2024 Congress, an anniversary edition celebrating the organization of 50 national congresses of the Romanian Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care. Thus, between May 15 and 19, 2024 , we will celebrate this landmark moment in the history of SRATI at the International Conference Center, Sinaia, a destination that has already become emblematic for our community.
In this festive context, the related, traditional events of the SRATI Congress will also be held: the 18th Romanian-French Congress of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, the 16th Romanian-Israeli Symposium on Current Affairs in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, the 23rd Congress of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Assistants, 11th “Romania Dodoloata” Symposium of the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Societies from Romania and Moldova.
Access to education is an intrinsic part of SRATI’s mission, which we hope to fulfill year after year and on the occasion of the National Congress, through a scientific program that reflects our continuous commitment to excellence in anesthesia and intensive care. Over the course of 50 editions, we have witnessed a tremendous increase in the complexity of the scientific agenda, which now brings together many renowned experts from around the world and includes a variety of topics, covering the latest discoveries, technologies and trends in the field.
We emphasize the important role of partnerships with industry, which bring the latest innovations and discoveries to the fore, giving us the opportunity to explore and discuss ways in which we can use these technologies to bring significant benefits to our patients and to advance medical practice in intensive care.
We are proud to be part of a dedicated, active community that promotes the highest standards in everything we do. During these 50 years we worked together, learned, innovated and evolved as professionals, trained new generations, contributed to the realization of SRATI’s mission.
We hope that this anniversary event will also be an opportunity to grow together, engage in constructive discussions and form and strengthen ties with our colleagues at home and abroad.
We are waiting for you, therefore, in Sinaia, at the SRATI Congress 2024, to enjoy together unique moments of celebration, when we will celebrate not only the progress of society, but, above all, our community, the great ATI family, which was and remains the heart of SRATI .
United we are strong, we are STRICT!
With friendship,
Prof. Dr. Șerban-Ion Bubenek-Turconi

RADKON2024
2024-05-09 - 2024-05-12 | Mirage Park Resort Otel’, Göynük Mahallesi Ahu - Ünal Aysal Caddesi No:29, Antalya, 07994, Turkey
Dear colleagues,
We are happy to announce that the 20th Regional Anesthesia Congress (RADKON2024) will be held at Antalya-Kemer Mirage Park Resort Hotel between 9 – 12 May 2024.
In addition to various basic educational courses that will attract your attention, we have started working on a wide-ranging scientific program that will be enriched by our international and national speakers who are competent in their fields and will include relevant current issues and innovations.
You can be sure that we will work with all our efforts to organize a scientifically satisfying and socially unforgettable congress in line with the feedback we receive from you. We look forward to seeing you among us at our congress, which we think all future participants will benefit from.
We hope to meet together in Antalya on the 101st anniversary of our Republic, with our program, the details of which we will share with you…
With our most sincere love and respect,
Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr.
Fatma Sarıcaoğlu Alparslan Kuş
President General Secretary

17th ASAI Conference 2024
2024-04-26 - 2024-04-27 | Tirana International Hotel, City Center,Scanderbeg Square, Tirana, Albania
Dear colleagues!
We inform you that the 17th Conference of the Albanian Society of Anesthesiologists & Intensivists – ASAI will be held on 26-27 April 2024, at the Tirana International Hotel.
The final deadline for accepting abstracts is 31.03.2024.
Email address: abstract@asai.al

13th CROATIAN-EUROPEAN-AMERICAN ANAESTHESIOLOGY CONFERENCE
2024-04-25 - 2024-04-27 | Hotel TRAKOŠĆAN, Trakošćan 5, 42 253, Bednja, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
Dear Colleagues,
We are organizing the 13th Croatian-European-American Anaesthesiology
Conference to be held on 25-27 April 2024 at the Hotel TRAKOŠĆAN, in a beautiful
countryside north of Zagreb, Croatia.
The program includes invited and registered lecturers and poster session. We
always try to provide new skills and knowledge for the colleagues in the field of
anesthesiology, resuscitation, and intensive medicine. Some of the invited speakers
include:
JURAJ SPRUNG STANTON SHERNAN
STEFAN DE HEART HARRISON TRACEY
MARTIN RYLL ROBERT FRIEDHOFF
ROBERT WILDER ILONA BOBEK
JANOS GAL MARKO ZDRAVKOVIĆ
RUDIN DOMI MARIJANA KARIŠIK
VOJISLAVA NEŠKOVIĆ IGOR VASKOVIĆ
Conference main topics are:
1. NEWS IN PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA
2. PAIN AND PALIATIVE CARE
3. MISCELLANEOUS
Two pre-Conference Courses will be organized on 25 April 2024:
1. HEMODYNAMICS – INTERPRETATION, DIFFERENT APPROACHES
2. BRONCHOSCOPY IN ICU
All the lecturers are kindly advised to send the abstracts by the 15th February 2024 to
ivancan@cheerful.com. Abstracts up to 250 words should be on one A4 page, margins 3
cm. Text has to be in Word format, space 1, font Times New Roman 12. The abstract should
include authors’ name(s), e-mail address, author’s institution, the title, introduction,
methods, results, and conclusion. The posters should fit within 120 cm height and 90 cm
width and must have all the details specified as in abstracts.
We look forward to welcoming you in Trakošćan!
Višnja Ivančan

VII MACEDONIAN CONGRESS OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, REANIMATION AND INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
2024-04-04 - 2024-04-07 | Metropol Lake Resort, Naselba Dolno Konjsko bb, Ohrid, North Macedonia
Respective Colleagues and friends,
With particular honor and pleasure, we formally announce our 7th Macedonian Congress
of Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Intensive Care Medicine, organized by the
Macedonian Society of Anaesthesiology, Reanimation and Intensive Care Medicine (MSA)
that will be held from the 4th till the 7th of April 2024 in Ohrid.
On behalf of the Organizing and Scientific Committee, I have a great privilege to
welcome you and extend to you a cordial invitation to be part of the biggest
professional gathering of anesthesiologist, intensive care specialist and all other medical
professionals.
It is paid a great attention to incorporate attractive topics as artificial intelligence in
every day practice, sustainability in anaesthesia and intensive care, workplace environment
challenges, new insights of regional anaesthesia, novel therapies modulating acute
and chronic pain, ERAS protocols, deceased donor transplantation, airway management
with non-invasive and invasive respiratory support, intensive care peculiarities,
continuous renal replacement therapy – CRRT, miscellaneous perioperative anaesthesia,
peculiarities in gynecological-obstetric anesthesia, cardio anaesthesia, pediatric and
neurosurgical patient management.
We are strongly convinced that your participation will undoubtedly add immeasurable
value and will be instrumental in ensuring the resounding success of our Congress.
We eagerly welcoming you to the beautiful city of Ohrid, which stand as a venerable
cradle of Macedonian and Slavic culture and literacy.
It is our desire to ensure your visit is both professionally enriching and personally
enjoyable.
We look forward to your presence in Hotel “Metropol and Belvi”,
from April 4th -7th, 2024.

Assoc. Prof. Vesna Durnev
President of Anaesthesiology,
Reanimation and Intensive Care Medicine

BAP Webinar I : Breath for the future Perioperative Sustainability
2024-03-28 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Rome)
Dear Friends,As the Balkan Anesthesia Platform, we have planned to organize the Balkan Anesthesia Platform Webinar Series (BAP-Web) at regular intervals. We believe that with the BAP-Web series, our cooperation in the Balkan Anesthesia Family will be further enlarged and pave the way for our young people. Each webinar will be organized by a different country, and as Türkiye (TARD) , we have decided to have the first webinar.Our topic is, ‘Breathing into the Future: Perioperative sustainability’, and the first BAP-Web will be held on March 28, 2024.
Prof Meral KANBAK

18th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists
2024-03-03 - 2024-03-07 | Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Raffles Blvd, Singapore 039593, Singapore, Singapore
With representation from more than 130 countries, the WCA is the only international congress that offers a comprehensive programme that addresses anaesthesiology globally. Additionally, WCA provides training and education opportunities that drive conversations, deepen collaboration and accelerate the promotion of science, networking, and knowledge share across the spectrum of anaesthesiology.
The WCA2024 is the 18th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, taking place in Singapore from 3 – 7 March 2024. The WCA2024 Congress will be the first WCA Congress to be held in person since 2016, and we look forward to the warmth of personal exchange with new and familiar members.

ESAIC Advanced Patient Safety Course
2024-02-05 - 2024-02-06 | CASE – Center of Advanced Simulation and Education, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University İçerenköy, Kayışdağı Cd. No:32, İstanbul, Turkey
The ESAIC Advanced Patient Safety Course is a live course to teach vital patient safety strategies for acute settings. The APSC forms a key part of the Safer Care to Save Lives Programme, an ESAIC Patient Safety Education programme. Healthcare professionals attending 100% of the ASPC and who pass the course assessment will hold the ESAIC Advanced Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Patient Safety Certificate.
The APSC is aimed at all Health care professionals, patients and stakeholders interested in patient safety in acute settings: Intensive Care, Perioperative Care, Anaesthesia, Emergency and other settings where acute patients are treated.

Symposium "TRAUMA"
2024-01-26 - 2024-01-27
In accordance with the adopted programs of continuous medical education, the Association of Anesthesiologists,
Reanimatologists and Intensivists of the Republic of Srpska, in cooperation with partners, is organizing the accredited
“TRAUMA” Symposium, which will be held hybridly on January 26-27, 2024. year in the conference hall
within the building of the Government of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka.
You can find the lecture schedule at the following link Notice – TRAUMA

Webinar: Fatigue - a safety concern
2023-12-12 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Brussels) | virtual
Fatigue – a safety concern
Almost every study puts anaesthesiologists in the top five specialties with the highest prevalence of burnout syndrome. A combination of demanding patient responsibilities and long working hours with sleep deprivation can be quite strenuous. There are publications about fatigue management for residents and fellows. Many European countries have laws to limit working hours and mandatory rest time, but it is often unclear how those are implemented.
Webinar Scientific Faculty
Host
Ioana Grigoras (RO)
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, „Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
Speakers
EBA survey on Fatigue for consultants
Nancy Redfern (UK)
Department of Anaesthesiology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, Newcastle, United Kingdom
EBA survey on Fatigue for Trainees
Igor Abramovich (DE)
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Charité, Berlin, Germany
ESAIC research on “Night time work of Anaesthesiologists”
Andrea Cortegiani (IT)
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Palermo, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, Italy

TARK2023
2023-11-02 - 2023-11-05 | KAYA PALAZZO OTEL, Üçkum Tepesi Belek, Antalya, Turkey
Dear Colleagues,
I am honored and happy to invite you to our 57th congress, which we have always attributed meaning beyond a congress, which gained even more meaning in the 100th anniversary of our Republic.
In the information age, we will experience the excitement of being able to follow the dizzying developments in our field of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, which changes and develops faster than all fields of science, and to share information together at our congress. In addition to this, we are in the preparations for a social program in which we will quench our longing in the remaining time, experience the happiness of being together and meet with art.
Despite the difficulties we are experiencing, we are preparing a scientific program that includes all subjects related to the science of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, especially education and sustainability, which we all care about. I believe that TARK 2023 will turn into a science feast with your valuable contributions as well as the knowledge and experience sharing of our valuable professors who are competent in their fields, who will convey the current developments in our field of science, and foreign speakers with high awareness in their fields of interest. In addition, our young colleagues will have the opportunity to improve themselves with the courses and simulations to be held within the scope of the congress.
Our goal is to further increase the number of international participants in TARKs and to carry our knowledge and experience beyond our country’s borders. In line with the goals of TARD, which takes internationalization as its mission, our congress will be colorful with dozens of participants from Europe, the Balkan countries, the Turkic world and neighboring countries.
As in every congress, the industry stands that will take place in our congress will provide the participants with the opportunity to follow the current technological developments in our field of science and to examine the technological opportunities offered by the industry on site.
We are all very excited to be celebrating the 100th anniversary of our Republic this year. Starting from the generations that will carry our Republic to many centuries, we have determined our congress motto, which we have chosen among your suggestions, as “Light to 100s, with Bright Faces”. In accordance with our motto, which is hidden in its meaning, at our congress, we will feel the enthusiasm of the 100th anniversary of our Republic, our most fundamental value, which is entrusted to our Ata, in almost every breath.
Hoping to meet you at TARK2023, which will be held at Antalya Kaya Palazzo Hotel between 2-5 November 2023 to experience the excitement of sharing information together, I look forward to your participation and offer my most heartfelt love and respect.
prof. Dr. Ali Fuat Erdem
TARD & Congress President

3rd SYMPOSIUM OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS AND REANIMATOLOGISTS IN THE FEDERATION OF BIH WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION
2023-10-27 - 2023-10-29 | Hotel Mostar, Kneza Domagoja, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
We inform you that in the period from 27.10. until 29.10. In 2023, to hold the 3rd Symposium of anesthesiologists and resuscitators in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina with international participation. The symposium will be held in the “Mostar” hotel in Mostar. The topics of the upcoming symposium are: Anesthesia and perioperative medicine Provision and maintenance of the airway Hemostasis and coagulation Pain medicine Challenges in intensive care medicine You can find more information about registration of participation, registration of works and registration fee in the attachment.
UDMAR – Program 2023

The First International Congress of Anesthesiologists and Intensivists of Montenegro
2023-10-13 - 2023-10-14 | Hotel Splendid, 85315 Becici, Budva, Montenegro
The first Congress of anesthesiologists and intensivists of Montenegro will be remembered as a unique gathering of experts and professionals from various fields of anesthesia and treatment of critically ill patients in intensive care units, which is being held for the first time in our independent country. Through lectures and workshops led by these prominent experts, discussions within the sessions that will follow each of them, we will get to know the latest guides, attitudes, guidelines, and, using their valuable experience, we will work together towards the same goal, implement new standards and improve our daily clinical practice. Anesthesia and intensive therapy of critically ill patients is a field of medicine that is constantly developing, and this kind of cooperation is something that we have lacked until now, and we believe that through the continuity of such events in the future we will maintain openness towards the region and the world and in this way, through our training, building experience according to the latest standards, to provide our patients with safe and quality treatment in our country.

First International Congress of Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine KOSOVO
2023-09-29 - 2023-09-30 | Emerald Hotel, Prishtine
Organized jointly by two societies from KOSOVO and ALBANIA ‘ Kosovar Society of Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine ‘ and ‘ Albanian Society of Intensive Care Medicine’
To see the program go to the link
kosovakongre

World Congress on Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine (WCRAPM 2023) 40th ESRA Annual Congress 2023
2023-09-06 - 2023-09-09 | PALAIS DES CONGRÈS DE LA PORTE MAILLOT, 2, place de la Porte Maillot 75017, PARIS, France
Dear Colleagues, Friends and Collaborators,

The 6th World Congress on Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine is coming back to Europe!

Bringing together our continental Sister Societies, the American Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA Pain Medicine), the Latin American Society of Regional Anaesthesia (LASRA), the Asian & Oceanic Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine (AOSRA – PM), and the African Society of Regional Anaesthesia (AFSRA), this event will be a Joint Meeting, held simultaneously with the 40th ESRA Annual congress. Another wonderful gathering has been planned and is scheduled to take place on 6th to 9th September, 2023, at Palais des congrès de Paris – ViPARiS, an iconic building and vast venue, just a few steps away from the most beautiful avenue in the world.
For this occasion, the organizers have been working hard to offer you a truly wonderful and unique Parisian experience. Paris is full of surprises and so is the Congress scientific content, unfolded in a 4-day Meeting, in more than 15 Parallel Rooms. The Congress Scientific and Local Organizing Committees, embraced and supported by an extensive International Experts Group, have built an amazing Scientific Program for both young and experienced Delegates, with the substantial input and fruitful collaboration of the Five Continental RA and Pain Medicine Sister Societies (ESRA, ASRA Pain Medicine, LASRA, AFSRA, AOSRA – PM). Altogether, striving to serve the needs of our community, have aimed to enlighten and engage you within a comprehensive and high-quality Scientific Program, fully packed with the most groundbreaking scientific achievements and evidence-based practice recommendations, delivered by more than 300 well-respected international experts and KOL, as well as the rising stars of the future, all serving on our faculty team.
Joining together an audience of more than 3.000 participants, with a representation from more than 100 countries from all over the world, this is your opportunity in 2023 to network, as well as to share and underpin the latest updates, advancements and leading–edge research and innovation across the spectrum of Regional Anaesthesia (RA), Perioperative care, PocUS, as well as Acute Postoperative & chronic Pain Management.
Aiming to nurture, conduct and encourage interdisciplinary research in the aforementioned areas of interest, but also to fill in the gaps in Hands – On Training of the young generations, with applicability in daily practice, the Event Theme that has been selected for 2023 is:

«Spreading RA, Perioperative care & Pain Medicine around the World: our topmost Priority»

Counting on your support, enthusiasm and fruitful participation, together with all five continental Sister Societies, we are preparing another inspiring congress, and we are excited to have you all along our side! On behalf of the organizing team, we look forward to sharing and interacting with our colleagues across the globe and meet you all in the «City of Light», in September 2023, for another memorable experience.

Alain Delbos
ESRA Past President
Chair of the Scientific Committee

Thomas Volk
ESRA President

16th World Intensive and Critical Care Congress (WICC)
2023-08-26 - 2023-08-30 | İstanbul Congress Center, Harbiye, Darülbedai Caddesi No:3, 34367 Şişli, İstanbul, Turkey
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the organizing committee, I am delighted to invite you to the 16th World Intensive and Critical Care Congress (WICC), which will take place on August 26-30, 2023, in Istanbul.
The aging population, high-risk therapies, disasters, accidents, wars, terrorism attacks, immigration, and pandemics all significantly burden the capacity of intensive care medicine. So far, the intensive care community in the economically advanced countries has acquired enormous expertise in caring for all kinds of critically-ill patients. However, intensive care resources still need to be improved in many parts of the World. Our mission should be to broaden our scope to consider all of the World’s critically ill patients and intensive care professionals to bridge the gap for a better future in intensive care medicine.
The COVID-19 pandemic has recently been a big challenge for humankind and the global intensive care community. The pandemic emphasized the fact that multi-professional dedicated human resource is the most crucial factor in the practice of intensive care medicine. After a four-year break in the World Intensive and Critical Care Congresses, full of hard work and emotional burden, now it is time for intensive care professionals from around the globe to come together to share knowledge and experience. In bridging the continents, Istanbul will contribute to this mission of bridging the gap by hosting the 16th World Intensive and Critical Care Congress in 2023.
“Istanbul, Aug 26-30, 2023” is very special for the World and for Turkiye.
Istanbul has a unique meaning in the history of intensive care medicine. Florence Nightingale, one of the founders of intensive care medicine, known as “the lady with the lamp,” spent two years in Istanbul during the Crimean War in the 1850s to organize a nursing unit in the Selimiye Military Barracks to care for the wounded soldiers from the Crimean battlefront. She was able to reduce the mortality rate by more than 20 times.
27th of August is accepted as the birthday of Intensive Care Medicine, as Bjorn Ibsen performed the first tracheostomy and manual positive pressure ventilation in 1952 to save the life of a young quadriplegic girl in severe respiratory failure suffering from acute poliomyelitis. This new method was estimated to have saved 100 lives within the first three months of the pandemic.
2023 is a festive year for Turkey, as it is the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic. In fact, Aug 30 is the Turkish Victory Date.
Therefore, we are very excited and motivated to perform a high-quality congress, both scientifically and socially, featuring gender, age, profession, and national diversity.
Intensive care saves lives! As Global Intensivists, let us celebrate the birthdates of Intensive Care Medicine and Turkiye together in Istanbul on 26-30 August 2023.
We are looking forward to meeting you and hope your stay to be valuable and meaningful.
Prof. Dr. Arzu Topeli, MD, MSc
Congress Chair
