Balkan Anesthesia Platform

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
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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
