Program 2026 below
Thursday 5/2/2026
| 18:00-18:30 | Registration | |
| 18:30-18:35 | Welcome | Prof. Dr. Paul Herijgers |
| 18:35-19:00 | Anesthesiology: past, present and future | Prof. Dr. Hugo Van Aken |
| 19:00-19:30 | Limits to medicine | Dr. Philippe Meersseman |
| 19:30-20:00 | Obstacles and limits to healthcare | Vice-eersteminister en minister van Sociale Zaken en Volksgezondheid Frank Vandenbroucke |
| 20:00-20:30 | The future of healthcare in Europe | Prof. Dr. Johan Van Eldere |
| 20:30-... | Panel discussion followed by a walking dinner |
Friday 6/2/2026
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00-12:00 | Three parallel workshops | |
| LRA | Dr. Steve Coppens | |
| Vascular access | Dr. Thierry Pirotte | |
| Neonatal Life Support | Prof. Dr. Anne Debeer | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Walking lunch with sponsors | |
| 13:00-14:00 | A perfect start: | |
| Fetal surgery | Prof. Dr. Jan Deprest | |
| Fetal anesthesia | Prof. Dr. Sarah Devroe | |
| Anesthesia for pregnant women | Dr. Tom Bleeser | |
| 14:00-14:30 | Break | |
| 14:30-16:00 | Perioperative hemodynamic management in children: | |
| Pressure vs. Flow | Prof. Dr. Per-Arne Lönnqvist | |
| How low can you go | Prof. Dr. Jurgen De Graaff | |
| Fluid management | Prof. Dr. Per-Arne Lönnqvist | |
| 10 N | Dr. Francis Veyckemans | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Break | |
| 16:30-17:30 | Perioperative respiratory management in children: | |
| Basics of pediatric ventilation | Prof. Dr. Dirk Vlasselaers | |
| Prevention and treatment of respiratory complications | Dr. Nadia Najafi | |
| The difficult airway in children | Dr. Roxaan Jappie | |
| 19:00 | Faculty Club walking dinner (invitation only) |
Saturday 7/2/2026
| 8:00-8:30 | Registration | |
| 8:30-10:00 | Organizational aspects of pediatric anesthesia | |
| Procedural sedation in children should only be performed by anesthesiologists | PRO: Prof. Dr. Marc Van de Velde CON: Prof. Dr. Piet Leroy | |
| The child with a congenital heart defect: Day surgery or not? | Dr Bjorn Cools | |
| Pediatric anesthesia should only be performed in highly specialized centers | PRO: Prof. Dr Ehrenfried Schindler CON: Dr Steve Coppens | |
| 10:00-10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45-12:15 | Sustainability in pediatric anesthesia | |
| Climate change: Why and how we must act now | Dr Alain Kalmar | |
| The best way to induce children: IV or inhalation? | Dr Diane Gordon | |
| TCI and TIVA in children | Dr Hugo Vereecke | |
| Is there still a place for nitrous oxide? | Dr Magasich |
Parking at the venue
For parking by car, please follow the signs ‘Parking Onderwijs & Navorsing’ and use code 42747# to enter AND exit.
For parking by bike, there is a bike park underneath ‘Logistiek platform’.
Go down the stairs (1 – Cars only), cross the street and go back up the stairs (2) on the right of the busstop. Go across the square (3) to the entrance on your left (4). Once inside, go straight until you reach the registration point (5).