Program 2026 below
Thursday 5/2/2026
| 18:00-18:30 | Registration | |
| 18:30-19:00 | Limits to medicine | Dr. Philippe Meersseman |
| 19:00-19:30 | Anesthesiology: past, present and the future | Prof. Dr. Hugo Van Aken |
| 19:30-20:00 | The future of healthcare in Europe | Prof. Dr. Johan Van Eldere |
| 20:00-20:30 | Obstacles and limits to healthcare | Vice-eersteminister en minister van Sociale Zaken en Volksgezondheid Frank Vandenbroucke |
| 20:30-... | Panel discussion and afterwards 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 | TBD | |
| 10 N | Dr. Francis Veyckemans | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Break | |
| 16:30-17:30 | Perioperative respitory management in children: | |
| Basics of pediatric ventilation | Prof. Dr. Dirk Vlasselaers | |
| Prevention and treatment of respiratory complications | Dr. Nadia Najafi | |
| Difficult airway in children | Dr. Roxaan Jappie | |
| 19:00 | Faculty Club walking dinner (optional) |
Saturday 7/2/2026
| 8:00-8:30 | Registration | |
| 8:30-10:00 | Sustainability in pediatric anesthesia: | |
| Climate change: Why and how we have to act now | Prof. Dr. Alain Kalmar | |
| The best way to induce children: IV or inhalation | Prof. Dr. Diane Gordon | |
| TCI-TIVA in children | Dr. Hugo Vereecke | |
| Is there still a place for nitrous oxide? | Dr. Natalia Magasich-Airola | |
| 10:00-10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45-12:15 | Organizational aspects of pediatric anesthesia: | |
| Pediatric anesthesia should only be performed in highly specialized centers | PRO: Prof. Dr. Ehrenfried Schindler CON: Prof. Dr. Marc Gewillig | |
| The child with a congenital heart defect: day surgery or not? | Prof. Dr. Bjorn Cools | |
| Procedural sedation in children should only be performed by anesthesiologists | PRO: Prof. Dr. Marc Van de Velde CON: Prof. Dr. Pieter Leroy |