DAY 1 – 22nd February 

DAY 2 – 23rd February 

08.00- 08.15 

Welcome Address by Congress Chair 

08.15- 08.45 

PLENARY 1

Enhancing Patient Safety in Anaesthesia: Lessons Learnt and Future Directions

Dr Chris Carey, Vice President, RCoA

United Kingdom

PLENARY 4

New Paradigms in Obstetric Anaesthesia 

Dr Sarah Louise Armstrong

United Kingdom

08.45- 09.15

PLENARY 2

 Fluids and the Kidney: Benefits or Harm

Prof Laurence Weinberg

Australia

PLENARY 5

Cancer Survivorship: Managing Pain When it Persists

Prof Richard Langford

United Kingdom

09.15- 10.15

Symposium 1 – Perioperative Medicine

Establishment of an Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry and Way Forward for Sri Lanka

Prof Marcus Ong

Singapore

Prehabilitation: The Key to Success?

Dr Bernadette Rathnayake

United Kingdom

Protecting the Vascular Endothelium: Why and How?

Prof Laurence Weinberg

Australia

Q/A

Symposium 7- Obstetric Anaesthesia 

Maternal Mortality Revisited

Dr Sarah Louise Armstrong

United Kingdom

Point of Care Management of Post-Partum Haemorrhage 

Dr Ajay Gandhi

India

New Guidelines in Post-Partum Haemorrhage 

Dr U D P Ratnasiri 

Sri Lanka

Q/A

10.15- 10.45

TEA 

TEA

10.45- 11.45

Symposium 2 – Critical Care Medicine

Communication Challenges in ITU Care: Am I Missing Anything?

Dr Harini  Jagoda

United Kingdom

Personalizing Hemodynamic Monitoring in ICU- Current Trends 

Dr Niren Bhavsar

India

Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing AI in Intensive Care

Prof Vasanthi Pinto 

Sri Lanka

Q/A

Symposium 8- Pain Medicine

Latest Developments in Acute Pain

Prof  Richard  Langford 

United Kingdom

Pros and Cons of Steroid Use in Pain Practice

Dr Subodha Thantulage

United Kingdom

Use of Epidurals for Neck and Back Pain

Dr Lasman Dissanayake

Sri Lanka

Q/A

11.45- 12.45 

Symposium 3- Periop Care in Paediatrics

Anaesthesia Pitfalls in Retropharyngeal Abscess

Prof Anita Shirley Joselyn

India

The Relevance of Preoperative Coagulation Screening in Children

Dr Ajay Gandhi 

India

One-Lung Ventilation Options in Children

Prof Anita Shirley Joselyn

India

Q/A

Symposium 9- Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia 

Perioperative Management of Patients with Heart Failure

Dr Niren Bhavsar

India

Rethinking Cardiac Surgery: The Impact of Fast-Track Anaesthesia on Recovery 

Prof Laurence Weinberg 

Australia

Cardiac Anaesthesia: Advancements and Best Practices

Prof Suraphong Lorsomrad

Thailand

Q/A

12.45-13.30

LUNCH

13.30-14.00

PLENARY 3

Why the WHO and WCA Recommends the Worldwide Implementation of PBM

Dr Klauus Gorlinger

Germany

PLENARY 6

Airway: Past, Present and Future

Prof Anil Patel 

United Kingdom

14.00- 17.00

FREE PAPER SESSION (Hall B) 

14.00- 15.00

Symposium 4- Neuro Anaesthesia 

Advancements in Neuroanaesthesia: Optimizing Patient Outcomes 

Dr Chris Carey 

United Kingdom

Enhancing Rehabilitation in Neurosurgical Patients: Is it within the Anaesthetist’s Purview?

Dr June Goh

Singapore

Endovascular Thrombectomy for Acute ischemic Stroke: An Update on Perioperative Care 

Dr Jie Tian  

China

Q/A

Symposium 10- Sustainable Operating Room for the Developing World 

Moderator: Dr Vishaka Kerner

Sri Lanka

Debate1: 

TIVA vs Volatiles

Prof Laurence Weinberg

Australia

Dr June Goh

Singapore

Debate 2:

Should We Remove N2O from Operation Theatres? 

Dr Dilusha  Gunarathna

United Kingdom

Dr Suhitharan Thangavelautham

Singapore

Q/A

15.00- 16.00

Symposium 5 – Organ Donation and Transplant  Anaesthesia

Global Perspectives on Organ Transplantation and Deceased Donation: Insights for Anaesthesia Professionals

Prof Chloe Balleste Delpierre

Spain

Emerging Trends in Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: Innovations and Best Practices

Dr Pedro Ventura Aguiar

Spain

Neurological Criteria of Death: Understanding the Brain Death Concept in Modern Anaesthesia Practices 

Dr Brian Alvarez

Spain

Q/A

Symposium 11-  Miscellaneous 

Advancing Surgery, Together 

Dr Duminda Ariyarathne 

Sri Lanka

Why did My Relative Die; Who is at Fault?

 Prof Mahesh Nirmalan

United Kingdom

Global Collaborations: Sri Lanka Sepsis Alliance 

Dr Nandika Wanigasinghe

Sri Lanka

Q/A

16.00-17.00

Symposium 6 – Training, Education and  Capacity Building of the Workforce

Educating the Junior Anaesthetist

Prof Anuja Abayadeera

Sri Lanka

Simulation Based Education for Training and Support

Dr Manisha Shah

United Kingdom

Support Systems for Training in the UK

Dr Ruwanmali De Silva

United Kingdom

Q/A

DR THISTLE JAYAWARDENE MEMORIAL LECTURE 

Personalized Settings of Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS: Potential Therapeutic Targets Beyond Oxygenation

Prof Giacomo Grasselli

Italy

17.00

TEA

Closing Remarks /TEA