Program

The conference program time zone is GMT+10, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Thu 7 May
Fri 8 May
Sat 9 May

Time	Room 1 (Plenary Session)	Room 2 (Breakout)	Room 3 (Breakout)	Room 4 (Breakout)	Room 5 (Breakout)
0930-1700	REGISTRATION
1130-1200	Opening: Welcome to Country ceremony Session Chair: Vera Meeusen – WCNA President
1200-1210	Welcome by Congress chair
1210-1230	Flag ceremony: all CNRs
1230-1315	IFNA report: IFNA President
	Executive director
	Celebrate new APAP applicants
1315-1330	TBC
1315-1330	TBC
1330-1430	Keynote lecture: TBC
1430-1500	Tea break & opening exhibition
1500-1700	Innovations Session Chair: TBC	AI, monitoring & ventilation Session Chair: TBC	Regional anaesthesia/pain management Session Chair: TBC	Poster session	Workshop 1
1500-1530	TBC	A patient “in the arms of a robot”. The role of the anesthesia personnel Przemysław Żuratyński, Poland	My Block has Failed: What Now? Christian Falyar, USA	Interactive poster presentations: IFNA Practice Committee	Advanced Life Support adults Karen Moon, Australia Sanne Bombeek, Belgium View workshop information
1530-1600	Operating theatre and PACU design for the future Gunther DeGraeve, Australia	Digitalised reasoning and decision making Rick van Loon, Netherlands	Common Truncal Blocks for Post Operative Pain Management Jeff Molter, USA
1600-1630	The video supraglottic airway device Andre van Zundert, Australia	Examine the role of technology in both non-invasive and invasive hemodynamic monitoring Kesha Thurston, USA	Local anaesthetic systemic toxicity Christian Falyar, USA
1630-1700	IFNA’s Anesthesia Program Approval Process (APAP): Formal recognition of anesthesia programs – Why it is important to your Practice New for Program and Clinical Faculty: Evaluation Tools and Care Plans Rebecca Madsen, USA	Ventilation modes and its practical implications (Using AI to Guide Ventilation Modes) Dru Riddle, USA	Changes in pain medicine: new approaches Jackie Rowles, USA
1700-1900	Welcome drinks and snacks – networking (in exhibition space)

Time	Room 1 (Plenary Session)	Room 2 (Breakout)	Room 3 (Breakout)	Room 4 (Breakout)	Room 5 (Breakout)
0630-0730	Fun run/walk: all congress participants (free activity, but registration required)
0800-1530	REGISTRATION
0800-0820	Meet the Expert 1	Meet the Expert 2	Meet the Expert 3	Meet the Expert 4 – TBC	Meet the Expert 5 – TBC
0830-1000	Paediatrics (1) Session chair: TBC	IFNA Education Committee Session chair: TBC	Sedation Session chair: TBC	Workshop 2	Workshop 3
0830-0900	Despite modern advances in techniques and equipment, Is Obstetric Anaesthesia still Risky? Stephen Gatt, Australia	Nurse Anesthetist Preceptors: Critical Partners in Nurse Anesthesia Education Amy Yerdon, USA	Paediatric non-operating room anaesthesia Ashley Showers, USA	Double-lumen Intubations and Video Supraglottic Airway Devices Andre van Zundert, Australia Tom van Zundert, Belgium View workshop information	IV Cannulation and PICC Insertion Under Ultrasound Guidance Rick van Loon, The Netherlands View workshop information
0900-0930	Perioperative management of neonate and premature Amber Craver, USA		Preprocedural screening of patients for sedation by nurse anaesthetist Vera Meeusen, Australia
0930-1000	Do we need intravenous access for anaesthesia in paediatric patients? Nichole Kimmet, USA	Do Standards of Practice Matter? Dorte Söderberg, Denmark	Sedation Techniques for Outside Operating Theatres Remko ter Riet, The Netherlands
1000-1030	Tea break
1030-1230	Anaesthesia care and techniques Session Chair: TBC	IFNA Education Committee session (2) Session Chair: TBC	Wellness & leadership Session Chair: TBC	Workshop 4	Workshop 5
1030-1100	Bariatric care Steven Masereka, Uganda	Competency-based Clinical Education: Is My Student Performing at the Expected Clinical Level and How Can I Help Them? Amy Yerdon, USA	Leadership styles and followers Andrew Rixon, Australia Minalli Vasandani, Australia Reece Hinchcliff, Australia	Airway Management: Front-of-Neck Airways (1) Joanne Donnelly, USA Mouhajir Mohamed, Morroco View workshop information	Advanced Life Support paediatrics (1) Ashley Showers, USA Amber Craver, USA Nichole Kimmet, USA View workshop information
1100-1130	Fasting: are we practicing evidence-based? Oya Gumuskaya, Australia
1130-1200	A new and innovative approach to managing intraoperative hypotension Kesha Thurston, USA	The New Future: Longitudinal Assessment for CRNAs John Preston, USA Christopher Gill, USA	Sustainability of workforce Sine Krabsen, Denmark
1200-1230	Vaping, the Bong and the Argileh: Implications of Particulate Airway and Pulmonary Disease on Anaesthesia Stephen Gatt, Australia		Perioperative staff engagement and perspectives in operating room design Kasey Irwin, Australia
1230-1330	Lunch Break	Luncheon 12:30-14:00 hours Sponsored by NBCRNA – Invitation Only
1240-1325	Partner Lunch Symposium 1	Partner Lunch Symposium 2
1330-1600	Environment Session chair: TBC	IFNA Practice Committee session (start 14:00) Session chair: TBC	Crisis management Session chair: TBC	Workshop 6	Workshop 7
1330-1400	Confusion around waste management Moncef Jendoubi, Tunesia		Pneumonia aspiration Seang Sothea, Cambodia	Airway Management: Front-of-Neck Airways (2) Joanne Donnelly, USA Mouhajir Mohamed, Morroco View workshop information	Advanced Life Support paediatrics (2) Ashley Showers, USA Amber Craver, USA Nichole Kimmet, USA View workshop information
1400-1430	Green disposal of sharps and drug waste Natalija Brunčič, Slovenia	The World Health Organization Operative Encounter Registry: Practice Data Impacting Policy. Richard Henker, USA	Desaturations: what to do? Mohamad Syah Insyah, Indonesia
1430-1500	How to implement environmental waste management in your department? Remko ter Tiet, The Netherlands	Anesthesia Practice in Urban vs. Rural Rwanda Marie Rose Nyinawingeli, Rwanda	Anaphylaxis: how can we prevent it or minimise occurrence Den Seila, Cambodia
1500-1530	Infectious diseases and peri-anaesthesia implication Dyna Umutoni, Rwanda	Innovations in Nurse Anesthetist Practice: Quality Improvement or Research? Rick van Loon, The Netherlands Richard Henker, USA	Heart of the Matter-Anesthesia Considerations Before and After Cardiac Transplantation Donna Eyler, USA
1530-1600	Team communication Toni Haapa, Finland	Improving Anaesthesia Outcomes in Cameroon Through Sustainable Educational Initiatives Edwin Aroke, USA	Peri-operative considerations during damage control surgery Sanne Bombeek, Belgium
1600-1645	Evening Symposium 1	Evening Symposium 2

Time	Room 1 (Plenary Session)	Room 2 (Breakout)	Room 3 (Breakout)	Room 4 (Breakout)	Room 5 (Breakout)
0700-0730	Breakfast Symposium 1	Breakfast Symposium 2
0730-1600	REGISTRATION
0800-1000	Free papers Session chair: TBC	Trauma Session chair: TBC	Simulation Session chair: TBC	Workshop 8	Workshop 9
0800-0830	Quantifying the Effect of Preoperative Cannabinoid Exposure on Postoperative Pain: Exploring the Role of TRPV1 and Clinical Implications Daniel King, USA	Royal Flying Doctors Patrick Maxwell, Australia	Types of simulation training Mouhajir Mohamed, Morocco	POCUS, regional blocks with ultrasound/video assisted blocks(1) Jeff Molter, USA Christian Falyar, USA Michael Burns, USA Nicolette Hooge, USA View workshop information	Crisis management scenarios Cormac O’Sullivan, USA Heather Bair, USA
0800-0830	Enhancing Perioperative Safety: The Impact of Homogeneous Anesthesia Nursing Management in Multi-Campus Hospital Groups Shumin Tu, China	Royal Flying Doctors Patrick Maxwell, Australia	Types of simulation training Mouhajir Mohamed, Morocco
0830-0900	Nurse anesthetist practice through 40 years- a repeated cross-sectional study in Norway Ann-Chatrin Linqvist Leonardsen, Norway	Diving accidents and the hyperbaric chamber Susannah Sherlock, Australia	What defines an excellent simulation? Kristian Civka, Croatia
0830-0900	Exploring Cognitive function and PostOperative Neurocognitive recovery after cardiac surgery in older adults (ECPON) Ernad Zecevic, Sweden
0900-0930	Assessing the Feasibility and Impact of Neuraxial Labor Analgesia in a Low-Resource Setting: Experience from Kigali University teaching Hospital (CHUK), Rwanda Timothée Manzi Byiringiro, Rwanda	Managing a fungal meningitis outbreak Jonathan Chejfec, Australia	Benefits of simulation training for experienced perianaesthesia nurses Toni Haapa, Finland
0930-1000	Incidence of hypoglycemia in children after anesthesia induction when following the 6-4-3-1 fasting guidelines Thorunn Scheving Eliasdottir, Iceland	Cell saving techniques and genetics Michelle Roets, Australia	Team simulation: strategies to improve patient safety Joanne Donnelly, USA
0930-1000	Diving accidents and the hyperbaric chamber Rudi Kocevar, Slovenia
1000-1030	Tea break
1030-1230	Free papers 2 Session Chair: TBC	Geriatrics Session Chair: TBC	A day in the life of… Session Chair: TBC	Workshop 10	Workshop 11
1030-1100	Stronger Together – A Roadmap to Develop a Clinician Peer Support Program for Nurse Anesthesiology Residents Attending South College, United States Veronica Morvay, USA	Cognitive decline Kaitlin Kramer, Australia	Technicians Amber Cox, NZ A Spanish nurse anaesthetist Toñi Ballesteros, Spain	POCUS, regional blocks with ultrasound/video assisted blocks(2) Jeff Molter, USA Christian Falyar, USA Michael Burns, USA Nicolette Hooge, USA View workshop information	Navigating the power and politics of leading change and innovation in Healthcare (3h) Andrew Rixon, Australia Minally Vasandani, Australia Reece Hinchcliff, Australia View workshop information
1030-1100	The Five-Element Music Therapy Integrating Chinese Medicine Wisdom Has A Positive Effect On Perioperative Recovery And Psychological State of Elective Surgery Patients Jiamin Kang, China	Cognitive decline Kaitlin Kramer, Australia
1100-1130		Anaesthesia considerations in the elderly Tom van Zundert, Belgium	Direct supervision Sari Pyhala, Finland Autonomous Mouhajir Mohamed, Morocco
1130-1200	Using Generative AI to Simulate Patient Encounters: A Novel Tool for Teaching Trauma-Informed Communication in Preanesthesia Evaluation Heather Bair, USA	Fluids or vasopressors? Management of perioperative haemodynamic instability: laws of physics and physiology first, guidelines after! Moncef Jenboudi, Tunesia	Knowledge and skills of anesthesiology personnel on how to perform resuscitation in the surgical room environment Przemysław Żuratyński, Poland
1200-1230		Multi pharmacy Gavin Callaghan, Australia	Heart Transplant Anesthesia Management Donna Eyler, USA
1230-1330	Lunch Break
1240-1325	Partner Lunch Symposium 3	Partner Lunch Symposium 4
1330-1530	PACU Session chair: TBC	Paediatrics (2) Session chair: TBC	Pharmacology Session chair: TBC
1330-1400	Supplemental oxygen therapy Kristian Civka, Croatia	Airway management in paediatrics Ashley Showers, USA	Pharmacogenomics in anaesthesia Linn Helen Hetland, Norway
1400-1430	Postoperative delirium: new insights in prevention and treatment Tom van Zundert, Belgium	The obese child Amber Craver, USA	Vasopressors or inotropes: are you using the right recipe? Joanne Donnelly, USA
1430-1500	The PACU of the future Karina Kendall, Australia	How to manage parents’ expectations? Nichole Kimmet, USA	Remimazolam: is it any good? Dru Riddle, USA
1500-1530	Fat emboli Sari Pyhala, Finland	Equity to healthcare in Australia: a practical example Lucy Harman, Australia	Wake up: the ideal reversal agent Andre van Zundert, USA
1530-1600	Closing ceremony: awards, poster and abstract winner, announcements of upcoming IFNA activities (Japan)
1630-2130	Farewell party Southbank: live dance music & food and drinks

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