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	TBC	Interactive poster presentations: IFNA Practice Committee	Advanced Life Support adults
1530-1600	TBC	Digitalised reasoning and decision making Rick van Loon, Netherlands	TBC
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	TBC
1630-1700	Operating theatre and PACU design for the future Gunther DeGraeve, Australia	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	TBC	Nurse Anesthetist Preceptors: Critical Partners in Nurse Anesthesia Education Amy Yardon, USA	Paediatric non-operating room anaesthesia Ashley Showers, USA	Double-lumen Intubations and Video Supraglottic Airway Devices Andre van Zundert, Australia	IV Cannulation and PICC Insertion Under Ultrasound Guidance Rick van Loon, The Netherlands
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 & Rick van Loon, The Netherlands	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 Yardon, USA	Leadership styles and followers Andrew Rixon, Australia & Minalli Vasandani	Airway Management: Front-of-Neck Airways (1) Joanne Donnelly, USA & Mouhajir Mohamed, Morroco	Advanced Life Support paediatrics (1) Ashley Showers
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	TBC	TBC
1200-1230	TBC	TBC	Perioperative staff engagement and perspectives in operating room design Kasey Irwin, Australia
1230-1330	Lunch Break	Luncheon 1230-1400 Sponsored by NBCRNA
1240-1325	Partner Lunch Symposium 1	Partner Lunch Symposium 2
1330-1530	Green 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	TBC	Team communication Toni Haapa, Finland	Airway Management: Front-of-Neck Airways (2) Joanne Donnelly, USA Mouhajir Mohamed, Morroco	Advanced Life Support paediatrics (2) Ashley Showers
1400-1430	TBC	The World Health Organization Operative Encounter Registry: Practice Data Impacting Policy. Richard Henker, USA	Desaturations: what to do? Mohamad Syah Insyah, Indonesia
1430-1500	Green disposal of sharps and drug waste Natalija Brunčič, Slovenia	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	How to implement environmental waste management in your department? Remko ter Tiet, The Netherlands	Innovations in Nurse Anesthetist Practice: Quality Improvement or Research? Rick van Loon, The Netherlands Richard Henker, USA	Cardiac events: when to expect what and how to prevent and treat it? Donna Eyler, USA
1530-1600	TBC	Improving Anaesthesia Outcomes in Cameroon Through Sustainable Educational Initiatives Edwin Aroke, USA	TBC
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	Top 5 (each 12 minutes)	TBC	Types of simulation training Mouhajir Mohamed, Morocco	POCUS, regional blocks with ultrasound/video assisted blocks Michael Burns, USA	Crisis management scenarios
0830-0900	Top 5 (each 12 minutes)	Diving accidents and the hyperbaric chamber Susannah Sherlock, Australia	TBC
0900-0930	APAP presentation Rebecca Madsen	Fat emboli Sari Pyhala, Finland	What defines an excellent simulation? Kristian Civka, Croatia
0930-1000	IFNA continuous professional development framework James R. Walker, USA	Cell saving techniques and genetics Michelle Roets, Australia	Benefits of simulation training for experienced perianaesthesia nurses Toni Haapa, Finland
1000-1030	Tea break
1030-1230	Pathology Session Chair: TBC	Geriatrics Session Chair: TBC	A day in the life of… Session Chair: TBC	Workshop 10	Workshop 11
1030-1100	Pneumonia aspiration Seang Sothea, Cambodia	Cognitive decline Kaitlin Kramer	TBC	POCUS, regional blocks with ultrasound/video assisted blocks Michael Burns, USA	Navigating the power and politics of leading change and innovation in Healthcare (3h) Andrew Rixon, Australia & Minally Vasandani
1100-1130	Infectious diseases and peri-anaesthesia implication Dyna Umutoni, Rwanda	TBC	Direct supervision Sari Pyhala, Finland Autonomous Mouhajir Mohamed, Morocco
1130-1200	Heart transplantation anesthesia management Donna Eyler, USA	Fluids or vasopressors? Management of perioperative haemodynamic instability: laws of physics and physiology first, guidelines after! Moncef Jenboudi, Tunesia	Team simulation: strategies to improve patient safety Joanne Donnelly, USA
1200-1230	DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation (and consumption coagulopathy) James R. Walker, USA	TBC	Knowledge and skills of anesthesiology personnel on how to perform resuscitation in the surgical room environment Przemysław Żuratyński, Poland
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
1400-1430	TBC	The obese child Amber Craver, USA	Vasopressors or inotropes: are you using the right recipe? Joanne Donnelly, USA
1430-1500	TBC	How to manage parents’ expectations? Nichole Kimmet, USA	Remimazolam: is it any good? Dru Riddle, USA
1500-1530	The PACU of the future Karina Kendall, Australia	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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