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Day 1 - Thursday 09 January 2025

TIME PROGRAMME ITEM
08:00 - 08:50

Registration (foyer) / tea and coffee and industry exhibition (third floor)

Stream A - Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

08:50 - 09:00

Welcome and introduction to WSM 2024
Dr Tim Meek, President, Association of Anaesthetists

09:00 - 09:45

Keynote
Chair: 

Last Breath - Reasoning with Life and Death on the Bottom of the North Sea
Mr Chris Lemons, Saturation Diver

09:50 - 10:50

Stream A - Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B - Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C - Live streamed
Location: Gielgud, second floor

T1a - Anaesthetist or Anaesthesiologist? Panel debate and voting on opinion

Chair: 

T1b - Paediatrics

Chair: 

T1c - Sedation
Chair: 

(09:50-10:05) The Irish experience 
Prof Donal Buggy, President, College of Anaesthesiologist Ireland 

(10:05-10:20) Speaker coming soon



(10:20-10:50) 

Speakers to be announced


Speakers to be announced

10:50 - 11:25

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition and e-Posters , third floor 

11:25 - 12:55

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C: Live streamed
Location: Gielgud, second floor

T2a - Diversity session

Chair: 

T2b - How to get the best anaesthetic and airway equipment for your department: a human factors approach
Chair -  Prof Chris Frerk, DAS Professor of Anaesthesia & Airway Management

T2c - Neurological monitoring

Chair: 

(11:25-11:45) title coming soon
Dr Mala Rao, London 

(11:45-12:05) title coming soon
Prof Anton Emmanuel, London

More speakers to be announced 

(11:25-11:45) Design and MHRA approval How low is the bar?
Ms Lauren Morgan, Human Factors Professional

(11:45-12:05) How does the NHS supply chain fit in?
Ms Colette Longstaffe, NHS supply chain

(12:05-12:25) How can your local hospital procurement team help
Ms Tanya Lane, Head of Procurement University of Northamptonshire 

(12:25-12:45) How can anaesthetists use human factors to help
Dr Shaan Hyder, Speciality Doctor, Northampton General Hospital 

(12:45-12:55) Panel discussion


(11:25-11:45) Cerebral oxygenation
Dr Nuno Gomes

More speakers to be announced 


ePoster presentations  - Exhibition hall, third floor 

12:55 - 14:10

Lunch, industry exhibition, view the e-Posters, third floor

14:10-14:55

Stream A - Live streamed
Location: Churchill

T3a - Keynote - Featherstone Professorship 

Chair: 

(14:10 - 14:55) Keynote: Challenging pseudoaxioms to improve peri-operative care
Prof Nicholas Levy, Featherstone lecturer 2025 and Consultant Anaesthetist and Peri-operative medicine

(14:55 - 15:10) Honours and Awards

15:15-16:15

Stream A - Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B - Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C - Live streamed
Location: Gielgud, second floor

Session T5a - POPPY: Patient reported outcomes, postoperative pain and pain relief after day case surgery

Chair:

Session T5b - Obstetric anaesthesia co-badged with OAA

Chair:  

Session T5c - Innovation and industry session

Chair: 

Speakers to be announced 

Speakers to be announced

Speakers to be announced

16:15 - 16:55

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition, view the e-Posters, third floor

16:55 - 18:25

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C: Live streamed
Location: Gielgud, second floor

Session T6a - Who is the most important person in the team - DEBATE?

Chair: 

T6b - Critical Care
Chair: 

T6c - Teamwork in an emergency situation

Chair: 

Anaesthetist
Nursing organisation
ODPs
AAs
Surgeon
Patient 

Speakers to be announced 


(16:55 - 17:05) Autopilot in a Crisis - The power of drills, checklists and procedures 
Mr Chris Lemons, Saturation Diver 

(17:05 - 17:35) Catastrophes Guideline
Dr Ben Fox, London 

18:25-20:00

Winter Social (Exhibition hall, third floor)
Come and join us for drinks, canapes and entertainment. Free to attend. 

TIME PROGRAMME ITEM
08:00 - 08:50

Registration (foyer) / tea and coffee and industry exhibition (third floor)

Stream A - Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

08:50 - 09:00

Welcome and introduction to WSM 2024
Dr Tim Meek, President, Association of Anaesthetists

09:00 - 09:45

Keynote
Chair: 

Last Breath - Reasoning with Life and Death on the Bottom of the North Sea
Mr Chris Lemons, Saturation Diver

09:50 - 10:50

Stream A - Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B - Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C - Live streamed
Location: Gielgud, second floor

T1a - Anaesthetist or Anaesthesiologist? Panel debate and voting on opinion

Chair: 

T1b - Paediatrics

Chair: 

T1c - Sedation
Chair: 

(09:50-10:05) The Irish experience 
Prof Donal Buggy, President, College of Anaesthesiologist Ireland 

(10:05-10:20) Speaker coming soon



(10:20-10:50) 

Speakers to be announced


Speakers to be announced

10:50 - 11:25

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition and e-Posters , third floor 

11:25 - 12:55

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C: Live streamed
Location: Gielgud, second floor

T2a - Diversity session

Chair: 

T2b - How to get the best anaesthetic and airway equipment for your department: a human factors approach
Chair -  Prof Chris Frerk, DAS Professor of Anaesthesia & Airway Management

T2c - Neurological monitoring

Chair: 

(11:25-11:45) title coming soon
Dr Mala Rao, London 

(11:45-12:05) title coming soon
Prof Anton Emmanuel, London

More speakers to be announced 

(11:25-11:45) Design and MHRA approval How low is the bar?
Ms Lauren Morgan, Human Factors Professional

(11:45-12:05) How does the NHS supply chain fit in?
Ms Colette Longstaffe, NHS supply chain

(12:05-12:25) How can your local hospital procurement team help
Ms Tanya Lane, Head of Procurement University of Northamptonshire 

(12:25-12:45) How can anaesthetists use human factors to help
Dr Shaan Hyder, Speciality Doctor, Northampton General Hospital 

(12:45-12:55) Panel discussion


(11:25-11:45) Cerebral oxygenation
Dr Nuno Gomes

More speakers to be announced 


ePoster presentations  - Exhibition hall, third floor 

12:55 - 14:10

Lunch, industry exhibition, view the e-Posters, third floor

14:10-14:55

Stream A - Live streamed
Location: Churchill

T3a - Keynote - Featherstone Professorship 

Chair: 

(14:10 - 14:55) Keynote: Challenging pseudoaxioms to improve peri-operative care
Prof Nicholas Levy, Featherstone lecturer 2025 and Consultant Anaesthetist and Peri-operative medicine

(14:55 - 15:10) Honours and Awards

15:15-16:15

Stream A - Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B - Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C - Live streamed
Location: Gielgud, second floor

Session T5a - POPPY: Patient reported outcomes, postoperative pain and pain relief after day case surgery

Chair:

Session T5b - Obstetric anaesthesia co-badged with OAA

Chair:  

Session T5c - Innovation and industry session

Chair: 

Speakers to be announced 

Speakers to be announced

Speakers to be announced

16:15 - 16:55

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition, view the e-Posters, third floor

16:55 - 18:25

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C: Live streamed
Location: Gielgud, second floor

Session T6a - Who is the most important person in the team - DEBATE?

Chair: 

T6b - Critical Care
Chair: 

T6c - Teamwork in an emergency situation

Chair: 

Anaesthetist
Nursing organisation
ODPs
AAs
Surgeon
Patient 

Speakers to be announced 


(16:55 - 17:05) Autopilot in a Crisis - The power of drills, checklists and procedures 
Mr Chris Lemons, Saturation Diver 

(17:05 - 17:35) Catastrophes Guideline
Dr Ben Fox, London 

18:25-20:00

Winter Social (Exhibition hall, third floor)
Come and join us for drinks, canapes and entertainment. Free to attend. 

Day 2 - Friday 10 January 2025

TIME PROGRAMME ITEM
08:30-09:00

Registration (foyer) / tea and coffee and industry exhibition (third floor)

09:00-10:20


Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor


Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C: Live streamed 
Location: Gielgud, second floor

F1a -Journal session 
Chair:

F1b - Regional Anaesthesia
Chair: 

F1c - Independent Practice

Chair: 

Speakers to be announced 

Speakers to be announced 

Speakers to be announced 

10:20-11:00

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition and e-Posters , third floor

11:00-12:00

Stream A
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Keynote 

Chair: 

(11:00 - 11:45) title coming soon
Dr Rachel Clarke, Speciality doctor in palliative medicine and Author 

Honours & awards presentations

12:00 - 13:00

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground level

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Stream C: Live streamed 
Location: Gielgud (second floor)

F3a - Political debate

Chair: 

F3b - Enhanced Recovery
Chair: 

F3c - New guidelines 
Chair: 

Speakers to be announced 

(12:00 - 12:15) Enhanced recovery in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy 
Dr Geeta Aggarwal

(12:15 - 12:30) Frailty 
Dr Mark Johnson, Liverpool 

(12:30 - 12:45) What is a good outcome in ERAS: The Postoperative Outcomes Within Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol (POWER) Studies
Dr Ane Abad-Motors

Speakers to be announced 

13:00 - 14:20

Lunch, industry exhibition and e-Posters , third floor

14:20 - 15:40

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Stream C: Live streamed
Location: Gielgud, second floor

F4a - Ultrasound, pre-, intra- and postoperative use

Chair: 

F4b - Bleeding and Transfusion

Chair: 

F4c - Diabetes

Chair: 

(14:20 - 14:40) Gastric ultrasound
Dr Craig Lyons

(14:40 - 15:00) Lungs
Dr Antonio Rubino

More speakers to be announced 

(14:20 - 14:35) New Association Guidelines on Transfusion - what you need to know
Dr Akshay Shah

(14:35 - 14:50) Coagulopathy and major haemorrhage
Dr Nikki Curry

(14:50 - 15:05) Tranexamic acid the wonder drug
Dr Ian Roberts

(15:05 - 15:20) Hazards and complications of transfusion
Dr Shruthi Naraya

(15:20 - 15:40) Panel discussion 

Speakers to be announced 

15:40 - 16:00

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition and e-Posters , third floor

16:00 - 17:00

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor


F5a Emergencies and trauma

Chair: 

Speakers to be announced 

17:00

Close of conference

TIME PROGRAMME ITEM
08:30-09:00

Registration (foyer) / tea and coffee and industry exhibition (third floor)

09:00-10:20


Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor


Spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity.

Stream C: Live streamed 
Location: Gielgud, second floor

F1a -Journal session 
Chair:

F1b - Regional Anaesthesia
Chair: 

F1c - Independent Practice

Chair: 

Speakers to be announced 

Speakers to be announced 

Speakers to be announced 

10:20-11:00

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition and e-Posters , third floor

11:00-12:00

Stream A
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Keynote 

Chair: 

(11:00 - 11:45) title coming soon
Dr Rachel Clarke, Speciality doctor in palliative medicine and Author 

Honours & awards presentations

12:00 - 13:00

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground level

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Stream C: Live streamed 
Location: Gielgud (second floor)

F3a - Political debate

Chair: 

F3b - Enhanced Recovery
Chair: 

F3c - New guidelines 
Chair: 

Speakers to be announced 

(12:00 - 12:15) Enhanced recovery in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy 
Dr Geeta Aggarwal

(12:15 - 12:30) Frailty 
Dr Mark Johnson, Liverpool 

(12:30 - 12:45) What is a good outcome in ERAS: The Postoperative Outcomes Within Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol (POWER) Studies
Dr Ane Abad-Motors

Speakers to be announced 

13:00 - 14:20

Lunch, industry exhibition and e-Posters , third floor

14:20 - 15:40

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor

Stream B: Live streamed
Location: Whittle, third floor

Stream C: Live streamed
Location: Gielgud, second floor

F4a - Ultrasound, pre-, intra- and postoperative use

Chair: 

F4b - Bleeding and Transfusion

Chair: 

F4c - Diabetes

Chair: 

(14:20 - 14:40) Gastric ultrasound
Dr Craig Lyons

(14:40 - 15:00) Lungs
Dr Antonio Rubino

More speakers to be announced 

(14:20 - 14:35) New Association Guidelines on Transfusion - what you need to know
Dr Akshay Shah

(14:35 - 14:50) Coagulopathy and major haemorrhage
Dr Nikki Curry

(14:50 - 15:05) Tranexamic acid the wonder drug
Dr Ian Roberts

(15:05 - 15:20) Hazards and complications of transfusion
Dr Shruthi Naraya

(15:20 - 15:40) Panel discussion 

Speakers to be announced 

15:40 - 16:00

Tea and coffee, industry exhibition and e-Posters , third floor

16:00 - 17:00

Stream A: Live streamed
Location: Churchill, ground floor


F5a Emergencies and trauma

Chair: 

Speakers to be announced 

17:00

Close of conference