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Reflect and reconnect in Belfast!

Reflect and reconnect in Belfast!

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“This promises to be our biggest and best meeting ever – celebrating the opportunity to be together and learn together, after a long period online. We have a diverse range of speakers and session formats, including hands-on workshops, live demos and amazing keynotes. Get your friends to come along, explore our meeting and the wonderful city of Belfast. Perhaps stay for a while and head up the coast to Giant’s Causeway and Carrick-a-Rede?” -  Professor Andrew Klein, Programme Lead, Annual Congress 2022

Join us at the ICC in Belfast on 14-16 September. As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, Annual Congress 2022 gives us the opportunity to reflect on our recent and distant past, reconnect with each other in the present, and look forward to the future of the specialty. Catch up with friends and colleagues, hear about the latest developments in anaesthesia and peri-operative medicine, and gain valuable CPD.

Annual Congress 2022 will deliver new and exciting ways to learn, giving you more clinical content and CPD than ever before:

  • Stellar scientific programme of keynotes, TED style talks, Q&As and debates 
  • Practical workshops and live on-stage simulation and demonstrations, including ultrasound point of care, ultrasound regional blocks, critical incident simulation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation 
  • Plus, the return of our industry exhibition. Get hands-on with the latest technology and equipment

Keynote speakers confirmed

  • Mr Michael Rosen: Michael is one of Britain’s best loved writers and performance poets for children and adults. In this highly-anticipated lecture The magic of the NHS, Michael will talk about his experience of the NHS when he spent six weeks in ICU with coronavirus, and how this has changed him 
  • Can we ever reduce the NHS waiting list for surgery? Ms Deborah Eastwood, Vice-President, British Orthopaedic Association 
  • Infection to inflammation - why the immune system is so important and what goes wrong, including COVID-19. Professor Luke O'Neill, Professor of Immunology, Trinity College, Dublin 
  • The assistant surgeon. A Titanic story. Dr John Martin, Retired Consultant, Accident and Emergency Department, Belfast (great-nephew of Dr Simpson, Assistant Surgeon on the RMS Titanic) 
  • Teamwork and creating a high performance environment. Dr Noelle Healy, final year anaesthetic trainee at Beaumont Hospital Dublin, simulation fellow with the College of Anaesthesiology in Ireland.

Time to celebrate

There are many reasons to join us at Annual Congress. As well as marking our return to in-person conferences, 2022 also commemorates the 90th anniversary of the Association as well as the Titanic's 110th anniversary. We'll be marking these milestones at Annual Congress 2022 with a drinks reception, as well as a spectacular dinner/dance at the Titanic Museum.

Destination Belfast

Annual Congress 2022 will take place at the award-winning ICC which sits at the heart of vibrant Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland and birthplace to RMS Titanic. Belfast offers an exciting rich mix of history, culture, shopping, dining and music, making it the ideal destination for our return to an in-person Annual Congress.

Early booking discounts for members

Booking to attend Annual Congress 2022 is now open. Association members benefit from the best booking rates, including exclusive early booking discounts. For more information and to book, please visit the Annual Congress web page

Professor Andrew Klein
Programme Lead, Annual Congress 2022 and Editor-in-Chief Anaesthesia journal

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