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September 8 • Thursday


  7:15AM –  5:30PM R Registration open Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
  7:45AM –  8:30AM S Breakfast Bayside Grand Hall
  9:00AM – 10:15AM N ASA National Scientific Congress Opening Session Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Professor Robert Sneyd, Dr Andrew Mulcahy
 10:15AM – 11:00AM S Morning Tea Bayside Grand Hall
 11:00AM – 11:45AM N Plenary Session 1 - Is Australia ready for the ultra-obese patient? Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Professor Jay Brodsky
 11:45AM – 12:30PM N Plenary Session 1 - Fraud and misconduct in medical research Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Professor Tony Gin
 12:30PM –  2:00PM S Lunch Bayside Grand Hall
  2:00PM –  3:15PM P PBLD 01: Rational opioid use Bayside Room 201
Speakers: Professor Evan Kharasch
  2:00PM –  3:15PM P PBLD 02: Trauma in obstetrics Bayside Room 202
Speakers: Dr Liz Mackson
  2:00PM –  3:15PM P PBLD 03: Difficult acute pain Bayside Room 203
Speakers: Dr Stephen Gibson
  2:00PM –  3:15PM P PBLD 04: Liver resection of metastases Bayside Room 107
Speakers: Dr Tim Stavrakis
  2:00PM –  3:30PM P QA 1: Neuroanaesthesia Bayside Room 106
Speakers: Dr Arun Ratnavadivel
  2:00PM –  2:30PM N Cardiac refresher - Myocardial ischaemia and the new tests Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Andrew Ong
  2:00PM –  2:30PM N ECT update - ECT in leaps and bounds Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Dr Bill Lyndon
  2:00PM –  2:30PM N Environmental sustainability and Australian anaesthesia - Environmental advocacy and anaesthesia Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Eugenie Kayak
  2:00PM –  2:45PM N Simulation and Skills SIG - ‘Getting everyone on TRAC’: The unintended consequences of a simulation course to improve airway management Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Dr Stuart Marshall
  2:00PM –  3:30PM N Smiths/ASA Young Investigator Awards Bayside Terrace
Speakers: Dr Elizabeth Feeney
  2:00PM –  5:30PM W W01: Neonatal resuscitation (1/2 day) Bayside Room 104
Speakers: Dr Paul D Craven
  2:00PM –  3:30PM W W02: Ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia - upper limb Bayside Gallery B
Speakers: Dr Alwin Chuan, Minh T Tran, Dr Ammar Beck
  2:00PM –  3:30PM W W03: The green home Bayside Room 102
Speakers: Dr Stephen Lightfoot
  2:00PM –  3:30PM W W04: Three golden rules you must follow to guarantee investing success Bayside Room 103
Speakers: Jery Mourelatos, Stuart Wemyss
  2:00PM –  3:30PM W W05: Medico-legal risks in anaesthesia Bayside Room 105
Speakers: Joe Lizzio
  2:30PM –  3:00PM N Cardiac refresher - TTE for perioperative cardiac testing Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Michael Veltman
  2:30PM –  3:00PM N ECT update - Strategies for optimising ECT Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Dr Colleen Loo
  2:30PM –  3:00PM N Environmental sustainability and Australian anaesthesia - How sustainable is your work? Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Forbes McGain
  2:45PM –  3:30PM N Simulation and Skills SIG - Simulating where you work and not the work you do Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Professor Jan Davies, A/Professor Jenny Weller
  3:00PM –  3:30PM N Cardiac refresher - TTE for perioperative cardiac testingNew Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Tony Padley
  3:00PM –  3:30PM N ECT update - Anaesthesia for ECT Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Professor Ross Macpherson
  3:00PM –  3:30PM N Environmental sustainability and Australian anaesthesia - PVC - the problematic plastic? Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: A/Professor David Story
  3:30PM –  4:00PM S Afternoon Tea Bayside Grand Hall
  4:00PM –  5:15PM P PBLD 05: Epic laparotomies and cytoreductive surgery Bayside Room 201
Speakers: Dr Anthony Lewis
  4:00PM –  5:15PM P PBLD 06: Obstacles to epidural analgesia in labour Bayside Room 202
Speakers: Dr She-Yin Ng
  4:00PM –  5:15PM P PBLD 07: Renal protection in vascular surgery Bayside Room 203
Speakers: Dr Sharon Tivey
  4:00PM –  5:15PM P PBLD 08: Doctors in trouble Bayside Room 107
Speakers: Dr Narelle Shadbolt
  4:00PM –  5:15PM P PBLD 09: Perioperative evaluation - Syndrome X Bayside Room 106
Speakers: Dr Su-jen Yap
  4:00PM –  5:30PM N Moderated Poster Session 1 Bayside Gallery
Speakers: Dr Elizabeth Feeney
  4:00PM –  5:30PM N Sponsored Speaker Session - Pfizer Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Professor Nigel Bunnett
  4:00PM –  5:30PM W W06: Ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia - lower limb Bayside Gallery B
Speakers: Dr Alwin Chuan, Minh T Tran, Dr Ammar Beck
  4:00PM –  5:30PM W W07: Maternal resuscitation Bayside Room 103
Speakers: Dr Caroline Yeoh
  4:00PM –  5:30PM W W08: The green home Bayside Room 102
Speakers: Dr Stephen Lightfoot
  4:00PM –  5:30PM W W09: Basic life support Bayside Room 105
Speakers: Dr Tony Padley
  5:30PM –  7:00PM S HCI Welcome Drinks Bayside Grand Hall

September 9 • Friday

  7:15AM –  8:00AM S Breakfast Bayside Grand Hall
  8:00AM –  8:45AM N Sponsored Speaker Session - Edwards Medical Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Neal Fleming
  9:00AM – 10:00AM N Plenary Session 2: Methadone: a new face for an old friend Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Professor Evan Kharasch
  9:00AM – 10:30AM W W10: Introduction to ultrasound in anaesthesia Bayside Gallery B
Speakers: Dr Alwin Chuan, Minh T Tran, Dr Ammar Beck
  9:00AM –  1:00PM W W12: Fur, feathers and fangs: veterinary anaesthesia 101 Offsite - Taronga Zoo
 10:00AM – 11:00AM N Plenary Session 2: Hunting for new hypnotics Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Professor Robert Sneyd
 11:00AM – 11:30AM S Morning Tea Bayside Grand Hall
 11:30AM – 12:45PM P PBLD 10: Selection of obese patients for day-only surgery Bayside Room 201
Speakers: Professor Jay Brodsky
 11:30AM – 12:45PM P PBLD 11: Lung isolation after high-speed road trauma Bayside Room 202
Speakers: Dr Darren Wolfers
 11:30AM – 12:45PM P PBLD 12: Epic laparotomies and cytoreductive surgery Bayside Room 203
Speakers: Dr Anthony Lewis
 11:30AM – 12:45PM P PBLD 13: Obstacles to epidural analgesia in labour Bayside Room 103
Speakers: Dr She-Yin Ng
 11:30AM – 12:45PM N Anaesthesia at the edges - High altitude medicine and physiology: the perils of getting high Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Dr Bill Crozier
 11:30AM –  1:00PM N Gilbert Troup Prize / ASA Young Investigators Session Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Professor Evan Kharasch, Professor Neville Gibbs, Dr John Loadsman, Dr Elizabeth Feeney
 11:30AM – 12:00PM N History of Anaesthesia SIG: Moments of Mystery - Mesmerism Bayside Terrace
Speakers: Dr Peter Stanbury
 11:30AM – 12:00PM N OR design can save lives, time & money: Theory vs reality - Contemporary thinking in operating room design Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Mr Ron Hicks, Ms Jane Carthy
 11:30AM – 12:00PM N Research update - POISE-2: how about aspirin and clonidine? Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Professor Kate Leslie
 11:30AM –  1:00PM W W13: Waste woes Bayside Room 106
Speakers: Dr Stephen Lightfoot
 11:30AM –  1:00PM W W14: Airway management workshop 1 Bayside Room 104
Speakers: Dr Tony Padley, Dr Edwin Khoo
 11:30AM –  1:00PM W W15: Maternal haemorrhage Bayside Room 102
Speakers: Dr Steven Katz
 11:30AM –  1:00PM W W16: Practical hypnosis for the busy anaesthetist Bayside Room 105
Speakers: Dr Allan Cyna
 11:30AM –  1:00PM W W17: Writing a paper for publication Bayside Room 109
Speakers: Dr Nolan McDonnell
 12:00PM – 12:30PM N History of Anaesthesia SIG: Moments of Mystery - An itinerant mesmerist in Australia Bayside Terrace
Speakers: Ms Elizabeth Todd
 12:00PM – 12:30PM N OR design can save lives, time & money: Theory vs reality - Designing an operating theatre in NSW; practical realities Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Dr Roger Traill
 12:00PM – 12:30PM N Research update - ENIGMA II Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Professor Paul Myles
 12:30PM –  1:00PM N History of Anaesthesia SIG: Moments of Mystery - Electrical anaesthesia Bayside Terrace
Speakers: Dr David Wilkinson
 12:30PM –  1:00PM N OR design can save lives, time & money: Theory vs reality - Hospital design for patients, family, staff and safety - a paradigm shift Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Dr Greg Purcell
 12:30PM –  1:00PM N Research update - REASON Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: A/Professor David Story
 12:45PM –  1:00PM N Anaesthesia at the edges - Hyperbaric medicine Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Dr Bill Crozier, A/Professor Michael Bennett, Dr Murray Selig
  1:00PM –  2:30PM S Lunch Bayside Grand Hall
  1:00PM –  2:30PM S Retired Anaesthetists Group Lunch Bayside Terrace
  2:30PM –  3:45PM P PBLD 14: Thoracic anaesthesia Bayside Room 201
Speakers: Dr Neal Fleming
  2:30PM –  3:45PM P PBLD 15: Conflicted colleague in crisis Bayside Room 202
Speakers: Dr Tracey Tay
  2:30PM –  3:45PM P PBLD 16: Renal protection in vascular surgery Bayside Room 203
Speakers: Dr Sharon Tivey
  2:30PM –  3:45PM P PBLD 17: The occasional paediatric anaesthetist Bayside Room 106
Speakers: Dr Kirsten Morgan
  2:30PM –  4:30PM P QA 2: Saying "no" to futile surgery. Bayside Room 107
  2:30PM –  3:15PM N Ethical dilemmas Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Daniel Sokol
  2:30PM –  4:30PM N Moderated Poster Session 2 Bayside Gallery A
Speakers: Dr Elizabeth Feeney
  2:30PM –  3:00PM N Obstetric SIG - Epidural analgesia and consent Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Tim Porter
  2:30PM –  5:30PM W W18: Fur, feathers and fangs: veterinary anaesthesia 101 Offsite - Taronga Zoo
Speakers: Taronga Zoo veterinarians
  2:30PM –  4:00PM W W19: Introduction to ultrasound in anaesthesia Bayside Gallery B
Speakers: Dr Alwin Chuan, Minh T Tran, Dr Ammar Beck
  2:30PM –  4:00PM W W20: Airway management workshop 2 Bayside Room 104
Speakers: Dr Tony Padley, Dr Edwin Khoo
  2:30PM –  4:30PM W W21: Optimal use of colloids Bayside Room 102
Speakers: Jonathan Gibson
  2:30PM –  4:30PM W W22: Paediatric day case analgesia Bayside Room 103
Speakers: Dr Jonathan de Lima
  2:30PM –  4:00PM W W23: Waste woes Bayside Room 105
Speakers: Dr Stephen Lightfoot
  3:00PM –  3:30PM N Obstetric SIG - Communication Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Allan Cyna
  3:30PM –  4:00PM N Joint ASA / ASCIA Symposium - Review of mechanisms of anaphylaxis Parkside Auditorium
Speakers: Dr Michael Rose
  3:30PM –  4:00PM N Obstetric SIG - Airway devices in obstetrics Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Peter Effeney
  4:00PM –  4:30PM N Joint ASA / ASCIA Symposium - Epidemiology, risk factors and prevention of anaesthetic drug allergy Parkside Auditorium
Speakers: Professor Pascal Demoly
  4:00PM –  4:30PM N Obstetric SIG - AP blocks and caesarean birth Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr James Griffiths
  4:30PM –  5:00PM N Joint ASA / ASCIA Symposium - Anaphylaxis to NMBAs - the role of environmental agents Parkside Auditorium
Speakers: Professor Gunnar Johansson
  5:00PM –  5:30PM N Joint ASA / ASCIA Symposium - Allergic reactions in theatre - anywhere anytime Parkside Auditorium
Speakers: Dr Michael Rose
  7:00PM – 11:00PM S Family Night Doltone House

September 10 • Saturday

  7:15AM –  8:00AM S Breakfast Bayside Grand Hall
  8:00AM –  8:45AM N Sponsored Speaker Session - Dräger Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Professor Tony Gin
  9:00AM – 10:30AM P PBLD 31: Anaphylaxis and anaesthesia Bayside Room 106
Speakers: Professor Gunnar Johansson
  9:00AM –  9:45AM N Plenary Session 3 - Looking after our own: welfare of anaesthetists Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Nolan McDonnell
  9:00AM – 10:30AM W W24: Refresher on the new Australian Resuscitation Council CPR guidelines Bayside Room 104
Speakers: Dr Tony Padley, Dr Michael Parr, Dr Michael Anderson
  9:45AM – 10:30AM N Plenary Session 3 - Pioneer Lecture: In honour of Dr Bruce Clifton Bayside Auditorium B
 10:30AM – 11:00AM S Morning Tea Bayside Grand Hall
 11:00AM – 12:15PM P PBLD 18: Unexpected transplant patient Bayside Room 201
Speakers: Dr Andrew Howard
 11:00AM – 12:15PM P PBLD 19: Paediatric facial trauma Bayside Room 202
Speakers: Dr Andrew Armstrong
 11:00AM – 12:15PM P PBLD 20: Use of LMAs in controversial situations Bayside Room 203
Speakers: Dr Craig Hargreaves
 11:00AM – 12:15PM P PBLD 21: Anaesthesia for elective shoulder surgery Bayside Room 106
Speakers: Dr Adrian Sultana
 11:00AM – 12:30PM P QA 3: Orthopaedic dilemmas Bayside Room 107
 11:00AM – 11:30AM N ANZTADC: Safety gets the green light - Prevention and management of assessment and documentation errors Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Greg Deacon
 11:00AM – 11:30AM N Cardiac stents update - What's new in stenting? Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Andrew Ong
 11:00AM – 11:30AM N GASACT: The future you - Consultant interview techniques Bayside Room 103
Speakers: Dr Andrew Parsons
 11:00AM – 12:30PM N Healthcare in the hothouse Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Professor Robert Sneyd, Dr Stephen Lightfoot, Dr Tony Capon
 11:00AM – 11:30AM N Herbal medicines: Perioperative implications of herbal medicines Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Professor Peter Kam
 11:00AM – 12:30PM W W25: Ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia - trunk Bayside Gallery B
Speakers: Dr Alwin Chuan, Minh T Tran, Dr Ammar Beck
 11:00AM – 12:30PM W W26: Airway management workshop 3 Bayside Room 104
Speakers: Dr Tony Padley, Dr Edwin Khoo
 11:00AM – 12:30PM W W27: Anaesthesia outside the OT Bayside Room 102
Speakers: Minh D Tran
 11:00AM – 12:30PM W W28: Managing malignant hyperthermia Bayside Room 105
Speakers: Dr Neil Street, Dr Margaret Perry
 11:00AM – 12:30PM W W29: Transthoracic echocardiography Bayside Room 109
Speakers: John Faris
 11:30AM – 12:00PM N ANZTADC: Safety gets the green light - Prevention and management of respiratory errors Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Antonio Grossi
 11:30AM – 12:00PM N Cardiac stents update - Perioperative management of the patient with a stent Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Chris Wong
 11:30AM – 12:00PM N GASACT: The future you - Emerging social media and impacts on anaesthesia training Bayside Room 103
Speakers: Mr Tim Longhurst
 11:30AM – 12:00PM N Herbal medicines: Complementary medicines - alternative or just plain dangerous? Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Dr Lesley Braun
 12:00PM – 12:30PM N ANZTADC: Safety gets the green light - The development of new crisis management tools Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Martin Culwick
 12:00PM – 12:30PM N Cardiac stents update - Cardiac stenting versus cutting: the evidence for and against Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr James Edelman
 12:00PM – 12:30PM N GASACT: The future you - Learn to fly, dive and be Macgyver Bayside Room 103
Speakers: Dr Suzi Nou
 12:00PM – 12:30PM N Herbal medicines: Ethical issues arising from alternative therapies Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Dr Daniel Sokol
 12:30PM –  1:30PM S GASACT Lunch Bayside Terrace
 12:30PM –  1:30PM S Lunch Bayside Grand Hall
 12:30PM –  1:30PM W Hospira Workshop Parkside G03
  1:30PM –  2:45PM P PBLD 22: Unexpected transplant patient Bayside Room 201
Speakers: Dr Andrew Howard
  1:30PM –  2:45PM P PBLD 23: Paediatric facial trauma Bayside Room 202
Speakers: Dr Andrew Howard
  1:30PM –  2:45PM P PBLD 24: Preeclampsia and placental abruption Bayside Room 203
Speakers: Dr Leonie Watterson
  1:30PM –  2:45PM P PBLD 25: Use of LMAs in controversial situations Bayside Room 106
Speakers: Dr Craig Hargreaves
  1:30PM –  3:00PM P QA 4: Obstetric issues Bayside Room 107
  1:30PM –  2:00PM N Airway update - Teleological implications in the mammalian Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Jeremy Field
  1:30PM –  2:00PM N Economics Advisory Committee Session - News from the EAC Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Mark Sinclair
  1:30PM –  1:50PM N Obstetric SIG - Prevention of DVT in obstetrics: what should we be doing? Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Dr Nolan McDonnell
  1:30PM –  2:00PM N Regional Anaesthesia SIG: To boldly go... RA in the new FANZCA curriculum Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Dr David Scott
  1:30PM –  3:00PM W GASACT 1: Transthoracic echo techniques Bayside Gallery B
Speakers: Dr Lenore George
  1:30PM –  3:00PM W GASACT 2: Tune into teaching Bayside Terrace
  1:30PM –  3:00PM W GASACT 3: Save harvey! Bayside Room 109
Speakers: Paul Forrest
  1:30PM –  3:00PM W W30: Airway management workshop 4 Bayside Room 104
Speakers: Dr Tony Padley, Dr Edwin Khoo
  1:30PM –  3:00PM W W31: Management of the Bleeding Patient Bayside Room 103
Speakers: Dr Ken Harrison
  1:30PM –  3:00PM W W32: iPad and the anaesthetist Bayside Room 102
Speakers: Dr Orison Kim
  1:30PM –  3:00PM W W33: Managing workplace conflict: legislative provisions and health professional interactions Bayside Room 105
Speakers: Dr Andrew Miller
  1:50PM –  2:15PM N Obstetric SIG - Obstetric haemorrhage Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Dr Nick Jegathesan
  2:00PM –  2:30PM N Airway update - Airway exchange catheters in clinical practice Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Linda Beckmann
  2:00PM –  2:30PM N Economics Advisory Committee Session - Medicare update Bayside Auditorium A
  2:00PM –  2:30PM N Regional Anaesthesia SIG: Don't be an anaesthetic blockhead: making ultra- sound acceptable in the OT Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Dr Steve Watts
  2:15PM –  2:40PM N Obstetric SIG - Pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Dr Jane Brown
  2:30PM –  3:00PM N Airway update - Lung separation with a difficult airway Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Professor Jay Brodsky
  2:30PM –  3:00PM N Economics Advisory Committee Session - Getting your head in the "cloud" Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Tony Stewart
  2:30PM –  3:00PM N Regional Anaesthesia SIG: Your surgeon is a blockhead: evidence for wound infiltration, infusions and additives Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Dr Phil Cowlishaw
  2:40PM –  3:00PM N Obstetric SIG - Preeclampsia and cardiac crises Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Dr Alicia Dennis
  3:00PM –  3:30PM S Afternoon Tea Bayside Grand Hall
  3:30PM –  5:00PM N ASA AGM Bayside Auditorium B
  3:30PM –  5:00PM N GASACT Fellowship Forum Bayside Gallery A
  3:30PM –  5:00PM W W34: Photographic wizardry Bayside Room 107
Speakers: Kerry Boytell
  7:00PM – 11:30PM S ASA congress gala dinner Australian Technology Park

September 11 • Sunday

  7:15AM –  8:00AM S Breakfast Bayside Grand Hall
  8:00AM –  8:45AM N Sponsored Speaker Session - Baxter Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Daniel Sokol
  9:00AM – 10:15AM P PBLD 26: 75 - Your patient's age, saturation AND blood pressure. Fit for surgery? Bayside Room 201
Speakers: Dr Ross Kerridge
  9:00AM –  9:30AM N AIC Editor's Session - Opoids, ventilation and acute pain management Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr John Loadsman
  9:00AM –  9:25AM N Overseas Development & Education Session - Pacific anaesthesia project Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Andrew Ottaway
  9:00AM – 11:00AM N Professional Issues Advisory Committee - DOSA: making it work Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Dr Jim Bradley
  9:00AM – 11:00AM W GASACT 4: Part 2 Exam Survival Guide Bayside Room 102
Speakers: Dr Vida Viliunas
  9:00AM – 11:00AM W W35: How your property portfolio can maximise income, equity and minimise tax Bayside Room 204B
Speakers: Jery Mourelatos, Stuart Wemyss
  9:00AM – 10:30AM W W36: ANZTADC: Using WebAIRS for incident monitoring Bayside Room 103
Speakers: Dr Martin Culwick
  9:25AM –  9:50AM N Overseas Development & Education Session - Obstetric anaesthesia - working towards millenium development goals Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Amanda Baric
  9:30AM – 10:00AM N AIC Editor's Session - Acute pain management in opioid-tolerant patients: a growing challenge Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Lindy Roberts
  9:50AM – 10:15AM N Overseas Development & Education Session - The birth of micronesian anaesthesia Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Arthur Vartis
 10:00AM – 10:30AM N AIC Editor's Session - The pain continuum: toward prevention and better management of pain Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr David Jones
 10:15AM – 10:40AM N Overseas Development & Education Session - Laos anaesthesia challenges Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Apaitia Goneyali
 10:30AM – 11:00AM N AIC Editor's Session - Back to basics: Post-Caesarean pain relief - what should we be doing? Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Nolan McDonnell
 10:40AM – 11:00AM N Overseas Development & Education Session - Global oximetry project Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Rob McDougall
 11:00AM – 11:30AM S Morning Tea Bayside Grand Hall
 11:30AM – 12:45PM P PBLD 28: Neurosurgery at night Bayside Room 201
Speakers: Dr Tim McCulloch
 11:30AM – 12:45PM P PBLD 29: High risk patient for non-cardiac surgery Bayside Room 202
Speakers: Dr Suzanne Miles
 11:30AM – 12:45PM P PBLD 30: The second victim - dealing with the aftermath of an obstetric catastrophe Bayside Room 203
Speakers: Dr Stavros Prineas
 11:30AM –  1:00PM P QA 5: Anaesthesia for vascular surgery Bayside Room 106
Speakers: Dr Richard Halliwell
 11:30AM – 12:00PM N Breaking news - 'Short-acting opioids': who are we kidding? Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Professor Evan Kharasch
 11:30AM – 12:00PM N Haematology refresher - Review of blood clotting Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Dr Chris Ward
 11:30AM – 12:00PM N WOAG SIG: Life matters - Teenagers: just who is in charge here? Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr David Bennett
 11:30AM –  1:00PM W W37: Transthoracic echocardiography 2 Bayside Gallery B
Speakers: John Faris
 11:30AM –  1:00PM W W38: Defibrillators: a shocking tale Bayside Room 102
Speakers: Dr Alan Kaplan
 11:30AM –  1:00PM W W39: Harvey cardiac simulator Bayside Room 103
Speakers: Paul Forrest
 11:30AM –  1:00PM W W40: Communication for anaesthetists - in and out of the OT Bayside Room 104
Speakers: Marion Andrews
 11:30AM –  1:00PM W W41: Pre-operative and intra-operative blood tests: from ABGs to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome Bayside Room 105
Speakers: Dr David Isaac
 12:00PM – 12:30PM N Breaking news - Neuraxial magnesium: strange but true Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Nolan McDonnell
 12:00PM – 12:30PM N Haematology refresher - New guidelines for massive transfusion Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Dr Amanda Thomson
 12:00PM – 12:30PM N WOAG SIG: Life matters - Bipolar disorder: an aesthetic of mood Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Professor Gin Mahli
 12:30PM –  1:00PM N Breaking news - Lessons from an epidural catastrophe:has chlorhexidine reached its used-by date? Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Michael Levitt
 12:30PM –  1:00PM N Haematology refresher - Clinical management of critical bleeding Bayside Room 204A
Speakers: Professor Klaus Gorlinger
 12:30PM –  1:00PM N WOAG SIG: Life matters - Speaking up for safety and civility Bayside Auditorium A
Speakers: Dr Tracey Tay
  1:00PM –  2:30PM S Lunch Bayside Grand Hall
  2:00PM –  3:30PM N Hypothetical - debunking the myths and sacred cows Bayside Auditorium B
Speakers: Dr Norman Swan

September 12 • Monday

  8:00AM –  4:30PM W W42: Trauma management: Clinical skills and human factors in an emergency Offsite - Macquarie University
  8:30AM –  4:00PM W W43: On-call obstetric anaesthesia simulation workshop Offsite - Sydney Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre (SCSSC)
Speakers: Dr David Elliott, Dr Leonie Watterson