17-March-2026
Salle Henry Leboeuf
OPENING
Moderator:  Hallie Prescott
Moderator:  Jan De Waele
8:30 Welcome
Fabio S Taccone
8:45 Report of the Round Table conference on ´Rethinking ICU myths and misconceptions`
Alexis Turgeon
Marlies Ostermann
9:05 Quantifying immune dysregulation in pneumonia and sepsis with a parsimonious machine-learning model
 
9:17 High flow oxygen vs standard oxygen in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
 
9:29 Acute respiratory failure in immunocompromised patients: epidemiology, ventilation, and outcomes
Elie Azoulay
9:41 Prehospital whole blood in traumatic hemorrhage
 
9:55 Max Harry Weil lecture: ´Re-examining the host response sepsis hypothesis 30 years on`
Thierry Calandra
10:15 Intensive care in a global conflict
Alexander Vlaar
TRANSFUSION
Moderator:  Dietmar Fries
Moderator:  Julie Helms
11:00 Alternatives: iron, EPO…
Xavier Chapalain
11:15 Massive transfusion protocols: blood component therapy versus whole blood
Pierre Bouzat
11:30 We need to reevaluate hemoglobin triggers
Patrick Meybohm
11:45 Are we ready for ultra-restrictive transfusion?
Alexander Vlaar
12:00 Less is less: blood transfusion in neurocritical care
Alexis Turgeon
12:15 Discussion
 
Gold Hall
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Moderator:  Samir Jaber
Moderator:  Nicole Juffermans
11:00 PTSD in family members
Elie Azoulay
11:15 Spiritual care to support the patients
Jan Bakker
11:30 Should we allow children to visit their loved ones?
Luregn Schlapbach
11:45 What to do when the family is angry
Craig Jabaley
12:00 Discussion
 
12:15 Break
 
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: IN ACUTE MEDICINE
Moderator:  Ling Liu
Moderator:  Soojin Park
14:00 AI is already in the ICU
Greg Martin
14:15 How LLMs can become advanced clinical assistants
Vitaly Herasevich
14:30 Reinforcement learning is what we need
Christopher Seymour
14:45 Digital twins: can we model everything?
Nathalie  Layios
15:00 Discussion
 
15:15 Using AI tools for evidence synthesis
Sharon Einav
15:30 Risk of re-identification: protecting patient privacy
Vitaly Herasevich
15:45 AI should progress more quickly
Geert  Meyfroidt
16:00 A roadmap for the future
Paul Elbers
16:15 Discussion
 
TUTORIAL
16:30 Antimicrobial dosing in RRT
Céline Monard
PRO-CON DEBATE
Moderator:  John J Marini
17:00 Ventilation during ECMO for ARDS: lung rest is good
Alain Combes [PRO]
Jeremy Beitler [CON]
Copper Hall
INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION
Moderator:  Giuseppe Citerio
Moderator:  Lars Heubner
11:00 Non-invasive ICP monitoring: still a dream?
Chiara Robba
11:15 The place of hypertonic saline
Marek Mirski
11:30 Management of acute hydrocephalus
Soojin Park
11:45 The ICP dose concept
Geert  Meyfroidt
12:00 Discussion
 
12:15 Lunch break
 
VASOPRESSOR THERAPY
Moderator:  Luregn Schlapbach
Moderator:  Alexander Vlaar
14:00 What blood pressure target?
Frank van Haren
14:15 Why is norepinephrine the first-choice agent?
Xavier Monnet
14:30 How to titrate norepinephrine is an art
Olfa Hamzaoui
14:45 The place for a venoconstrictor
Matthieu Legrand
15:00 Discussion
 
15:10 What about epinephrine after cardiac arrest?
Markus Skrifvars
15:25 Early use of vasopressin?
Jacques Duranteau
15:40 Angiotensin II?
Daniel E Leisman
15:55 Methylene blue?
Lina Zhang
16:10 Discussion
 
16:20 DPP3 as a target?
Peter Pickkers
16:35 How to improve kidney oxygenation
Patrick Honoré
16:50 Do we need the term ´refractory shock`?
Sheila N Myatra
17:05 The future of the renin-angiotensin system in critical care
Filippo Annoni
17:20 Discussion
 
Salle M
PRONE POSITION
Moderator:  Ewan Goligher
Moderator:  Leo Heunks
11:00 Rethinking body positioning beyond prone
Gustavo Cortes Puentes
11:15 Awake prone positioning: some is better than none
Anatole Harrois
11:30 Hemodynamic effects
Xavier Monnet
11:45 Does awake prone positioning improve outcomes?
Ling Liu
12:00 Should we routinely prone all ECMO patients?
Giacomo Grasselli
12:15 Discussion
 
12:30 Lunch break
 
SEPSIS
Moderator:  Jesus Villar
Moderator:  Hannah Wunsch
13:45 The importance of sepsis: a population-based study
Djillali Annane
14:00 Sepsis is different  in liver failure
Julia Wendon
14:15 Old and new biomarkers
Andrew Shorr
14:30 We can prognosticate sepsis outcomes early: so what?
Mervyn Singer
14:45 Systemic hyperinflammation drives early mortality in sepsis and ARDS
Lieuwe Bos
15:00 A quantitative immune dysregulation score
Tom van der Poll
15:15 Discussion
 
15:30 Pathophysiology of sepsis-associated renal failure
Matthieu Legrand
15:45 Sepsis-associated renal failure: need for subphenotyping
Marlies Ostermann
16:00 What do we call sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction?
Michelle Chew
16:15 Mechanisms underlying septic cardiomyopathy
Mervyn Singer
16:30 ARDS, sepsis, and inflammatory phenotypes: what do patients die from?
Carolyn S Calfee
16:45 Discussion
 
PRO-CON DEBATE
Moderator:  Nicole Juffermans
17:00 Viscoelastic testing in major bleeding
Lars Heubner [PRO]
Michael Reade [CON]
Silver Hall
THE LIVER
Moderator:  Pietro Caironi
Moderator:  Daniel E Leisman
11:00 Alcoholic hepatitis in the ICU
Julia Wendon
11:15 Extracorporeal liver support
Gerd Klinkmann
11:30 Cardio-respiratory alterations in cirrhosis
Julia Wendon
11:45 Renal failure in cirrhosis: new concepts
Marlies Ostermann
12:00 Discussion
 
12:15 Lunch break
 
CPR
Moderator:  Heatherlee Bailey
Moderator:  Mypinder S Sekhon
14:00 A 500-year historical review
Mervyn Singer
14:15 CPR in the ICU: a different entity?
Sharon Einav
14:30 Ventilation: consider airway closure, PEEP, and perfusion
Theresa M Olasveengen
14:45 Discussion
 
TUTORIAL
15:00 Necrotizing soft tissue infections
Christian Eckmann
CPR
Moderator:  Heatherlee Bailey
Moderator:  Mypinder S Sekhon
15:30 Ventilation: how it´s done today
Jean-Christophe Richard
15:45 Ultrasound-guided CPR
Roman Skulec
16:00 Adjunctive therapies
Lars W Andersen
16:15 Discussion
 
16:30 Double sequential defibrillation in cardiac arrest patients: does it really work?
Markus Skrifvars
16:45 Which patients need the cath-lab immediately?
Jan Belohlavek
17:00 Successful CPR: the conflict between real life and TV series
Jan Bakker
17:15 Discussion
 
100 Hall
RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY
Moderator:  Matthew Cove
Moderator:  Sascha David
13:45 When to start
Tomoko Fujii
14:00 Which modality for which patient?
Stéphane Gaudry
14:15 Intensity: is less more?
Marlies Ostermann
14:30 Is hypophosphatemia a danger?
Javier Neyra
14:45 When and how to stop?
Stéphane Gaudry
15:00 What is the future?
Céline Monard
15:15 Discussion
 
OPTIMIZING ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
Moderator:  Thierry Calandra
Moderator:  Gerd Klinkmann
15:30 The role of biomarkers in starting antibiotics
Manu Shankar–Hari
15:45 Maybe biomarker kinetics are preferable?
Zsolt Molnar
16:00 The place of new antibiotics
Andrew Shorr
16:15 Discussion
 
16:25 The place of new tetracyclines
Christian Eckmann
16:40 Optimal choices in CNS Infections
Maya Hites
16:55 Spare the anaerobes!
Hallie Prescott
17:10 When severe Gram-positive infection is suspected
Maya Hites
17:25 Discussion
 
Studio Room
FLUID REMOVAL
Moderator:  Djillali Annane
Moderator:  Joana Berger-Estilita
11:00 When does the de-escalation phase start?
Stéphane Gaudry
11:15 De-escalation with diuretics or ultrafiltration?
Marlies Ostermann
11:30 The risks of going too fast
Niels Van Regenmortel
11:45 Ultrafiltration can be good or bad in heart failure
Amir Kazory
12:00 Is it necessary in all patients?
Armand Mekontso Dessap
12:15 Discussion
 
12:30 Break
 
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
Moderator:  Patricia Rocco
Moderator:  Arnaud Thille
13:45 Evidence-based emergency tracheal intubation
Matthew Semler
14:00 Videolaryngoscopy for every patient?
Audrey De Jong
14:15 Intubation in the ICU: we can do better
Samir Jaber
14:30 The tube went in, but the patient collapsed
Sheila N Myatra
14:45 Discussion
 
15:00 The patient at risk of reintubation
Frank van Haren
15:15 Tracheostomy for weaning from mechanical ventilation
Lise Piquilloud
15:30 Tracheostomy in patients with acute brain injury
Victoria McCredie
15:45 Discussion
 
TUTORIAL
16:00 Dissecting mixed acid-base disorders
Niels Van Regenmortel
TUTORIAL
16:30 Basic cardiovascular physiology
Jean-Louis Teboul
TUTORIAL
17:00 EEG for the non-expert
Nicolas Gaspard
The Arc Room
ROUND TABLE
Moderator:  Daniel De Backer
13:30 Revisiting guideline design
Jan De Waele
Jean-Louis Vincent
Joost Wiersinga
Ricard Ferrer
ROUND TABLE
Moderator:  Jan De Waele
14:20 How I opened up my ICU
Craig Jabaley
Elie Azoulay
Victoria Metaxa
ROUND TABLE
Moderator:  Giacomo Grasselli
15:10 How best to monitor the severity of acute lung injury at the bedside
Francesca Collino
John J Marini
Leo Heunks
Niall Ferguson
ROUND TABLE
Moderator:  Michelle N Gong
16:00 Corticosteroids in ARDS: for all?
Djillali Annane
Ludovic Gérard
Manu Shankar–Hari
Stephen M Pastores
ROUND TABLE
16:50 The future of medical journals
Christopher Seymour
Samir Jaber
Panoramic Room
BRAIN PROTECTION
Moderator:  Armand Mekontso Dessap
Moderator:  Virginia Newcombe
14:00 Personalizing brain perfusion in TBI
Geert  Meyfroidt
14:15 Brain hypoxia vs ischemia: same effects?
Marek Mirski
14:30 The ICP ´time-dose` burden is what matters
Giuseppe Citerio
14:45 Discussion
 
15:00 Just enough glucose
Jan Gunst
15:15 Excitatory amino acid inhibitors?
Alexis Turgeon
15:30 Alternative energy substrates?
Filippo Annoni
15:45 Discussion
 
16:00 Mechanical ventilation strategies
Victoria McCredie
16:15 Mechanical ventilation targets
Chiara Robba
16:30 Anesthetics in status epilepticus
Pia De Stefano
16:45 Discussion
 
TUTORIAL
17:00 Anaphylaxis
Jerrold Levy
Demo box 1
MEET THE EXPERTS
11:00 Combination of antibiotics for severe Gram-positive infections
Maya Hites
Ricard Ferrer
MEET THE EXPERTS
11:40 Drugs during CPR
Lars W Andersen
Theresa M Olasveengen
MEET THE EXPERTS
14:00 How to interpret the results of a clinical trial
John C Marshall
Michelle N Gong
DEMONSTRATION
14:40 The role of muscle pressure in lung protective ventilation
Marcelo Amato
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
15:20 Acute treatment of atrial fibrillation
Marek Sramko
Michel Slama
DEMONSTRATION
16:00 VExUS
Michel Slama
Paul H Mayo
Demo box 2
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
11:00 CAR-T therapy
Stephen M Pastores
Victoria McCredie
MEET THE EXPERTS
11:40 When I use beta-blocking agents
Michel Slama
Roman Skulec
DEMONSTRATION
14:00 Weaning from ECMO
Alain Combes
Luigi Camporota
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
14:40 Thrombocytopenia
Beverley Hunt
Lars Heubner
DEMONSTRATION
15:20 Transesophageal lung ultrasonography
Daniel De Backer
Paul H Mayo
DEMONSTRATION
16:00 Individual titration of pressure support ventilation
Laurent Brochard
Lise Piquilloud
Demo box 3
KNOCKING ON SEPSIS´ DOOR
[Simulation Session]
14:30 The patient you really don´t want... (ED)
Discussant: Greg Martin
Discussant: Zsolt Molnar
16:15 Into the storm: facing septic shock (ICU)
Discussant: Ricard Ferrer
Discussant: Xavier Monnet
Demo box 5
DEMONSTRATION
11:00 ICP monitoring waveforms
Deepak Kumar Gupta
Fabio S Taccone
MEET THE EXPERTS
11:40 Coagulation management in trauma
Jacques Duranteau
Oliver Grottke
MEET THE EXPERTS
14:00 Severe pelvic injury
Jacques Duranteau
Marc Maegele
DEMONSTRATION
14:40 Indirect calorimetry
Christian Stoppe
Elisabeth De Waele
DEMONSTRATION
15:20 Hemodynamic strategies: TPTD vs. Swan Ganz in advanced shock
Jean-Louis Teboul
Olfa Hamzaoui
DEMONSTRATION
Moderator:  Michaël Casaer
16:00 Multi organ support
Michael Quintel
Demo box 4
MEET THE EXPERTS
11:00 How I feed the ICU patient
Arthur van Zanten
Jan Gunst
DEMONSTRATION
11:40 How could we improve ventilatory management in CPR
Ricardo Cordioli
Stefano Malinverni
DEMONSTRATION
14:00 Managing temperature in the medical patient
Fabio S Taccone
Nicole Juffermans
MEET THE EXPERTS
14:40 Dyspnea in mechanically ventilated patients
Alexandre Demoule
Roman Skulec
MEET THE EXPERTS
15:20 Awake prone positioning
Gustavo Cortes Puentes
Luigi Camporota
MEET THE EXPERTS
16:00 Hemato-oncology patients in the ICU
Tomoko Fujii
Victoria Metaxa
ePoster Area 1
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Paul Elbers
14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 1]
Poster jury: Jan Bakker
Poster jury: Lise Piquilloud
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Ewan Goligher
15:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 5]
Poster jury: Domenico L Grieco
Poster jury: Niels Van Regenmortel
ePoster Area 2
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Joana Berger-Estilita
14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 2]
Poster jury: Carolyn S Calfee
Poster jury: Dietmar Fries
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Audrey De Jong
15:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 6]
Poster jury: Atul Malhotra
Poster jury: Lieuwe Bos
ePoster Area 3
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Chiara Robba
14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 3]
Poster jury: Deepak Kumar Gupta
Poster jury: Michael Reade
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Joost Wiersinga
15:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 7]
Poster jury: Jan De Waele
Poster jury: Stephen M Pastores
ePoster Area 4
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Michelle Chew
14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 4]
Poster jury: Jan Belohlavek
Poster jury: Marek Sramko
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Matthew Semler
15:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 8]
Poster jury: Anatole Harrois
Poster jury: Samir Jaber
18-March-2026
Gold Hall
HOW I IMAGINE THE FUTURE: PROCESS OF CARE
Moderator:  Alain Combes
Moderator:  Hannah Wunsch
8:30 An overview of technological developments
Ricard Ferrer
8:45 How we´ll integrate computer vision, wearables, and EMR data
Vitaly Herasevich
9:00 We´ll use AI for decisions on triage and withdrawal
Paul Elbers
9:15 We´ll routinely use xenografts
Jacques Duranteau
9:30 Discussion
 
9:40 Glucose will be monitored continuously
Jean-Charles Preiser
9:55 It will be value-based and patient-centered
Joana Berger-Estilita
10:10 We´ll need far fewer ICU beds
Craig Jabaley
10:25 Septic patients will be treated at home
Hallie Prescott
10:40 Discussion
 
10:50 We´ll develop personalized, precision medicine in sepsis
Djillali Annane
11:05 Everything will be monitored non-invasively… or not?
Michael R Pinsky
11:20 The ICU will be completely green
Jan De Waele
11:35 Clinical trials will be very different
Matthew Semler
11:50 Scientific journals will be very different
Elie Azoulay
12:05 Discussion
 
12:15 Lunch break
 
BLOOD PURIFICATION
Moderator:  Tomoko Fujii
Moderator:  Céline Monard
14:00 Hemoperfusion in septic shock
Matthieu Legrand
14:15 Plasma exchange in septic shock
Sascha David
14:30 Hemoadsorption for non-infectious indications
Zsolt Molnar
14:45 Discussion
 
14:55 How it may affect antimicrobial management
Gerd Klinkmann
15:10 How to optimize drug dosages
Patrick Honoré
15:25 Knowledge gaps
Sascha David
15:40 Where do we go from here?
Silvia De Rosa
15:55 Discussion
 
CO2
Moderator:  Lars W Andersen
Moderator:  Geert  Meyfroidt
16:10 Interpreting physiology at the bedside
Francesca Collino
16:25 How capnography can guide ventilation during CPR
Jean-Christophe Richard
16:40 PCO2 sensor to detect ischemia
Tor Inge Tønnessen
16:55 Discussion
 
17:05 Extracorporeal CO2 removal
Luigi Camporota
17:20 CO2 removal during awake ECMO
Giacomo Grasselli
17:35 Could bicarbonate dialysis effectively contribute to CO2 removal?
Patrick Honoré
17:50 Discussion
 
Copper Hall
PRO-CON DEBATE
Moderator:  Jean-Christophe Richard
8:30 ECPR is state-of-the-art in refractory OHCA
Jan Belohlavek [PRO]
Lars W Andersen [CON]
IMMUNOMODULATION
Moderator:  Christian Eckmann
Moderator:  Lina Zhang
9:05 Immunotherapy for prevention of sepsis
Antoine Roquilly
9:20 Trained immunity in sepsis: a double-edged sword?
Thierry Calandra
9:35 Contribution of the causative pathogen to the host immune response
Tom van der Poll
9:50 Discussion
 
10:00 Ex vivo blood stimulation to evaluate the immune response
Aleksandra Leligdowicz
10:15 Host-microbe metagenomics may be useful for diagnosis/prognosis
Carolyn S Calfee
10:30 Contribution of vasoactive agents: the vasoimmune gradient
Daniel E Leisman
10:45 Discussion
 
11:00 Blocking interferon-gamma
Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
11:15 Purified granulocytes in extracorporeal therapy
Gerd Klinkmann
11:30 Can SDD maintain the microbiome?
John C Marshall
11:45 Probiotics to restore gut function
Joost Wiersinga
12:00 Discussion
 
12:15 Break
 
ECMO: PRACTICAL ASPECTS
Moderator:  Jeremy Beitler
Moderator:  Jacques Duranteau
14:00 CT imaging: what are we seeing?
Luigi Camporota
14:15 LV unloading
Alain Combes
14:30 Anticoagulation
Alexander Vlaar
14:45 Place of direct thrombin inhibitors
Jerrold Levy
15:00 Discussion
 
15:15 A practical guide to anticoagulation strategies
Lars Heubner
15:30 Bleeding management
Dietmar Fries
15:45 Bleeding versus clotting: what is more concerning?
Patrick Meybohm
16:00 Discussion
 
16:15 Central nervous system injury
Mypinder S Sekhon
16:30 Infectious complications
Giacomo Grasselli
16:45 Discussion
 
17:00 What is an ´ECMO-related` infection?
Christian Eckmann
17:30 Levosimendan to facilitate weaning from VA ECMO
Alain Combes
17:45 Discussion
 
Salle M
LIMITING VILI
Moderator:  Michelle N Gong
Moderator:  Andrew Shorr
8:30 Is it a matter of power?
Francesca Collino
8:45 Tidal volume, plateau pressure, driving pressure
Jesus Villar
9:00 Plateau pressure and stress monitoring
Lise Piquilloud
9:15 Discussion
 
9:25 Respiratory rate as a marker of lung injury
Luigi Camporota
9:40 How to monitor respiratory drive and effort
Alexandre Demoule
9:55 Using lung ultrasound to quantify overdistention
Lieuwe Bos
10:10 Respiratory effort and outcomes
Ewan Goligher
10:25 Discussion
 
10:40 Is it time to reconsider neuromuscular blockade?
Niall Ferguson
10:55 How animal models can help
Patricia Rocco
11:10 What is the next step?
John J Marini
11:25 Discussion
 
PRO-CON DEBATE
Moderator:  Atul Malhotra
11:35 Diaphragm trauma exists during mechanical ventilation
Ewan Goligher [PRO]
Leo Heunks [CON]
PLENARY LECTURE
12:10 Dysregulated metabolism may be as important as the hyperinflammatory phenotype
Carolyn S Calfee
12:30 Lunch break
 
AFTER CARDIAC ARREST
Moderator:  Giuseppe Citerio
Moderator:  Marek Mirski
13:45 What happens to the brain just after resuscitation
Mypinder S Sekhon
14:00 Early neuroprognostication
Jan Belohlavek
14:15 Biomarkers can help to predict outcome
Markus Skrifvars
14:30 Discussion
 
14:45 When (not) to treat post-anoxic status epilepticus and myoclonus
Pia De Stefano
15:00 Sedation and the brain: should we titrate?
Theresa M Olasveengen
15:15 A place for immunomodulation?
Mypinder S Sekhon
15:30 Discussion
 
HOW I IMAGINE THE FUTURE: PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS
Moderator:  Nicole Hunfeld
Moderator:  Matthew Semler
15:40 Precision immunotherapy will be the rule
Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
15:55 We´ll use the correct dose of inhaled NO in ARDS
Jean-Christophe Richard
16:10 We´ll use other inhaled therapies
Frank van Haren
16:25 We´ll have effective pharmacological therapies in ARDS
Patricia Rocco
16:40 Discussion
 
16:50 We´ll routinely use companion diagnostics
Ricard Ferrer
17:05 Genomic signatures will guide corticosteroid therapy
Djillali Annane
17:20 We´ll routinely administer lactate
Filippo Annoni
17:35 We´ll use mitochondria-targeted strategies
Mervyn Singer
17:50 Discussion
 
Silver Hall
APPLIED CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Moderator:  Matthieu Legrand
Moderator:  Paul H Mayo
8:30 The determinants of tissue perfusion
Michael R Pinsky
8:45 Venous congestion biology during critical illness
Aleksandra Leligdowicz
9:00 How hemodynamic therapies influence cardiac output
Jean-Louis Teboul
9:15 Interpretation of urine output
Pietro Caironi
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 The physiology of circulatory arrest in humans
Mypinder S Sekhon
10:00 Spinal cord injury: perfusion optimization and physiological burden
Geert  Meyfroidt
10:15 All you need to know about cerebral autoregulation
Fabio S Taccone
10:30 What we should know about intrarenal perfusion
Patrick Honoré
10:45 Discussion
 
PLENARY LECTURE
11:05 End of life in the ICU: my 40 year experience
Michael Quintel
PLENARY LECTURE
11:35 The future of medical journals
 
12:00 Break
 
THROMBOEMBOLISM
Moderator:  Heatherlee Bailey
Moderator:  Frantzeska Frantzeskaki
14:00 Update on thromboprophylaxis
Julie Helms
14:15 We should double our thromboprophylaxis doses
Vincent Labbé
14:30 Routine daily screening for deep vein thrombosis?
Roman Skulec
14:45 Are anti-embolic stockings effective?
Beverley Hunt
15:00 You don´t have to anticoagulate everyone
Nicole Juffermans
15:15 Discussion
 
15:25 Heparin resistance in the ICU
Jerrold Levy
15:40 We should double our thromboprophylaxis doses
Vincent Labbé
15:55 It´s time to rethink our anticoagulation practices
Dietmar Fries
16:10 Pulmonary embolectomy in cardiac arrest
Jan Belohlavek
16:25 Catheter-directed therapies and ECMO
Alain Combes
16:40 Discussion
 
HOW TO SET PEEP
Moderator:  Francesca Collino
Moderator:  Gustavo Cortes Puentes
16:50 Oxygenation? Lung disease? Anthropometry?
Marcelo Amato
17:05 First measure airway opening pressure
Michel Slama
17:20 It depends on the technique used
Jean-Christophe Richard
17:35 Don´t forget the heart!
Michel Slama
17:50 Discussion
 
100 Hall
ARDS: WE NEED (SUB)PHENOTYPING
Moderator:  Carolyn S Calfee
Moderator:  Manu Shankar–Hari
8:30 Do we need other ARDS criteria?
Giacomo Grasselli
8:45 New findings in ARDS pathophysiology
Ludovic Gérard
9:00 Pathophysiology phenotypes
Lieuwe Bos
9:15 Is post-operative ARDS different?
Samir Jaber
9:30 Subphenotypes as a guide: not so fast
Jesus Villar
9:45 Discussion
 
A NEW LOOK AT THE MICROCIRCULATION
Moderator:  Olfa Hamzaoui
Moderator:  Frank van Haren
10:00 Coupling of macro- to microcirculation in shock
Jan Bakker
10:15 How to monitor
Daniel De Backer
10:30 CO2 monitoring
Tor Inge Tønnessen
10:45 Discussion
 
11:00 Clinical applications today and tomorrow
Jacques Duranteau
11:15 How to cope with vascular leak in sepsis
Sascha David
11:30 Endothelial protection with hemadsorption
Zsolt Molnar
11:45 Discussion
 
PRO-CON DEBATE
Moderator:  Elizabeth Wilcox
12:00 ICU patients should be routinely sedated
Jean-Louis Vincent [CON]
Markus Skrifvars [PRO]
12:30 Break
 
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: INTELLIGENT APPLICATIONS
Moderator:  Sharon Einav
Moderator:  Paul Elbers
13:45 AI will totally replace the radiologist
Lieuwe Bos
14:00 AI to predict respiratory failure
Atul Malhotra
14:15 AI in neurocritical care
Soojin Park
14:30 AI to avoid dyssynchrony
Matthew Cove
14:45 Discussion
 
14:55 AI in nephrology
Javier Neyra
15:10 AI in sepsis
Joost Wiersinga
15:25 AI can help define cardiovascular sufficiency
Michael R Pinsky
15:40 AI will start and run RRT
Stéphane Gaudry
15:55 Discussion
 
DECREASING RESPIRATORY SUPPORT
Moderator:  Ludovic Gérard
Moderator:  Michelle N Gong
16:05 When to switch from controlled to assisted mechanical ventilation
Leo Heunks
16:20 Respiratory mechanics during spontaneous breathing
Domenico L Grieco
16:35 When and how to initiate spontaneous breathing
Niall Ferguson
16:50 How to manage patients with neuromuscular diseases
Arnaud Thille
17:05 Discussion
 
ROUND TABLE
Moderator:  Craig Jabaley
17:20 A day in my ICU
José-Artur Paiva
Sheila N Myatra
Stephen M Pastores
Vitaly Herasevich
Studio Room
SEVERE BLEEDING
Moderator:  Pierre Bouzat
Moderator:  Beverley Hunt
8:30 Predicting bleeding in the ICU
Nicole Juffermans
8:45 Intraoperative bleeding management
Niels Rahe-Meyer
9:00 Optimizing the use of tranexamic acid in trauma
Marc Maegele
9:15 Should fibrinogen be used first?
Niels Rahe-Meyer
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 The place for factor concentrates
Jerrold Levy
10:00 The place of thrombin-generating drugs
Oliver Grottke
10:15 Should we move to frozen and cold-stored platelets?
Michael Reade
10:30 Discussion
 
THE COMATOSE PATIENT
Moderator:  Pia De Stefano
Moderator:  Nicolas Gaspard
10:45 A structured evaluation with prognostic modeling
Giuseppe Citerio
11:00 How imaging can help
Virginia Newcombe
11:15 Hepatic encephalopathy
Julia Wendon
11:30 Discussion
 
TUTORIAL
11:45 CAR-T cell therapy
Stephen M Pastores
12:15 Lunch break
 
APPLIED RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Moderator:  Alexandre Demoule
Moderator:  Lise Piquilloud
14:00 Pendelluft: how much damage?
Marcelo Amato
14:15 Ventilation distribution as a powerful indicator of outcome
Laurent Brochard
14:30 Hypercapnia in pregnancy: balancing mother and fetus
Luigi Camporota
14:45 Mean airway pressure: a neglected and easily monitored triple threat
John J Marini
15:00 Discussion
 
COAGULOPATHY
Moderator:  Beverley Hunt
Moderator:  Marc Maegele
15:15 Sepsis-induced coagulopathy
Julie Helms
15:30 Coagulation disorders in sepsis and pneumonia
Tom van der Poll
15:45 Why do fibrinogen levels increase in inflammation?
Nicole Juffermans
16:00 We should pay more attention to fibrinolysis
Lars Heubner
16:15 Discussion
 
FUNGAL INFECTIONS
Moderator:  Maxens Decavèle
Moderator:  Julia Wendon
16:30 When to start antifungals in suspected intra-abdominal candidiasis
Christian Eckmann
16:45 Invasive aspergillosis
Elie Azoulay
17:00 New antifungal strategies
Thierry Calandra
17:15 Discussion
 
TUTORIAL
17:30 Liver transplant patients in a non-transplant center
Julia Wendon
The Arc Room
BEFORE THE ICU
Moderator:  Silvia De Rosa
Moderator:  Lars Heubner
8:30 Treat first what kills first in severe trauma
Marc Maegele
8:45 Do we need a tourniquet in major hemorrhage?
Michael Reade
9:00 Prehospital resuscitation: fluids, blood, and beyond
Dietmar Fries
9:15 Discussion
 
9:30 Evolving role of aerial transfers
Michael R Pinsky
9:45 In-flight emergencies: is there a doctor on board?
Heatherlee Bailey
10:00 POCUS in the dyspneic patient
Roman Skulec
10:15 How to ventilate in a constrained environment
Jean-Christophe Richard
10:30 Discussion
 
ROUND TABLE
Moderator:  Jean-Charles Preiser
10:50 Indirect calorimetry: precision medicine, or not?
Arthur van Zanten
Christian Stoppe
Elisabeth De Waele
Jan Gunst
ROUND TABLE
Moderator:  Daniel De Backer
11:35 Cardiac output monitoring devices
Frantzeska Frantzeskaki
Jan Bakker
Michel Slama
Xavier Chapalain
Xavier Monnet
12:15 Lunch break
 
PLENARY LECTURE
Moderator:  Aleksandra Leligdowicz
Moderator:  Jesus Villar
13:45 Sepsis immunotherapy: current strategies and future directions
Joost Wiersinga
SEPSIS (SUB)PHENOTYPES
14:05 ´Inflammatory` phenotypes extend beyond ARDS
Carolyn S Calfee
14:20 Subphenotypes to solve heterogeneity: hype or hope?
Andre Kalil
14:35 It´s a mirage: we need more mechanistic insight
Daniel E Leisman
14:50 Can phenotypes guide antimicrobial therapy?
Jan De Waele
15:05 Discussion
 
15:20 How multi-omic subphenotyping can redefine treatment strategies
Antoine Roquilly
15:35 What about mimics of sepsis?
Marlies Ostermann
15:50 No more subtypes: we need subtype ensembles
Christopher Seymour
16:05 Are phenotypes from adult studies transferable to children?
Luregn Schlapbach
16:20 Phenotyping 2.0, a new approach
Peter Pickkers
16:35 Discussion
 
ROUND TABLE
Moderator:  Jean-Louis Vincent
16:50 Use of vasopressin and angiotensin II in septic shock
Arthur van Zanten
Christopher Seymour
Daniel De Backer
Matthieu Legrand
Panoramic Room
TUTORIAL
8:30 How to approach a new fever
Andre Kalil
TUTORIAL
9:05 Preoperative cardiovascular assessment
Michelle Chew
TUTORIAL
9:40 Refeeding syndrome
Arthur van Zanten
TUTORIAL
10:10 ICU costs
Lisa Higgins
TUTORIAL
10:45 Cardiorespiratory emergencies in children
Luregn Schlapbach
TUTORIAL
11:20 Prone positioning
Francesca Collino
PLENARY LECTURE
11:55 Personalized mechanical ventilation for ARDS
Patricia Rocco
12:20 Lunch break
 
PRO-CON DEBATE
Moderator:  Katarzyna Kotfis
14:00 Central venous catheters are still needed
Hannah Wunsch [CON]
Xavier Monnet [PRO]
PRO-CON DEBATE
Moderator:  José-Artur Paiva
14:35 Abnormal phosphate levels should be corrected
Arthur van Zanten [PRO]
Mervyn Singer [CON]
TUTORIAL
15:10 Acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease
Armand Mekontso Dessap
TUTORIAL
15:45 Initial management of the burn patient
Michael Reade
TUTORIAL
16:20 Tropical infections
Joost Wiersinga
TUTORIAL
16:55 Key trials in pediatric intensive care
Luregn Schlapbach
TUTORIAL
17:30 How to prevent diaphragm dysfunction during mechanical ventilation
Ewan Goligher
Demo box 1
DEMONSTRATION
9:30 Automated pupillometry
Fabio S Taccone
Giuseppe Citerio
DEMONSTRATION
10:10 New opportunities with nasal high flow
Jean-Damien Ricard
Maxens Decavèle
DEMONSTRATION
10:50 When I give an albumin solution
Greg Martin
Pietro Caironi
DEMONSTRATION
11:30 Proportional modes of ventilation
Giacomo Grasselli
Niall Ferguson
DEMONSTRATION
14:00 NIV support: what about new interface options?
Arnaud Thille
Domenico L Grieco
DEMONSTRATION
14:40 Multimodal monitoring in neurocritical care
Fabio S Taccone
Virginia Newcombe
DEMONSTRATION
16:00 Difficult airway management
Audrey De Jong
Craig Jabaley
Demo box 2
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
9:30 Bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) therapy
Stephen M Pastores
Victoria Metaxa
DEMONSTRATION
10:10 Optimizing right heart assessment: comparing Swan-Ganz and echo
Michelle Chew
Xavier Monnet
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
10:50 A pregnant woman needing respiratory support
Audrey De Jong
Gustavo Cortes Puentes
DEMONSTRATION
11:30 Assessment of recruitability
Domenico L Grieco
Laurent Brochard
DEMONSTRATION
14:00 Doppler-based measurements to Identify venous congestion
Michelle Chew
Paul H Mayo
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
14:40 The oliguric patient
Marlies Ostermann
Matthieu Legrand
MEET THE EXPERTS
15:20 Ethics of organ donation following cardiac death
Jan Bakker
Victoria Metaxa
MEET THE EXPERTS
16:00 Parenteral nutrition: the caloric limits
Annika Reintam Blaser
Elisabeth De Waele
Demo box 3
THE DARK SIDE OF NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES
[Simulation Session]
9:00 Lights out (ED)
Discussant: Soojin Park
Discussant: Virginia Newcombe
11:00 Broken connections: facing neurological impairment (ICU)
Discussant: Chiara Robba
Discussant: Fabio S Taccone
BREATH UNDER PRESSURE
[Simulation Session]
14:40  When air becomes a struggle (ED)
Discussant: Domenico L Grieco
Discussant: Francesca Collino
16:30 The sound of silence: a journey through respiratory distress (ICU)
Discussant: Carolyn S Calfee
Discussant: Laurent Brochard
Demo box 5
MEET THE EXPERTS
9:30 How I set PEEP
John J Marini
Marcelo Amato
MEET THE EXPERTS
10:10 Advanced respiratory monitoring
Lise Piquilloud
Marcelo Amato
TUTORIAL
10:50 How I interpret acid-base disorders
Paul Elbers
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
11:30 Diagnosing brain death at the bedside
Deepak Kumar Gupta
Marek Mirski
MEET THE EXPERTS
14:00 Ethical decisions in complex situations
Nathalie  Layios
Victoria Metaxa
MEET THE EXPERTS
14:40 Building an academic career
Christian Stoppe
Christopher Seymour
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
15:20 Sodium disorders
Anatole Harrois
Niels Van Regenmortel
MEET THE EXPERTS
16:00 CVP measurements
Michael R Pinsky
Olfa Hamzaoui
Demo box 4
MEET THE EXPERTS
9:30 RRT: when to start, when to stop
Peter Pickkers
Stéphane Gaudry
MEET THE EXPERTS
10:10 How to make your ICU more sustainable
Jan De Waele
Nicole Hunfeld
MEET THE EXPERTS
10:50 Sodium management in traumatic brain injury
Alexis Turgeon
Niels Van Regenmortel
DEMONSTRATION
11:30 From expert recommendations to practice - how to manage temperature in the neurologically injured patient
Geert  Meyfroidt
Pierre Bouzat
MEET THE EXPERTS
14:00 Neuroprognostication
Elizabeth Wilcox
Victoria McCredie
DEMONSTRATION
15:20 NO and mechanical ventilation: pitfalls and challenges
Alain Mercat
François Beloncle
MEET THE EXPERTS
16:00 Patient-ventilator asynchronies
Arnaud Thille
Lise Piquilloud
ePoster Area 1
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Jeremy Beitler
9:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 9]
Poster jury: Arnaud Thille
Poster jury: Laurent Brochard
Poster jury: Leo Heunks
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Markus Skrifvars
11:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 13]
Poster jury: Lars W Andersen
Poster jury: Luigi Camporota
Poster jury: Mypinder S Sekhon
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Giacomo Grasselli
14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 17]
Poster jury: Gustavo Cortes Puentes
Poster jury: Niall Ferguson
Poster jury: Patricia Rocco
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Pietro Caironi
15:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 21]
Poster jury: Roman Skulec
Poster jury: Xavier Chapalain
ePoster Area 2
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Tomoko Fujii
9:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 10]
Poster jury: Alexander Zarbock
Poster jury: Céline Monard
Poster jury: Patrick Honoré
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Annika Reintam Blaser
11:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 14]
Poster jury: Patrick Meybohm
Poster jury: Peter Pickkers
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Olfa Hamzaoui
14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 18]
Poster jury: Greg Martin
Poster jury: Michelle N Gong
Poster jury: Stéphane Gaudry
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Jean-Louis Teboul
15:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 22]
Poster jury: Daniel E Leisman
Poster jury: Paul H Mayo
ePoster Area 3
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Marlies Ostermann
9:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 11]
Poster jury: Amir Kazory
Poster jury: Javier Neyra
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Manu Shankar–Hari
11:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 15]
Poster jury: Antoine Roquilly
Poster jury: Ricard Ferrer
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Thierry Calandra
14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 19]
Poster jury: Djillali Annane
Poster jury: Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Alexis Turgeon
15:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 23]
Poster jury: Giuseppe Citerio
Poster jury: Soojin Park
Poster jury: Virginia Newcombe
ePoster Area 4
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Matthew Cove
9:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 12]
Poster jury: Alexander Vlaar
Poster jury: Jean-Christophe Richard
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Beverley Hunt
11:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 16]
Poster jury: Lars Heubner
Poster jury: Nicole Juffermans
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Sheila N Myatra
14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 20]
Poster jury: Frank van Haren
Poster jury: Michel Slama
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Mervyn Singer
15:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 24]
Poster jury: Elie Azoulay
Poster jury: Hallie Prescott
19-March-2026
Gold Hall
CHALLENGING THE DOGMA
Moderator:  Niall Ferguson
Moderator:  Mervyn Singer
8:30 The ARDS patient should be ´kept dry`
Daniel De Backer
8:45 Hyperlactatemia means more fluids
Jan Bakker
9:00 The type of crystalloid should be guided by clinical trials
Pietro Caironi
9:15 Discussion
 
9:30 Fever should be treated
Frank van Haren
9:45 The threshold for transfusion should always be 7 g/dL
Jacques Duranteau
10:00 Hypoalbuminemia should never be corrected
Greg Martin
10:15 Discussion
 
10:30 The target MAP should always be 65 mmHg
Matthieu Legrand
10:45 ScvO2 should always be kept around 70%
Jean-Louis Vincent
11:00 Electrolyte imbalances should always be corrected
Annika Reintam Blaser
11:15 Hyponatremia should always be corrected slowly
Niels Van Regenmortel
11:30 Discussion
 
TUTORIAL
11:45 Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Andrew Shorr
12:15 Break
 
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM
Moderator:  Jan Bakker
Moderator:  Dietmar Fries
14:00 Factors affecting critical care outcomes
Heatherlee Bailey
14:15 Initial management of the hypotensive patient
Jean-Louis Teboul
14:30 Acute treatment of major arrhythmias
Marek Sramko
14:45 How to improve peripheral vein catheterization?
Armand Mekontso Dessap
15:00 Specific vs. non-specific reversal of oral anticoagulants
Oliver Grottke
15:15 Discussion
 
15:30 Emergencies in patients with hematological malignancy
Victoria Metaxa
15:45 Improving triage after mild head trauma
Pierre Bouzat
16:00 When to use beta-blockers
Roman Skulec
16:15 Unique challenges of young children
Luregn Schlapbach
16:30 Discussion
 
Copper Hall
FLUID RESUSCITATION
Moderator:  Lieuwe Bos
Moderator:  Carolyn S Calfee
8:30 Fluid responsiveness: between precision and practicality
Sheila N Myatra
8:45 How I assess fluid responsiveness in spontaneously breathing patients
Olfa Hamzaoui
9:00 How I balance fluids and vasopressors
Jacques Duranteau
9:15 If you have no cardiac output monitor
Xavier Monnet
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 How to make the kidneys happy
Céline Monard
10:00 In defense of 30 ml/kg for sepsis
Hallie Prescott
10:15 Challenging the 30 mL/kg paradigm
Jean-Louis Teboul
10:30 Discussion
 
10:45 Rethinking fluid restriction
Pietro Caironi
11:00 How much in children?
Luregn Schlapbach
11:15 All of this can be automated
Michael R Pinsky
11:30 Discussion
 
12:15 Lunch break
 
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
Moderator:  Deepak Kumar Gupta
Moderator:  Theresa M Olasveengen
14:00 Recognizing delayed cerebral ischemia
Soojin Park
14:15 Managing delayed cerebral injury
Virginia Newcombe
14:30 Optimizing brain oxygenation
Pierre Bouzat
14:45 Discussion
 
15:00 Break
 
SEDATION, ANALGESIA, AND DELIRIUM
Moderator:  Silvia De Rosa
Moderator:  Sheila N Myatra
15:15 Etomidate-induced adrenal insufficiency: silent killer or false alarm?
Matthew Semler
15:30 Still a place for inhaled sedation?
Jeremy Beitler
15:45 EEG monitoring for titrated sedation
Theresa M Olasveengen
16:00 Acupuncture as an option for acute pain control
Heatherlee Bailey
16:15 Discussion
 
16:30 Are all opioids equivalent in the ICU?
Hannah Wunsch
16:45 Do we contribute to opioid dependency?
Sharon Einav
17:00 Could we face an opioid shortage?
Tomoko Fujii
17:15 Delirium versus encephalopathy: any difference?
Katarzyna Kotfis
17:30 Delirium management is different in neurocritical care patients
Elizabeth Wilcox
17:45 Discussion
 
Silver Hall
CURRENT ISSUES IN RENAL FAILURE
Moderator:  Sascha David
Moderator:  Tomoko Fujii
8:30 How to prevent renal failure
Alexander Zarbock
8:45 How to manage severe uremia
Stéphane Gaudry
9:00 Avoid renin-angiotensin-aldosterone inhibitors?
Matthieu Legrand
9:15 Give angiotensin II?
Daniel E Leisman
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 Any hope for specific therapies?
Silvia De Rosa
10:00 Posttraumatic renal failure
Anatole Harrois
10:15 Does hepatorenal syndrome exist?
Julia Wendon
10:30 Pregnancy-associated renal failure
Marlies Ostermann
10:45 Discussion
 
11:00 An increase in creatinine is not always bad
Amir Kazory
11:15 We need other renal biomarkers
Alexander Zarbock
11:30 We can do more to facilitate renal recovery
Céline Monard
11:45 When (not) to use diuretics
Pietro Caironi
12:00 Discussion
 
12:15 Lunch break
 
PHARMACOLOGICAL CHALLENGES
Moderator:  Stéphane Gaudry
Moderator:  Marlies Ostermann
14:00 Pharmacogenetics for the acute care physician
Nicole Hunfeld
14:15 Choice of systemic anticoagulation in the patient with renal failure
Nicole Hunfeld
14:30 Still a place for etomidate?
Hannah Wunsch
14:45 A place for SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists?
Jean-Charles Preiser
15:00 Discussion
 
15:15 A place for melatonin?
Armand Mekontso Dessap
15:30 When to give a beta-blocker in sepsis
Frantzeska Frantzeskaki
15:45 When to restart beta-blockers after sepsis
Christopher Seymour
16:00 Discussion
 
TUTORIAL
16:20 Heart-lung interactions
Michael R Pinsky
TUTORIAL
16:55 Thrombotic microangiopathies
Elie Azoulay
TUTORIAL
17:30 Fungal sepsis
Thierry Calandra
100 Hall
CRITICAL CARE IN THE BLUE JOURNAL
Moderator:  Laurent Brochard
Moderator:  Carolyn S Calfee
13:45 Latest randomized clinical trials in ARDS
Niall Ferguson
14:00 Pathophysiology of ventilator-induced lung injury
Leo Heunks
14:15 Spontaneous breathing and mobilization in the ICU
Carolyn S Calfee
14:30 Discussion
 
ECMO CHALLENGES
Moderator:  Luigi Camporota
Moderator:  Giacomo Grasselli
14:45 ECCO2R: some patients may benefit
Matthew Cove
15:00 Should we be starting it sooner?
Niall Ferguson
15:15 In the morbidly obese?
Peter Pickkers
15:30 Discussion
 
15:45 The pros and cons of ECPR
Lars W Andersen
16:00 Prehospital ECPR may be preferable
Jan Belohlavek
16:15 From ECCO2R to mid-flow ECMO in moderate ARDS
Alain Combes
16:30 Discussion
 
The Arc Room
NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
Moderator:  Matthew Cove
Moderator:  Matthew Semler
8:30 Early starvation could be beneficial
Annika Reintam Blaser
8:45 Can parenteral nutrition really induce liver dysfunction?
Elisabeth De Waele
9:00 Novel feeding strategies
Jan Gunst
9:15 How much protein is enough?
Christian Stoppe
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 Optimizing post-ICU nutrition
Arthur van Zanten
10:00 Vitamin D does matter
Patrick Meybohm
10:15 Administration of micronutrients
Christian Stoppe
10:30 Adding ketone bodies?
Filippo Annoni
10:45 Discussion
 
AROUND THE GLOBE
Moderator:  Elie Azoulay
Moderator:  Thierry Calandra
11:00 Use of bedside oxygen-sparing devices
Armand Mekontso Dessap
11:15 Geographical variation in sepsis signatures
Joost Wiersinga
11:30 Differences in sepsis management
Sheila N Myatra
11:45 TBI in low- and middle- income countries
Alexis Turgeon
12:00 Impact of climate change on ICU populations
Nicole Hunfeld
12:15 Discussion
 
12:30 Lunch break
 
MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Moderator:  Marcelo Amato
Moderator:  Arnaud Thille
14:00 Progress made in the last 25 years
Jesus Villar
14:15 Optimal oxygen targets
Michelle N Gong
14:30 Modulation of respiratory drive to facilitate assisted ventilation
Lise Piquilloud
14:45 Discussion
 
15:00 Simplified clinical indicators of damaging power
John J Marini
15:15 Still a place for proportional modes of ventilation?
Laurent Brochard
15:30 A place for APRV?
Luigi Camporota
15:45 Discussion
 
SEVERE PNEUMONIA
Moderator:  Ricard Ferrer
Moderator:  Greg Martin
16:00 Gut metabolites protect against severe pneumonia
Joost Wiersinga
16:15 Restoring a healthy respiratory microbiome may improve outcome
Antoine Roquilly
16:30 Routine addition of clarithromycin?
Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
16:45 Corticosteroids in severe community-acquired pneumonia
Stephen M Pastores
17:00 Discussion
 
17:15 How to manage the patient who does not respond to treatment?
Andre Kalil
17:30 Aspiration pneumonia: the immune response matters
Tom van der Poll
17:45 Discussion
 
Panoramic Room
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Moderator:  Victoria McCredie
Moderator:  Haibo  Qiu
8:30 How to deal with heterogeneity?
Marek Mirski
8:45 Viscoelastic testing to inform hemostatic treatment
Marc Maegele
9:00 Early trajectory identification for prognostication
Virginia Newcombe
9:15 Discussion
 
9:30 CPP targets should be revisited
Chiara Robba
9:45 ICP waveform analysis: past, present and future
Xavier Chapalain
10:00 The ´silent` phenotype; unsuspected metabolic crisis
Deepak Kumar Gupta
10:15 Discussion
 
10:30 Brain function monitoring for phenotype-guided therapy
Lina Zhang
10:45 Neuroprognostication and level of care decisions
Alexis Turgeon
11:00 Sodium variability should be avoided
Anatole Harrois
11:15 Discussion
 
PLENARY LECTURE
11:35 Sex-specific hemostatic profiles
Julie Helms
12:00 Lunch break
 
HOW I IMAGINE THE FUTURE: MANAGEMENT
Moderator:  Djillali Annane
Moderator:  John C Marshall
14:00 We´ll administer pluripotent stem cells
Aleksandra Leligdowicz
14:15 We´ll administer mesenchymal stromal cells in TBI
Giuseppe Citerio
14:30 Patient blood management will be more efficient
Patrick Meybohm
14:45 Discussion
 
15:00 Fluid and vasopressor administration will be automated
Jacques Duranteau
15:15 Antibiotic doses will be automatically adjusted
Nicole Hunfeld
15:30 We´ll use efficient liver support systems
Julia Wendon
15:45 Discussion
 
16:00 Break
 
THE OBESE PATIENT
Moderator:  Francesca Collino
Moderator:  Audrey De Jong
16:15 How to ventilate?
Samir Jaber
16:30 When intra-abdominal hypertension is present
Gustavo Cortes Puentes
16:45 Antibiotic dosing
Liesbet De Bus
17:00 Discussion
 
17:15 The obesity paradox
Zsolt Molnar
17:30 The place of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists
Matthieu Legrand
17:45 Discussion
 
Demo box 1
DEMONSTRATION
9:30 Assessment of fluid responsiveness without a cardiac output device
Jean-Louis Teboul
Vincent Labbé
DEMONSTRATION
10:10 How to measure mean systemic filling pressure
Paul H Mayo
Xavier Monnet
DEMONSTRATION
10:50 Point-of-care ultrasonography to identify fluid intolerance
Michelle Chew
Paul H Mayo
DEMONSTRATION
11:30 How to optimize hemodynamics during RRT
Peter Pickkers
Stéphane Gaudry
DEMONSTRATION
14:00 Fluid responsiveness in a mechanically ventilated patient
Michelle Chew
Xavier Monnet
DEMONSTRATION
15:20 How I perform a fluid challenge
Daniel De Backer
Xavier Monnet
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
16:00 Which type of monitoring for which patient?
Michelle Chew
Xavier Monnet
Demo box 2
DEMONSTRATION
9:30 Evaluating lung perfusion using electrical impedance tomography
Luigi Camporota
Marcelo Amato
DEMONSTRATION
10:10 Diaphragm ultrasound
Alexandre Demoule
Ewan Goligher
DEMONSTRATION
10:50 EEG on the ICU: essential insights for non-neurophysiologists – 1
Mathias Gelderblom
DEMONSTRATION
11:30 Respiratory Mechanics in ARDS
Alain Mercat
Laurent Brochard
DEMONSTRATION
14:00 Monitoring non-invasive ventilation
Alexandre Demoule
Domenico L Grieco
DEMONSTRATION
14:40 Measuring plateau and driving pressure during assisted ventilation
Giacomo Grasselli
Leo Heunks
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
15:20 Platelet transfusions: when and how?
Michael Reade
Niels Rahe-Meyer
DEMONSTRATION
16:00 EEG on the ICU: essential insights for non-neurophysiologists – 2
Mathias Gelderblom
Demo box 3
WHOLE LOTTA FLOW
[Simulation Session]
9:00 Flow for life (ED)
Discussant: Daniel De Backer
Discussant: Michelle Chew
11:00 The last beat: ECMO beyond the pulse (ICU)
Discussant: Alain Combes
Discussant: Jan Belohlavek
BORN TO RUN...TRAUMA!
[Simulation Session]
14:30 Broken bodies, unbroken teams (ED)
Discussant: Geert  Meyfroidt
Discussant: Marc Maegele
16:30 Trauma reloaded (ICU)
Discussant: Patrick Meybohm
Discussant: Pierre Bouzat
Demo box 5
DEMONSTRATION
9:30 Individualized PEEP for both the lungs and the circulation
Laurent Brochard
Michael R Pinsky
DEMONSTRATION
10:10 Using blood pressure as a real monitoring tool
Michael R Pinsky
Olfa Hamzaoui
DEMONSTRATION
10:50 Esophageal pressure monitoring
Francesca Collino
Lise Piquilloud
MEET THE EXPERTS
11:30 Challenges in anticoagulation during ECMO
Dietmar Fries
Lars Heubner
MEET THE EXPERTS
14:00 Antimicrobial stewardship
Jan De Waele
José-Artur Paiva
MEET THE EXPERTS
14:40 Optimizing spontaneous breathing during acute respiratory failure
Ewan Goligher
Luigi Camporota
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
15:20 A patient with a very tense abdomen
Annika Reintam Blaser
Jan De Waele
DEMONSTRATION
16:00 Communication
Joana Berger-Estilita
Victoria Metaxa
Demo box 4
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
9:30 ECMO support in a patient with septic shock
Alain Combes
Giacomo Grasselli
MEET THE EXPERTS
10:10 Goal-directed coagulation management
Dietmar Fries
Nicole Juffermans
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
10:50 How to assess dyspnea in intubated patients
Maxens Decavèle
Roman Skulec
MEET THE EXPERTS
11:30 Cardiorespiratory management after cardiac arrest
Chiara Robba
Markus Skrifvars
MEET THE EXPERTS
14:00 When to give bicarbonate in metabolic acidosis
Matthew Cove
Pietro Caironi
Samir Jaber
MEET THE EXPERTS
14:40 Prognostication after cardiac arrest
Fabio S Taccone
Markus Skrifvars
MEET THE EXPERTS
15:20 Temperature management in sepsis
Frank van Haren
Joost Wiersinga
MEET THE EXPERTS
16:00 Individualized glucose targets
Jan Gunst
Jean-Charles Preiser
ePoster Area 1
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Heatherlee Bailey
9:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 25]
Poster jury: Geert  Meyfroidt
Poster jury: Marc Maegele
Poster jury: Sharon Einav
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Julia Wendon
11:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 29]
Poster jury: Alexandre Demoule
Poster jury: Gerd Klinkmann
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Tom van der Poll
14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 33]
Poster jury: Sascha David
Poster jury: Zsolt Molnar
ePoster Area 2
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Jerrold Levy
9:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 26]
Poster jury: Julie Helms
Poster jury: Oliver Grottke
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Andre Kalil
11:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 30]
Poster jury: Jacques Duranteau
Poster jury: Vitaly Herasevich
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Alain Combes
14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 34]
Poster jury: Francesca Collino
Poster jury: John J Marini
ePoster Area 3
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Christian Eckmann
9:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 27]
Poster jury: Andrew Shorr
Poster jury: José-Artur Paiva
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Katarzyna Kotfis
11:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 31]
Poster jury: Craig Jabaley
Poster jury: John C Marshall
Poster jury: Nicole Hunfeld
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Matthieu Legrand
14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 35]
Poster jury: Marek Mirski
Poster jury: Michael R Pinsky
ePoster Area 4
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Elizabeth Wilcox
9:30 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 28]
Poster jury: Hannah Wunsch
Poster jury: Lisa Higgins
Poster jury: Victoria Metaxa
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Arthur van Zanten
11:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 32]
Poster jury: Elisabeth De Waele
Poster jury: Jesus Villar
POSTER PRESENTATION
Poster leader:  Christian Stoppe
14:00 POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 36]
Poster jury: Frantzeska Frantzeskaki
Poster jury: Jan Gunst
20-March-2026
Gold Hall
MY 7 RECOMMENDATIONS IN 7 MIN
Moderator:  Michelle Chew
Moderator:  Oliver Grottke
8:30 ICU care for critically ill children
Luregn Schlapbach
8:39 The comatose patient with a normal CT-scan
Victoria McCredie
8:48 What to avoid during MV for ARDS
Marcelo Amato
8:57 How to achieve lung and diaphragm protective ventilation
Alexandre Demoule
9:06 Safe mechanical ventilation
Leo Heunks
9:15 How to set up the ventilator in ARDS
John J Marini
9:24 How to promote recovery in renal failure
Marlies Ostermann
9:33 Glucose control in the ICU
Jan Gunst
9:42 Optimal nutritional support
Christian Stoppe
9:51 How to improve communication
Craig Jabaley
10:00 How I keep my ICU team happy
Nathalie  Layios
POSTER PRESENTATION
10:15 Poster Awards
Poster jury: Xavier Monnet
TUTORIAL
10:35 VV ECMO initiation: practical considerations
Luigi Camporota
TUTORIAL
11:10 Management of the brain-dead organ donor
Jan Gunst
TUTORIAL
11:45 How I individualize fluid resuscitation in septic shock
Xavier Monnet
12:20 Lunch break
 
IMPROVING SEPSIS MANAGEMENT
Moderator:  Nathalie  Layios
Moderator:  Hallie Prescott
13:45 Improving diagnostic stewardship
Jan De Waele
14:00 Improving infection diagnosis
Thierry Calandra
14:15 Improving time-to-response
Mervyn Singer
14:30 Discussion
 
14:45 Improving antimicrobial therapy choices
José-Artur Paiva
15:00 Improving source control
John C Marshall
15:15 Should hospitals be accountable for sepsis outcomes?
Hallie Prescott
15:30 Discussion
 
Copper Hall
LIBERATION FROM MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Moderator:  Pierre Bouzat
Moderator:  Laurent Brochard
8:30 What are the strategies?
Lise Piquilloud
8:45 We can extubate critically ill patients under vasopressor support
Audrey De Jong
9:00 Pressure support vs. T-piece
Arnaud Thille
9:15 The optimal process
Luigi Camporota
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 Optimal nutritional support is key
Silvia De Rosa
10:00 Where to extubate the surgical patient
Audrey De Jong
10:15 Weaning-induced cardiac dysfunction
Xavier Monnet
10:30 Prophylactic NIV after extubation
Arnaud Thille
10:45 Discussion
 
11:00 Break
 
RESPIRATORY MUSCLES
Moderator:  Francesca Collino
Moderator:  Domenico L Grieco
11:15 Management of respiratory muscles in prolonged weaning
Alexandre Demoule
11:30 Monitoring the electrical activity of the diaphragm during assisted ventilation
Giacomo Grasselli
11:45 Diaphragm neurostimulation in ARDS
Ewan Goligher
12:00 How to improve respiratory muscle function
Leo Heunks
12:15 Discussion
 
12:30 Lunch break
 
AFTER THE ICU
Moderator:  Jean-Charles Preiser
Moderator:  Haibo  Qiu
14:00 Post-ICU syndrome: we should change the perception
Paul Elbers
14:15 Endocrine alterations as part of PICS?
Jan Gunst
14:30 Post-ICU nutrition
Elisabeth De Waele
14:45 Discussion
 
15:00 Post-ICU rehabilitation
Jean-Charles Preiser
15:15 Do we need post-ICU clinics?
Elizabeth Wilcox
15:30 Long-term outcomes following ECMO
Lisa Higgins
15:45 Long-term outcomes after pediatric critical illness
Luregn Schlapbach
16:00 Discussion
 
Silver Hall
QUALITY OF CARE
Moderator:  Lisa Higgins
Moderator:  Ling Liu
8:30 A big Dept of intensive care?
Nathalie  Layios
8:45 How important is continuity of care?
Hannah Wunsch
9:00 Sharing resources between ICUs
Jeremy Beitler
9:15 Discussion
 
9:25 The best quality indicators
José-Artur Paiva
9:40 ICU reports: what should be on the dashboard
Vitaly Herasevich
9:55 Education should be present everywhere
Joana Berger-Estilita
10:10 Discussion
 
10:20 Focus on the person, not on the disease
Victoria Metaxa
10:35 Listen to the patient and address their unrecognized needs
Katarzyna Kotfis
10:50 Discussion
 
THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT
Moderator:  Elie Azoulay
Moderator:  Victoria Metaxa
11:00 Impact of malignancy on the host response in sepsis
Tom van der Poll
11:15 Is sepsis really different in these patients?
Ricard Ferrer
11:30 Is abdominal infection different?
José-Artur Paiva
11:45 Is pneumonia different?
Frantzeska Frantzeskaki
12:00 Is ARDS different?
Alexandre Demoule
12:15 Discussion
 
12:30 Lunch break
 
NON-INVASIVE RESPIRATORY SUPPORT
Moderator:  Katarzyna Kotfis
Moderator:  Arnaud Thille
13:45 Different options
Lise Piquilloud
14:00 High flow oxygen in hypercapnic disorders
Laurent Brochard
14:15 CPAP
Alexandre Demoule
14:30 Facemask vs. helmet NIV
Domenico L Grieco
14:45 Discussion
 
15:00 After blunt chest trauma
Xavier Chapalain
15:15 Predictors of failure
Ling Liu
15:30 NIV after extubation in obese patients
Samir Jaber
15:45 Routine rescue NIV post-extubation
Domenico L Grieco
16:00 Discussion
 
The Arc Room
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
Moderator:  Filippo Annoni
Moderator:  Matthieu Legrand
8:30 Blood pressure management
Daniel De Backer
8:45 Arrhythmia management
Frantzeska Frantzeskaki
9:00 A place for immunomodulation?
Alain Combes
9:15 Discussion
 
9:30 Coronary flow assessment using TEE
Michel Slama
9:45 The role of mechanical cardiac support
Jan Belohlavek
10:00 Discussion
 
TUTORIAL
10:20 Acute liver failure
Julia Wendon
SLEEP IN THE ICU
Moderator:  Xavier Chapalain
Moderator:  Alain Combes
10:55 Understanding sleep and circadian dysregulation
Elizabeth Wilcox
11:10 How to facilitate sleep
Arnaud Thille
11:25 Optimizing environmental and care modifications
Katarzyna Kotfis
11:40 Non-pharmacological interventions
Jan Bakker
11:55 Discussion
 
Panoramic Room
CLINICAL TRIALS
Moderator:  Samir Jaber
Moderator:  Hallie Prescott
8:30 We should stop conducting pragmatic RCTs
Mervyn Singer
8:45 Platform trials: integrating research and quality improvement
John C Marshall
9:00 Platform trials: the PRACTICAL platform
Niall Ferguson
9:15 Discussion
 
9:30 Are patient-important outcomes always best?
Niall Ferguson
9:45 Addressing equity
Michelle N Gong
10:00 AI will replace the RCT
Markus Skrifvars
10:15 Discussion
 
TRANSLATING CLINICAL TRIAL RESULTS INTO PRACTICE
Moderator:  Jacques Duranteau
Moderator:  Paul Elbers
10:30 Do RCTs in ICU change practice…or follow it?
Stéphane Gaudry
10:45 40 years of sepsis trials: what have we learned?
John C Marshall
11:00 How to deal with the heterogeneity of treatment effect
Ewan Goligher
11:15 Discussion
 
11:30 We need evidence-based personalized medicine
Matthew Semler
11:45 We need to integrate research and practice
Michelle N Gong
12:00 Discussion
 
12:15 Break
 
WORKING TOGETHER
Moderator:  Sheila N Myatra
Moderator:  Annika Reintam Blaser
13:45 Aren´t you burned out?
Elie Azoulay
14:00 How we can keep women in our workforce
Joana Berger-Estilita
14:15 Pursuit of equity and equality: not just about women
Sheila N Myatra
14:30 Innovative staffing models and technologies for optimizing the ICU workforce
Vitaly Herasevich
14:45 Discussion
 
15:00 Work-life balance among team members
Jan Bakker
15:15 What to do when the surgeon is angry
Craig Jabaley
15:30 Communication in the ICU: navigating complexity with clarity
Joana Berger-Estilita
15:45 Discussion
 
Demo box 1
DEMONSTRATION
9:00 Assessing preload responsiveness with the ventilator
Xavier Monnet
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
9:40 Pulmonary manifestations of autoimmune diseases
Elie Azoulay
Giacomo Grasselli
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
10:20 Febrile neutropenia
Maya Hites
Thierry Calandra
CLINICAL CHALLENGES
11:00 Acute mesenteric ischemia
Annika Reintam Blaser
Daniel De Backer
DEMONSTRATION
11:40 How much fluid in this patient with shock?
Armand Mekontso Dessap
Pietro Caironi
DEMONSTRATION
12:20 TTE/TEE in septic shock
Michel Slama
Vincent Labbé
Demo box 3
SHOCK ME BABY ONE MORE TIME
[Simulation Session]
9:30 When the cry stops: pediatric emergencies unfolded (ED)
Discussant: Luregn Schlapbach
11:15 Highway to the PICU (ICU)
Discussant: Luregn Schlapbach