Main Congress
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| Time | Meeting Room 14 | Meeting Room 13 | Meeting Room 12 | Meeting Room 8 & 9 | ||||||||
| 07:30 onwards | Registration | |||||||||||
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Featured Lecture 1 The Vulnerable Brain: Preserving Cerebral Resilience Across the Perioperative Continuum Geraldine B. Jose, Philippines |
Featured Lecture 2 Bench-to-Bedside: Post Cardiac Arrest Care Ines P. Koerner, United States |
Featured Lecture 3 TBC Andrew Cheng Tzer-Hsien, Australia |
In-Congress Workshop 1 (08:00 – 10:00) Regional Blocks in Neuroanaesthesia Kan Ma, Canada (Course Director) |
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| 08:30 – 09:45 | Symposium 1 EEG and Anaesthetic Brain States |
Symposium 2 Intracranial Hypertension |
Symposium 3 Airway Management in Neuroanaesthesia |
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| 08:30 – 08:50 | Issues with Burst Suppression Matthias Kreuzer, Germany |
Sedation Strategies for Acute Brain Injury Lim Jia Yan, Singapore |
Airway Blocks in Neuroanaesthesia: Indications, Technique and Safety Samuel Tsan Ern Hung, Malaysia |
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| 08:50 – 09:10 | Thalamocortical Oscillations: Generation and Clinical Significance Paul S. García, United States |
Osmotherapy During Pregnancy: Managing Intracranial Hypertension Safely Dewi Yulianti Bisri, Indonesia |
Difficult Airway Management in Trauma, Spine, Operating Room and ICU Anna Margarita Hilvano Corsiga, Philippines |
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| 09:10 – 09:30 | Acquiring and Reviewing Raw EEG Data From Clinical Monitors Sebastian Zinn, United States |
Brain Oxygenation Monitoring in NeuroICU Masahiko Kawaguchi, Japan |
Airway Management for Pituitary Surgery: Anticipating and Managing Upper Airway Challenges Valpuri Luoma, United Kingdom |
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| 09:30 – 09:45 | Q&A | Q&A | Q&A | |||||||||
| 09:45 – 10:15 | Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Viewings | |||||||||||
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Featured Lecture 4 Dexmedetomidine in Anaesthesia and Sedation Timothy G. Short, New Zealand |
Featured Lecture 5 Intracerebral Haemorrhage: Current ICU Management Principles J. Claude Hemphill III, United States |
Featured Lecture 6 Neuromodulation Techniques to Improve Patients' Neurological Prognosis Ruquan Han, China |
In-Congress Workshop 2 (10:45 – 12:45) Practical Primer to Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Jessie Ly, Australia (Course Director) |
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| 10:45 – 12:00 | Symposium 4 Safety, Quality and Education |
Symposium 5 Acute Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) |
Symposium 6 Paediatric Neuroanaesthesia |
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| 10:45 – 11:05 | Near-misses in Neuroanaesthesia: Recognising and Learning from Safety Signals Varinee Lekprasert, Thailand |
Brain Injury Biomarkers and Its Role in the Neuro ICU Will Loh, Singapore |
Paediatric TBI: Perioperative Neuroanaesthetic Priorities Vorrachai Sae-phua, Thailand |
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| 11:05 – 11:25 | Does Neuroanaesthesia Fellowship Training Improve Clinical Outcomes? Jason Chui, Canada |
Updates in Resuscitation-to-Theatre Priorities in TBI Patients Jeongmin Hong, Republic of Korea |
Anaesthesia for Craniosynostosis Minyu Jian, China |
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| 11:25 – 11:45 | Simulation Training in Neuroanaesthesia: Enhancing Precision and Preparedness to High Stakes Events Sanket Agrawal, Canada |
Haemodynamic Management in Traumatic Brain Injury Matthieu van de Jagt, The Netherlands |
Hydrocephalus in Children: Neurocritical Care Decision Making Llewellyn C. Padayachy, South Africa |
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| 11:45 – 12:00 | Q&A | Q&A | Q&A | |||||||||
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Sponsored Symposium Meeting Room 14 |
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| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch, Exhibition & Posters Viewings & Friday Prayer | |||||||||||
| 14:00 – 15:15 | Symposium 7 Frailty, Cognition and Recovery |
Symposium 8 Neurocritical Care Systems |
Symposium 9 Cerebral Protection |
In-Congress Workshop 3
(14:00 – 15:30) Ultrasound-guided Scalp Block Samuel Tsan Ern Hung, Malaysia |
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| 14:00 – 14:20 | Frailty Before the Scalpel: Risk Stratification and Anaesthetic Optimisation Surunchana Lerdsirisopon, Thailand |
Sustainable Neurocritical Care Services Across Asia-Oceania Andrew Cheng Tzer-Hsien, Australia |
Protecting the Vulnerable Brain: Perioperative Neuroprotection and Cognitive Outcomes Cristiane Tavares, Brazil |
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| 14:20 – 14:40 | Postoperative Recovery in Older Adults: Anaesthetic Strategies That Matter Michael G. Irwin, China, Hong Kong |
Standardising Death by Neurologic Criteria: Overcoming Challenges Gene Sung, United States |
Traumatic Cervical Spine Injury: Airway, Positioning and Neuroprotection Putu Pramana Suarjaya, Indonesia |
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| 14:40 – 15:00 | ERAS in Neurosurgery: The Korean Experience Eunah Cho, Republic of Korea |
Global Inequities in Neurosurgical and Neurocritical Care Access Hemanshu Prabhakar, India |
Cerebral Protection in Cerebrovascular Surgery Kenji Yoshitani, Japan |
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| 15:00 – 15:15 | Q&A | Q&A | Q&A | |||||||||
| 15:15 – 15:45 | Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Viewings | |||||||||||
| 15:45 – 17:00 | Symposium 10 Analgesia for Neurosurgery |
Symposium 11 Recovery, Rehabilitation and Goals of Care |
Symposium 12 Complex Neuroanaesthesia |
ASNACC EXCO Meeting (15:30 – 17:00)
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| 15:45 – 16:05 | Regional Anaesthesia for Post-Craniotomy Pain Kan Ma, Canada |
Preparing Brain-Injured Patients for Recovery After ICU Mazlina Mazlan, Malaysia |
Anaesthetic Considerations in Posterior Fossa Surgery Yeap Boon Tat, Malaysia |
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| 16:05 – 16:25 | Multimodal Pharmacological Analgesia After Craniotomy Michael Dinsmore, Canada |
Communication with Families During Acute Neurological Critical Illness Wong Yu-Lin, Singapore |
Complex Spine Surgery: Anaesthetic Priorities for Best Outcomes Karl Matthew C. Sy Su, Philippines |
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| 16:25 – 16:45 | Analgesia-Nociception Index-Guided Opioid Titration Youngkwon Ko, Republic of Korea |
Embedding Palliative Care into Neurocritical Care Practice Lim Jia Yan, Singapore |
TBC |
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| 16:45 – 17:00 | Q&A | Q&A | Q&A | |||||||||
| 17:00 | End of Day 1 | |||||||||||
| 19:30 – 21:30 | ASNACC 2027 Welcome Reception (By Invite Only) |
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| Day 2, Main Congress | ||||||||||||
| Time | Meeting Room 14 | |||||||||||
| 07:30 onwards | Registration | |||||||||||
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08:00 – 08:30
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Plenary 1
Who Owns the Brain? The Critical Interface Between Neuroanaesthesia and Neurocritical Care Wan Mohd Nazaruddin Wan Hassan, Malaysia |
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| 08:30 – 09:00 | Plenary 2 Anaesthesia for Stroke Thrombectomy Deepak Sharma, United States |
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| 09:00 – 10:15 | Opening Ceremony | |||||||||||
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Viewings | |||||||||||
| Time | Meeting Room 14 | Meeting Room 13 | Meeting Room 12 | Meeting Room 8 & 9 | ||||||||
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Symposium 13 Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) and Pharmacometrics |
Symposium 14 Neurocritical Care Monitoring: Evidence and Interpretation |
Symposium 15 Intraoperative Neurophysiology and Multimodal Monitoring |
Oral Presentations 1: Basic Science Research Category (10:45 – 12:00)
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| 10:45 – 11:05 | TIVA and TCI in the Ageing Patient: A Pharmacological Perspective Bintang Pramodana, Indonesia |
Pupillometry in Brain-Injured Patients: Interpreting Change Over Time Fabio S. Taccone, Belgium |
IONM for Anaesthetists: Modalities, Alarms and Immediate Responses Jessie Ly, Australia |
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| 11:05 – 11:25 | PK/PD and the Eleveld Model: Applying Pharmacometrics at the Bedside Michael G. Irwin, China, Hong Kong |
Novel Non-Invasive Neuromonitoring: Validation, Limitations and Clinical Integration Daniel A. Godoy, Argentina |
Processed EEG Limitations: When the Index Misleads Matthias Kreuzer, Germany |
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| 11:25 – 11:45 | Remimazolam Versus Propofol for TIVA in Neuroanaesthesia Chong Chin Ted, Singapore |
Transcranial Doppler in Neurocritical Care: Practical Acquisition and Clinical Interpretation M. Radhakrishnan, India |
Multimodal Neuromonitoring in Complex Neuroanaesthesia: Integrating Signals Into Decisions David Highton, Australia |
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| 11:45 – 12:00 | Q&A | Q&A | Q&A | |||||||||
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Sponsored Symposium Meeting Room 14 |
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| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch, Exhibition & Posters Viewings | |||||||||||
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Featured Lecture 7 Mechanisms of Unconsciousness: The Systems Neuroscience Perspective Paul S. Garcia, United States |
Featured Lecture 8 How Has Stroke Care Changed in the Past 30 Years? Jose I. Suarez, United States |
Featured Lecture 9 TBC Audrey Tan, United Kingdom |
Oral Presentations 2: Clinical Research Category
(14:00 – 15:45) |
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| 14:30 – 15:45 | Symposium 16 Cerebral Physiology |
Symposium 17 Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in the ICU |
Symposium 18 Endovascular Neuroanaesthesia |
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| 14:30 – 14:50 | Cerebral Autoregulation-Based Management: Pearls and Pitfalls Deepak Sharma, United States |
Updates in Management of Delayed Cerebral Ischaemia Valpuri Luoma, United Kingdom |
Anaesthesia for Interventional Neuroradiology: Preparation, Conduct and Rescue Nahemah Hasanaly, Malaysia |
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| 14:50 – 15:10 | Anaesthetic Pharmacology and Cerebral Vascular Reactivity Oğuzhan Arun, Türkiye |
Cardiac Manifestations of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Ongoing Dilemmas Mohamad Hasyizan Hassan, Malaysia |
Haemodynamic Management and Brain Protection During Endovascular Procedures TBC |
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| 15:10 – 15:30 | Brain-Guided Anaesthesia: Translating Monitoring Into Outcome-Focused Decisions Cristiane Tavares, Brazil |
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Translating New Evidence Into Bedside Management Ines P. Koerner, United States |
Handling Crisis in the Interventional Radiology Suite See Jee Jian, Singapore |
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| 15:30 – 15:45 | Q&A | Q&A | Q&A | |||||||||
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Viewings | |||||||||||
| 16:15 – 17:30 | Symposium 19 Perioperative Brain Health |
Symposium 20 Ventilation and Haemodynamic Management in Neuro ICU |
Symposium 21 Functional Neurosurgery |
Problem Based Learning Discussion (16:15 – 17:00)
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| 16:15 – 16:35 | Anaesthesia-Induced Neurotoxicity: Interpreting Experimental and Clinical Evidence Woosuk Chung, Republic of Korea |
Heart–Brain and Lung–Brain Interactions During Critical Illness Cheah Saw Kian, Malaysia |
Anaesthesia for Stereoelectroencephalography Soo Suet Ker, Malaysia |
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| 16:35 – 16:55 | Perioperative Brain-Health Recommendations for Clinical Practice Odmara Barreto-Chang, United States |
Ventilatory and Fluid Management Issues in Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Jose I. Suarez, United States |
Anaesthetic Considerations in Deep Brain Stimulation Lee Jia Wen, Malaysia |
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| 16:55 – 17:15 | Recall Under Sedation and Beyond: Perioperative Mental Health After the PEERS Study Jason Chui, Canada |
Peri-Interventional Critical Care for Large Vessel Occlusion Thrombectomy: Haemodynamic and Respiratory Priorities Julian Bösel, Germany |
Paediatric Awake Neurosurgery: Is It Possible? Audrey Tan, United Kingdom |
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| 17:15 – 17:30 | Q&A | Q&A | Q&A | |||||||||
| 17:30 | End of Day 2 | |||||||||||
| 19:30 – 21:30 | ASNACC Gala Dinner (Ticketed) |
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| Day 3, Main Congress | |||||||||
| Time | Meeting Room 14 | Meeting Room 13 | Meeting Room 12 | ||||||
| 07:30 onwards | Registration | ||||||||
| 08:15 – 08:45 | Featured Lecture 10 Where Are We Heading in Neuroanesthesia Education and Training: Looking Back to Look Forward Girija Prasad Rath, India |
Featured Lecture 11 Transfusion Strategies in Brain Injured Patients Fabio S. Taccone, Belgium |
Featured Lecture 12 Motor Mapping: Awake or Asleep? This is the Question Matthew Tak Vai Chan, China, Hong Kong |
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| 08:45 – 10:00 | Symposium 22 Pharmacologic Cerebral Protection |
Symposium 23 Consciousness in Neuro ICU |
Symposium 24 Emergency Neurocritical Care: Intracerebral Haemorrhage, Intracranial Compartment Syndromes and Brain Protection |
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| 08:45 – 09:05 | Arterial Drug Delivery for Neurological Disease: Principles and Potential Perioperative Applications Shailendra Joshi, United States |
Status Epilepticus in the Neuro ICU: An Evidence-Based Management Pathway M. N. Chidananda Swamy, Negara Brunei Darussalam |
Emergency Critical Care of Intracerebral Haemorrhage Julian Bösel, Germany |
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| 09:05 – 09:25 | Reducing Cerebral Ischaemia-Reperfusion Injury During Surgery Oğuzhan Arun, Türkiye |
Assessment of Disorders of Consciousness in Critically Ill Patients Lara Prisco, United Kingdom |
Neuroworsening and Paradigm Changes About Definitions and Management Daniel A. Godoy, Argentina |
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| 09:25 – 09:45 | TIVA Safety and Depth Monitoring: Preventing Delivery and Dosing Errors Timothy G. Short, New Zealand |
The Curing Coma Campaign: Translating the Science of Consciousness Recovery J. Claude Hemphill III, United States |
Targeted Temperature Management for Brain Protection TBC |
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| 09:45 – 10:00 | Q&A | Q&A | Q&A | ||||||
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Viewings | ||||||||
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Featured Lecture 13 Management of Perioperative Tight Brain Phuping Akavipat, Thailand |
Featured Lecture 14 TBC Wong Yu-Lin, Singapore |
Featured Lecture 15 Cost-Effective Neurocritical Care: Doing More with Less Hemanshu Prabhakar, India |
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| 11:00 – 12:15 | Symposium 25 Future Technologies and Intelligent Neuromonitoring |
Symposium 26 Bedside Neurocritical Care Practice and Implementation |
Symposium 27 Global Neurocritical Care and Neuroanaesthesia: Systems, Equity and Innovation |
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| 11:00 – 11:20 | Brain–Computer Interfaces: What Anaesthetists Need to Understand Ruquan Han, China |
TBC Will Loh, Singapore |
Neurocritical Care Across Diverse Health Systems: Priorities for Safe, Scalable Care Min Min Htun, Myanmar |
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| 11:20 – 11:40 | Artificial Intelligence in Perioperative Neuroscience Shailendra Joshi, United States |
Neuroprognostication in TBI Matthieu van der Jagt, The Netherlands |
Delivering Neuroanaesthesia in Resource-Constrained Settings: Practical Priorities Min Min Htun, Myanmar |
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| 11:40 – 12:00 | The Future of Neuromonitoring David Highton, Australia |
Inhalation Sedation in Mechanically Ventilated Neurocritical Care Patients Agzam Zhumadilov, Kazakhstan |
Scaling Innovation in Neuroanaesthesia: A Perspective from China TBC |
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| 12:00 – 12:15 | Q&A | Q&A | Q&A | ||||||
| 12:15 – 13:00 | Closing Ceremony: Award Presentations & Flag Handover to the Next Host Country, China | ||||||||
| 13:00 | See you in 10th Congress of ASNACC 2029, Beijing! | ||||||||
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