Scientific program
The program of the symposium will contain lectures, pro-con debates, round table discussions, case presentations and Meet the Expert sessions.
Sunday, January 26, 2025
| 14:45 - 15:45 | Registration and Welcome Coffee |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Welcome and Introduction Marco Maggiorini, Zurich, CH | Michael Joannidis, Innsbruck, AT |
| 16:00 - 18:45 | Hemodynamic management in shock Chairs: Marco Maggiorini, Zurich, CH | Michael Joannidis, Innsbruck, AT |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Effect of clinical trials on the management of septic shock Jukka Takala, Bern, CH |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Optimising blood pressure and flow in high risk surgery Maurizio Cecconi, Milan, IT |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Can echocardiography identify septic cardiomyopathy? Michelle Chew, Huddinge, SE |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | The future of intelligent hemodynamic resuscitation Jean-Louis Vincent, Brussels, BE |
| 18:00 - 18:45 | Keynote Lecture Devastating cyber attack in south London Beverley Hunt, London, UK |
| 18:45 - 19:30 | Get Together Cocktail |
Monday, January 27, 2025
| 08:00 - 10:30 | Vasoactive Drugs Chairs: Jean-Louis Vincent, Brussels, BE | Jukka Takala, Bern, CH |
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Inotropes in the ICU Michelle Chew, Huddinge, SE |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | How to treat arrhytmia in shock Martin Balik, Prague, CZ |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Vasopressors treatment - what's new? Peter R. Pickkers, Nijmegen, NL |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Decatecholaminisation Martin Balik, Prague, CZ |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Vasopressors: when to start and how? - A debate Moderator: Jean-Louis Vincent, Brussels, BE Pannelists: Maurizio Cecconi, Milan, IT | Jukka Takala, Bern, CH | Michelle Chew, Huddinge, SE |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Room Transfer / Short Break |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Meet the Expert Session: Use of echocardiography in sepsis Michelle Chew, Huddinge, SE |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Meet the Expert Session: Weaning from mechanical ventilation Oriol Roca, Sabadell / Barcelona, ES |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Short Break |
| 14:45 - 15:45 | Meet the Expert Session: How to deal with immunomodulation in sepsis? Peter R. Pickkers, Nijmegen, NL |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Room Transfer / Short Break |
| 16:00 - 18:30 | Non-invasive mechanical ventilation Chairs: Beverley Hunt, London, UK | Annika Reintam Blaser, Lucerne, CH |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | COPD patients: NIV for whom and how long? Lise Piquilloud, Lausanne, CH |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Physiologic effects of High Flow Nasal Cannula and NIV Tommaso Mauri, Milan, IT |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Postextubation respiratory support Oriol Roca, Sabadell / Barcelona, ES |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Preventing postoperative pulmonary complications Maurizio Cecconi, Milan, IT |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | High flow nasal oxygen or NIV: which one is your favorite respiratory support device in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure? - An interactive round table discussion Moderator: Peter Suter, Geneva, CH Pannelists: Tommaso Mauri, Milan, IT | Lise Piquilloud, Lausanne, CH | Oriol Roca, Sabadell / Barcelona, ES |
| from 19:30 | Speakers Dinner (for invited guests only) |
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
| 08:00 - 10:30 | AKI Chairs: Beverly Hunt, London, UK | Tommaso Mauri, Milan, IT |
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Sex as a biological variable in AKI Marlies Ostermann, London, UK |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Subphenotyping for personalised management in AKI Michael Joannidis, Innsbruck, AT |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Impact of climate change on critical care nephrology Marlies Ostermann, London, UK |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | When to stop RRT? Peter R. Pickkers, Nijmegen, NL |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | 20 years of AKI research: Any new developments impacting patient centred outcomes? - An interactive round table discussion Moderator: Michelle Chew, Huddinge, SE Pannelists: Marlies Ostermann, London, UK | Michael Joannidis, Innsbruck, AT | Peter R. Pickkers, Nijmegen, NL |
| 10:30 - 10:35 | Short Break |
| 10:35 - 11:05 | Industry Flash by ADVITOS: Asidosis and multi-organ support |
| 11:05 - 11:15 | Room Transfer / Short Break |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Meet the Expert Session: Quality control in sepsis management Jean-Louis Vincent, Brussels, BE |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Meet the Expert Session: Optimising assisted ventilation settings and monitoring Lise Piquilloud, Lausanne, CH |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Short Break |
| 14:45 - 15:45 | Meet the Expert Session: Gastrointestinal dysfunction of the ICU patient Annika Reintam Blaser, Lucerne, CH |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Room Transfer / Short Break |
| 16:00 - 18:30 | Nutrition and metabolism Chairs: Marlies Ostermann, London, UK | Peter Suter, Geneva, CH |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Micronutrients: from early pharmaco-nutrition to prevention deficiencies Michael Casaer, Leuven, BE |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Gastrointestinal tract and metabolism - what's next? Annika Reintam Blaser, Lucerne, CH |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Timing of parenteral nutrition in patients at high nutritional risk Michael Casaer, Leuven, BE |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Protein overfeeding in the ICU Annika Reintam Blaser, Lucerne, CH |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | AI in the ICU today - research only or already a clinical assistant? - A debate Moderator: Maurizio Cecconi, Milan, IT Pannelists: Michael Joannidis, Innsbruck, AT | Lise Piquilloud, Lausanne | Peter R. Pickkers, Nijmegen, NL |
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
| 08:00 - 10:30 | Sepsis Chairs: Michael Joannidis, Innsbruck, AT | Martin Balik, Prague, CZ |
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Phenotyping is the way forward Peter R. Pickkers, Nijmegen, NL |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Biomarkers to guide antibiotic therapy Jan De Waele, Gent, BE |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Frailty: a multidimensional approach Maurizio Cecconi, Milan, IT |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Public awareness and medical training improve outcome in sepsis Peter Suter, Geneva, CH |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | The antifungal pre-emptive treatment - A debate Moderator: Jan De Waele, Gent, BE Pannelists: Maurizio Cecconi, Milan, IT | Michael Joannidis, Innsbruck, AT | Annika Reintam Blaser, Lucerne, CH |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Room Transfer / Short Break |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Meet the Expert Session: Insights of ventilation - perfusion mismatch in ARDS Tommaso Mauri, Milan, IT |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Meet the Expert Session: When NOT to give antibiotics? Jan De Waele, Gent, BE |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Short Break |
| 14:45 - 15:45 | Meet the Expert Session: Understanding spontaneous multiple thrombosis Beverley Hunt, London, UK |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Room Transfer / Short Break |
| 16:00 - 18:30 | ECMO Chairs: Marlies Ostermann, London, UK | Marco Maggiorini, Zurich, CH |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Antibiotic dosing in ECMO Jan De Waele, Gent, BE |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | LV-assist for acute myocardial infaction related shock Martin Balik, Prague, CZ |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | ECMO and anticoagulation Beverley Hunt, London, UK |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | The influence of obesity in ECMO patients Peter R. Pickkers, Nijmegen, NL |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | ECLS and ECMO - use and overuse - A debate Moderator: Jukka Takala, Bern, CH Pannelists: Martin Balik, Prague, CZ | Marco Maggiorini, Zurich, CH | Maurizio Cecconi, Milan, IT |
| From 19:15 | Networking Event (for all participants) |
Thursday, January 30, 2025
| 08:00 - 10:30 | Abdomen Chairs: Martin Balik, Prague, CZ | Marlies Ostermann, London, UK |
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Controversies of hepatosplanchnic circulation in liver cirrhosis Jukka Takala, Bern, CH |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Diagnosis and management of acute mesenteric ischaemia - can we do better? Annika Reintam Blaser, Lucerne, CH |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Update on acute pancreatitis Jan De Waele, Gent, BE |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Abdominal trauma Annika Reintam Blaser, Lucerne, CH |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Case presentation by a participant |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Room Transfer / Short Break |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Meet the Expert Session: Management of AKI in liver cirrhosis Marlies Ostermann, London, UK |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Meet the Expert Session: Assessment of readiness for feeding in the critical ill patient Michael Casaer, Leuven, BE |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Short Break |
| 14:45 - 15:45 | Meet the Expert Session: Practical approach to haemodynamic monitoring Maurizio Cecconi, Milan, IT |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Room Transfer / Short Break |
| 16:00 - 18:30 | Mechanical ventilation: new insights Chairs: Peter Suter, Geneva, CH | Jukka Takala, Bern, CH |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Electrical impedance tomography to guide mechanical ventilation Tommaso Mauri, Milan, IT |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Advanced respiratory monitoring (except EIT) Oriol Roca, Sabadell / Barcelona, ES |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Sigh breaths to enhance protective ventilation Tommaso Mauri, Milan, IT |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Diaphragm protective ventilation Lise Piquilloud, Lausanne, CH |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | Visualisation tools of lung function, stress and strain: will they improve mechanical ventilation? - An interactive round table discussion Moderator: Marco Maggiorini, Zurich, CH Pannelists: Tommaso Mauri, Milan, IT | Oriol Roca, Sabadell / Barcelona, ES | Lise Piquilloud, Lausanne, CH |
Friday, January 31, 2025
| 08:00 - 10:30 | ARDS Chairs: Michael Joannidis, Innsbruck, AT | Jan De Waele, Gent, BE |
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Heart-lung interactions in ARDS Marco Maggiorini, Zurich, CH |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Ventilation-perfusion mismatch in ARDS: marker or mechanism? Tommaso Mauri, Milan, IT |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Weaning from mechanical ventilation in ARDS patients Oriol Roca, Sabadell / Barcelona, ES |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | ARDS short and long term prognosis and outcome Lise Piquilloud, Lausanne, CH |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Bedside assessment of recruitability is a must to set the PEEP in ARDS - A pro-con debate Lise Piquilloud, Lausanne, CH | Oriol Roca, Sabadell / Barcelona, ES |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Closing remarks and Farewell Michael Joannidis, Innsbruck, AT | Marco Maggiorini, Zurich, CH |
Speakers
We are pleased to welcome the following speakers to the International Winter Symposium 2025 in Engelberg:
Prof. Martin Balik, MD PhD - EDIC, Prague, CZ
Prof. Michael Casaer, MD PhD - UZ Leuven & KU Leuven, Leuven, BE
Prof. Maurizio Cecconi, MD, IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan, IT
Prof. Michelle Chew, MD PhD, Karolinksa Institutet, Huddinge, SE
Prof. Jan De Waele, MD, UZ Gent, Gent, BE
Prof. Beverley Hunt, OBE, Kings Healthcare Partners, London, UK
Prof. Michael Joannidis, MD, University Hospital for Internal Medicine, Innsbruck, AT
Prof. em. Marco Maggiorini, MD, University of Zurich, Zurich, CH
Prof. Tommaso Mauri, MD, University of Milan, Milan, IT
Prof. Marlies Ostermann, MD, King's College London, London, UK
Prof. Peter R. Pickkers, MD, Radboud University, Nijmegen, NL
PD Lise Piquilloud, MD, CHUV Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, CH
Annika Reintam Blaser, MD, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, CH
Prof. Oriol Roca, MD, Parc Tauli University Hospital, Sabadell / Barcelona, ES
Prof. em. Peter Suter, MD, Université de Genève, Geneva, CH
Prof. em. Jukka Takala, MD, Universität Bern, Bern, CH
Prof. Jean-Louis Vincent, MD PhD, Université Libre de Bruxelles & Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, BE