15–17 June 2011 - Kongress & Kultur

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st Congress – Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine – 15–17 June 2011 | Bergen | Norway
Welcome
Dear colleagues!
As the President of the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology
and Intensive Care Medicine (SSAI) it is my pleasure to
welcome you all to our 31.Biennial Congress, this time in
beautiful Bergen.
This SSAI Congress is a joint venture with the Norwegian
Society of Anaesthesiology (NAF). I am very happy to see
that the co-operation between SSAI and the National Society
has worked as good here as it did in Odense in 2009 and
Gothenburg in 2007. Only together will we get better and
bigger and be able to compete on the international congress
market. But, on the other side we do not want to become too
big. The Scandinavian Congresses have always had a certain
flavour that we would like to nourish and develop further.
The “Bergen Crew” chaired by Professor Hans Flaatten has
worked hard to secure this through a fantastic scientific and
social program.
For now please enjoy the scientific and social program, including
the already famous “Moon-walk”. Please note that this Congress
includes a much higher level of interactivity between you as
a participant and the Faculty compared to other congresses.
Make use of it.
Our main sponsors and exhibitors make our biennial congresses
doable. We have a big and very interesting Exhibition area for
you to visit. The SSAI Congress is an excellent meeting point
for you and your colleagues from all over Scandinavia and
elsewhere. Feel home, and please help us make sure everyone
else feels at home and included too!
Eldar Søreide
President SSAI
The SSAI2011 Congress Organizing Committee:
Hans Flaatten, Congress president.
Medical director and Professor, General ICU, Haukeland University Hospital
Henning Onarheim, Congress secretary.
Consultant and Professor, General ICU/National Burn Unit,
Haukeland University Hospital
Bjarte Askeland, Regional anaesthesia programme.
Consultant, Department of Anaesthesiology, Haukeland University Hospital
Rae Frances Bell, Pain programme.
Medical Director, Pain clinic, Haukeland University Hospital
Elin Bjørnestad
Medical director, Department of Anaesthesiology, Haukeland University Hospital
Guttorm Brattebø, Emergency medicine programme.
Medical Director and Assistant Professor, Bergen Emergency Medical System,
Haukeland University Hospital
Dear Participant!
On behalf of Bergen city, Haukeland University Hospital,
the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and
University of Bergen; we are honored and proud to host the
31st SSAI congress.
Preparation of the congress has been an on-going process since
the previous congress in Odense in 2009. At an early stage it
was decided to do something ”radical” with the content of the
congress. In spite of all recent knowledge about learning and
education, most congresses still devote most of the time to
catheter-based lectures. We hence had as a goal to have half
of the congress time devoted to interactivity. As a result, three
out of 7-8 parallel sessions are simulation sessions, not as an
add-on with ”extra-cost”, but integrated as part of the whole
congress. This idea has become a reality thanks to a number
of enthusiastic co-workers and a supportive industry!
We have, as you will experience, also said farewell to traditional
poster presentation and oral poster sessions, and have merged
the two into “electronic poster presentation”. The format is the
traditional poster, with standing audience around the presenter,
but content and form is more from the oral session. We hope
your will enjoy it. You can also find the electronic posters on
the congress USB stick!
Anne Berit Guttormsen, Intensive care medicine programme.
Consultant and Professor, General ICU, Haukeland University Hospital
Lars Jacobsen, Norwegian Society of Anaesthesiologists.
Consultant, Anaesthesia Department, St Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim
Inger Lise Ravnanger, Kongress & Kultur AS
General manager
Jan Henrik Rosland, Palliative care programme.
Medical Director and Professor, Sunniva Clinic for Palliative care, Haraldsplass
Deaconess Hospital, Bergen
We will of course have a number of more traditional lectures,
and also interactive sessions on Friday.
Do not forget to experience some of Bergen when you are
here. Take a stroll in the characteristic wooden house area in
Fjellsiden (“mountain side”), and start your walking at the lower
station of the funicular Fløybanen. You may also continue up
to Fløyen (altitude 320 m/1h walk) where we will have the
congress dinner on Friday evening. Our congress providers
will also help you with more suggestions for exploring Bergen
and its surroundings.
A lot of people have been working to get this congress up and
running, in particular the congress committee and the simulation
faculty! Thanks also to the Department of Anaesthesiology
and Intensive Care at Haukeland University Hospital for access
to its man/woman power. The SSAI board has also been supportive
of the new concepts, for which we are grateful. I am also
happy to recognize the continuing support from the industry
to the SSAI congress; obviously they also find it of importance.
ENJOY!
Hans Flaatten
Congress President
Lars Jørgen Rygh, Anaesthesiologists in training.
Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology, Haukeland University Hospital
Eirik Søfteland, Anaesthesia programme.
Consultant, Department of Anaesthesiology, Haukeland University Hospital
Eldar Søreide, Simulation programme.
Consultant and Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology,
Stavanger University Hospital