Asia Pacific Intensive Care Forum

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17-18 May 2018

Pre-Forum Workshops

19 May 2026

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Time

0730 - 0900

Registration

0900 - 1010

Plenary Session 1 (Room 406CX)
(Chairperson: Dr Alvin Ng)

0900 - 0930

Plenary Lecture 1 (Room 406CX)
Precision Resuscitation
Michael Pinsky

0930 - 0940

Discussion

0940 - 1010

Opening Ceremony
Guest of Honor

1010 - 1040

Coffee Break / Exhibition

1040 - 1220

Plenary Session 2 (Room 406CX)

1040 - 1110

Plenary Lecture 2 (Room 406CX)
Chairperson: Dr David Ku
Personalised medicine in sepsis
Anthony Gordon

1110 - 1140

Plenary Lecture 3 (Room 406CX)
Chairperson: Dr Adrian Kee
Intensivist Staffing In The ICU
Hayley Gershengorn

1140 - 1210

Plenary Lecture 4 (Room 406CX)
Chairperson: Dr Kelly Thompson
Globalisation of Critical Care
Timothy Buchman

1210 - 1220

Discussion

1240 - 1320	Lunch Symposium by:
	(Room 406D) Sedation in Critical Care David Ku, Wong Yu Lin Supported by:	(Room 405B) Muscle Matters: Why the Loss of Muscle Mass with Aging and in the ICU is Important and What can be Done Stuart Phillips, McMaster University Supported by:

1330 - 1510	Symposium 1 (Room 406CX) Sepsis Definitions and Management (Chairperson: Dr Alex Psirides)	Symposium 2 (Room 405B) Fluids and Blood (Chairperson: Dr Yasmine Ali Abelhamid)	Symposium 3 (Room 406D) Outbreaks, Disasters and Tropical Infections (Chairperson: Dr Adrian Kee)		Symposium 4 (Level 3, Room 336) Haemodynamic Monitoring and Optimisation (Chairperson: Dr Benjamin Leong)	1330 - 1655	Mastering Intensive Care #Podcast (Level 3, Room 335)
1330 - 1350	What are the challenges of the new SEPSIS-3 consensus Shih-Chi (Simon) Ku	Fluid therapy; where are we now? Variations between countries. Forbes McGain	1330 – 1355	Designing a nation infectious disease hospital and HLIU Leo Yee Sin	Physiologic basis for functional haemodynamic monitoring Michael Pinsky	1330 - 1445	Mastering Intensive Care #Podcast by Andrew Davies Guest: Michael O'Leary
1350 - 1410	Biomarkers in sepsis - The perennial search Kuan Win Sen	Why balanced fluids? Naomi Hammond	1355 – 1420	Severe Dengue - We need answers Louisa Chan	Fluid responsiveness in the critically ill Sheila Myatra	1540 - 1655	Mastering Intensive Care #Podcast by Andrew Davies Guest: June Goh
1410 - 1430	Early resuscitation in sepsis Anthony Delaney	Defining the role of colloids in critical care Addy Tan	1420 – 1445	Managing an Ebola outbreak Mo Yin	Levosimendan: a role in the management of patients with severe heart failure? Bernard Cholley
1430 - 1450	Cardiovascular management in sepsis Anthony Gordon	How I individualise blood transfusion? Jonathan Tan			Transpulmonary thermodilution: Uses and limitations Takashi Tagami
1450 - 1510	Discussion	Discussion	1445 – 1510	Discussion	Discussion

1510 - 1540

Coffee Break / Exhibition

1540 - 1720	Symposium 5 (Room 406CX) Sepsis 2 (Chairperson: Dr Jensen Ng)	Symposium 6 (Room 405B) Respiratory Failure Management (Chairperson: Dr Louisa Chan)	Symposium 7 (Room 406D) Infectious diseases in the critically ill (Chairperson: Dr Leo Yee Sin )	Symposium 8 (Level 3, Room 336) Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (Chairperson: Dr Tan Hui Ling)
1540 - 1600	Fluid therapy in sepsis Chairat Permpikul	How I ventilate an ARDS patient? John Park	Utility of antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill Andrea Kwa	Improving out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Marcus Ong
1600 - 1620	Sepsis paradoxes Francesca Rubulotta	High flow nasal cannula or non-invasive ventilation: when to use what? Jason Phua	Use of procalcitonin in the critically ill Noelle Lim	Targeted temperature management Benjamin Leong
1620 - 1640	Polymyxin B hemoperfusion for septic shock Tony Yeh	APRV ventilation: coming of age, or had its day? Ed Litton	Antibiotics - The good, the bad and the ugly Steve McGloughlin	The need for a new paradigm in resuscitation post cardiac surgery Adrian Levine
1640 - 1700	New treatment strategies for sepsis Anthony Gordon	Rescue modalities for profound hypoxemia and respiratory acidosis James Blum	Infections in the haematologic transplant patient Phua Ghee Chee	E-CPR/ECMO after prolonged Cardiac Arrest Vincent Pellegrino
1700 - 1720	Discussion	Discussion	Discussion	Discussion

20 May 2026

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0730 – 0820

Breakfast Symposium:

(Room 406D)
The ICU of the Future
Addy Tan
Supported by:

0830 - 0900

Plenary Lecture 5 (Room 406CX)
Chairperson: Dr Adrian Regli
Big data in intensive care
David Pilcher

0900 - 1040	Symposium 9 (Room 406CX) Surgical Critical Care (Chairperson: Dr Ng Shin Yi)	Symposium 10 (Room 405B) Death and Organ Donation (Chairperson: Dr June Goh)	Symposium 11 (Room 406D) Rehabilitation and Chronic Care (Chairperson: Dr See Kay Choong)	Symposium 12 (Level 3, Room 336) ICU administration (Chairperson: Dr Christian Karcher)
0900 - 0920	Some early findings from SNAP-2:EpiCCS Danny Wong	Brain death and Cardiac death – are there two ways to die? Kwek Tong Kiat	Post sepsis syndrome/Post ICU syndrome: Are they the same, overlapping or different Kelly Thompson	0900 – 0925	Driving quality improvement in the ICU - Singapore perspective Tan Hui Ling
0920 - 0940	Fast track cardiac surgery Charles Gomersall	Epidemiology and identification of organ donors David Pilcher	Do anabolic steroids have a role in recovery for critically ill patients? Matthew Anstey	0925 – 0950	Instructor Pilot/ICU Director: Commonalities and differences among aviation and intensive care medicine Timothy Buchman
0940 - 1000	Intra-abdominal hypertension - Respiratory implications and ventilatory management Adrian Regli	Donation after circulatory death Rohit D'Costa	Nutrition in the chronic critically ill Mette Berger
1000 - 1020	Improving outcomes from high risk surgery using functional haemodynamic monitoring-directed resuscitation Michael Pinsky	Managing the brain dead patient for organ donation Gene Sung	Use of Inspiratory muscle trainer in weaning from mechanical ventilator (why, when and how) Vimal Palanichamy	0950 – 1015	Focusing on what goes right - The safety paradigm and resilient healthcare Cameron Knott
1020 - 1040	Discussion	Discussion	Discussion	1015 – 1040	Discussion

1040 - 1110

Coffee Break / Exhibition

1110 - 1250	Symposium 13 (Room 406CX) Neurocritical Care (Chairperson: Dr Kwek Tong Kiat)	Symposium 14 (Room 405B) Extracorporeal life support (Chairperson: Dr Melvin Tay )	Symposium 15 (Room 406D) Critical care Nutrition (Chairperson: Dr Jonathan Tan )	Symposium 16 (Level 3, Room 336) ICU Informatics (Chairperson: Dr Claudia Tien )	1110 - 1610	Level 3, Room 335
1100 - 1120	Precision medicine in neurocritical care: Should we individualize care? Victoria McCredie	Rapid design and implementation of an ECMO service James Blum	Parenteral nutrition - When should we use it Andrew Davies	Telemedicine in ICU Timothy Buchman/Cheryl Hiddleson	1110 - 1220	From dreams to reality: simple steps to convert an abstract to a paper - and publish! Jason Phua
1120 - 1140	Auto-regulation in cerebral blood flow: How to optimise brain perfusion Kiwon Lee	VA ECMO : Keys to success Cho Yang Hyun	Using indirect calorimetry in ICU Ng Puay Shi	Telemedicine in ICU Timothy Buchman/Cheryl Hiddleson	1330 - 1445	Mastering Intensive Care #Podcast by Andrew Davies Guest: Timothy Buchman
1140 - 1210	Management of subarachnoid hemorrhage Gene Sung	Bleeding and anticoagulation management in ECMO Priya Nair	Protein delivery in the ICU; what is adequate Mette Berger	Artificial Intelligence Predictive Analytics for Sepsis and other Conditions Klaudyne Hong James Yip	1550 - 1610	Heterogeneity in Severe Life Threatening Asthma (SLTA) : Insights from our National SLTA audit Mariko Koh
1210 - 1230	Updates in management of traumatic brain injury June Goh	RCT and ECMO: Be careful of what you wish for Vincent Pellegrino	Glycaemic control in the ICU and beyond Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid	Precision medicine in acute and critical care: real-time integration of knowledge with data Timothy Buchman
1230 - 1250	Discussion	Discussion	Discussion	Discussion

1250 - 1330	Lunch Symposium by:
	(Room 406D) Experiences & Updates on the Use of MARS and Emerging Artificial Liver Support Systems Faouzi Saliba Supported by:

1340 - 1520	Symposium 17 (Room 406CX) Ethics and Palliative Care (Chairperson:)	Symposium 18 (Room 405B) Airway management in the ICU (Chairperson: Dr Victoria McCredie)	Symposium 19 (Room 406D) Delirium, Communications and Sleep (Chairperson: Dr Alberto Goffi )		Symposium 20 (Level 3, Room 336) Education and Simulation (Chairperson: Dr Phua Ghee Chee )
1340 - 1400	ICU limitations of therapy; International Variability Forbes McGain	Best airway practice in intensive care medicine 2018 David Brewster			Medical education in the 21st century Adrian Wong
1400 - 1420	Decision making in end of life care Wai Tat Wong	Tracheostomy teams: A multi-disciplinary approach to improving care Stephen Warrillow	1340 – 1405	Sedation, pain and delirium - Singapore ICU perspectives Ng Shin Yi	CoBaTrICE - Conceptualisation, development and refinement Francesca Rubulotta
1420 - 1440	Why doctors don't recognise dying Alex Psirides	Tracheal Intubation in ICU - Life saving or life threatening Sheila Myatra	1405 – 1430	Optimizing the restorative state: sleep, mindfulness and recovery from critical illness Ed Litton	Crisis Resource Management in ICU Christian Karcher
1440 - 1500	What happens to patients who are refused ICU admission Charles Gomersall	Understanding the impact of extubation Hayley Gershengorn	1430 – 1455	Donation conversation with the families Rohit D'Costa	Health service redesign using simulation based co-design Cameron Knott
1500 - 1520	Discussion	Discussion	1455 – 1520	Discussion	Discussion

1520 - 1550

Coffee Break / Exhibition

1550 - 1730	Symposium 21 (Room 406CX) Beyond the ICU (Chairperson:)	Symposium 22 (Room 405B) ICU Organisation (Chairperson: Dr Tony Yeh)	Symposium 23 (Room 406D) Women leadership in critical care (Chairperson: Dr Danielle Austin )	Symposium 24 (Level 3, Room 336) Acute liver and renal failure (Chairperson: Dr John Park )
1550 - 1610	Burnout and the intensivist Adrian Wong	24/7 ICUs Hayley Gershengorn	Session Introduction Danielle Austin	Acute liver failure in the ICU Stephen Warrillow
1610 -1630	ICU Environmental Sustainability Forbes McGain	How to measure and improve the clinical engagement of your team and its importance Vineet Sarode	Women leaders in Singapore - Status in medicine, how does it compare? June Goh	Management of portopulmonary hypertension and hepatopulmonary syndrome in patients undergoing liver transplantation Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba
1630 - 1650	RRT should be implemented in all hospitals For: Augustine Tee Against: Lim Tian Jin	Distractions and interruptions in the ICU Kay Choong See	Gender in health and medical research Kelly Thompson	Regional citrate anti-coagulation in CRRT: The new standards? Detlef Kindgen-Milles
1650 - 1710		Making the ICU a better place - families & pet therapy Alex Psirides	Panel discussion 1) Danielle Austin 2) Kelly Thompson 3) Klaudyne Hong 4) June Goh	Optimal timing for renal replacement therapy initiation in acute kidney injury Manish Kaushik
1710 - 1730	Discussion	Discussion	Discussion	Discussion

1830 - 2200

SG-ANZICS GALA Dinner @ 1-Altitude

21 May 2026

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0740 - 0810	Plenary Lecture 6 (Room 406CX) Chairperson: Dr Priya Nair Vision without action is a daydream, Action without vision is a nightmare Francesca Rubulotta
0810 - 0840	Plenary Lecture 7 (Room 406CX) Chairperson: Dr Fong Wee Kim Collaboration in research and education Charles Gomersall
0840 - 0930	Coffee Break / Exhibition
0930 - 1050	Symposium 25 (Room 406CX) ICU Research (Chairperson: Dr Wong Wai Tat)	Symposium 26 (Room 405B) Critical care nursing (Chairperson: Dr Cheryl Hiddleson)	Symposium 27 (Room 406D) Ultrasound in the ICU (Chairperson: Dr Fong Wee Kim)
0930 - 0950	Editor in chief's desk: Emerging themes in critical care Timothy Buchman	Transporting a critically ill patient - Pearls and pitfalls Tan Wah Tze	Using ultrasound in respiratory failure Alberto Goffi
0950 - 1010	ICU research from clinical databases: How and why Shankar Gopinath	Damage control resuscitation in trauma - What every intensivist needs to know Jensen Ng	Echography for the assessment of diaphragmatic function in critically ill patients Bernard Cholley
1010 - 1030	Crowdsourcing specialist trainees for multicentre research Danny Wong	Nurse practitioner's role in MET/Outreach team Clarice Wee	Seeing is believing: ultrasound training in austere environment Bhavesh Patel
1030 - 1050	Research in Singapore ICUs: Opportunities and pain points Jason Phua	Resuscitation in cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery - What's different from a nursing perspective? Amy Rogers	Point of care ultrasound - what's on the horizon? Adrian Wong
1050 - 1110	Discussion	Discussion	Discussion