Asian Intensive Care: coming of age
International intensive care conference, Hong Kong, December 14th-15th
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Asian Intensive Care: problems & solutions

Latest update: November 14th 2007

A 2 day conference aimed at leaders in Intensive Care. The conference will offer an update in Intensive Care from world leaders as well as a focus on issues that are particularly relevant in Asia.

Ample opportunity will be available to network with Intensive Care colleagues from different countries.

Date: November 28th-30th

• November 28th: registration and conference dinner
• November 29th-30th: full day of lectures

Venue: Happy Valley Racecourse, Hong Kong

Organizer: Dept of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Registration: HK$2500 (including conference dinner and buffet lunch, coffee and tea breaks on November 29th & 30th). Click here for further details.

Confirmed international faculty:

• Prof Abdullah Al-Shimemeri, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Dr Julian Bion, Birmingham, UK
• Dr Shanti Deva, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Prof Du Bin, Beijing, China
• Dr Ross Freebairn, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
• Dr Ho Kwok Ming, Perth, Australia
• Dr Pascale Gruber, London, UK
• Dr Shivakumar Iyer, Pune, India
• Prof Younsuck Koh, Seoul, Korea
• Prof Burkhard Lachmann, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Dr Richard Leonard, London, UK
• Prof Jeff Lipman, Brisbane, Australia
• Dr Loo Shi, Singapore
• Prof Tony McLean, Sydney, Australia
• Prof Ravi Mehta, San Diego, USA
• Prof Sherief Mokhtar, Cairo, Egypt
• Dr Ng Siew Hian, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Dr Dessmon Tai, Singapore
• Prof Jean Louis Vincent, Brussels, Belgium
• Dr Steve Webb, Perth, Australia

Confirmed local faculty:

• Dr Thomas Buckley
• Dr Chan Wai Ming
• Dr Claudia Cheng
• Dr Gordon Choi
• Dr Philip Lam
• Dr Anna Lee
• Dr Thomas Li
• Dr So Hing Yu
• Dr Yan Wing Wa
• Dr Florence Yap

Themes:

• Cardiac intensive care
• Disasters
• Ethical issues from an Asian perspective
• Infection
• Mechanical ventilation
• Monitoring & diagnostics
• Organizational issues
• Quality assurance
• Renal failure
• Sepsis
• Clinical issues in Asian Intensive Care
• Training & education in Asia: problems & solutions
• Tropical Diseases

Conference Dinner

• Happy Valley Box, Happy Valley Racecourse
• Planned to coincide with evening race meeting at Happy Valley

Sponsors

Major

• Astra Zeneca
• Dräger Medical
• Gambro
• GE
• Hamilton Medical
• Hong Kong Oxygen
• Maquet
• Pfizer
• Tyco Healthcare
• Wyeth

Other

• CSL
• Fresenius Kabi
• Nestlé Nutrition
• Novo Nordisk
• Olympus
• Respironics
• Sanofi-Aventis

Conference major sponsors

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