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Day 0

1030 onwards Registration – Level 4
Level 3 – Room 335
1410 – 1520 Session 1: Shock & Fluid Management
Session Chair: Dr Chew Mei Fang (Singapore)
1410 – 1430 Goal directed therapy in sepsis – What should be the goal?
Prof Mervyn Singer (United Kingdom)
1430 – 1450 Hemodynamic monitoring – Are we beyond the invasive era?
Dr Yeh Yu-Chang (Taiwan)(Virtual)
1450 – 1510 Aiming for zero fluid accumulation – A practical approach
Dr Adrian VK Wong (United Kingdom)
1510 – 1520 Q & A

Day 1

Esplanade Hall – 406CX
0800 – 0830 Plenary 1: COVID-19 infection – How far have we progressed?
Prof David Lye (Singapore)
Session Chair: Dr Tan Hon Liang (Singapore)
0830 – 0900 Plenary 2: Environmental Sustainability in the ICU
Dr Forbes McGain (Australia) (Virtual)
Session Chair: A/Prof Mark Plummer (Australia)
0900 – 0915 Opening Address
Dr See Kay Choong (Singapore), A/Prof Mark Nicholls (Australia)
0915 – 1000 Coffee / Tea Break / Poster Viewing
Changi Hall – 406D Esplanade Hall – 406CX Orchard Hall – 405B Sentosa Hall – 404A
1000 – 1110 Session 2: Weathering the storm in ICU
Session Chair: Dr Sean Loh (Singapore)
Session 3: Education and Innovation
Session Chair: Dr Lie Sui An (Singapore)
Session 4: Talks of Special Interest
Session Chair: Dr Chew Mei Fang (Singapore)
Session 5: Airway Management
Session Chair: Dr Christian Karcher (Australia)
1000 – 1020 Neurostorming: Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity
Prof Kiwon Lee (United States)
Intensive care unit quality improvement
Dr Sandra L. Kane-Gill (United States)
Code Cancer – Role of intensive care in the age of immunotherapy
Dr Stephen Pastores (United States) (Pre-Recorded)
Principles of safe airway management in COVID-19 patients*
Prof Sheila Nainan Myatra (India) (Virtual)
1020 – 1040 Thyoid storm in the ICU
Asst Prof Chng Chiaw Ling (Singapore)
Feedback and debriefing – An art and science
Dr Adam Cheng (Canada) (Virtual)
Organizing a pandemic response – What did we get right and how will we do it next time?
A/Prof Phua Ghee Chee (Singapore)
Strategies to prevent airway complications in the ICU
A/Prof David Brewster (Australia)
1040 – 1100 CAR-T cell induced Cytokine Storm
Asst Prof Francesca Lim (Singapore)(Virtual)
Safety Science Innovation in the ICU
Dr Chiara Santomauro (Australia)
Using precision medicine to individualize care in post-HCT ARDS
Dr Hemang Yadav (United States) (Virtual) (Pre-recorded)
Troubleshooting of tracheostomy emergencies
Dr Jerry Lim (Singapore)
1100 – 1110 Q & A Q & A Q & A Q & A
Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1115 – 1145 Plenary 3: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: The ICU perspective
Dr Jason Phua (Singapore)
Session Chair: Dr Wong Yu Lin (Singapore)
Esplanade Hall – 406CX Sentosa Hall – 404A
1145 – 1300 Satellite Symposium
Lunch providedSession Chair: Dr Asok Kurup (Singapore)

What is the importance of RWE in the antibiotic armamentarium?
Prof David Paterson (Australia)

From diagnosis to treatment – How rapid diagnostics guide treatment choices
Dr Asok Kurup (Singapore)

Product Theatre (30 pax)
Lunch provided

Session Chair: Dr Nandakumar Moppil (Singapore)

CRRT management from a nursing perspective
Ms Gillian Wee Hwei Li (Singapore)

1300 – 1410 Session 6: Well-being in the ICU
Session Chair: Dr Lim Jia Yan (Singapore)
Session 7: Greening Initiatives in the ICU (Virtual)
Session Chair: Dr Forbes McGain (Australia)
Session 8: Resuscitation Science
Session Chair: Dr Christian Karcher (Australia)
Session Chair: Dr Mark-Holger Konrad (Germany)
1300 – 1320 Mental health in the ICU – A practical guidance to build personal and team resilience
Dr Laura Hawryluck (Canada) (Virtual)
Dr Louise Trent (New Zealand)
A/Prof Matthew Anstey (Australia)
Dr Hayden Burch (Australia)
Dr Tan Kah Heng (Singapore)
Human factors and ergonomics to improve crisis resource management in the ICU
Dr Chiara Santomauro (Australia)
The future of hospital sound: Transforming healthcare through sound experience
Dr Yoko K. Sen & Dr Avery Sen (United States) (Virtual) (30 mins)
1320 – 1340 Empathy and compassion – How to remain human in the ICU environment
Adj A/Prof Maleena Suppiah Cavert (Singapore)
Physiology of targeted resuscitation
Dr Stephen Lam (Australia)
Reducing alarm fatigue in the ICU
Dr Mark-Holger Konrad (Germany)
1340 – 1400 Impact of unacceptable behavior between healthcare workers on outcomes in the ICU
Dr Linda Guo (Australia)
Educational strategies to improve outcomes from cardiac arrest
Dr Adam Cheng (Canada)(Virtual)
Q & A
1400 – 1410 Q & A Q & A Q & A
1415 – 1515

Meet-the-Expert

Ask us anything!
Dr Manish Kaushik (Singapore)
Mr Jason Knox (Australia)

Meet-the-Expert

The critical role of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in COVID-19
Dr Leong Hoe Nam (Singapore)

Meet-the-Expert
Session Chair: Ms Samantha Yong

Implementing TTM protocols in your hospital: A doctors’ and nurses’ experience
Prof Huang Chien-Hua (Taiwan) (Virtual)
A/Prof Chia Yew Woon (Singapore)
Mr Nguyen Van Hoan (Vietnam) (Virtual)

Coffee / Tea Break at Exhibition Area
1515 – 1625 Session 9: Pediatric Critical Care I –
Heart/Lung

Session Chair: Dr Anuradha P Menon (Singapore)
Session 10: Fluids and Nutrition
Session Chair: Dr Fong Wee Kim (Singapore)
Session 11: Cardiac Arrest
Session Chair: Dr Christian Karcher (Australia)
Session 12: Abstract Presentation I
Session Chair: Dr Pearly Koh (Singapore)
1515 – 1535 Haemodynamic assessments with POCUS in PICU
Dr Chor Yek Kee (Malaysia)
What to do with maintenance fluid post PLUS
Dr Adrian VK Wong (United Kingdom)
Improving rates of ROSC – Can we do anything about it?
Prof Peter Morley (Australia)

10 mins presentation + 2 mins Q&A each

Judges: A/Prof Mark Nicholls, A/Prof Mark Plummer, Dr See Kay Choong, Dr Chew Mei Fang, Dr Jacqueline Ong

Presenters (In the following order):
1. Dr Judith Ju Ming Wong (Singapore)
2. Dr Judith Ju Ming Wong (Singapore)
3. Ms Lim Si Min (Singapore)
4. Mr Aaron Yee Mingyang (Singapore)
5. Ms Jiyun Jung (Korea)

1535 – 1555 Management of perioperative LCOS without ECMO
Dr Parvathi Iyer (India)
Enteral nutrition: Expert tips for daily practice
Prof Jean-Charles Preiser (Belgium) (Virtual)
Post-cardiac arrest syndrome
Prof Jerry Nolan (United Kingdom) (Virtual) (Pre-recorded)
1555 – 1615 Biomarkers in ARDS – From bench to bedside
Dr Judith Ju Ming Wong (Singapore)
Glucose targets
Dr Moritoki Egi (Japan) (Virtual)
Where are we after TTM2?
Dr Lim Shir Lynn (Singapore) (Virtual)
1615 – 1625 Q & A Q & A Q & A Q & A
Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1630 – 1700 Plenary 4: Improving airway competency among ICU specialists
A/Prof David Brewster (Australia)
Session Chair: Dr Fong Wee Kim (Singapore)
1700 – 1730 Plenary 5: Sepsis Care – Should we protocolize or personalized?
Prof Mervyn Singer (United Kingdom)
Session Chair: Dr Alvin Ng (Singapore)

Day 2

Esplanade Hall – 406CX
0830 – 0900 Plenary 6: Is Less More in the ICU?
Prof Hans Flaatten (Norway)
Session Chair: Dr See Kay Choong (Singapore)
0900 – 0930 Plenary 7: Optimizing mental and emotional wellbeing at the ICU work place – What can we do at the organizational level?
Dr Mika Hamilton (Canada)
Session Chair: Dr Christian Karcher (Australia)
0930 – 1000 Coffee / Tea Break / Poster Viewing
Changi Hall – 406D Esplanade Hall – 406CX Orchard Hall – 405B Sentosa Hall – 404A
1000 – 1110 Session 13: COVID-19 Pandemic – Current Trend and Opinions
Session Chair: Dr Sean Loh (Singapore)
Session 14: ARDS
Session Chair: Dr Lee Yi Lin (Singapore)
Session 15: Critical Care Cardiology
Session Char: Dr Ruth Chen (Singapore)
Session 16: Neurocritical Care
Session Chair: Dr Lie Sui An (Singapore)
1000 – 1020 Respiratory subphenotypes in COVID-19 pneumonia – Does it still matter?
Dr Puah Ser Hon (Singapore)
Individualizing steroid therapy in ARDS
Dr Hemang Yadav (United States) (Virtual) (Pre-recorded)
Advance hemodynamic monitoring
Dr Mok Kwang How (Singapore)
Autoimmune encephalitis – What the intensivist needs to know
Dr Chanjira Satukijchai (Thailand)
1020 – 1040 Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac arrest resuscitation practices and outcomes
Dr Lowell Ling (Hong Kong) (Virtual)
Advances in management of patient-ventilator asynchrony
Prof Mohd Basri bin Mat Nor (Malaysia) (Virtual)
Key considerations for a successful E-CPR program
Dr Simon Sin Wai Ching (Hong Kong) (Virtual) (Pre-recorded)
Acute neurological complications of COVID-19 infection
Dr Tu Tian Ming (Singapore)
1040 – 1100 Post-intensive Care Syndrome in COVID-19 survivors
Dr Neha S. Dangayach (United States) (Virtual) (Pre-recorded)
Oxygen targets in ARDS
Dr See Kay Choong (Singapore)
Mechanical circulatory devices: An update
Asst Prof Lin Weiqin (Singapore)
Recovery after stroke –
Beyond medical therapy
Dr Neha S. Dangayach (United States) (Virtual)
1100 – 1110 Q & A Q & A Q & A Q & A
Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1115 – 1145 Plenary 8: Learning from excellence in critical care
Dr Adrian Plunkett (United Kingdom) (Pre-recorded)
Session Chair: Dr Jacqueline Ong (Singapore)
1145 – 1215 Plenary 9: Sepsis therapies – Learning from failure of translational research to improve therapeutic success
Prof Mervyn Singer (United Kingdom)
Session Chair: Dr Tan Hon Liang (Singapore)
1215 – 1315 Satellite Symposium
Lunch providedSession Chair: Dr Viknesh Naidu (Malaysia)

VTE in critical illness
Clinical Prof Ng Heng Joo (Singapore)

Lunch at Hall 406D and 405B Satellite Symposium
Lunch providedSession Chair: Dr Asok Kurup (Singapore)

Looking back to forge forward – Lessons from the past 2 years
Dr Asok Kurup (Singapore)

Treat early to reduce overuse of hospital resources
Dr Alex Soriano (Spain) (Virtual)

Product Theatre (30 pax)
Lunch provided

Session Chair: Dr Michael Etter (United Kingdom)

Merging ECMO with RRT – Newer perspectives
A/Prof Ramanathan K.R.

1330 – 1440 Session 17: Paediatric Critical Care II – Covid-19 – The Paediatric Experience
Session Chair: Dr Jacqueline Ong (Singapore)
Session 18: Sepsis
Session Chair: A/Prof Mark Plummer (Australia)
Session 19: The Geriatric patient in the ICU
Session Chair: Dr Adrian Kee (Singapore)
Session 20: ECMO
Session Chair: Dr Ruth Chen (Singapore)
1330 – 1350 COVID-19 associated coagulopathy in children
Dr Ranjan Joshi (Australia) (Virtual)
New therapeutics for severe sepsis
A/Prof Yugeesh Ryan Lankadeva (Australia)
Integrating geriatric principles into critical care medicine
Dr Nathan E. Brummel (United States)
ECMO for COVID-19 ARDS
Dr Graeme MacLaren (Singapore)
1350 – 1410 On crossing boundaries, Going beyond the PICU
Dr Tang Swee Fong (Malaysia)
Sepsis induced disseminated
intravascular coagulation
Dr Moritoki Egi (Japan) (Virtual)
Frailty, multimorbidity and ICU outcomes
Prof Hans Flaatten (Norway)
ECMO and the microcirculation
Dr Yeh Yu-Chang (Taiwan) (Virtual)
1410 – 1430 Neurologic manifestations of
COVID-19 in the PICU
Dr Kristy Xinghan Fu (Singapore)
Epidemiology, management and outcomes of sepsis in Asia
Dr Andrew Li (Singapore)
Geriatric palliative care in the ICU: Concept, Challenges and Care Delivery
Dr Neo Han Yee (Singapore)(Virtual) (Pre-recorded)
Update on ECCO2R in patients with acute respiratory failure
Dr Aidan Burrell (Germany) (Virtual)
1430 – 1440 Q & A Q & A Q & A Q & A
1445 – 1545

Meet-the-Expert

Rapid detection of respiratory pathogens and antibiotic resistance in patients with pneumonia
Dr Shum Hoi Ping (Hong Kong) (Virtual)

Meet-the-Expert

Local perception and practice sharing from Vietnam: Using clinical decision support tool to monitor coronary function during ventilation weaning
Dr Nguyen Hong Truong (Vietnam)

Meet-the-Expert

PICC in ICU
Dr Jayant Giri (Singapore)

Coffee / Tea Break at Exhibition Area
1545 – 1655 Session 21: Paediatric Critical Care III – PICU Potpourri I
Session Chair: Dr Tang Swee Fong (Malaysia)
Session 22: Critical Care Obstetrics
Session Chair: Dr Lie Sui An (Singapore)
Session 23: Neurosurgical Critical Care
Session Chair: Dr Lee Si Jia (Singapore)
Session 24: Rapid Response System
Session Chair: A/Prof Augustine Tee (Singapore)
1545 – 1605 Fluids in septic shock: New solutions to an old problem
A/Prof Nattachai Anantasit (Thailand)
The critically-ill obstetric patient: Addressing maternal morbidity and mortality through collaborative multidisciplinary care
Dr Sarah Rae Easter (United States)
Neuromonitoring in traumatic brain injury
Dr Doungporn Ruthirago (Thailand)
Family involvement in recognising clinical deterioration in their child and communicating concerns to health professionals
A/Prof Fenella Gill (Australia) (Virtual)
1605 – 1625 The art and science of terminal discharge
Dr Loh Sin Wee (Singapore)
Heart failure in obstetric patients
Dr Chan Wan Xian (Singapore)
Vasospasm: An update on the evidence and where to now?
Dr Oliver Flower (Australia) (Virtual)
The multi-tiered training and development of an RRT (Rapid Response Team) Nurse – the SGH experience
Ms Joanna Phone Ko (Singapore)
1625 – 1645 Nutritional support for critically ill children: What’s new?
Dr Pustika Efar (Indonesia)
Respiratory failure in obstetric patients – Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr Sewa Duu Wen (Singapore)
Determination of brain death in countries in Asia and the Pacific
Dr Gene Yong Sung (United States)
General ward nurses’ attitudes towards recognising, escalating and managing deteriorating patients
Dr Chua Wei Ling (Singapore)
1645 – 1655 Q & A Q & A Q & A
Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1700 – 1730 Plenary 10: Papers you shouldn’t have missed – A review of the year’s critical care literature
Dr Jason Phua (Singapore)
Session Chair: Dr Andrew Li (Singapore)

Day 3

Esplanade Hall – 406CX
0830 – 0900 Plenary 11: The critically ill oncology patient – Challenges and opportunities
Dr Stephen Pastores (United States) (Pre-recorded)
Session Chair: Dr Lie Sui An (Singapore)
0900 – 0930 Plenary 12: Liberation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill children
Dr Robinder Khemani (United States) (Virtual)
Session Chair: Dr Lee Jan Hau (Singapore)
0930 – 1000 Coffee / Tea Break / Poster Viewing
Changi Hall – 406D Esplanade Hall – 406CX Orchard Hall – 405B Sentosa Hall – 404A
1000 – 1110 Session 25: Paediatric Critical Care IV – PICU Potpourri II
Session chair: Anuradha P Menon (Singapore)
Session 26: ICU of the Future
Session Chair: Dr Tan Hon Liang (Singapore)
Session 27: Abstract Presentation II
Session Chair: Dr Clare Fong (Singapore)
1000 – 1020 Protocol driven care in the cardiac ICU: How we do it
Dr Parvathi Iyer (India)
Application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the ICU
Dr Hemang Yadav (United States) (Virtual) (Pre-recorded)
10 mins presentation + 2 mins Q&A each

Judges: A/Prof Mark Nicholls, A/Prof Mark Plummer, Dr Lie Sui An, Dr Ruth Chen, Dr Jacqueline Ong

Presenters (in the following order):
1. Dr Cuong Bui (Vietnam)
2. Dr Bourke Tillmann (Canada)
3. Dr Lau Yie Hui (Singapore)
4. Dr Liting Tong (United Kingdom) (Virtual)

1020 – 1040 The rise of Interventional Radiology in a PICU near you
Dr Maria de los Angeles Dri (Australia) (Virtual)
The use of Holographic technology to enhance patient care
Dr Gao Yujia (Singapore)
1040 – 1100 Complex decision making in PICU: Forget consensus, we need to learn how to have better quality arguments
Dr Melanie Jensen (Australia) (Virtual) (Pre-recorded)
The future of antimicrobial use in ICU using advanced technology and data science
Dr Sandra L. Kane-Gill (United States)
1100 – 1110 Q & A Q & A
1115 – 1215 Lunch at Hall 406D, 406CX and 405B
1230 – 1340 Session 28: Sedation, Analgesia and Delirum
Session Chair: Dr Jolin Wong (Singapore)
Session 29: Trauma
Session Chair: Dr Lee Si Jia (Singapore)
Session 30: Global Health Challenges
Session Chairs: Adjunct Clinical Prof John Botha (Australia) & Dr Tan Hon Liang (Singapore)
1230 – 1250 Sedation in the ICU – with what and how much?
Dr Nathan E. Brummel (United States)
Resilience and long-term outcomes after trauma – Can we do anything about it?
Dr Sandra Reeder (Australia)
Critical care evolution, challenge and impact of the COVID-19 in Mongolia
Dr Naranpurev Mendsaikhan (Mongolia) (15 mins)
1250 – 1310 Sedation after SPICE III, the day after
Prof Yahya Shehabi (Australia)
Receiving the bleeding trauma patient: What is current best practice?
Dr Ho Vui Kian (Singapore) addtd
Critical care evolution in Pakistan
Prof Madiha Hashmi (Pakistan) (15 mins)
1310 – 1330 Pain management in the ICU
Dr Wong Yu Lin (Singapore)
Art and music therapy in the ICU
Ms Phylaine Toh & Ms Stephanie Chan (Singapore) addtd
Tackling challenges in global health
Adjunct Clinical Prof John Botha (10 mins)
1330 – 1340 Q & A Q & A Q&A (5mins), Panel Discussion (25 mins)
1345 – 1445 Coffee / Tea Break at Exhibition Area
1445 – 1555 Session 31: Post ICU Care
Session Chair: Dr Pearly Koh (Singapore)
Session 32: Critical Care Nephrology
Session Chair: Dr Lee Yi Lin (Singapore)
Session 33: Organ Donation
Session Chair: Dr Tay Sok Boon (Singapore)
1445 – 1505 Advances in post-ICU rehabilitation
Dr Geoffrey S Samuel (Singapore)
Advances in the understanding of AKI pathophysiology and phenotypes
Prof Marlies Ostermann (United Kingdom) (Virtual)
The impact of COVID-19 on organ donation
Dr Rohit D’Costa (Australia)
1505 – 1525 The role of and key considerations in setting up the critical care follow-up clinic
Dr Nathan E. Brummel (United States)
Nephrotoxin stewardship
Dr Sandra L. Kane-Gill (United States)
Pushing the barriers in lung donation
Prof Gregory Snell (Australia)
1525 – 1545 Mental health after critical illness
Dr Mika Hamilton (Canada)
Practice and challenges in diagnosis and management of AKI in Asian ICUs
A/Prof Nattachai Srisawat (Thailand)
Ethics of antemortem procedures and resuscitation of the organ donor
Dr Michael O’Leary (Australia)
1545 – 1555 Q & A Q & A Q & A
Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1600 – 1630 Closing Plenary 13: The importance of collaboration of medical societies
Dr Gene Yong Sung (United States)
Session Chair: A/Prof Chia Yew Woon (Singapore)
1630 – 1645 Closing Address & Abstract Prize Presentation
Dr Ruth Chen (Singapore), Dr Christian Karcher (Australia)

Programme is updated as of 18 August 2022
The programme may be subject to change without prior notice