BeSARPP | Congress 2016

Congress 2016

WELCOME

Dear Colleague,

We are happy to announce the 2016 BeSARPP Congress, taking place at the The Square in Brussels on November 19.

Kindly find more about the programme here

We welcome you to Brussels and remain,

Yours sincerely, 

The BeSARPP Board

PROGRAMME

Saturday, 19 November

Gold Hall
08.20Welcome
Annelies Moerman & Mona Momeni 

Setting the scene
Chairs: Koen Lapage (UGent) and Alexandre Joosten (ULB)

08.30Fast-track surgery – what is it and why should we do it?
Henrik Kehlet (Copenhagen University, Denmark)
08.50The Perioperative Surgical Home, Fast Track Surgery, Enhanced Recovery: different names, different approaches, same goals   
Maxime Cannesson (University of California, USA)
09.15Pain therapy in Fast Track Surgery: where are we?  
Narinder Rawal (Örebro University, Sweden)
09.40Digital Quality Improvement: How to use technology to help the implementation of fast track protocols?
Maxime Cannesson (University of California, USA)​
10.05Coffee Break

Anesthesia, Fast Track Surgery in specific procedures (Part I)
Chairs: Arne Neyrinck (UZLeuven) and Jean Joris (CHU de Liège)

10.30Enhanced recovery protocol is the modern standard of Care for Surgery
Henrik Kehlet (Denmark)
11.00Enhanced recovery protocol-why is implementation is difficult?
Anthony de Buck-van Overstraeten (UZ Leuven)
11.30Fast Track Abdominal Surgery
Daniel Leonard (UCL)
12.00Enhanced recovery for the orthopedic patient
Geert Peersman (ZNA)
12.30General Assembly
12.30Lunch

Anesthesia, Fast Track Surgery in specific procedures (Part II)
Chairs: Margaretha Breebaart (UA) and Jan Poelaert (VUB)

13.30Anesthesia for Thoracic Fast Track Programs
Guillermo Martinez (UK)
14.00The Fast Track Cardiac Patient
Steffen Rex (UZ Leuven)
14.30PRO/CON: Opioid free anesthesia is THE way forward
Chairs: Steffen Rex (UZ Leuven), Mona Momeni (UCL) and Patrice Forget (Belgium) 
PRO: Jan Mulier (Belgium)
CON: Martin Söhle (Germany)
15.30Closing remarks and adjourn
Marc Van de Velde (UZ Leuven)

NURSES PROGRAMME

Simultaneous Translation Dutch – French is provided. 

Silver Hall
09.00Session A
Chairs: Lucie Choustoulakis (VUB) and Arnaud Steyaert (UCL)
09.00The nurses’ roles in an anherance recorvery protocol
Brigitte Crispin, UCL
09.30Nurse based Fast Track Cardiac Surgery
Koen Demeulemeester, UZ Leuven
10.00Why and how Enhanced Recovery Protocol (ERP) for abdominal surgery
Anthony De Buck Van Overstraeten (UZLeuven)
10.30Coffee Break
11.00Chair: Gregory Hans (ULiege)
11.00Complications in enhanced recovery programs
Piet Wyffels (UGent)
11.30Managing pain in enhanced recovery programs
Christine Sneyers (VUB)

REGISTRATION

Registration Fees:

Until 31/10/2016As of 01/11/2016On-Site
Members SARB€ 0,00€ 60,00€ 75,00
Non-Members€ 200,00€ 250,00€ 300,00
Trainees*€ 50,00€ 60,00€ 75,00
Nurses€ 50,00€ 60,00€ 75,00

BeSARPP Members are offered free registration until 31 October 2016. 
Registration is neverthless requested to allow optimal planning of the catering.

*A copy of your student card will be asked during the registration process.

Payment

  • By bank transfer: Bank details will be sent when you completed your online registration
  • By credit card: All major credit cards are accepted.

Registration fees do not include BeSARPP membership.

Cancellations

Cancellations received before 31 October 2016 will be refunded minus € 25,00 covering administration costs.
Name substitutions are accepted at any time at an extra charge of € 25,00.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Venue

Square Brussels
Mont des Arts – Kunstberg
1000 Brussels

Where to park?

There are 660 parking spaces right underneath SQUARE. 
​You can get in via Place de la Justice – Gerechtsplein, and Stuiversstraat – rue des Sols, and then walk straight into the building

Public transport

By train: Station ‘Brussels Central’ and follow the exit signs to ‘Mont des Arts – SQUARE’.

Language 

The official language of the meeting is English. 
The Nursing Program will be in the native language of the speaker with simultaneous translation.

Accreditation and Certificates

Name of the Organiser: BeSARPP
Person in charge: L. Herregods
Participants will receive certificates of attendance, including accreditation details. Certificates will be sent by e-mail after the congress.

Liability

By attending the meeting and/or exhibition organized in conjunction with the meeting, participants and exhibitors agree that neither the Organizing Committee nor the Administrative Secretariat assume any liability, participants and exhibitors are advised to organize their own insurances.

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