Annual Symposium in Dublin - book now
Join us for the Irish Standing Committee (ISC) Annual Symposium 2025, which will take place on Saturday 15 November at Dublin Royal Convention Centre.
Explore the future of anaesthesia - one conversation at a time. Join us in Dublin this November for a day of cutting-edge updates, stimulating discussion, and professional connection at the Annual Symposium from the Association's Irish Standing Committee (ISC).
This year's programme features timely and thought-provoking sessions, including:
- Airway update: National airway leads & rescue trolley
by Prof Ellen O'Sullivan, St James' Hospital, Dublin and Dr Jean-Francois Bonnet, St James' Hospital Dublin
- Block assessment in caesarean section - is the current medicolegal standard valid?
by Prof Conan McCaul, Rotunda Hospital Dublin & Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin
- Workforce in anaesthesiology, Ireland - Quo Vadis?
by Michael Dockery, Clinical Lead, National Clinical Programme Anaesthesiology, Dr Emma Wain, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hopspital, Shropshire, UK & Association of Anaesthetists SAS Lead and Prof Anthony O'Regan, Medical Directior, NDTP (National Doctors Training and Planning)
Irish Standing Committee oral presentaion prize:
An exciting opportunity for trainee doctors to submit a 500-word synopsis of a presentation on the topic of: 'Are anaesthesiology and critical care medicine headed for a messy divorce?'
Applications will be blind reviewed by members of the ISC, and top scoring submitters will get the chance to give an oral presentation at our ISC Annual Symposium.
The deadline for submissions is 23:59 on Wednesday 27 August 2025, submit now so you don't miss out!
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It's a chance to stay ahead, ask questions, share ideas, and reconnect with colleagues across the regions. With contributions from leading local and national experts, the ISC Symposium is central to the Association's mission of delivering gold-standard postgraduate education across the UK and Ireland.
The organisers are Irish Standing Committee: Dr John Loughrey and Prof David Honan
Intended audience
Aimed at anaesthetists local to the region. Consultant anaesthetists, Resident Doctors (ST3+), SAS anaesthetists, medical students.