About the Congress

This meeting format will encourage interactivity, framed by your input, commitment and pro-action. We have created a high-quality scientific program, modified and focused on promoting networking between speakers and the audience, which is considered of utmost importance. The scientific standard of the ESRA Annual Congress is now recognized as one of the best in the world presented by ‘world-renowned’ speakers, and as a result carries a high rating with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. In this context, we have planned:

• instructional refresher course lectures
• networking sessions and symposia
• panel discussions
• pro/con debates
• interactive expert exchange sessions and second opinion discussions
• luncheon sessions
• special hands-on clinical workshops, including cadaver workshops once, and of course
• free paper and E-Poster sessions. Residents are invited to submit their papers for inclusion in the ESRA Resident Best Free Paper and the ESRA Best Abstract Award competitions.

Other sessions will include Complex Case Discussions, as well as the new 360^o Simulation Sessions. 

• Eric Albrecht, Switzerland
• Enrico Barbara, Italy
• Dan-Sebastian Dirzu, Romania
• Philippe Gautier, Belgium
• Yavuz Gurkan, Turkey
• Luis Valdés, Spain
• Morné Wolmarans, United Kingdom
• Maria Tileli, Residents & Trainees Representative

Chair (Past President)
Alain Delbos

Vice-Chair (President)
Thomas Volk

Chairs of the Cadaver Workshops
Paul Kessler and Peter Merjavy

Chair Of The Hands-On Clinical Workshops
José Aguirre

Members

• Eric Albrecht
• Steve Coppens
• Brian Kinirons
• Andrzej Krol
• Eleni Moka

• Aikaterini Amaniti
• Souzana Anisoglou
• Varvara Fyntanidou
• Eleni Koraki
• Alexandros Makris
• Kassiani Theodoraki 

Department of Anatomy & Surgical Anatomy

School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

• Georgios Paraskevas
• Konstantinos Natsis
• Nikolaos Anastasopoulos
• Nikolaos Lazaridis
• Eirini Asouchidou
• Ioannis Mykoniatis

With the kind support of:

Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

• Nikolaos Raikos, Professor

Department of Forensic Service of Ministry of Justice of Thessaloniki

• Eleni Zaggelidou, Director

• 4 day congress gathering International Key Opinion Leaders together with 2,000 European anaesthesiologists and specialists for pain therapy.
• High quality content driven agenda
• Continuous hands-on program during all the congress in five parallel halls
• Pleasure to meet and to have fun together thanks to a Fun Run or the networking events