“Improvement in care by translational exchange”

Abstract

Welcome On the behalf of the European Shock Society (ESS) we cordially invite and welcome you to join us for the XVI Congress of the European Shock Society in Cologne. This Congress will be held in conjunction with the 14th International Conference on Complexity in Acute Illness (ICCAI). The ESS was founded in 1983 and, together with five other shock societies, forms the International Federation of Shock Societies (IFSS). ICCAI is the 14th annual Congress of the Society for Complex Acute Illness (SCAI). After our successful International Congress of the IFSS in 2008, also together with SCAI, it is now for the second time that both societies decided to hold their (bi)annual meeting together as a joint meeting in the beautiful city of Cologne. In appreciating the tight links in scientific content, aims and work between both societies this Congress will again serve as an optimal platform for high level multidisciplinary scientific exchange and innovation. Shock and Critical Illness are both the result of interaction of complex physiology, complex environment and even more complex and thus difficult decision making. The European Shock Society hosts outstanding epidemiologists, clinicians and basic scientists while ICCAI gathers highly recognized mathematicians, engineers, system biologists, clinicians, modelers and partners from the industry to share the most recent advances in filling translational gaps between the triangle of bench, silicon and bedside for overall improved patient care and outcome. Our overall congress topic as “Improvement in Care by translational exchange” perfectly matches with this aim. The Congress is unique in its approach and setting and will be considered as among the premier scientific events 2015 for clinicians and researchers active in the field of trauma, shock and sepsis, presenting state of the art and breaking through research. We are looking forward to share these advancements with innovative industrial partners and sponsors for translation into products and practice. Important and novel scientific developments will be shared during plenary sessions, including a European New Investigator Award Competition (ENIAC) session, workshops, oral and poster presentations. The scientific program will be extended by focus sessions organized in collaboration with our partners from SepNET, INTRN (International Trauma Research Network), THOR (Trauma Hemostasis & Oxygenation Research Network), ESTES (European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery), as well EU-FP7-funded CENTER-TBI (Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in TBI) and TACTIC (Targeted Action to Cure Trauma Induced Coagulopathy) research networks. We are expecting more than 400 international participants and experts from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and around the globe. We should, of course, not forget our social events, such as a trip to the wine-growers of Marienthal (a former monastery) at the river Ahr including a hiking trip and a traditional “Kölsch”-evening in a local historical brewhouse.Prof. Dr. Edmund A.M. Neugebauer, PhD ESS PresidentProf. Dr. Marc Maegele, MD Congress President