THURSDAY, JUNE 26


Session 3B: 1:30 -2:30 PM

Fellows’ room: learn from the Editors of Journals

Moderators: Stuart Spencer (Brenzett, GBR), Harriette Van Spall (Hamilton, CAN)

Master tips to convince the reviewers – Arianna Colosio (Lancet Respiratory Medicine, GBR)
Figures are key – Christian Jung (Düsseldorf, DEU)
What matters in the statistical review – Michael Harhay (Pennsylavia, USA
)My advice to answer to reviewers – Biykem Bozkurt (Houston, USA)

Panel discussion with all the above


FRIDAY, JUNE 27


Session 6B: 8:30- 10:00 AM

Preventing renal damage in the critically ill: a transdisciplinary effort!

Moderators: Pascal LePrince (Paris, FRA), Alexandre Mebezaa (Paris, FRA)

How to prevent AKI in ICU? - Marlies Ostermann (London, GBR)
Main drivers of AKI – Rafael Kramann (Aachen, DEU)
Lessons from Dan-Ger shock trial? – Erlic Zweck (Düsseldorf, DEU)
Trail design to assess therapies that prevent worsening AKI – Peter Pickkers (Nijmegen, NLD)
Post-discharge management after AKI – François Depret (Paris, FRA)
Industry Perspective - Abiomed, AM-Pharma Regulatory point of view - Maciej Kostrubiec (EMA, POL)

Panel discussion with all the above
Additional Panelist : Louis Mourisse, Aliza Thompson (FDA, USA)

Medical Rapporteurs - François Depret (Paris, FRA), Elric Zweck (Düsseldorf, DEU)


Session 7B : 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

How to design an escalating dose in critical care?

Moderators: Alexandre Mebazaa (Paris, FRA), Harriette Van Spall (Hamilton, CAN)

Phase 2 is not a "small" phase 3 trial – Harriette Van Spall (Hamilton, CAN)
Bayesian adaptive two-stage design – Anastasia Ivanova (Chapel Hill, USA)
Statistical thoughts on phase 2 trials in critical care – Janet Wittes (Washington, USA)
Learning from recent phase 2 trials in ICU – Michael Harhay (Pennsylavia, USA)
Industry perspective - Bayer, Karine Bourgeois (4Teen4, DEU)

Panel discussion with all the above


Session 8B : 1:00 - 3:00 PM

Assessing congestion in heart failure: tools are already available

Moderators: Nicolas Girerd (Nancy, FRA), Maria Rosa Costanzo (Naperville, USA), Naoki Sato (Tokyo, JPN)

Is there a gold standard to assess congestion? – Marat Fudim (Durham, USA)
Inferior vena cava diameters – Mandeep Mehra (Boston, USA)
Liver stiffness – Jan Biegus (Wrocław, POL)
Assessing congestion at home: COSI-HOME study – Alexandre Mebazaa (Paris, FRA)
Monitoring pulmonary artery pressure – Maria Rosa Costanzo (Naperville, USA)
Industry Perspective - Echosens, Juuso Blomster (CardioSignal)
Patient are ready to act - Nick Hartshorne - Nick Hartshorne-Evans (Preston, GRB)

Panel discussion with all the above Additional Panelist : Sean Collins (Brentwood, USA), Mattia Arrigo (Zürich, CHE), Mitchell Psotka (FDA, USA), Jordan Pomeroy (FDA, USA)

Medical Rapporteurs - Jolie Bruno (Berne, CHE), Nicolas Girerd (Paris, FRA)


Session 9B: 3:30 - 5:00 PM

Round table: Time for a Global CS collaboratory?

Moderators: Sabri Soussi (Toronto, CAN), Susanna Price (London, GBR), Shashank Sinha (Falls Church, USA), Naoki Sato (Tokyo, JPN)

Biobanking is key in CS collaborative research – Phyllis Billia (Toronto, CAN)
Clinical trials in CS research – Rebecca Mathew (Ottawa, CAN)
Network of networks in CS research: the ShockCO-OP consortium initiative – Sabri Soussi (Toronto, CAN)
Data sharing – Naoki Sato (Tokyo, JPN)
Omics-based biomarkers in CS research – Alastair Proudfoot (London, GBR)
Urgent need for cardiac arrest trials – Shir Lynn Lim (Singapore, SGP)

Panel discussion with all the above
Additional Panelist : Sumeet Mitter (Arlington, USA), Adrien Picod (Paris, FRA), David Baran (Parkland, USA), Stavros Drakos (New York, USA),Karine Bourgeois (4TEEN4, GER)