We welcome you to Bergen and the 31st Congress
on Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine 
June 15 - 17th 2011!




Dear colleague!

It is our privilege to invite you to Bergen and the 31. congress of the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care in June 2011!

SSAI is the joint society of the Nordic Anaesthesia and Intensive care societies (Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden), and includes also emergency medicine and pain.  Biannually SSAI host a congress, rotating between the five countries. Bergen last hosted the SSAI congress in 1969.
Bergen (pop 250.000) is the second largest city in Norway, situated at the Western coast of Norway, often called “The gateway to the Fjords”. In June, we have a special mixture of summer (at the shores), spring (inland) and still snow in the higher mountains.

Why come to the SSAI congress.
We have three reasons why you should come:
1)     It’s a medium sized compact congress. The number of participants usually varies from 4-800. The congress will cover all important aspects of anaesthesiology: anaesthesia, intensive care, emergency medicine and pain!
2)     Bergen and the Norwegian West coast in June are worth to explore, why not bring your family for a vacation at the same time?
3)     We have developed a special concept for the 2011 congress. Almost a half of the congress time will be devoted to simulation, which we plan to incorporate as a natural part of the congress, with no “add on fees”. Hence we will have three parallel simulation sessions throughout the entire congress: one in anaesthesia, one for intensive care and one for emergency medicine. In addition we will have more than 30 ordinary plenary sessions varying from small symposia to interactive voting sessions.

On behalf of SSAI and the local congress committee!

Hans Flaatten, professor
Congress president
hans.flaatten@helse-bergen.no

 
The conference will take place at the centrally located Grieghallen concert hall and conference centre.
There will also be good facilities for commercial exhibition concurrent with the scientific meeting, as well as for industry symposia.
If you are interested in organizing an industry symposium, exhibiting, or sponsoring the conference, kindly contact the congress office at mail@kongress.no
More information, including exhibition, travel, accommodation, abstract handling, registration, and accommodation will be updated at www.ssai2011.com
See also the SSAI homepage



The 2011 congress committee is:
Hans Flaatten
Congress president. Medical director and Professor General ICU Haukeland University Hospital
Henning Onarheim
Congress secretary. Consultant and Professor General ICU/National Burn Unit Haukeland University Hospital
Bjarte Askeland
Industry contact, Regional anaesthesia. Consultant, Department of Anaesthesiology,  Haukeland University Hospital
Rae Frances Bell
Pain programme. Medical Director, Pain clinic, Haukeland University Hospital
Elin Bjørnestad
Medical director, Department of Anaesthesiology,  Haukeland University Hospital
Guttorm Brattebø
Emergency programme. Emergency programme. Medical Director and Assistant Professor, Bergen Emergency Medical System, Haukeland University Hospital
Anne B Guttormsen
Intensive Care Programme. Consultant and Professor General ICU Haukeland University Hospital
Lars Jacobsen
Norwegian Society of Anaesthesiologists. Consultant, Anaesthesia Department,  St Olavs Universty Hospital, Trondheim
Inger Lise Ravnanger
Kongress og Kultur, General manager
Jan H Rosland
Palliative care programme. Medical Director and Professor, St Sunniva Hospice,  Bergen
Lars Jørgen Rygh
Anaesthesiologists in training. Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology, Haukeland University Hospital
Eirik Søfteland
Anaesthesia programme. Consultant, Department of Anaesthesiology,  Haukeland University Hospital
Eldar Søreide
Simulation programme. Consultant and Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology,  Stavanger University Hospital