08:15 - 10:15

Coagulation update
Chairs: M. Ramsay, K. Gunn

Coagulation in end-stage liver disease: pathophysiology and monitoring
Armando Tripodi, Milan

Factor concentrates: why should we use them in liver transplantation?
Klaus Gorlinger, Essen

Plasma for coagulopathy: FFP vs SD-treated human plasma solution
Marco Marietta, Modena

Operating room monitoring and management
Susan Mallett, London

Hypercoagulation
Michael Ramsay, Dallas

10:15 - 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15

Basic Science and Physiology
Chairs: C. Niemann, J. Findlay

Measuring the microcirculation
Can Ince, Rotterdam

Physics of arterial pressure monitoring and effects of vasopressors
Ari Ercole, Cambridge

Perioperative renal injury: novel markers
Gebhard Wagener, New York

Monitoring function in the transplanted liver
Claus-Georg Krenn, Vienna

12:15 - 13:15

Lunch

13:15 - 15:30

Special topics
Chairs: F. Saner, S. Mandell

MARS dialysis in acute liver failure
Christophe Camus, Rennes

Extracorporeal clearance of Lipid A: a novel therapy in sepsis
Franco Roberto, Rome

Hypoadrenalism in liver recipients
Stefano Faenza, Bologna

Paediatric update
James Bennett, Birmingham

Starting a liver transplant anaesthesia service in a developing country
Gamal Fuad S Zaki, Cairo

Data collection and quality improvement in liver transplantation
Ann Walia, Nashville

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:30

Interactive cases
Chairs: P. Bayly, R. Steadman

Cases of special interest or educational value, presented in stages with key pauses before diagnostic or therapeutic decisions. Panel and audience is invited (what would you do next?)

Erythropoietic Protoporphyria and acute liver failure
Alistair Lee, Edinburgh

Primary non-function: is there a role for hepatectomy?
Harendra Arora, Chapel Hill

Fulminant Wilson’s and Tetralogy of Fallot
Andreu Cueva Suller, Valencia

Liver resection in a high risk patient
Sundar Reddy, Iowa City

17:30

Closing remarks