08:15 - 08:20

08:20 - 10:30

Welcome
G. Biancofiore

Cardiovascular update
Chairs: P. Bayly, A. De Gasperi

Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and dysautonomia
Susan Mandell, Denver

Cardiovascular events and outcomes
Olaf Guckelberger, Berlin

Controversies in preoperative evaluation: testing and selection
James Findlay, Rochester

Management of ischemic and valvular disease at UCLA
Randolph Steadman, Los Angeles

Monitoring : TEE, PAC, new modalities
Giorgio Della Rocca, Udine

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:15

Respiratory update
Chairs: G. Della Rocca, L. Gattinoni

Evaluating the potential recipient: the pulmonologist’s perpective
Pilar Morales, Valencia

Heptatopulmonary syndrome: pathophysiology, diagnosis, outcomes
Susan Mandell, Denver

Post-transplant respiratory complications
Marco Ranieri, Torino

12:15 - 12:45

Penelope Kaisserli Memorial Lecture
Chair: G. Biancofiore

12:45 - 13:45

Lunch

13:45 - 15:30

Topics in Surgery, Hepatology and Infectious Disease
Chairs: R. Steadman, G. Rodriguez

Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: selection and outcomes
Marco Senzolo, Padua

Liver implantation: techniques and challenges
Davide Ghinolfi, Pisa

Arterial hypoperfusion in the transplanted liver
Olaf Guckelberger, Berlin

Early bacterial infections
Fuat Saner, Essen

Fungal infections in liver recipients
Paulo Grossi, Varese

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:15 – 17:40

Perioperative fluids and transfusion
Chairs: J. Klinck, C.-G. Krenn

Volume resuscitation in cirrhosis: do different solutions make a difference?
Luciano Gattinoni, Milan

Transfusion and the microcirculation
Can Ince, Rotterdam

Vasoconstrictors during liver transplantation: why, when and which?
Gebhard Wagener, New York

Analgesia, fluids an outcomes in liver resection
Yatin Young, Auckland

Massive transfusion: what’s new?
Kerry Gunn, Auckland

18:00 - 18:30

LICAGE Business Meeting

19:30 - 22:30

CONGRESS DINNER