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Sepsis 2007 Program
 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

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Thursday 27, September 2007

09:30 – 09:40

Welcome and Introduction to Opening session

John Marshall, Chair ISF Steering Committee

SESSION 1

09:40 – 12:00

SEPSIS "AN OVERVIEW"

Chair: John Marshall, Canada

09:40 – 10:00

The Complexities of the Sepsis Entity

Edward Abraham, USA

10:00 -10:20

History of Sepsis

Steven Opal, USA

10:20 – 11:00

COFFEE BREAK

 

11:00 – 11:20

Epidemiology of Sepsis

Christian Brun-Buisson, France

11:20 – 11:40

Outcomes in Sepsis

Derek Angus, USA

11:40 – 12:00

Panel Discussion

 

12:00 – 13:30

LUNCH & POSTER SESSIONS

 

13:00 - 14:00 Satellite Symposia: Catheter-related Bloodstream Infections Sponsored by Cook

SESSION II

14:00 - 17:10

BASIC MECHANISMS

 

14:00 - 14:20

Microbial Sensing

Thierry Calandra, Switzerland

14:20 - 14:40

Cell Signalling/Transcriptional Regulations

Edward Abraham, USA

14:40 - 15:00

The Cytokine Storm During Sepsis

 Jean-Marc Cavaillon, Paris France

15:00 - 15:30

Break

 

15:30 - 15:50

Coagulation Issues in Sepsis

Tom van der Poll, The Netherlands

15:50 - 16:10

Genetic Factors in Sepsis

Jean-Paul Mira, France

16:15

Close of Day 1

 

16:15 - 17:15 Satellite Symposia - Looking into the future with drotrecogin Alfa (activated) Sponsored by Eli Lilly

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Special Lecture

17:20 - 17:40

The Institut Pasteur

Phillippe Sansonetti, Introduced by Jean Francois Dhainaut, Paris, France

17:40 - 19:00

WELCOME RECEPTION at The Institut Pasteur

 

 

Friday 28 September, 2007

 

SESSION III

08:30 – 09:50

THE MICROORGANISMS IN SEPSIS

 

08:30 – 08:50

Does the Type of Organisms Matter?

Jonathan Cohen, UK

08:50 – 09:10

Is Endotoxin Important?

Steven Opal, USA

09:10 - 09:30

Can Septic Shock be Due to Fungi?

Thierry Calandra, Switzerland

09:30 – 09:50

Panel Discussion

 

09:50 – 10:20

BREAK

 

SESSION IV

10:20 – 12:00

UPDATE ON MANAGEMENT

PART ONE

 

10:20 – 10:40

Use of Antibiotics in Sepsis

Jean Carlet, France

10:40 -11:00

Source Control

John Marshall, Canada

11:00 – 11:20

Fluids

Jean-Louis Vincent, Belgium

11:20 – 11:40

Vasopressor Agents

Konrad Reinhart, Germany

11:40 – 12:00

Panel Discussion

 

12:00 – 13:30

LUNCH & POSTER OR OTHER SESSION

 

SESSION IV

13:30 -  16:00

UPDATE ON MANAGEMENT

PART TWO

 

13:30 – 13:50

Inotropes

R. Phillip Dellinger, USA

13:50 – 14:10

Steroids and Vasopressin

Djialli Annane, France

14:10 – 14:30

BREAK

 

14:30 – 14:50

Use of Ventilators in Sepsis

Gordon Bernard, USA

14:50 – 15: 10

APC

Jean-François Dhainaut, France

15:10 – 15:30

Panel Discussion

 

PLENARY

15:30 – 16:00

The Septic Child

Adrienne Randolph, USA

16:30 - 17:30

Satellite Symposia: Endotoxemia - Detection, Consequence and Intervention

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Saturday 29 September

 

SESSION V

08:00 – 10:00

ORGAN DYSFUNCTION

 

08:00 – 08:20

The Cardiovascular System

Jean-François  Dhainaut, France

08:20 – 08:40

The Brain

Djialli Annane, France

08:40 – 09:00

The Lung

Gordon Bernard, USA

09:00 – 09:20

The Kidney

Konrad Reinhart, Germany

09:20 – 09:40

The Liver (the epithelium)

Mitch Fink, USA

09:40 – 10:00

Panel Discussion

 

10:00 – 10:30

BREAK

 

SESSION VI

10:30 – 12:10

IMPROVING CLINICAL TRIALS

 

10:30 – 10:50

Monitoring the Inflammatory/Immunologic Response

Konrad Reinhart, Germany

10:50 – 11:10

Better Patient Selection

John Marshall, Canada

11:10 – 11:30

Non-mortality Endpoints

Derek Angus, USA

11:30 – 11:50

Attributable Mortality and Long Term Outcome

Jean Carlet, France

11:50 -12:10

Panel Discussion

 

12:10 – 13:00

LUNCH

 

SESSION VII

13:00 – 14:40

TARGETS FOR NEW INTERVENTIONS

 

13:00 – 13:20

Endotoxin

Steven Opal, USA

13:20 – 13:40

Toll- like Receptors

Tom van der Poll, The Netherlands

13:40 – 14:00

MIF

Thierry Calandra, Switzerland

14:00 – 14:20

HMGB1

Edward Abraham, USA

14:20 -14:40

Panel Discussion

 

14:40 – 15:10

BREAK

 

SESSION VIII

15:10 – 16:50

NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE

 

15:10 – 15:30

Translational Research

Steven Opal, USA

15:30 – 15:50

Lobbying & Identification of New Resources

Konrad Reinhart, Germany

15:50 – 16:10

Regulatory Issues

Gordon Bernard, USA

16:10 – 16:30

Better  Teaching

Jonathan Cohen, UK

16:30 – 16:50

Panel Discussion

 

16:50 – 17:00

Closing Remarks

John Marshall, Canada