Programme
| 12h00-13h00: | Registration & Lunch buffet |
| 13h00-13h10: | Welcome & opening remarks R. Moreno. ESICM President (Portugal) |
| 13h10-13h25: | Patient safety : a priority for the European Commission A. Vassiliou, EU Commissioner (to be confirmed) |
| 13h25-13h40: | Patient safety: the WHO prospective I. Larizgoitia Jauregui, WHO |
| 13h40-13h55: | Patient safety : the industry prospective M. Mussallem (ADVAMED Chairman) (Chairman & CEO of Edwards Lifesciences) |
| 13h55-14h15: | Discussion |
| 14h15-14h30: | Human factors engineering approach to medical (and ICU) safety Y. Donchin (Israel) |
| 14h30-14h45: | Tracking sentinel events in the ICU. A. Valentin (Austria) |
| 14h45-15h00: | Coffee Break |
| 15h00-15h15: | Improving patient safety through information technology JD. Chiche (France) |
| 15h15-15h30: | Improving patient safety through clinical research. C. Sprung (Israel) |
| 15h30-15h45: | Improving safety of practice through education C. Gomersall (Hong-Kong) |
| 15h45-16h05: | Discussion |
| 16h05-16h20: | ICU volume, models of care and patient safety D. Angus (USA) |
| 16h20-16h35: | Challenges of Improving patient safety in developing countries E. Silva (Brazil) |
| 16h35-16h50: | Discussion |
| 16h50-17h00 | The path to improve patient safety in the ICU ? Closing remarks A. Rhodes ESICM President-Elect (UK) |
| 17h00-17h15: | Signature of the Vienna Declaration |
