MARCH 25, 2024

The International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) leaders were thrilled to be able to connect with the global anesthesia leaders while attending the 18th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA2024), March 3-7, 2024, in Singapore. The IARS joined 40 other international organizations in the Global Anaesthesia Village at WCA2024 to exchange ideas and develop opportunities to collaborate together in the future.

IARS Board Chair Beverley A. Orser, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FRSC, Board Vice Chair Y.S. Prakash, MD, PhD, and Physician Executive Santhanam Suresh, MD, MBA, FASA, FAAP enjoyed connecting with leaders from global societies in the Global Anesthesia Village. Additionally, Anesthesia & Analgesia Editor-in-Chief Jaideep J. Pandit, MA, BMBCh, DPhil, FRCA, FFPMRCA, DM, MBA, also attended WCA2024 and was able to connect with global colleagues during an A&A Editors Meet-and-Greet session in the exhibit hall.

Thank you to all our global colleagues who stopped by our IARS booth to connect during WCA2024! We look forward to building on these new connections in the future!

CAPTIONS (below, clockwise): 1. IARS Board Vice Chair Dr. Y.S. Prakash stopped to visit the Société Marocaine d’Anesthésie, d’Analgésie et de Réanimation at their booth in the Global Anaesthesia Village. 2. IARS Board Chair Dr. Beverley Orser met with Societe Nigerienne d’Anesthesie, de Reanimation et de Medecine d’Urgence Secretary Dr. Maman Sani Chaibou at the IARS booth in the Global Anesthesia Village. 3. Dr. Prakash (second from right) received a gift from Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists President Dr. Jigeeshu V. Divatia (second from left), Amita Neheta (far left) and Manisha Katika (far right) while visiting their booth in the Global Anaesthesia Village. 4. Dr. Orser (second from left), Dr. Prakash (far right) and Membership Subcommittee Member Dr. Kristin Schreiber (far right) met with leaders Drs. Aida Rosita Tantri and Aino Nindya Auerkari from the Indonesian Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy.

CAPTIONS (below, clockwise): 1. IARS Board Vice Chair Dr. Y.S. Prakash (right) stopped to visit the Bangladesh Society of Anaesthesiologists, Critical Care and Pain Physicians Secretary Dr. Kawsar Sardar at their society booth in the Global Anaesthesia Village. 2. IARS Physician Executive Dr. Santhanam Suresh conversed with other delegates at the Anesthesia & Analgesia Editors Meet and Greet. 3. Dr. Prakash (left) connected with Society of Anaesthesiologists of Nepal President Amir Babu Shrestha at the IARS booth. 4. A&A Editor Dr. Jaideep Pandit (right) connected with Dr. James Rathmell during the Editors Meet and Greet in the exhibit hall.

CAPTIONS (below, from top to bottom): 1. IARS Board Vice Chair Dr. Y.S. Prakash stopped to visit the Société Marocaine d’Anesthésie, d’Analgésie et de Réanimation at their booth in the Global Anaesthesia Village. 2. IARS Board Chair Dr. Beverley Orser met with Societe Nigerienne d’Anesthesie, de Reanimation et de Medecine d’Urgence Secretary Dr. Maman Sani Chaibou at the IARS booth in the Global Anesthesia Village. 3. Dr. Prakash (second from right) received a gift from Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists President Dr. Jigeeshu V. Divatia (second from left), Amita Neheta (far left) and Manisha Katika (far right) while visiting their booth in the Global Anaesthesia Village. 4. Dr. Orser (second from left), Dr. Prakash (far right) and Membership Subcommittee Member Dr. Kristin Schreiber (far right) met with leaders Drs. Aida Rosita Tantri and Aino Nindya Auerkari from the Indonesian Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy.

CAPTIONS (below, from top to bottom): 1. IARS Board Vice Chair Dr. Y.S. Prakash (right) stopped to visit the Bangladesh Society of Anaesthesiologists, Critical Care and Pain Physicians Secretary Dr. Kawsar Sardar at their society booth in the Global Anaesthesia Village. 2. IARS Physician Executive Dr. Santhanam Suresh conversed with other delegates at the Anesthesia & Analgesia Editors Meet and Greet. 3. Dr. Prakash (left) connected with Society of Anaesthesiologists of Nepal President Amir Babu Shrestha at the IARS booth. 4. A&A Editor Dr. Jaideep Pandit (right) connected with Dr. James Rathmell during the Editors Meet and Greet in the exhibit hall.

JANUARY 25, 2024

The International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) will be joining more than 40 international organizations exhibiting in the Global Anesthesia Village at the 18th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, March 3-7, 2024, in Singapore. This area of the exhibit hall is designed to demonstrate the unity of anesthesia and anesthesia-related organizations around the world, and includes an exciting mix of WFSA Regional Sections, Member Societies, and other organizations promoting safe anesthesia and surgery. If you are attending this conference, we hope you will stop by the IARS booth to share your ideas and let us know how we may better serve your needs. We will be raffling off one free year of membership to IARS as well as a free registration to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting, presented by IARS and SOCCA, May 17-19, in Seattle, WA. We look forward to seeing you then!

The IARS exhibit will be staffed at the following times.

Monday, March 4
10:00 am – 10:30 am (Coffee Break)
12:50 pm – 1:50 pm (Lunch Break)
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm (Coffee Break)
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (Welcome Reception)

Tuesday, March 5
9:30 am – 10:15 am (Coffee Break)
11:45 am – 12:45 pm (Lunch Break)
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm (Coffee Break)

Wednesday, March 6
10:30 am – 11:15 am (Coffee Break)
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm (Lunch Break)
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm (Coffee Break