Scientific Program / March 19, 2026
07:30 - 08:30 | Registration, exhibits |
08:30 - 08:35 | Opening remarks; Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern |
SESSION 1: Sepsis! Critical evaluation of ongoing uncertainties
Location | Mail lecture hall |
Moderators | Dr. Fabio Butti, Nyon; Dr. med. Lukas Widmer, Freiburg |
08:35 - 08:50 | Causes behind community-acquired sepsis: the top ten! |
Dr. Marius Schlienger, Bern | |
08:50 - 09:05 | Diagnosing and treating sepsis fast in the emergency department |
Dr. Sonja Guglielmetti, Aarau | |
09:05 - 09:20 | Timing of surgical septic source control: “Is earlier always better?” |
Dr. Matteo Cimino, Milan, Italy | |
09:20 - 09:35 | Antibiotic duration after source control: “When enough is enough!" |
Prof. Dr. Antonio La Greca, Rome, Italy | |
09:35 - 10:00 | Discussion |
10:00 - 10:30 | Refreshment break, exhibits |
SESSION 2: Workshops
Workshop 1 | ||
10:30 - 11:10 | Mail lecture hall | ECMO in Trauma – Bridging the Gap or Crossing the Line |
PD Dr. Anna Messmer and friends, Bern | ||
10:30 - 11:10 | Room Alpha | Get hands-on: Chest-drain insertion essentials |
Dr. Susanne Eichenberger and friends, Bern | ||
10:30 - 11:10 | Room Beta | Severe Extremity Trauma: Reconstruction, Amputation, and Everything In Between |
Prof. Dr. Thomas Lustenberger, Bern; Dr. Cédric Zubler, London/Bern; Dr. Daniel Becker, Bern | ||
Workshop 2 | ||
11:20 - 12:00 | Mail lecture hall | Severe Burns: Challenges, Breakthroughs, and Best Practices in Modern Treatment |
Prof. Dr. Matthias Hänggi, Zürich; Dr. Julius Mayer, Zürich | ||
11:20 - 12:00 | Room Alpha | Get hands-on: Chest-drain insertion essentials |
Dr. Susanne Eichenberger and friends, Bern | ||
11:20 - 12:00 | Room Beta | How I do it: Indications for intubation after trauma |
Prof. Dr. Lorenz Theiler, Aarau; Dr. Maximilian Feth, Ulm, Germany |
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch, exhibits |
SESSION 3: State-of-the-Art Lecture
Location | Mail lecture hall |
Moderator | Dr. Fabio Butti, Nyon |
13:00 - 13:30 | Acute Care Surgery Across Europe: Evolving Models and Shared Lessons |
Prof. Dr. Isidro Martinez Casas, Seville, Spain |
SESSION 4: New technologies in surgical acute care
Location | Mail lecture hall |
Moderators | Prof. Dr. Thomas Lustenberger, Bern |
13:30 - 13:45 | Superoxidized Saline: A game-changer for intraperitoneal decontamination? |
PD Dr. Tobias Haltmeier, Bern | |
13:45 - 14:00 | VAC-Stent: A novel solution for which defects? |
Prof. Dr. Christian A. Gutschow, Zürich | |
14:00 - 14:15 | Precision Meets Innovation: 3D printing and navigation in orthopedics |
Dr. Samuel Schaible, Bern; Dr. Christian Tinner, Bern | |
14:15 - 14:30 | Discussion |
SESSION 5: SwissACS Special Guest Lecture
Location | Mail lecture hall |
Moderator | Prof. Dr. Lorenz Theiler, Aarau |
14:30 - 14:50 | Whole Blood Transfusion in Trauma: The Bergen Experience |
Dr. Christopher Bjerkvig, Bergen, Norway | |
14:50 - 15:00 | Discussion |
15:00 - 15:30 | Refreshment break, exhibits |
SESSION 6: Tough Trauma Cases from the Battlefield: The Experts’ Decisions
Location | Main lecture hall |
Moderation | Div. Dr. Andreas Stettbacher |
15:30 - 17:00 | TBA |
TBA | |
Experts panel | TBA |
17:00 | Closure, Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern |
Eat, Meet and Greet!
18:00 - 23:00 | Get-Together and Dinner at the Schweizerhof Hotel, Bern |