Intensive Spring
2026

Intensive Spring 2026 One of the best European events in intensive care medicine, held each year in the vibrant city of Warsaw.

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Invitation

Join us in Warsaw in May 2026

Intensive Spring Conference 2026, a premier event in intensive care medicine. This year’s conference promises to be an exceptional gathering of leading international specialists and experts.

Join us for this unique opportunity to expand your knowledge, connect with peers, and help advance intensive care medicine.

Lectures

Join world-renowned experts as they present discoveries in critical care medicine.

Workshops

Develop your skills in interactive workshops guided by experienced intensivists.

Network

Engage with colleagues from across the world in this dynamic event. Broaden your professional network.

Debates

Engage in debates on controversial topics and emerging trends.

Speakers

Learn From Renowned Intensivist & Innovators

Explore emerging trends, innovative technologies, and new methodologies shaping the intensive care landscape.

Conference Programme

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14.05 Thursday
15.05 Friday
16.05 Saturday

08:30 - 08:45
Grand Opening
By Konstanty Szułdrzyński Warsaw, Poland

Where
Scherzo & Ballada Rooms (1 st Floor)
08:45 - 09:05
Inaugural Lecture: Environmental sustainability in intensive care: why it matters and how to move forward
By Jan De Waele Ghent, Belgium
09:05 - 13:00
IFAD mini
By Manu Malbrain Lovenjoel, Belgium, Clara Molin Copenhagen, Denmark, Niels van Regenmortel Antwerp, Belgium, Michelle Chew Stockholm, Sweden, Anna Wrzosek Kraków, Poland, Wojciech Dąbrowski Lublin, Poland, Xavier Monnet Paris, France, Konstanty Szułdrzyński Warsaw, Poland

Scientific patronage:

Session programme:
9:05 - Introduction to Fluid Stewardship by Manu Malbrain Lovenjoel, Belgium
9:15 - 10 year retrospective analysis of intravenous fluid use in Belgian hospitals by Manu Malbrain Lovenjoel, Belgium
9:30 - The rationale behind the Crusaders trial by Niels van Regenmortel Antwerp, Belgium
9:45 - Hemodynamic Monitoring: When to start IVF? by Michelle Chew Stockholm, Sweden
10:00 - Hemodynamic Monitoring: When to stop IVF? by Xavier Monnet Paris, France
10:15 - Round Table Discussion
10:45 - Coffee break
11:05 - Lightning Talk: Fluids and the brain by Wojciech Dąbrowski Lublin, Poland
11:15 - Lightning Talk: Fluids and the heart by Jan Beneš Plilsen, Czechia
11:25 - Lightning Talk: Fluids and the kidney by Michelle Chew Stockholm, Sweden
11:35 - Lightning Talk: Fluids and the lungs by Konstanty Szułdrzyński Warsaw, Poland
11:45 - Interactive Discussion
12:00 - Issuing of IV Fluids in Poland: Results of a multicentre study by Anna Wrzosek Kraków, Poland
12:15 - Fluid administration and fluid accumulation in the ICU: Preliminary findings from an international cohort study by Clara Molin Copenhagen, Denmark
12:35 - IFADmini Post Test Examination
12:55 - Prize Award and Group Photo
Fluids
Hemodynamics
Where
Scherzo & Ballada Rooms (1 st Floor)
13:00 - 13:15
Coffee Break
13:00 - 18:00
Workshop: Low-Flow Extracorporeal Blood Purification Techniques in Intensive Care Practice

Supported by:

Schedule:
Practical Session - Group I: 13:00 – 14:45
Joint Lecture Session: 15:00 – 16:15 PM
Practical Session - Group II: 16:15 – 18:00 PM

Workshops conducted in Polish 🇵🇱

Registration are required for the workshop.
13:15 - 14:00
Cases - interactive scenarios
By Julia Krzyszycha-Kościuk Warsaw, Poland, Jan Pawlonka Warsaw, Poland, Niels van Regenmortel Antwerp, Belgium, Dominik Daszuta Warsaw, Poland, Miłosz Jankowski Warsaw, Poland

Session programme:
13:00 - Hickam’s Dictum or Occam’s razor? - a dilemma in acute respiratory distress by Julia Krzyszycha-Kościuk Warsaw, Poland
13:20 - Balancing Oxygenation and Fluid Therapy During ECMO for Lung Allograft Rejection by Jan Pawlonka Warsaw, Poland
13:40 - Discussion

Moderators: Miłosz Jankowski, Niels van Regenmortel
Where
Scherzo & Ballada Rooms (1 st Floor)
14:00 - 15:00
Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:00
Difficult airway in critically ill
By Piotr Nowakowski Warsaw, Poland, Caner Turan Budapest, Hungary, Vincenzo Russotto Turin, Italy, Giacomo Bellani Trento, Italy

Session programme:
15:00 - Optimal technique of intubation in critically ill patients by (online) Vincenzo Russotto Turin, Italy
15:20 - Prevention of extubation in the ICU by Caner Turan Budapest, Hungary
15:40 - Discussion

Moderators: Giacomo Bellani, Piotr Nowakowski
Airway
Featured Lectures
Respiratory Failure
Where
Scherzo & Ballada Rooms (1 st Floor)
15:00 - 18:30
Workshop: Advanced haemodynamic monitoring
By Michelle Chew Stockholm, Sweden, Xavier Monnet Paris, France

Supported by:

Workshops conducted in English 🇬🇧

Registration are required for the workshop.
Fluids
Hemodynamics
16:00 - 18:00
Respiratory failure Part 1
By Domenico Luca Grieco Rome, Italy, Emmanuele Rezoagli Monza, Italy, Marco Giani Monza, Italy, João Batista Borges Prague, Czech Republic, Miłosz Jankowski Warsaw, Poland, Giacomo Bellani Trento, Italy

Session programme:
16:00 - Recruitment manoeuvres - already dead? by Giacomo Bellani Trento, Italy
16:20 - Do we need ARDS centres? by Marco Giani Monza, Italy
16:40 - Ventilation in traumatic brain injury by Emmanuele Rezoagli Monza, Italy
17:00 - Monitoring of patients on non-invasive ventilation by Domenico Luca Grieco Rome, Italy
17:20 - The role of body position in mechanical ventilation by João Batista Borges Prague, Czechia
17:40 - Discussion

Moderators: Miłosz Jankowski, João Batista Borges
ARDS
Mechanical Ventilation
Respiratory Failure
Where
Scherzo & Ballada Rooms (1 st Floor)
18:00 - 18:20
Coffee Break
18:20 - 19:00
Novelties in intensive care Part 1
By Jan Beneš Plilsen, Czechia, Emmanuele Rezoagli Monza, Italy, Dominik Daszuta Warsaw, Poland, Miłosz Jankowski Warsaw, Poland

Session programme:
18:20 - Healing environment in the ICU by Dominik Daszuta Warsaw, Poland
18:35 - Currents status of temperature management in post-resuscitation care by Miłosz Jankowski Warsaw, Poland
18:50 - Discussion

Moderators: Emmanuele Rezoagli, Jan Beneš
Featured Lectures
Where
Scherzo & Ballada Rooms (1 st Floor)

8:30 - 10:30
Workshop: Optimal Choice of Interface and Modality in Non-Invasive Ventilation
By Emmanuele Rezoagli Monza, Italy

Supported by:

Avaliable slots:
Group 1: 8:30 - 9:30
Group 2: 9:30 - 10:30

Workshops conducted in English 🇬🇧

Registration are required for the workshop.
Mechanical Ventilation
Respiratory Failure
08:30 - 11:30
SepsEast Session – Sepsis, infection, antimicrobial treatment and extracorporeal blood purification
By Jakub Szrama Poznań, Poland, Caner Turan Budapest, Hungary, Massimo Girardis Modena, Italy, Zoltan Ruszkai Budapest, Hungary, Jan Beneš Plilsen, Czechia, Jan De Waele Ghent, Belgium, Małgorzata Mikaszewska-Sokolewicz Warsaw, Poland, Zsolt Molnar Budapest, Hungary

Scientific patronage:

Session programme:
8:30 - Precision antibiotic therapy in sepsis and septic shock by Jan De Waele Ghent, Belgium
8:50 - New trends of vasopressor therapy in septic shock by Massimo Girardis Modena, Italy
9:10 - Surviving sepsis campaign guidelines 2026 by Zoltan Ruszkai Budapest, Hungary
9:30 - PCT-kinetics based antibiotic management in sepsis by Zsolt Molnar Budapest, Hungary
09:50 - Discussion

Moderators: Zsolt Molnar, Małgorzata Mikaszewska-Sokolewicz

10:00 - From Blunt Instrument to Precision Tool - The Evolution of Haemoadsorption by Lui Forni London, United Kingdom
10:20 - AI and Predictive Haemodynamic Monitoring by Jan Beneš Plilsen, Czechia
10:40 - Should we always use steroids in septic shock? by Massimo Girardis Modena, Italy
11:00 - Sepsis-associated liver injury by Caner Turan Budapest, Hungary
11:20 - Discussion

Moderators: Zoltan Ruszkai, Jakub Szrama,
Biomarkers
Hemodynamics
Sepsis
Where
Scherzo & Ballada Rooms (1 st Floor)
11:30 - 11:50
Coffee Break
11:50 - 13:40
Respiratory failure Part 2
By Domenico Luca Grieco Rome, Italy, Konrad Zuzda Warsaw, Poland, Emmanuele Rezoagli Monza, Italy, Marco Giani Monza, Italy, João Batista Borges Prague, Czech Republic, Giacomo Bellani Trento, Italy

Session programme:
11:50 - Switching from controlled to assisted ventilation by Giacomo Bellani Trento, Italy
12:10 - Weaning from mechanical ventilation by Domenico Luca Grieco Rome, Italy
12:30 - The choice of non-invasive respiratory support strategies in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure by Emmanuele Rezoagli Monza, Italy
12:50 - Measuring respiratory mechanics during controlled and spontaneous breathing by Marco Giani Monza, Italy
13:10 - Lung-kidney interactions in respiratory failure by Konrad Zuzda Warsaw, Poland
13:25 - Discussion

Moderators: Konstanty Szułdrzyński, Marco Giani
ARDS
Mechanical Ventilation
Respiratory Failure
Where
Scherzo & Ballada Rooms (1 st Floor)
13:40 - 14:00
Coffee Break
14:00 - 15:00
Blood transfusion and coagulation disorders in critically ill
By Gennaro Martucci Palermo, Italy, Jan Beneš Plilsen, Czechia, Miłosz Jankowski Warsaw, Poland

Session programme:
14:00 - Optimal transfusion thresholds in critically ill patients by Gennaro Martucci Palermo, Italy
14:20 - Coagulation monitoring in massive bleeding by Jan Beneš Plilsen, Czechia
14:40 - Coagulation disorders in sepsis by Miłosz Jankowski Warsaw, Poland
14:50 - Discussion

Moderators: Miłosz Jankowski
Biomarkers
Fluids
Sepsis
Where
Scherzo & Ballada Rooms (1 st Floor)
15:00 - 16:00
Lunch Break
16:00 - 18:50
Paediatric Intensive Care
By Jowita Rosada-Kurasińska Poznań, Poland, Bartosz Kociński Poznań, Poland, Marzena Zielińska Wroclaw, Poland, Elżbieta Pietraszek Warsaw, Poland, Katarzyna Kotulska-Jóźwiak Warsaw, Poland, Jakub Kmiotek Warsaw, Poland, Gabriella Bottari Rome, Italy, Małgorzata Mikaszewska-Sokolewicz Warsaw, Poland

Scientific patronage:

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy
of the Children's Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw

Session programme:
16:00 - Personalization in sepsis by Gabriella Bottari Rome, Italy
16:20 - Cytoabsorption assisted CPB by Bartosz Kociński Poznań, Poland
16:40 - What's new in the Sepsis Guidelines 2026 by Marzena Zielińska Wrocław, Poland
17:00 - The goals and the limits of blood purification by Małgorzata Mikaszewska-Sokolewicz Warsaw, Poland
17:20 - ECMO for PARDS the statement of Paediatric Section of PTAiIT by Jowita Rosada-Kurasińska Poznań, Poland
17:40 - ECMO therapy in the preoperative scenarios during liver tranplantation in LTx by Elżbieta Pietraszek Warsaw, Poland
18:00 - Autoimmune encephalitis by Katarzyna Kotulska-Jóźwiak Warsaw, Poland
18:20 - Chemical burns of the esophagus by Jakub Kmiotek Warsaw, Poland
Moderators: Gabriella Bottari , Małgorzata Mikaszewska-Sokolewicz , Marzena Zielińska

Click here to register for this session separately.
ECMO/ECPR
Paediatrics
Sepsis
Where
Sonata Room (1 st Floor)
16:00 - 17:10
ECMO in respiratory failure, cardiac arrest and organ donation
By Eduard Argudo Barcelona, Spain, Marta Velia Antonini Cesena, Italy, Mirko Belliato Padova, Italy, Marco Giani Monza, Italy, Piotr Knapik Zabrze, Poland

Session programme:
16:00 - Starting ECMO: thresholds and early management by Marco Giani Monza, Italy
16:15 - Current status of ECMO in organ donation by Eduard Argudo Barcelona, Spain
16:30 - Long-term outcome in ECPR by Mirko Belliato Padova, Italy
16:45 - Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) in organ donation by (online) Marta Velia Antonini Cesena, Italy
17:00 - Discussion

Moderators: Mirko Belliato, Piotr Knapik
ECMO/ECPR
Respiratory Failure
Where
Scherzo & Ballada Rooms (1 st Floor)
17:10 - 17:25
Coffee Break
17:25 - 18:10
Cases - interactive scenarios
By Jakub Szrama Poznań, Poland, Mateusz Zawadka Warsaw, Poland, Julia Trzebicka Warsaw, Poland, Krystian Sporysz-Janiec Warsaw, Poland, Dominik Daszuta Warsaw, Poland

Session programme:
17:25 - TCCD in neuro trauma by Krystian Sporysz-Janiec Warsaw, Poland
17:40 - Unexplained Hypotension in Critically Ill Patient: from Diagnosis to the Management by Julia Trzebicka Warsaw, Poland
17:55 - Discussion

Moderators: Dominik Daszuta, Mateusz Zawadka, Jakub Szrama
Where
Scherzo & Ballada Rooms (1 st Floor)
18:10 - 18:25
Coffee Break
18:25 - 19:20
Novelties in intensive care Part 2
By Andrew Chamberlain York, United Kingdom, Mateusz Zawadka Warsaw, Poland, Maksym Pylypenko Kyiv, Ukraine, Konstanty Szułdrzyński Warsaw, Poland

Session programme:
18:25 - Postresuscitation care by Mateusz Zawadka Warsaw, Poland
18:40 - The role of clinical information systems in quality improvement in the ICU by Andrew Chamberlain York, United Kingdom
18:55 - Clinical nutrition in severe stroke and traumatic brain injury by Maksym Pylypenko Kyiv, Ukraine
19:10 - Discussion

Moderators: Konstanty Szułdrzyński, Maksym Pylypenko,
Featured Lectures
Where
Scherzo & Ballada Rooms (1 st Floor)
19:20 - 19:30
Conference closing & Invitation
By Konstanty Szułdrzyński Warsaw, Poland

Mercure Warszawa Centrum

Mercure Warszawa Centrum hotel is perfect for participants looking for a local and authentic experience in the heart of Warsaw.

Reservations can be made via the link below. Participants receive a 15% discount on the daily rate. Adjust the length of your stay to your needs.

Conference Fee

We are delighted to invite you to register for the Intensive Spring Conference 2026. Early registration guarantees your spot.

Early-Bird Fee (Until MARCH 16, 2026)

Reduced*

€150 / 600 PLN

Nurse

€125 / 500 PLN

Regular

€225 / 900 PLN

* Doctors in training, residents are eligible for a reduced fee.

March 17 – April 19, 2026

Reduced*

€200 / 800 PLN

Nurse

€150 / 600 PLN

Regular

€275 / 1100 PLN

* Doctors in training, residents are eligible for a reduced fee.

April 13 – May 16, 2026

Reduced*

€250 / 1000 PL

Nurse

€175 / 700 PLN

Regular

€325 / 1300 PLN

* Doctors in training, residents are eligible for a reduced fee.

Aditional fees

Workshops

€35-75 / 150-300 PLN

Get Together

€60 / 220 PLN

* Doctors in training, residents are eligible for a reduced fee.

Support

We appreciate your support and help

We are extremely grateful for the generous support of our esteemed partners, whose dedication and commitment have been crucial in making this conference possible.