Programme
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Day One – Wednesday 6th May 2026
12:00 – 13:00
Registration
Session One – Neuroanaesthesia
13:00 – 13:10
President’s Welcome
Prof Jon Coles
13:10 – 13:40
Is the EEG truth serum? What does brain monitoring tell us and will we listen?
Dr Paul Garcia
13:40 – 14:10
Volatile anaesthetics – safe for patients, safe for the planet
Prof Mary Slingo
14:10 – 14:40
Anaesthesia and Delirium
Prof Nicolai Foss
14:40 – 15:00
Questions and Panel Discussion
15:00 – 15:30
Break, Posters & Trade Exhibition
Session Two – Developments in Neurosurgery/Neurology Clinical Practice
15:30 – 16:00
Acquired Brain Injury; What’s Left Behind?
Prof Alan Carson
16:00 – 16:30
NSx are humans – decision-making in Neurosurgery
Mr Mark Hughes
16:30 – 17:00
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)
Prof Jon Stone
17:00 – 17:30
HEMS – First Responders to TBI
Dr Flora Bird
17:30 – 17:45
Questions and Panel Discussion
18:00
The President’s Drink Reception
Day Two – Thursday 7th May 2026
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
08:30 – 09:00
NACCS AGM
Session Three – Research/Award Presentations
09:00 – 09:50
Resident Presentations
Prof Jon Coles
09:50 – 10:05
John Snow Award
Zainad Alani
10:05 – 10:20
Travelling Fellowship: Boston
Dr George Findlay
10:20 – 10:35
Travelling Fellowship: Copenhagen
Dr Stuart Connal
10:35 – 10:50
Travelling Fellowship: Bangalore
Dr Divyadarshini Vadival
10:50 – 11:00
Questions
11:00 – 11:30
Break, Posters & Trade Exhibition
Session Four – Future Developments in Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care
11:30 – 11:50
Using Human Tissue
Prof Paul Brennan
11:50 – 12:20
The Alpha Awakening: EEG Biomarkers for Cognitive Resilience
Mr Mark Hughes
12:20 – 12:45
Neuroinflammatory mediators of injury and resilience after haemorrhagic brain injury
Mr James Loan
12:45 – 13:00
Questions and Panel Discussion
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch, Posters & Trade Exhibition
Poster Flash Presentation
Link Drs Meeting
Session Five – Rapid Learning
14:00 – 14:20
Neuroradiology for the Anaesthetists
Dr Susan Kealey
14:20 – 14:40
The Much Maligned C-Spine – even specialist centres don’t like them!
Dr Hanlie DuPlessis
14:40 – 15:00
AI and Machine Learning and the future of Medical Research
Dr Mat Lyons
15:00 – 15:15
Questions and Panel Discussion
15:15 – 16:00
Break, Posters and Trade Exhibition
Resident’s Meeting
Session Six – Patient Perspective
16:00- 17:00
My time as a NSx patient
Dr Anna Stout
Day Three – Friday 8th May 2026
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
Session Seven – Neurosciences Intensive Care
09:00 – 09:45
TBC
TBC
09:45 – 10:15
Updates in Neurocritical Care
Dr Jon Rhodes
10:15 – 10:45
Moral Distress Managing Neurological Patients
Dr Hanlie DuPlessis
10:45 – 11:00
Questions and Panel Discussion
11:00 – 11:30
Break, Posters & Trade Exhibition
Session Eight – Developments in Clinical Practice
11:30 – 11:50
Acquired Brain Injury; What’s Left Behind?
Dr Jenn Proc
11:50 – 12:10
NSx are humans – decision-making in Neurosurgery
TBC
12:10 – 12:55
Debate: Benefit of GenCritCare vs NSxCritCare
Dr Murray Blackstock &
Dr Christopher Hawthorne
12:55 – 13:15
Abstract Awards and Presentation and handover to next location
Prof Jon Coles
13:15
Conference Close