08:00-08:40		Registration
08:40-09:00		Opening Announcement and Welcome Address Jin-Tae Kim (President of KSRA) Congratulatory Message Justin Sangwook Ko (President of AOSRA-PM) Young-Tae Jeon (President of KSA)

Fasting Time and Gastric Ultrasound in the Era of GLP-1 Agonists
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 09:00-10:10
Chair(s)	Jintae Kim (Korea) Chetna Prasad (USA)
Speaker(s)	09:00-09:20	Perioperative gastric ultrasound Besthadi Sukmono (Indonesia)
	09:20-09:40	Gastric ultrasound in ERAS Yeon Ju Kim (Korea)
	09:40-10:00	GLP-1 receptor agonists – the fasting and the furious Navdeep Sidhu (New Zealand)
	10:00-10:10	Q & A

10:10-10:30		Coffee Break

Central Neuraxial Blocks Revisited in the Ultrasound Era
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 10:30-11:40
Chair(s)	Young Jin Lim (Korea)
Speaker(s)	10:30-10:50	USG vs palpation: is there a difference? Sun-Kyung Park (Korea)
	10:50-11:10	Real-time ultrasound guided central neuraxial blocks – A call for greater adaptation Manoj Karmakar (Hong Kong, China)
	11:10-11:30	The space we've been missing: L5–S1 hypobaric spinals for arthroplasty in degenerative spines Iskandar Bin Khalid (Malaysia)
	11:30-11:40	Q & A

11:40-12:00		Coffee Break

Luncheon session
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 12:00-13:00
Chair(s)
Speaker(s)	12:00-13:00	TBD

Fast-track Surgeries and Regional Anesthesia: Is There a Change in the Role?
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 13:00-14:10
Chair(s)	Yong Seon Choi (Korea) Shang-Ru Yeoh (Taiwan)
Speaker(s)	13:00-13:20	To do or not? The role of peripheral nerve blocks in the ERAS era Eun Jung Kim (Korea)
	13:20-13:40	Same-day total joint surgery Sakura Kinjo (USA)
	13:40-14:00	Strategies to optimize postoperative recovery through motor-sparing blocks Norihiro Sakai (Japan)
	14:00-14:10	Q & A

14:10-14:30		Coffee Break

To Extend Our Blocks: What are the Options?
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 14:30-15:40
Chair(s)	Youn Jin Kim (Korea)
Speaker(s)	14:30-14:50	Continuous nerve blocks: why, when and how? Jean-Louis Horn (USA)
	14:50-15:10	Programmed intermittent bolus for regional anesthesia Hiroaki Murata (Japan)
	15:10-15:30	Sustained release local anesthetics Jung-Woo Shim (Korea)
	15:30-15:40	Q & A

15:40-16:00		Coffee Break

Improving the Performance and Safety of USGRA
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 16:00-17:30
Chair(s)	Boohwi Hong (Korea) Maria Minerva P. Calimag (Philippines)
Speaker(s)	16:00-16:20	Trends to increase safety and efficacy in US-guided regional anesthesia Paul Kessler (Germany)
	16:20-16:40	Anatomy dissections to improve ultrasound guided regional anesthesia David Auyong (USA)
	16:40-17:00	Fakeouts in nerve imaging: how to make the regional blocks safe and effective Andrew Gray (USA)
	17:00-17:20	From Surface to Sonogram: A Systematic Landmark-Based Framework for Reducing Cognitive Load in Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks Shang-Ru Yeoh (Taiwan)
	17:20-17:30	Q & A

Gala Dinner
18:30-		Gala Dinner (Sebitseom Vista Restaurant) For More Information click here!

Management of the Hip Fracture Patient: Considerations for Anesthesia Care and Beyond
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 09:00-10:10
Chair(s)	Won Uk Koh (Korea) Ezzat Samy Aziz (Egypt)
Speaker(s)	09:00-09:20	Analgesia for hip surgery: a toss between GA or RA Penafrancia C. Cano (Philippines)
	09:20-09:40	Role of regional anaesthesia in orthogeriatrics J Balavenkat Subramanian (India)
	09:40-10:00	Beyond anesthesia care- what are the preoperative and post operative considerations in this population Uchenna Umeh (USA)
	10:00-10:10	Q & A

10:10-10:30		Coffee Break

Updates in PNB Techniques: Blocks in the Lower Extremities
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 10:30-11:40
Chair(s)	Seokha Yoo (Korea) Shinichi Sakura (Japan)
Speaker(s)	10:30-10:50	Anatomical and clinical aspects of the popliteal plexus block Norihiro Sakai (Japan)
	10:50-11:10	Knee analgesia and recent developments Lutful Aziz (Bangladesh)
	11:10-11:30	Anterior approach to sciatic nerve block Kapil Gupta (USA)
	11:30-11:40	Q & A

11:40-12:00		Coffee Break

Luncheon session
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 12:00-13:00
Chair(s)
Speaker(s)	12:00-13:00	TBD

Old Fassioned? The Role of Epidural Analgesia in Current Anesthetic Practice
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 13:00-14:10
Chair(s)	Sang-Jin Park (Korea) Iskandar Bin Khalid (Malaysia)
Speaker(s)	13:00-13:20	The role of thoracic epidurals in a new world of plane blocks Andrew Walters (USA)
	13:20-13:40	Walking thoracic epidural for ERAS Shahridan Fathil (Malaysia)
	13:40-14:00	The utilization of postoperative epidurogram to confirm placement of thoracic epidurals using landmark-based technique Priscilla Huang (USA)
	14:00-14:10	Q & A

14:10-14:30		Coffee Break

Don't Ignore Our Kids!: Pediatric Regional Anesthesia
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 14:30-15:40
Chair(s)	Byung Gun Lim (Korea) Sidonia Suazo (Honduras)
Speaker(s)	14:30-14:50	Ultrasound guided regional blocks in pediatric abdominal surgery Odgerel Boldbaatar (Mongolia)
	14:50-15:10	Pediatric thoracic epidural: How to do it Ban C.H. Tsui (China)
	15:10-15:30	Beyond the usual: less-common but practical regional blocks and lung ultrasound in pediatric anesthesia Jung-Bin Park (Korea)
	15:30-15:40	Q & A

15:40-16:00		Coffee Break

Complications in Regional Anesthesia
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 16:00-17:30
Chair(s)	Won Uk Koh (Korea) Uchenna Umeh (USA)
Speaker(s)	16:00-16:20	Local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) Raymond S. Joseph (USA)
	16:20-16:40	Nerve injuries in regional anesthesia and best practice techniques Sakura Kinjo (USA)
	16:40-17:00	Infection complications in regional anesthesia David Corpman (USA)
	17:00-17:20	Standardized safety protocols, communication tools, and checklists for safe blocks Uchenna Umeh (USA)
	17:20-17:30	Q & A

Gala Dinner
18:30-		Gala Dinner (Sebitseom Vista Restaurant) For More Information click here!

Refresher Course (1): Regional Anesthesia for Upper Extremity Surgery (Korean)
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 09:00-10:30
Chair(s)	Chunwoo Yang (Korea)
Speaker(s)	09:00-09:20	Regional anesthesia for shoulder and clavicle surgery Yumin Jo (Korea)
	09:20-09:40	Regional anesthesia for foream and elbow surgery Younghoon Jung (Korea)
	09:40-10:00	Continuous blocks for upper extremity analgesia Se-Ung Park (Korea)
	10:00-10:10	Q & A

10:10-10:30		Coffee Break

Refresher Course (2): Regional Anesthesia for Truncal Surgery (Korean)
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 10:30-11:40
Chair(s)	Han Bum Joe (Korea)
Speaker(s)	10:30-10:50	Fascial plane blocks for abdominal surgeries Min Kyoung Kim (Korea)
	10:50-11:10	Regional anesthesia for breast and chest surgeries Young In Lee (Korea)
	11:10-11:30	Blocks for sternotomy and thoracotomy Woojin Kwon (Korea)
	11:30-11:40	Q & A

11:40-12:00		Coffee Break

All about Anesthesia and Analgesia in Spine Surgeries
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 13:00-14:10
Chair(s)	Seokyung Shin (Korea) Manoj Karmakar (Hong Kong, China)
Speaker(s)	13:00-13:20	ERAS in spine surgery Won Uk Koh (Korea)
	13:20-13:40	Regional blocks for spine surgery: what are the options? Aumjit Wittayapairoj (Thailand)
	13:40-14:00	Regional blocks for spine surgeries: meta analysis of current techniques Boohwi Hong (Korea)
	14:00-14:10	Q & A

14:10-14:30		Coffee Break

How Should We Train and Disseminate Regional Anesthesia?
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 14:30-15:40
Chair(s)	Jin-Tae Kim (Korea) Sandra Lynn Kopp (USA)
Speaker(s)	14:30-14:50	Updates in regional anaesthesia education Navdeep Sidhu (New Zealand)
	14:50-15:10	Regional anaethesia training in Africa Ezzat Samy Aziz (Egypt)
	15:10-15:30	Regional anesthesia education and training in Korea Seokha Yoo (Korea)
	15:30-15:40	Q & A

15:40-16:00		Coffee Break

Joint Session with JSRA
Date / Time	Aug. 29 (Sat) / 16:00-17:30
Chair(s)	Hyungtae Kim (Korea) Fumimasa Amaya (Japan)
Speaker(s)	16:00-16:20	RWD to RWE in regional anesthesia: Practical methods for database studies Kotaro Sakurai (Japan)
	16:20-16:40	Optimizing continuous adductor canal block – practical strategies for catheter placement Takashi Fujino (Japan)
	16:40-17:00	Continuous femoral nerve block for TKA Wangseok Do (Korea)
	17:00-17:20	Continuous interscalene block: Clinical tips to prevent leakage and dislodgement Seunguk Bang (Korea)
	17:20-17:30	Q & A

Gala Dinner
18:30-		Gala Dinner (Sebitseom Vista Restaurant) For More Information click here!