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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

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THURSDAY – 29 October 2026

Time Hall A
14:30-15:00 Opening Ceremony
President of the congress and the Society of Turkish Intensivists: Prof. Dr. Cenk KIRAKLI
15:00-16:00 Opening Conference: Changing Paradigms in Critical Care as We Approach 2030 (In Memory of Dr. Hakan Alp BODUR)
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Turgay ÇELİKEL, Prof. Dr. Muhammet GÜVEN
Are We Moving Toward a Phenotypic Approach in Every Critically Ill Patient?
Prof. Dr. Murat SUNGUR
The ROSE Concept and Its Use in Intensive Care
Prof. Dr. Marlies OSTERMANN
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:30 Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Bilgin CÖMERT
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Kaya YORGANCI
Academia and Healthcare in the Early Republican Era
Republic Day Special Talk
19:00-20:30 Dinner

FRIDAY – 30 October 2026

Time Hall A Hall B Hall C
09:30-10:30 Panel: Challenges in the Clinical Management of ARDS
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Cenk KIRAKLI, Prof. Dr. Mensure ÇAKIRGÖZ
Panel: Innovations in Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Kaya YORGANCI, Prof. Dr. Kürşat GÜNDOĞAN
Panel: Nursing Management and Technology in Intensive Care
Session Chairs: Asst. Prof. Dr. Recep Civan YÜKSEL, Asst. Prof. Dr. Tuğba ERDEM
Conventional and Advanced PEEP Titration Methods in ARDS
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süleyman YILDIRIM
Use of Ultrasound in Nutritional Assessment of Critically Ill Patients
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Uğur ÖZDEMİR
The Silent Killer, Hypertension: Nursing Management
Nurse Ebru OKUR
Novel Methods for Personalizing Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS
Prof. Dr. Serpil ÖCAL
Personalized Nutrition and Critical Illness: Recent Advances in Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics
Prof. Dr. Kürşat GÜNDOĞAN
Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Nursing in Intensive Care
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevda TÜREN
Driving Pressure, Mechanical Power and PaO2/FiO2 Ratio: Which Is More Important in Terms of Mortality?
Prof. Dr. Gülbin AYGENCEL
Basic Nutritional Approaches in Patients with PICS
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kaniye AYDIN
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Panel: Current Topics in Intensive Care: 2026
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Gülbin AYGENCEL, Prof. Dr. Volkan HANCI
Panel: Transforming Intensive Care with Artificial Intelligence
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Dilek ÖZCENGİZ, Dr. Emre KARAKOÇ
Panel: Current Practices in Intensive Care: Oxygen Therapy and Rehabilitation
Session Chairs: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma YILDIRIM, Asst. Prof. Dr. Meryem Yıldız AYVAZ
Is Ketamine Becoming Popular Again?
Prof. Dr. Seda Banu AKINCI
Can Artificial Intelligence Detect Early Clinical Deterioration?
MD. Hüseyin Oğuz YILMAZ
Nursing Care in High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy
Nurse Buse ÇAPA
Are Nebulized Antibiotics Making a Comeback?
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem EDİBOĞLU
Can AI-Integrated Clinical Decision Algorithms Reduce Mortality?
MD. Ömer DOĞAN
Patient Empowerment in Intensive Care: Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevda ATEŞ
Vasopressin in Patients with Septic Shock
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şahin TEMEL
Ethical and Legal Issues in the Use of Artificial Intelligence
Prof. Dr. Dilek ÖZCENGİZ
12:00-12:30 Oral Presentations
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Defne ALTINTAŞ, Assoc. Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı AKBUDAK
Oral Presentations
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Kürşat GÜNDOĞAN, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hilal SİPAHİOĞLU
Oral Presentations
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Ezgi ÖZYILMAZ, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süleyman YILDIRIM
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Panel: Use of Echocardiography in Intensive Care
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Gül GÜRSEL, Dr. Emre KARAKOÇ
Panel: Where Do We Stand on ECMO in Türkiye?
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kemal BAYAR, Prof. Dr. Bülent ERBİL
Nursing Meeting: A Breathing Break from Intensive Care: Laughter Yoga
Nurse Özge KARACA
Use of Echocardiography in the Assessment of Fluid Responsiveness
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pervin Hancı YILMAZTÜRK
Should ECMO Be Performed in Specialized Centers? Where Do ECMO Centers in Türkiye Stand?
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süleyman YILDIRIM
Use of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Right Heart Failure
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin ARIKAN
Timing of Transport for Patients Selected for ECMO
Asst. Prof. Dr. Erdem YALÇINKAYA
Use of Echocardiography in the Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kaniye AYDIN
ECPR: For Whom, When and How?
Prof. Dr. Bülent ERBİL
14:30-15:10
Satellite Symposium
Humidification in Mechanical Ventilation

Prof. Dr. Neriman Defne Altıntaş
15:10-16:10 Panel: Intubation in Acute Respiratory Failure: When?
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Turgay ÇELİKEL, Prof. Dr. Gökay GÜNGÖR
Panel: Current Guidelines for Critically Ill Neurological Patients
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kemal BAYAR, Asst. Prof. Dr. Zehra UYSAL
Nursing Commission Meeting
Delayed Intubation and P-SILI
Prof. Dr. Emel ERYÜKSEL
What Do Current Guidelines Recommend in Acute Brain Injury? ICP, Sedation and Neuromonitoring
MD. Zaur Mehdiyev
Complications of Premature Intubation
Prof. Dr. Ezgi ÖZYILMAZ
Time-Critical Management of Acute Stroke and SAH
Asst. Prof. Dr. Zehra UYSAL
The Role of the ROX Index and Clinical Assessment in the Decision to Intubate
Asst. Prof. Dr. Kamil GÖNDEREN
16:10-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:30 Panel: Management of Acute Kidney Injury in Intensive Care
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Marlies OSTERMANN, Prof. Dr. Bilgin CÖMERT
Panel: Studies That Have Changed Clinical Practice in Intensive Care Over the Past Year
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Sait KARAKURT, Prof. Dr. Murat SUNGUR
The Role of Biomarkers in the Decision to Initiate Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients
Prof. Dr. Marlies OSTERMANN
ANDROMEDA-SHOCK 2 Study
MD. Mehmet Gökhan GÖK
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Modalities, Membranes and Discontinuation
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazlıhan BOYACI DÜNDAR
IMMUNOSEP - Host-Directed Therapy
MD. Kamil DEVECİ
SCUF for Isolated Fluid Removal: Key Considerations
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre AYDIN
TARGET Protein Study
MD. Berna DEMİR
17:30-18:30 Ultrasonography Working Group Meeting TRICS NET Working Group Meeting Sepsis and Intensive Care Infections Working Group Meeting
19:00-20:30 Dinner

SATURDAY – 31 October 2026

Time Hall A Hall B Hall C
09:30-10:30 Panel: Surviving Sepsis Campaign 2026: Yenilikler ve Soru İşaretleri
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Murat SUNGUR, Prof. Dr. Melda TÜRKOĞLU
Panel: Current Status of Agents Used in Intensive Care: Efficacy and Safety
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Bilgin CÖMERT, Prof. Dr. Ezgi ÖZYILMAZ
Panel: Nursing Care After Cardiac Arrest: What Do Current Guidelines Recommend?
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Kaya YORGANCI, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevda TUREN
Early De-resuscitation and Fluid Avoidance
Prof. Dr. Marlies Ostermann
Methylene Blue
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin ARIKAN
Clinical Monitoring Parameters After Cardiac Arrest
Asst. Prof. Dr. Tuğba ERDEM
Early Warning Systems in the Hospital: Is NEWS2 a Miracle?
MD. Ayşe ÇAPAR
DPP3 (Circulating Dipeptidyl Peptidase 3)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kamil İNCİ
Neurological Monitoring After Cardiac Arrest
Asst. Prof. Dr. Meryem Yıldız AYVAZ
Microcirculation and Novel Perfusion Targets
Prof. Dr. Sait KARAKURT
Angiotensin II
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ferhan Demirer AYDEMİR
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Panel: Challenging Questions in Nutrition of Critically Ill Patients
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Seda Banu AKINCI, Prof. Dr. Kürşat GÜNDOĞAN
Highlighted Oral Presentations Session
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Emel ERYÜKSEL, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazlıhan BOYACI DÜNDAR
Panel: Challenging Situations in Intensive Care Nursing: Delirium and Sepsis
Session Chairs: MD. Kamil DEVECİ, Nurse Ahmet Tolunay SEMERCİOĞLU
What Should Be the Limit of Enteral Nutrition in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients?
Prof. Dr. Melda TÜRKOĞLU
Evidence-Based Care Practices in Sepsis Management
Nurse Sibel TURAN ÇAKIR
Is Early and High-Protein Nutrition Harmful or Beneficial?
Prof. Dr. Volkan HANCI
Early Interventions and Psychosocial Approaches to Prevent Delirium in Intensive Care
Nurse Özge KARACA
Enteral mi, Parenteral mi? Hibrit Yaklaşım Yükseliyor mu?
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hilal SIPAHİOĞLU
12:00-12:30 Oral Presentations
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Zuhal KARAKURT, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali SARI
Oral Presentations
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Melda TÜRKOĞLU, Asst. Prof. Dr. Kamil GÖNDEREN
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Panel: Infection Management in Intensive Care: From Diagnosis to Treatment
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Muhammet GÜVEN, Prof. Dr. Emine Alp MEŞE
Panel: Sedation, Analgesia and Delirium Management in Intensive Care
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Bilgin CÖMERT, Prof. Dr. Gökay GÜNGÖR
Novel Molecular Diagnostic Methods and Artificial Intelligence Integration
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serdar EFE
The New Paradigm of Sedation: Less or Smarter?
Prof. Dr. Bilgin CÖMERT
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Prof. Dr. Defne ALTINTAŞ
Can Delirium Be Prevented? Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Approaches
MD. Murat GÜNEŞ
Current Recommendations for Combating Resistant Pathogens
Prof. Dr. Emine Alp MEŞE
From Sedation to Mobilization: When Should We Wake the Patient?
Prof. Dr. Gökay GÜNGÖR
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-16:00 Panel: Managing the Difficult-to-Ventilate Patient
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Gül GÜRSEL, Prof. Dr. Akın KAYA
Panel: Current Approaches to Poisoning
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Zuhal KARAKURT, Dr. Emre KARAKOÇ
Patient-Ventilator Asynchronies
Prof. Dr. Cenk KIRAKLI
Which Patients Require Extracorporeal Treatment?
Dr. Emre KARAKOÇ
How Should Mechanical Power Guide Us?
Prof. Dr. Sait KARAKURT
Critical Considerations in Antidote Therapy
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali SARI
Clinical Value of Electrical Impedance Tomography
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma YILDIRIM
Emerging Toxins and Challenging Cases in Daily Practice
Asst. Prof. Dr. Recep Civan YÜKSEL
16:00-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-17:30 Roundtable Session: Discussing Challenges in Intensive Care
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Cenk KIRAKLI
Discussants: Prof. Dr. Kaya YORGANCI, Prof. Dr. Fethi GÜL, Prof. Dr. Bülent ERBİL, Prof. Dr. Dilek ÖZCENGİZ
Is the Ministry of Health Guideline on Indications for Intensive Care Admission Applicable in Real-Life Practice? How Can We Improve It?
17:30-18:30 Nutrition Working Group Meeting Intensive Care Subspecialty Trainees Commission Meeting Afro-Eurasia Regional Representatives Meeting
19:00-20:30 Dinner

SUNDAY – 1 November 2026

Time Hall A
10:00-10:50 Panel: The Concept of Clean Medication in Intensive Care
Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Kutay DEMİRKAN, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Uğur ÖZDEMİR
What Is the Concept of Clean Medication Use in Intensive Care?
RPh Hakkı ÖZÇELTİK
Clinical Value of Clean Medication Use in Intensive Care Practice
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nursel İşçi SÜRMELİOĞLU
10:50-11:10 Coffee Break
11:10-12:00 Panel: After Intensive Care: Is Every Survival a Victory?
Session Chairs: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Uğur ÖZDEMİR, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin ÖZKARAKAŞ
Improving Quality of Life After Intensive Care: Do the Models Work?
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem Özkan KUŞÇU
Cognitive Functions After Intensive Care
Asst. Prof. Dr. Burcu Acar ÇİNLETİ
12:00-12:30 CLOSING CEREMONY