conference day 1 - thursday sept 10, 2026
07:30 - 08:45
Registration
08:45 - 09:00
Welcome
09:00 - 09:35
Keynote lecture 1 Joseph Cravero
'Optimizing Pediatric Procedural Sedation - Human Factors Analysis and Multi-specialty Collaboration'
09:35 - 10:10
Keynote lecture 2 Mary Doherty
'Establishing trust with autistic children'
10:10 - 11:00
Coffee break + transfer time
11:00 - 12:30
1. Special Populations
1A. Strategies for procedural comfort in neonates
1B. Establishing trust in children with autism
2. Play, Suggestion & Learning
2A. Suggestion and Hypnosis for procedural comfort
2B. Playing in the Operating Room: managing pre-operative anxiety in children
3. Common Procedures
3A. Sedation strategies for imaging procedures
3B. Managing Difficult Intravenous Access (DIVA) in children: where PROSA meets Ultrasound-Guided vascular access
4. Family Integrated Procedural Care
4A. Parents as competent partners in procedural care
4B. The Nasogastric Tube challenge: how to make it a pleasant experience for all?
Sedation Symposium A - Safety first - risk recognition and rescue
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
1. Special Populations
1B. Establishing trust in children with autism
1A. Procedural comfort in Neonates
2. Play, Suggestion & Learning
2B. Playing in the Operating Room: managing pre-operative anxiety in children
2A. Suggestion and Hypnosis for procedural comfort
3. Common Procedures
3B. Managing Difficult Intravenous Access (DIVA) in children: where PROSA meets Ultrasound-Guided vascular access
3A. Sedation strategies for imaging procedures
4. Family Integrated Procedural Care
4B. The Nasogastric Tube challenge: how to make it a pleasant experience for all?
4A. Parents as competent partners in procedural care
Sedation Symposium B - Successful Sedation: Medication Strategies, Dosing, and Outcomes that Matter
15:30 - 16.00
Coffee break + transfer time
16:00 - 16.40
Keynote lecture 3
'Learning from the veterinarian: managing procedural distress in animals'
From 16.40
Paolo Valerio Award + Social Event