Welcome Words

Welcome to the 16th Euroepan Conference on Paediatric and Neonatal Ventilation (EPNV)

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

The 16th European Conference on Pediatric and Neonatal Mechanical Ventilation (EPNV) will be organized this year as a Joint Meeting with the 6th European Conference on Paediatric and Neonatal Cardiac Intensive Care (EPNCIC) again in Montreux (Switzerland), which will continue to provide the unique and ideal environment for our meeting.

As in previous years, thematic sessions of EPNV will include lectures by key experts and well-known speakers on various topics related to mechanical ventilation and respiratory failure in new-borns and children.

We will continue to emphasize free paper and E-poster presentations offering young pediatricians, neonatologists, pediatric intensivists, pediatric anesthesists, a multidisciplinary forum where they can present their research and share their clinical experience with all participants. In addition, according to our strong commitment to education, we will offer again a series of pre-congress workshops that will focus on very practical bedside issues.

As it will be organized as a Joint Meeting with EPNCIC, participants can freely chose their sessions of interest between the two meetings.

We are inviting you to participate and to make this 16th European Conference on Paediatric and Neonatal Mechanical Ventilation a high standard event and a tremendous success.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Montreux in May 2023.

Peter C. Rimensberger

Congress Chairman