Main Programme
January 9, 2027
07:00 - 11:00
LLL Nutritional support in intensive care patients
Target audience: allied healthcare professionals working on an ICU (nurses, dietitians, physicians etc…)
• Pierre Singer: "Physiology of Damage & Stress in ICU"
• Elizabeth de Waele: "Time and Route"
• Elizabeth de Waele: "Composition: Lipids and Carbohydrates, How to Prescribe"
• Pierre Singer & Jean-Charles Preiser: "Monitoring and the Post-ICU Period"
12:00 - 12:10
Opening Remarks and Welcome
12:10 - 14:30
Session I: Foundations of ICU Nutrition
• Jean-Charles Preiser " Pathophysiology of Critical Illness and its relevance for Nutrition Support "
• Jan Gunst: "Timing is Everything – When to Start Feeding, how much energy and protein is needed”
• Arthur van Zanten: "Beyond BMI: Assessing Nutrition Risk in 2027 on the ICU"
• Wolfgang Hartl “What the role of Omega 3 – Hype or Hope?"
Panel discussion
14:30 - 15:00
Coffe Break
15:00 - 16:20
Session II: From Evidence to Practice
• Pierre Singer "ESPEN Guidelines: Where Evidence Meets Reality"
• Stanislaw Klek: “New insights and perspectives from the ESPEN Nutrition Surgery guidelines."
• Kristine Koekkoek: "Micronutrients: Small Molecules, Big Impact?"
• Arthur van Zanten: “Refeeding Syndrome:– From Physiology to Clinical Practice"
Panel discussion
16:20 - 17:20
Session III: Clinical Case Challenge
"The Sarcopenic Septic Patient: Nutrition Dilemmas"
(Interactive discussion led Elisabeth de Waele / Kristine Koekkoek and Antonella Cotoia)
