World Critical Care Congress 2019 to be hosted in Melbourne

Dr David Ku

Melbourne is fast becoming a city that attracts premier international medical conferences.

With high regard for Australian critical care globally, as well as a strong bid by the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) and the Australasian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), Melbourne has won the bid to host the 2019 World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine Congress (WFSICCM), the premier education and research forum globally.

“Held every 2 years, this event allows critical care leaders from its 80 critical care societies from around the world, both in developed and developing countries, to collaborate on research, education and other meaningful projects,” said WFSICCM Congress deputy convenor Dr David Ku, an Intensive Care Consultant at Monash Health and Monash University Senior Lecturer. 

“The 2019 Congress in Melbourne is unique as around a third of the delegates and speakers will be from developing countries,” added Dr Ku. 

“And just like the World Congress of Nephrology (WCN), this is the equivalent of the World Cup or Olympic Games of Critical Care.”

More than 4000 international delegates will participate in the event over six days.  Planning has already started for the event, and Dr Ku hopes to showcase both the class of Australian Intensive Care, as well as the hospitality and inclusiveness of our city and people.

“This is likely to be the largest gathering of critical care clinicians and researchers Australia has ever seen,” said Dr Ku.

“We are very excited that our junior medical staff and medical students will also have the opportunity to be involved in this truly global event.”