Come along for excellent speakers, trainee presentations at a friendly national meeting and networking with colleagues from all over the country!

The full programme is downloadable on this page but highlights include:

• Dr Matthew Williams, VIce Dean of FICM (soon to be CICM)
• Haematological Malignancies and CAR-T Therapy - Dr Chris Wright, ICM Consultant, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
• The Transition to Consultant Practice - Dr Gilly Fleming, ICM Consultant, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Deputy Chair of FICM Education Sub-Committee
• Flu in the ICU - Dr Stuart Dickson, ICM and ID Consultant, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness
• Liver Failure in ICU - Dr Elizabeth Cole, Transplant Anaesthetist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
• Airway Management in ITU- Dr Simon Crawley, Past President of the Scottish Airway Group and Consultant Anaesthetist, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

The historic Scotsman Hotel, immediately next to Waverley station, extremely convenient for the train!

All members of the Critical Care MDT are welcome and registration is discounted for SICS members. Not a SICS member yet? Visit https://www.scottishintensivecare.org.uk/join/ to see the many benefits of membership and join today.

Abstract Competition:

• We are welcoming abstracts for oral presentation at the meeting. All delegates are welcome to submit an abstract under the categories of Research, Quality Improvement or Case Report.
• The top abstracts will be invited to deliver a short oral presentation at the meeting.
• All presenters will receive a certificate, and abstracts not selected for oral presentation will automatically be submitted to the abstract competition for SICS ASM 2027, where both poster and oral presentations will be available.
• Abstracts should be sent to sicstrainees@gmail.com
• Closing date for submissions: 1st September 2026

Abstract guidance:

• Abstracts should be maximum 250 words (excluding title/authors).
• Please list all authors with affiliations. At least one author must be registered to attend the meeting, and all named authors must be aware of submission.
• For Research / QI submissions please comment on ethical / regulatory approval as appropriate (e.g. Ethics committee, Caldicott Guardian approval).
• For case reports, written consent must be sought from patients who have data used in either a case report or case series (click here to download consent form)
• Submission of the abstract constitutes the consent of all authors to publication (e.g. Conference website, programme or promotions).
• Abstracts will be judged on the novelty, importance and impact of the work. The decision of the judges is final.
• Successful submissions will be notified by email by 1st October 2026.