Conference Objectives

The conference is focused on updating clinicians on the changing practice of trauma. The program consists of lectures and panel case discussions. A minimum of four hours of conferencing will occur daily. The official language for the conference is English. The themes covered this year will be:

Airway Trauma
Vascular Injury
Massive Transfusion
Haemoglobin Substitutes
Disaster Response
Field Medicine
Solid Organ Trauma
Compartment Syndromes
Ultrasound in Trauma

Invited Keynote Speakers

Professor Ken Boffard from South Africa and Professor Andre Campbell from the USA are confirmed keynote speakers for 2009.

Professor Boffard is Chief Surgeon and Head of the Department of Surgery at Johannesburg Hospital and the University of Witwatersrand. He is President of the Trauma Society of South Africa, and past President of the International Association for Surgery of Trauma and Trauma Intensive care.

Professor Campbell is Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine and a Trauma Surgeon at San Francisco General Hospital. His research and clinical interest has been ICU care of trauma patients, trauma-related acute lung injury, and abdominal compartment syndrome.

An extensive Australasian faculty will also be presenting on contemporary issues in trauma management. Many of the invited speakers are from tertiary trauma centres including the Royal Melbourne and Alfred Hospitals. A detailed program will be updated and published on this website periodically.

Venue: Rusutsu, Japan

Rusutsu is situated 79km west of Sapporo close to Niseko and the extinct volcano Mt Yotei. The Rusutsu Resort Hotel is a fully serviced resort with conference facilities. Restaurants, shopping malls, entertainment complexes, swimming and wave pool, spas and a merry-go-round are all within the resort. Accommodation is available at the Resort Hotel or Rusutsu Towers which is connected to the main resort by monorail. Both properties offer excellent accommodation with spacious rooms and great views.

Travel, transfers & accommodation

Snowave Travel (www.snowave.com) has been appointed the official agency for the ‘Hokkaido Trauma’ conference. Early reservation is advisable.

Snowave Travel has reserved seats on various airlines, and has block accommodation bookings for the Rusutsu resort. In addition Snowave is coordinating a “social program” which includes a day trip to Niseko and an authentic Japanese Cultural Tour. All reservations should be made prior to October 2008.

Erin Rapley

Reservations Manager Snowave Travel
Quote conference number 8552 erin@snowave.com

PO Box W163
Brookvale, NSW, 2100
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Personal Insurance

Participants shall be regarded in every aspect as carrying their own risk for personal injury and loss or injury to property, including baggage, during the conference. We strongly recommend that you take out a travel insurance policy at the time of booking your registration, travel and tours. The organisers will in no way be responsible for any claims concerning insurance.