Patients and Professionals

09 September 2025
Hilton Brussels Grand-Place
Carrefour de L’Europe 3, Brussels

Programme

08:30 – 10:00 | Registration / Coffee

10:00 – 12:30 | Recognition & Prevention

• 10:00 – 10:15 | Welcome – Introduction

• 10:15 – 10:25 | The Urgency of a European Sepsis Plan

• 10:25 – 10:30 | The 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis: implications for the European region

• 10:30 – 10:40 | The Belgian Approach to Sepsis

• 10:40 – 11:00 | The added value of intuition in diagnostics

• 11:00 – 11:40 | Martha’s Rule: patient-driven pilot project in the UK

• 11:40 – 12:00 | Sepsis connect

• 12:00 – 12:20 | Beyond the infection: uncovering inborn errors of immunity in sepsis patients

12:30 – 13:15 | Lunch Break

13:15 – 14:35 | Management

• 13:15 – 13:35 | Sepsis Guidelines: about patients, with patients

• 13:35 – 13:55 | The Caregivers’ burden: strategies to elevate sepsis as a clinical and administrative priority

• 13:55 – 14:05 | Testimonial: losing your husband after sepsis recurrence

• 14:05 – 14:15 | Belgian National Action Plan on Sepsis

• 14:15 – 14:25 | State-of-the-art on Be-SNAP

• 14:25 – 14:35 | Q&A Be-SNAP

14:35 – 14:50 | Break

14:50 – 16:10 | Aftercare

• 14:50 – 15:00 | EU patient testimonials: good practices & missed opportunities

• 15:00 – 15:20 | Rehabilitation pathway – UK Sepsis Trust

• 15:20 – 15:35 | Sepsis Institute: Unique Longitudinal Cohort

• 15:35 – 15:45 | Aftercare programme and awareness campaign in Ireland

• 15:45 – 16:05 | Exploring the Sepsis Burden and Quality of Life in Sepsis Survivors – Insights from BEATsepsis

• 16:05 – 16:10 | EU Patient reflection: message to healthcare professionals

• 16:10 – 16:20 | Closing remarks

Join us in Brussels to exchange knowledge, share experiences, and strengthen the collective response to sepsis across Europe.

Learn more at https://www.esicm.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/UAS-program-Digital_270825.pdf