Main Programme
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Day 1, Main Conference |
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Time/Room |
Programme |
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0730 onwards |
Registration |
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Hall 1 |
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0800 – 0815 |
RAM 2026 Welcome Addresses Imelda Kong, Malaysia (Organising Chairperson) Alistair McNarry, United Kingdom (President of DAS, UK) |
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0815 – 0845 |
Plenary 1 – Difficult Airway Society 2025 Guidelines- What's New, What's Different and Why? Imran Ahmad, United Kingdom |
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0845 – 0915 |
Plenary 2 – Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Airway Assessment Kariem El-Boghdadly, United Kingdom |
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0915 – 1000 |
Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Viewing |
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Hall 1 |
Hall 2 |
Meeting Room |
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1000 – 1030 |
Plenary 3 – Airway Guidelines for Patients Living with Obesity Coming soon! |
Plenary 4 – Making Airway Leadership Work- Practical Strategies for Institutional Adaptation in Resource Limited Settings Alistair McNarry, United Kingdom |
Oral & Poster Presentations (1000 – 1215) |
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1030 – 1100 |
Plenary 5 – Coming soon! |
Plenary 6 – Airway Management in Non-Operating Room Anaesthesia- The Same but Different Coming soon! |
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1100 – 1215 |
Symposium 1 – Safety and Quality |
Symposium 2 – Equipment and Technology |
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1100 – 1120 |
[1.1] |
Psychological Challenging Airway Coming soon! |
[2.1] |
Innovations in Airway Management in Resource Constraint Settings Faisal Shamim, Pakistan |
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1120 – 1140 |
[1.2] |
Virtual and Augmented Reality in Airway Education Gunjeet Dua, United Kingdom |
[2.2] |
Recent Developments in Supraglottic Airway Devices Rhendra Hardy Mohd Zaini, Malaysia |
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1140 – 1200 |
[1.3] |
Second Victim Effects of an Airway Crisis Nadia Md Nor, Malaysia |
[2.3] |
Videolaryngoscopy- Overview of Blades and Techniques Mohd Fahmi Lukman, Malaysia |
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1200 – 1215 |
Q&A |
Q&A |
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1215 – 1300 |
Sponsored Symposium 1 |
Sponsored Symposium 2 |
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1300 – 1400 |
Lunch, Exhibition & Posters Viewing |
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1400 – 1515 |
Symposium 3 – Regional Perspectives |
Symposium 4 – Airway Training and Education |
In-Conference Workshop for Doctors |
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1400 – 1420 |
[3.1] |
ABS Difficult Airway Management Algorithm (Chinese Algorithm) Ma Wuhua, China |
[4.1] |
DAS 2025 Education Package Gunjeet Dua, United Kingdom |
Awake Tracheal Intubation- The Essentials (1400 – 1530) Imran Ahmad, United Kingdom Samuel Tsan, Malaysia Shahridan Mohd Fathil, Malaysia Zhang Jinbin, Singapore
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1420 – 1440 |
[3.2] |
The Values of an Airway Registry for Continuous Improvement Vishnu Bhardwa, Australia |
[4.2] |
Clinical Airway Skill Training in Emergency Room (castER)- the Malaysian Experience Joanne Hng Mei Hwa, China |
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1440 – 1500 |
[3.3] |
Malaysian Airway Registry Coming soon! |
[4.3] |
Ethical Issues in Teaching Airway Coming soon! |
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1500 – 1515 |
Q&A |
Q&A |
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1515 – 1545 |
Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Viewing |
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1545 – 1700 |
Symposium 5 – Obstetrics and Paediatrics |
Symposium 6 – Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine |
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1545 – 1605 |
[5.1] |
Implementation of Default Videolaryngoscopy in Obstetrics Airway Management Oraluxna Rodanant, Thailand |
[6.1] |
Advanced Oxygenation During Airway Management in ICU Fong Kean Khang, Malaysia |
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1605 – 1625 |
[5.2] |
Recent Advances in Paediatric Airway Management: Functional Endotracheal Tubes Coming soon! |
[6.2] |
Managing the Soiled Airway- Beyond Suction Ahmad Zulkarnain, Malaysia |
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1625 – 1645 |
[5.3] |
Single Lung Ventilation Strategies in Paediatrics Teo Shu Ching, Malaysia |
[6.3] |
Pre-hospital Airway Management Guidelines Adi Osman, Malaysia |
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1645 – 1700 |
Q&A |
Q&A |
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1930 – 2100 |
RAM 2026 Faculty Dinner (by invitation) |
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End of Day 1 |
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Day 2, Main Conference |
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Time/Room |
Programme |
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0730 onwards |
Registration |
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Hall 1 |
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0800 – 0830 |
Plenary 7 – A Year in Airway Research: 5 Top Publications Kariem El-Boghdadly, United Kingdom |
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0830 – 0900 |
Plenary 8 – Revisiting Perioperative Pulmonary Aspiration- How Do We Practice Rationally? Ellen O'Sullivan, Ireland |
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0900 – 0930 |
Plenary 9 – Patients on Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist (GLP1RA) Coming for Anaesthesia/ Deep Sedation- What Should I Do? Zhang Jinbin, Singapore |
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0930 – 1000 |
Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Viewing |
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Hall 1 |
Hall 2 |
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1000 – 1030 |
Plenary 10 – Advanced Airway Management Training in Malaysia: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Shahridan Mohd Fathil, Malaysia |
Plenary 11 – Combined Techniques in Difficult Airway Management Roan Jocson, Philippines |
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1030 – 1100 |
Plenary 12 – Universal Capnography Ellen O'Sullivan, Ireland |
Plenary 13 – Airway Management in Tubeless Surgery Alistair McNarry, United Kingdom |
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1100 – 1215 |
Symposium 7 – Challenging Airways |
Symposium 8 – Postoperative Complications |
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1100 – 1120 |
[7.1] |
Airway Management for Laryngeal Tumour Frances Lui, Hong Kong, China |
[8.1] |
The Bleeding Airway Đào Thị Kim Dung, Vietnam |
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1120 – 1140 |
[7.2] |
Airway Management in Giant Anterior Mediastinal Tumour Tanmay Tiwari, India |
[8.2] |
Expanding Neck Hematoma After Total Thyroidectomy: How to Deal with the Airway? Adhrie Sugiarto, Indonesia |
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1140 – 1200 |
[7.3] |
High Risk Airway Clinic Imran Ahmad, United Kingdom |
[8.3] |
Difficult Extubation- Avoiding the Forgotten Trap Wardina Shumaimah Dato Paduka Buntar, Brunei |
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1200 – 1215 |
Q&A |
Q&A |
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Hall 1 |
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1215 – 1300 |
Sponsored Symposium 3 |
Sponsored Symposium 4 |
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1300 – 1400 |
Lunch, Exhibition & Posters Viewing |
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1400 – 1440 |
Symposium 9 – Debates |
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1400 – 1420 |
[9.1] |
Debate 1: Awake Tracheal Intubation for Huge Goitre? Faisal Shamim, Pakistan Roan Jocson, Philippines |
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1420 – 1440 |
[9.2] |
Debate 2: The Use of Suxamethonium in Rapid Sequence Induction: Should We Retire an Old Friend? Vishnu Bhardwa, Australia Coming soon! |
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1440 – 1530 |
Symposium 10 – Expert Session: Discussion on selected 2-3 cases submitted by conference delegates (Part 1) Alistair McNarry, United Kingdom Muhammad Maaya, Malaysia |
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1530 – 1600 |
Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Viewing |
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1600 – 1650 |
Symposium 10 – Expert Session: 2-3 International airway cases (Part 2) Imran Ahmad, United Kingdom |
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1650 – 1700 |
Award Presentations & Closing Ceremony |
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Adjourn |
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The programme is accurate as of the time of publication (29 January 2026). It is subject to change at the discretion of the Organising Committee without prior notice.



















































