Congress FAQ

Full Congress Pass

• Online through your myESAIC account until 31 May 2027
• Onsite at the registration desk in Copenhagen from 28 until 31 May 2027.

Daily Congress Pass

• Online through your myESAIC account from May 2027
• Onsite at the registration desk in Copenhagen from 28 until 31 May 2027.

More info on the registration period (early, late, desk rate) is available here.

Your congress fee includes access to a wide range of scientific, educational, networking and digital congress resources, depending on your registration type. More info is available here.

Here you can explore the full scientific programme including panel discussions, debates, and presentations. In-person delegates may also attend

Workshops are not included, attendance is limited and requires pre-registration, available only to in-person delegates.

PBLD sessions are included in the scientific programme at no additional cost for in-person delegates. You may participate actively or attend as an observer.

Active participation is limited to 30 seats. Register at the room entrance up to one hour before the session; places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Additional delegates may attend as observers from the tribune, subject to room capacity.

PBLD sessions are not livestreamed and are not available on-demand on the virtual platform.

Visa invitation letters are available only to fully registered participants. See the Euroanaesthesia registration page for further details or contact us at registration@esaic.org.

The registration desk in Copenhagen accepts:

• Credit cards: American Express, Mastercard and Visa
• Cash

Register through your myESAIC account from 11 November 2026 until 31 May 2027.

Your congress fee includes access to a wide range of scientific, educational, networking and digital congress resources, depending on your registration type. More info on the included benefits is available here.

Virtual delegates can access most scientific sessions held in Copenhagen.

ESAIC Expo sessions, The Square, Pitch Deck sessions, problem-based learning discussions, workshops and e-Poster presentations are excluded.

Some livestreamed presentations may not appear in the on-demand library if the presenter has not granted permission. More info on the program is available here.

Links/Login and all necessary information on how to access Euroanaesthesia online will be provided prior to the congress. The virtual congress platform will also be available through your myESAIC account.

For virtual congress delegates, unfortunately the PBLD sessions are not available. PBLD sessions are not livestreamed and are not available on-demand on the virtual platform.

All registered delegates who attend eligible sessions, either in person or online, can earn European CME credits. Depending on national regulations, EACCME® credits may be converted into national CME credits in your home country.

Physicians may apply to the American Medical Association to convert EACCME® credits into AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Visit the AMA CME website for details.

Attend eligible scientific sessions and complete the corresponding session evaluations. You can evaluate sessions in either of the following ways:

1. On the certificate platform, using your myESAIC credentials or badge/e-badge number.
2. On the virtual congress platform select Evaluate within the relevant session and sign in using your myESAIC credentials or badge/e-badge number.

Claim your CME credits via the certificate platform by 2 June 2027 at 23:59 (CEST).

After this deadline, you will no longer be able to submit session evaluations or claim additional CME credits. However, certificates for credits already earned will remain available for download.

The following certificates will be available on the certificate platform:

• Certificate of Attendance: available from 31 May 2027 at 10:00
• Workshop Certificate of Attendance: available only to registered workshop participants
• CME Certificate: available based on the eligible sessions attended and evaluated

No. Workshops are not CME-accredited. Registered workshop participants will be able to download a certificate of attendance.

It is still possible to make corrections to an abstract prior to the submission deadline, even if it has already been submitted. The abstract can be saved, edited and revised online as many times as needed, until the submission period ends (10 December 2026, 23:59 CET). 

After the submission period, corrections are no longer possible. If errors are discovered in the abstract after the deadline, you can either withdraw the abstract or – for minor errors – indicate the correction during presentation at the congress.
Please note, changes will not be included in the published version of the abstract. We, therefore, recommend carefully reviewing your abstract before submitting it on the dedicated submission platform.

The author who submits the abstract is automatically designated presenter. This cannot be changed until the final selection results are announced.

After the announcement of the results, if the abstract has been selected and a change of presenter is necessary, the original presenter can login to the abstract submission platform and select, in the authors section, another presenter for the abstract. The new presenter must be selected among the authors of the abstract.

All mandatory information should be filled in as appropriate.

The new presenter must register for the full physical congress by 25 March 2027.

If a change of presenter is requested after 25 March 2027, the new presenter has to be already registered for the full physical congress for the change to be possible. The original presenter is responsible for providing the new presenter with all information previously sent by the ESAIC Headquarters regarding the abstract and onsite presentation.

Important: the same presenter cannot be assigned more than 3 abstracts. Co-authors must be appointed as presenters, if that is the case after the selection results announcement.

If the abstract is accepted, the work must be presented in-person at Euroanaesthesia 2027, in Copenhagen, Denmark. There is no possibility to present the abstract online.

Presenters of accepted Abstracts must register for the full physical congress by 25 March 2027!

If a presenter fails to register before 25 March 2027:

• The abstract(s) will be withdrawn by the ESAIC;
• The abstract(s) will not be published in the e-supplement of the European Journal of Anaesthesiology and removed from all other Euroanaesthesia-related publications;
• The abstract(s) will be rejected for presentation at the congress

View the applicable Congress registration fees.

Important: the same presenter cannot be assigned more than 3 abstracts. o-authors must be appointed as presenters, if that is the case after the selection results announcement.

All accepted abstracts will be published in their entirety as an e-supplement to the European Journal of Anaesthesiology (EJA). Note that publication of the accepted abstract is dependent on the registration of the abstract presenter for the full, physical congress by 25 March 2027.

If accepted for presentation at the congress, the abstract will be published as entered into the abstract submission programme.

Abstract presenters will be required to prepare an ePoster and make a short formal presentation in front of an ePoster terminal.

Two chairpersons will conduct a short discussion of each abstract with the presenter and the audience, for every abstract in that session. In each session, up to 12 abstracts can be presented.

Abstract presentation will only take place onsite at Euroanaesthesia 2027 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Virtual/online presentations will not be possible.

The ESAIC Team does its utmost to avoid scheduling several abstract presentations by the same person at the same time. Unfortunately, considering the high number of abstracts presented at the congress, time conflicts may still occur and presentations cannot be rescheduled. Should this happen, please consider the following options:

• Ask a co-author attending the congress to present one of the abstracts for you.
• Ask the chairpersons of the sessions in which your abstracts have been scheduled to be the first to present in one session and the last in the other. This way you can present both abstracts yourself.

No.
The 6 authors-limit is necessary to ensure the readability of the programme and printing of the Abstract Book. It is therefore non-negotiable.

For non-case report submissions, you are allowed to included acknowledgments. This is an alternative way to mention the contributors who unfortunately cannot make the authors list. In addition, you will have the opportunity to list all co-authors on your e-poster when you present the abstract at Euroanaesthesia.

You should take every reasonable steps to obtain consent from a surrogate of the patient who has legal authority to consent.
If it proves impossible to obtain consent from a surrogate, you must then obtain permission to submit from an institutional review board (IRB), independent ethics committee (IEC) or ethical review board (ERB).

If all of the above is unfeasible, you may contact the ESAIC Headquarters to expose the situation and obtain permission to submit from the ESAIC Ethics Committee.

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent by the end of February 2027.
Only the presenting author will receive abstract-related communications and is responsible for informing all co-authors of the status of the abstract.

Yes.
The references are optional for a non-case report but, if you choose to include some, they do count towards the total character count.

Refer to the “character counter” at the bottom the Abstract Text box.

Yes.
You cannot submit an abstract that has been or will be published in an indexed journal before Euroanaesthesia. However, if you are still unsure whether your abstract will be published, we encourage you to submit your abstract nonetheless. We simply require that you withdraw your abstract as soon as possible, if it is confirmed that your abstract will eventually be published before Euroanaesthesia.

No.
Abstract presentation sessions are scheduled over the 3 days of the congress. Therefore, presenters must register for the full, 3-day, physical congress by 25 March 2027.

Presentation schedules will be sent out in March 2027.

Yes.
However, note that only one author can be the official presenter.
This means that
– if both authors attend the congress, they may present the abstract together. Make sure to notify the Chair of the session in advance.
– only the official presenter (1) will receive all the communication related to the abstract and presentation process, (2) is entitled to an extended early bird registration fee, and (3) will receive a certificate attesting that they presented their research at Euroanaesthesia (the co-presenter will receive a certificate of attendance).

No. ESAIC does not provide a template for the consent form.
We encourage you to use the consent form provided by your institution as, if the ESAIC Ethics Committee needs to investigate your submission further, they are likely to reach out to your Institution directly.

You must ensure that you have the patient(s) written consent and that you retain it until you receive the results of the selection.

If you have any questions regarding your abstract submission, please contact the ESAIC Secretariat via abstracts@esaic.org.

When contacting the ESAIC Secretariat in relation to an abstract, please always mention the abstract reference (#xxxx) and title.