Events
39th Annual Congress – Lisbon
Make sure to mark your 2026 calendars and prepare for an unforgettable experience!
Intensive Care Innovation
This event will gather leading minds in critical care to explore the future of intensive care medicine and share the latest advancements in ICU technology and patient care.
Euro-Brazil
Join us for the 3rd Euro-Brazil Conference, proudly hosted by ESICM & AMIB.
Euro-Japan Forum
This event is organized in collaboration with the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine (JSICM).
LIVES Physiology – Transbiology
June 03-05, 2027, Athens
40th Annual Congress – Copenhagen
Save the dates!
News
ICM Online First: latest results from ARDS,…
Get the latest articles from our ICM Journal. Listen to ESICM podcasts for insights on key studies and their impact on clinical practice.
From operating room to ICU: ventilation strategies…
Save the date – Join our experts as they explore the latest evidence on intraoperative lung-protective ventilation, including tidal volume, PEEP, recruitment manoeuvres, and individualised approaches, before examining postoperative respiratory…
ECCO2R in intensive care: evidence, physiology and…
Save the date – As interest in Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal (ECCO₂R) continues to grow, understanding its role in modern intensive care is becoming increasingly important. This webinar will bring together…
Conceptualising future AI in education and patient…
New ESICM Talk – In this podcast episode, the last of the ESICM podcast series on Innovation in Intensive Care, we explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence in healthcare…
Maternal and peripartum sepsis
Watch the replay – Maternal and peripartum sepsis remain major challenges in intensive care, requiring rapid recognition, multidisciplinary management, and timely intervention to improve outcomes for both mother and child.
Intensive Care Medicine Experimental – 2025 Impact…
The Intensive Care Medicine Experimental (ICMx) Journal has achieved an Impact Factor of 3.1 for the year 2024, ranking 18th out of 62 journals. Created in 2013, ICMx is the…
2025 Impact Factors Released: The Intensive Care…
2025 Impact Factors released: the Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) Journal confirms outstanding results ranking 2nd out of 62 journals!
ICM Latest Issue: latest results from oxygenation,…
Get the latest articles from our ICM Journal. Discover more articles from this month’s issue on our website, and don’t forget to follow us on social media for daily updates…
Innovation in mechanical ventilation goes beyond the…
New ESICM Talk – Mechanical ventilation remains a cornerstone of intensive care, but innovation in this field now extends far beyond the ventilator itself. Today, advances in monitoring, data analytics,…
Evidence-based precision medicine for ARDS
Watch the replay – ARDS is not one disease, so should every patient be treated the same way? Join us for this essential webinar and explore together with leading experts…
ESICM Research – Call for Project Endorsement…
We are pleased to announce the launch of our Call for Project Endorsement Applications. Through this initiative, ESICM aims to support high-quality educational, scientific, and collaborative projects that contribute to…
ICM Latest Issue: latest results from septic…
Get the latest articles from our ICM Journal. Discover more articles from this month’s issue on our website, and don’t forget to follow us on social media for daily updates…
ICMx – Article of the week
Each week, we spotlight one standout publication from Intensive Care Medicine Experimental — bringing you cutting-edge research, key findings, and impactful insights shaping the future of experimental and translational intensive…
ESICM-ISCCM Bridge Webinars
Watch the replay – Don’t miss the third and final episode of the ESICM–ISCCM Bridge Webinar Series, dedicated to one of the hottest topics in intensive care: Sepsis.
Hybrid AI for trustworthy decision-making, integrating data-driven…
New ESICM Talk – What kind of intelligence are we bringing into the ICU—and how can it support, rather than replace, clinicians? As AI and data-driven tools become part of…
2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines – ESICM…
Watch the replay – In this webinar, our expert panel explores how patient and family voices shaped every stage of development, ensuring recommendations reflect both the best available evidence and…
Switching from controlled to assisted ventilation: Evidence,…
New ESICM Talk – What are the benefits of moving from controlled to assisted mechanical ventilation in patients with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure (AHRF)? In this podcast, experts discuss the…
ICM Online First: latest results from pneumonia,…
Get the latest articles from our ICM Journal. Listen to ESICM podcasts for insights on key studies and their impact on clinical practice.
2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines – ESICM…
Watch the replay – Join us for the third webinar in the Surviving Sepsis Guidelines series, dedicated to Respiratory Support and Adjunctive Therapies in critically ill patients with sepsis and…
Topic of the Month – June |…
Topic of the Month – June | This month, discover the Acute Respiratory Failure Section, led by Leo Heunks, which is dedicated to advancing research and education in the pathophysiology,…
Sections
Acute Kidney Injury
The Acute Kidney Injury section offers courses, research, and critical studies on managing acute kidney injury (AKI).
Acute Respiratory Failure
The Acute Respiratory Failure section offers courses, research, and studies on ARDS, mechanical ventilation, and weaning strategies.
Anaesthesia & Peri-operative Medicine
The Anaesthesia & Peri-operative Medicine section offers education, research, and studies on perioperative care and postoperative vasopressor usage.
Cardiovascular Dynamics
The Cardiovascular Dynamics section offers progressive courses, research, and studies on haemodynamic monitoring and sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction.
Data Science
The Data Science section focuses on big data, machine learning, and electronic health records, offering webinars and research opportunities.
Ethics
The Ethics section focuses on end-of-life care, offering courses, webinars, and research on global ICU ethical practices.
Feeding, Rehabilitation, Endocrinology & Metabolism
The Feeding, Rehabilitation, Endocrinology & Metabolism section offers courses, research, and studies on nutrition, metabolic management, and gastrointestinal dysfunction in ICU patients.
Health Services Research & Outcome
The Health Services Research & Outcome section focuses on ICU patient outcomes, offering research, webinars, and studies on elderly and intoxicated patients.
Infection
The Infection section offers education and research on severe infections, antimicrobial stewardship, and ICU infection management.
Neuro-Intensive Care
The Neuro-Intensive Care section offers advanced education and research on managing critically ill neurological patients, including brain injury and stroke.
Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy
This section ensures excellence in medication use, providing intensive care patients with optimized, personalized, and safe treatments for optimal outcomes.
Rehabilitation & PICS
The section aims to promote high-quality collaborative research, support evidence-based rehabilitation models, strengthen multidisciplinary/interprofessional education, and foster innovation in follow-up care and survivorship support.
Systemic Inflammation and Sepsis
The Systemic Inflammation and Sepsis section offers education and research on sepsis, antimicrobial stewardship, and severe infections in critical care.
Translational Biology Section
The Translational Biology section focuses on integrating research with clinical practice, offering education and collaborative projects to advance intensive care medicine.
Trauma and Emergency Medicine
The Trauma and Emergency Medicine section focuses on managing traumatic injuries and patient transportation, offering education, research, and international studies on critical care practices.