ECMO Conference 2025

We are now planning for Nordic Light on ECLS 2025 Limited, an ECMO conference in the beautiful area of Stockholm, Sweden on March 26-28, 2025. Here you will enjoy ECMO lectures, seminars, discussions and meetings with the industry in an intimate setting with limited number of participants. More information will be published here shortly.

Nordic Light on ECLS 2025 Limited:

March 26-28, 2025 at Smådalarö Gård, Stockholm Sweden.

The ECMO Conference Nordic Light on ECLS 2024 was a success and we want to thank all participants from 16 countries, as well as our fantastic sponsors, who made this possible. The planning for the 2025 conference is now in progress and registration is now open.

2025 Main sessions: 

  • Neonatal ECLS
  • Technology and device influnence on clincial practice
  • ECLS in Trauma, war zone and resources limitation 
  • Cardiac ECLS

Lecturers:

Internationally renown speakers

Targeted Participants

We welcome you to the second Nordic Light on ECLS conference focusing on current topics and the educational needs of healthcare providers taking care of neonatal, pediatric, and adult patients on respiratory and cardiac ECLS.

The conference is hosted by the ECMO Center at Karolinska University Hospital and SEKMO (Stockholm Society of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) 

2025 Conference Educational Overview & Learning Objectives

Educational Overview

This conference aims to address the educational needs of Healthcare Workers involved in care of the neonatal, pediatric, and adult patient in respiratory and/or cardiac failure with special focus on extracorporeal life support (ECLS). Presentations and discussions on frontline current matters, latest development in technology, and management and methods related to Neonatal, Pediatric, and Adult ECLS.

Latest treatment and management of respiratory and/or cardiac failure and pathophysiology are conveyed through lectures combined with panel discussions and Meeting of the Experts between the scheduled items of program

Learning objectives

At the end of the conference the attendee should be able to:

  • Provide the latest information on the use of ECLS
  • Discuss ECMO transport related questions related to age, transport modality, complications, and adverse events, and current and potential for future quality improvements and registry work.
  • Outline indications and criteria for patient acceptance for ECLS, recognize risk factors and pitfalls concerning certain patient groups and patient context.
  • Identify prognostic factors and ways to manage the non-recovering patient in general, and specifically in sensitive diagnoses, and age groups.
  • Realize the core in teamwork, how staff resources are best utilized and maintained also in situations with long-term stress and strain.

Sponsor information & Exhibition

Sponsor information

The sponsor will enjoy meeting international experts in the field of ECLS, mainly from Europe. The venue offers a condensed meeting environment where all participants stay at the same place. Participants circulate between main hall , through exhibition area to dining room/ coffee break

  • We offer you a unique possibility to show next generation of innovation of ECLS equipment and diagnostic devices
  • Expected number of participants are limited to 100 participants which offers possible interactive meetings also with industry
  • This is the first Nordic Light on ECLS conference
  • The main purpose with this conference is to address everyday problems and concerns and relevant topics within ECLS

Sponsorship packages:

Gold 

Includes full page in program and 15 m2 exhibition area and will be exposed on stage and during lunchtime/coffee breaks. Full board package for two participants.

Offer to host welcome drink and industry presentation.

Silver 

Includes half page in program and 10 m2 exhibition area and will be partly exposed on stage and during lunchtime/coffee breaks.

Full board package for one participant.

Bronze 

Includes quarter page in program and 5 m2 exhibition area and will be exposed during lunchtime/coffee breaks

Sponsorship sign-up and questions:

Please e-mail:
Lars Mikael Broman, MD, PhD
lars.broman@regionstockholm.se

Location, Travel & Accomodation

Location

The conference will be held at Smådalarö Gård in the archipelago of Stockholm.

Address: Smådalarö Gård AB, 137 70 Dalarö, Sweden

Smådalarö Gård is idyllically located in Hemviken in the Stockholm archipelago. The journey here takes around 50 minutes by car from Stockholm City and 80 minutes from Arlanda Airport. You can also travel from Skavsta airport in less than 2 hours. 

As for transportation there are few options –  if you wish to use public transportation you can take the commuter train from Arlanda airport to train station Handen and then bus number 839 to Smådalarö. That will take approx. 2,5 hours.

You can take a taxi directly from the airport but make sure to get a fixed price – it takes about 80 minutes and the price is around SEK 1700-2000. Or you can get a rental car.

If you have any questions please contact: ecmoconference.karolinska@regionstockholm.se

Contact

For general information about the conference, please contact:

ecmoconference.karolinska@regionstockholm.se

For sponsorship questions, please contact:

Lars Mikael Broman, MD PhD lars.broman@regionstockholm.se

To register as a participant:

To register, click here. 

Location of the conference:

Smådalarö Gård, Stockholm, Sweden

 

 

Picture of Smådalarö Gård

The conference will be held in the archipelago of Stockholm at Smådalarö Gård.

To register, click here.  

If you have any questions please send an e-mail to: ecmoconference.karolinska@regionstockholm.se