FRCA FFARCSI 1996-98 - W Leslie M Baird FRCA FRCP (Glasg) 1998-00 - Maldwyn Morgan MB BS DA FRCA 2000-02 - Professor Leo Strunin FRCA FRCPC 2002-04 - Dr Peter G M Wallace FRCA FRCP (Glasg) 2004-06 - Professor Mike Harmer MD FRCA FCARCSI (Hon) 2006-08 - Dr David K Whitaker FRCA FFPMRCA FFICM Hon FCARCSI 2008-10 - Dr Richard J S Birks MB CHB FRCA Hon FCARCSI 2010-12 - Dr Iain H Wilson MB CHB FFARCS 2012-14 - Dr William Harrop-Griffiths 2014-16 - Dr Andrew Hartle 2016-18 - Dr Paul Clyburn 2018-20 - Dr Kathleen Ferguson 2020-present - Dr Mike Nathanson Education and Meetings Events Winter Scientific Meeting (WSM) WSM is the Association's largest annual events. Held in London each year, WSM is the leading anaesthetic meeting in the UK with an attendance of around 800 national and international delegates. The scientific programme is led by high-profile speakers and focuses on current issues in anaesthesia. There is an extensive trade exhibition with around 40 leading companies in anaesthetics attending. WSM is aimed at all levels of anaesthetists from trainees to consultants and is a European CPD accredited meeting. Trainee Conference The annual Trainee Conference is the leading trainee scientific meeting in the UK aimed at all levels of trainee anaesthetists from CT1 to ST7. It has an attendance of around 400 delegates each year and gives trainees a great opportunity to network with their colleagues, present their work as an oral presentation or poster and attend hands-on workshops. Annual Congress Annual Congress is the flagship event of the Association and is held in various locations around the UK and Ireland. Annual Congress is one of the leading anaesthetic meetings in the UK with an attendance of around 800-1000 national and international delegates. It features informative sessions, high-profile speakers and an extensive trade exhibition with over 40 leading anaesthetics companies attending. Annual Congress is aimed all levels of anaesthetists from trainees to consultants and is a European CPD accredited meeting. Seminars AAGBI offers educational seminars featuring leading experts in the fields of anaesthesia, critical care and pain medicine who present the latest information on a variety of key anaesthesia topics. Seminars are designed to focus on a specific field of interest within anaesthesia and help to build on specialist interests. Core Topics Core Topics are one- or two-day conferences organised by the Association at different locations around UK and Ireland