20th ESRA Winter Week Conference

Registrations are now open!

DATE: 18th – 23rd January 2026
PLACE: Längenfeld, Austria

SCHEDULE:

• Sunday, 18th January 2026 | 17:45 Registration // 18:30 Welcome Reception
• Monday – Thursday, 19th – 22nd January 2026 | 08:00 – 10:00 & 17:00 – 19:30
• Friday, 23rd January 2026 | 08:00 – 10:00

OPENING HOURS REGISTRATION

• Sunday, 18th January 2026 | 17:45 – 19:30
• Monday – Thursday, 19th – 22nd January 2026 | 07:45 – 10:15 & 16:45 – 19:45
• Friday, 23rd January 2026 | 07:45 – 11:00

LANGUAGE 🇬🇧

CONFERENCE VENUE

Aqua Dome Hotel*
Oberlängenfeld 140, 6444, Längenfeld, Austria

*Due to the possible extreme weather conditions in the Alps during the winter season we highly recommend all participants to book a hotel either in the venue hotel or close to it.

Benefit from discounted room rates until January 10th 2026. Use the provided link to book your stay in the AquaDome with the ESRA discount.

Please note, the displayed price is for two people, but you can adjust this in the upper left corner as you proceed with the booking.

Should you face any difficulties during the booking, please contact the AquaDome directly under events@aqua-dome.at

• For more information please visit the hotel website.

CONFERENCE STRUCTURE

In the Winter Week a combination of lectures, practical sessions and stimulating discussions is provided by experts in the field of Regional Anaesthesia, Obstetrics, Acute and Chronic Pain management.

The venue of the congress allows also discussions and professional interaction outside the Congress during active sports and leisure and contributes to the open and relaxing atmosphere of this conference.

The lectures are state of the art lectures of new developments and knowledge in regional anaesthesia and pain management.

The workshops provide practical knowledge and skills which can be directly applied in daily practice. New developments relating not only to regional anaesthesia, but which may also be applied in other fields of anaesthesia are also discussed and taught.

Aqua Dome Hotel
Oberlängenfeld 140, 6444, Längenfeld, Austria

📢 Benefit from discounted room rates until January 10th.
Use this link to book your stay in the AquaDome with the ESRA discount.

Should you face any difficulties during the booking, please contact the AquaDome directly at events@aqua-dome.at

Due to the possible extreme weather conditions in the Alps during the winter season we highly recommend all participants to book a accommodation either in the venue hotel or close to it.

• For more information please visit the hotel website.

ESRA 2026 Winterweek
Längenfeld, Austria

This preliminary programme may be subject to amendment.

Workshop Chairs:

Geert-Jan van Geffen 🇳🇱
Associate Professor at Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen
Specialties: Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Matthias Desmet 🇧🇪
Anaesthesiologist
AZ Groeninge, Belgium
Workshop Co-Chair

Nat Haslam 🇬🇧
Charlotte Runge 🇩🇰
Bram Keunen 🇧🇪
Axel Sauter 🇳🇴
Matthias Herteleer 🇫🇷
Peter Merjavy 🇬🇧
Michele Carella 🇧🇪
Manfred Greher 🇦🇹
Eric Albrecht 🇨🇭
Sarah Armstrong 🇬🇧
Yara Wingelaar-Jagt 🇳🇱
Morne Wolmarans 🇬🇧
Annabel Pearson 🇬🇧
Jeroen Hermanides 🇳🇱

REGISTRATION FEES (RATES ARE IN EUR)

• Non–member – 1.160 Euros
• ESRA – member – 1.050 Euros
• ESRA Trainees – 830 Euros

PAYMENT METHODS

Payment of registration fees (in EUR) can be made as follows:

By Credit Card: Visa or MasterCard
By Bank Transfer (additional 30 EUR handling fee is required):

• Please ensure that the name of the Workshop and of the participant are stated on the bank transfer.
• Bank charges are the responsibility of the participant and should be paid at source in addition to the registration fees.

Please make drafts payable to:
ESRA
KBC Grimbergen
IBAN BE72 7340 2880 9716 EUR
BIC KREDBEBB

• Registration will only be valid upon receipt of the full payment by the registration department according to the deadline indicated. An email confirming registration will only be sent after receipt of the required fees.
• Unpaid registrations will be cancelled after 30 days or by December 21st, 2025; whichever is sooner.

All cancellations must be electronically mailed to office@esraeurope.org
Refund of registration fee will be as follows, minus the applicable processing fees of the initial payment:

• Cancellations received until and including November 15th, 2025 – full refund
• Cancellations received between November 16th to December 20th, 2025 – 50% will be refunded
• As of December 21st, 2025 – no refund will be made

* Note, in case of cancellation at any stage, a cancellation fee of EUR 30 will be applied, and this bank transfer charge will not be reimbursed.

Please secure your place at the Winter Week 2026 before purchasing your flight/train tickets and accommodation. Tickets are limited and ESRA is taking no responsibility for having made travel arrangements before having a valid ticket for the Winter Week 2026.

The ESRA Office and Scientific Committee cannot accept liability for personal accidents or loss of or damage to private property of participants and accompanying persons. Participants are advised to take out their own personal travel and health insurance for their trip.

Application in process

The ESRA-DRA points for the 20th ESRA Winter Week Conference are the following:

Total: 4 points
Hands-on Ultrasound: 3 points
Other points: 1 points

These points will be shown on the Certificate of Attendance delivered upon completion of the feedback survey after the conference.

An onsite ESRA – DRA Part 2B exam will be held in Längenfeld, Austria on Saturday 24th  January 2026.
Application deadline: 1st December, 2025*

Apply here

* The ESRA-DRA Board reserves the right to close the applications if the maximum capacity is reached before the closing date.

For more information please contact: esra-dra@esraeurope.org