21st ESRA Winter Week Conference

Registration is open

DATE: 17th – 22nd January 2027
PLACE: Längenfeld, Austria

SCHEDULE:

• Sunday, 17th January 2027 | 18:00 Registration // 18:30 Welcome Reception
• Monday – Wednesday, 18th – 20th January 2027 | 08:00 – 10:00 & 17:00 – 19:30
• Thursday, 21st January 2027 | 08:00 – 10:00 & 18:00 – 19:30 // 19:30 Farewell Reception
• Friday, 22nd January 2027 | 08:00 – 10:00

OPENING HOURS REGISTRATION

• Sunday, 17th January 2027 | 17:45 – 20:00
• Monday – Wednesday, 18th – 20th January 2027 | 07:45 – 10:15 & 16:45 – 19:45
• Thursday, 21st January 2027 | 07:45 – 10:15 & 17:45 – 20:30
• Friday, 22nd January 2027 | 07:45 – 10:30

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 December 05th 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 December 05th 2026.
Use this link to book your stay in the AquaDome with the ESRA discount.

Please be aware that the check-in and check-out dates are automatically preset to one day before and one day after the conference. Additionally, the booking is set to double occupancy by default. If you require a room for single occupancy, please make sure to change this in the relevant fields when making your reservation.

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.

21st ESRA Winter Week 2027
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

Bart Billet 🇧🇪
Malcolm Broom 🇬🇧
Loes Bruijstens 🇳🇱
Kariem El-Boghdadly 🇬🇧
Rebecca Heinen 🇩🇪
Bram Keunen 🇧🇪
Peter Merjavy 🇬🇧
Axel Sauter 🇳🇴
Roberto Starnari 🇮🇹
Diana Torta 🇧🇪
Zolt Ungvári 🇬🇧
Sandra van den Heuvel 🇳🇱

Registration is open

REGISTRATION FEES (RATES ARE IN EUR)*

• Non–Member – 1.160 Euros
• ESRA Member – 1.050 Euros
• ESRA Trainee Member (Students/Fellows/Nurses) – 830 Euros

*Coffee Breaks, Welcome Reception and Farewell Reception are included in the registration fee. If you have any special dietary requirements or food allergies, please inform us in advance by emailing events@esraeurope.org . We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

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
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 14 days or by December 20th, 2026; whichever is sooner.

Please be aware of our cancellation policy.

CANCELLATION POLICY

All cancellations must be electronically mailed to events@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, 2026 – full refund
• Cancellations received between November 16th to December 19th, 2026 – 50% will be refunded
• As of December 20th, 2026 – no refund will be made

Please note that administration fees (30 EUR) for offline payments are non-refundable in the event of cancellation.

The ESRA Office and Scientific Committee cannot be held liable for any personal accidents, or for the loss of or damage to personal belogings of participants and accompanying persons. All participants and accompanying persons are stringly advised to arrange their own travel and health insurance to ensure adequate coverage throughout for their stay.

Application in progress

An ESRA–DRA Part IIB exam (onsite only) will be held in Längenfeld, Austria, on Saturday, January 23rd, 2027.

Attendance at the 21st ESRA Winter Week Conference is not mandatory to sit the exam.

Apply here

Application deadline: December 15th, 2026*

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

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

The ESRA-DRA points for the 21st ESRA Winter Week Conference are the following:

Total: 2 points
Hands-on Ultrasound: 1 point
Other points: 1 point

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