This piece reflects the fact we are currently getting ready for the 18th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA 2024) - we’re going to be bringing you all the coverage of the meeting that we can, live from Singapore. The podcast primes you for the topics we’re expecting to encounter and gives you a taste of where the discussions are at the moment. Featured in this piece are: Carolyn Johnston, consultant Anaesthetist in St Georges hospital in London and Improvement lead for the National Emergency Laparotomy Network: TopMedTalk: EBPOM Highlight 1.27 | Obstetric anaesthesia (libsyn.com) Dr Attila Kett, anaesthesiologist and Chairman at St Peter’s University Hospital at New Jersey: TopMedTalk: Enhanced Recovery for obstetrics | Perioperative Coach (libsyn.com) Alexander J Butwick, Obstetric Anesthesiologist and Researcher in maternal hemorrhage, pain relief in labor, and obstetric epidemiology at Stanford University TopMedTalk: TopMedTalk | Why is maternal mortality so high in the USA? (libsyn.com) Adriane Chapman, Professor at University of Southampton, Head of Digital Health Research Group, Director for the Centre for Health Technologies TopMedTalk: The Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Perioperative Care Q&A | EBPOM World Congress (libsyn.com) Sandy (Alexander) Jackson, specialty trainee in anaesthetics and intensive care medicine and an NIHR Doctoral Fellow at the University of Southampton TopMedTalk: Artificial Intelligence in Perioperative Care - Part 2 | EBPOM 2023 (libsyn.com) Guy Ludbrook Professor of Anaesthesia at the University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital TopMedTalk: The hidden pandemic of post operative complications | EBPOM London 2020 (libsyn.com) Denny Levett, Professor in Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care at the University of Southampton and a Consultant in Perioperative Medicine at Southampton University Hospital NHS Foundation trust TopMedTalk: Morpheus Plenary Lecture: Exercise is a Perioperative medicine | EBPOM World Congress 2022 (libsyn.com) Kate Leslie, Honorary Professor, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Specialist Anaesthetist, The Royal Melbourne Hospital & North Western Mental Health and Non-Executive Director, Australian Medical Council TopMedTalk: Diversity and gender balance in research | TopMedTalk (libsyn.com)