NAVAt XII
Twelfth International Symposium on
Automated Low Flow Anesthesia and
Visual Drug Display Systems
Saturday 26 September 2026 · Ghent, Belgium
Questions or need more information?
Jan Hendrickx
Ann De Poortere
I. Anesthesia and the brain
ON/OFF switches that actively suppress consciousness?
NREM and anesthesia promoting neurons
Alex Proekt, Philadelphia, PA, USA
The myth of depth of anesthesia monitors
BIS is not what you think it means
Gerhard Schneider, Munich, Germany
Hemodynamics and the brain
Norepi does what to the brain ?!?
Laleh Zarrinkoob, Umeå, Sweden
Emergence
How inert are my neurons?
Alex Proekt, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Xenon and neurodegeneration
Restorative anesthesia ?
Chris Connor, Boston, MA, USA
II. Oxygenation of the kidney
Monitoring kidney stress in real time
Urine tells us more than output
Kai Kuck, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
III. The virtual and AI world
AI and anesthesiology: What’s new this week?
Fast, faster, too fast ?
Chris Connor, Boston, MA, USA
AI, decision support and dual-agent TCI for personalized titration
Towards personalized anesthesia
Michael Wilkening, Lübeck, Germany
AI in perioperative medicine
Towards digital situational awareness
Henri Van Overmeire, Ghent, Belgium
The Editor-in-Chief and AI
Academic fraud in 2026 and beyond
Philip Peyton, Melbourne, Australia
Anesthesia and virtual reality
Toy, teaching tool, or therapy ?
Arnaud Bosteels, Belgium
Session Chairs
I: Michel Struys, Rik Carette
II: Caroline Vanpeteghem, Annelies Moerman
III: Chris Connor, Piet Wyffels
IV: Kai Kuck, Jennifer Jouwena
IV. The future of the workstation
Does TIVA need a circle system?
CO2e (O2 + air + FGF + absorbent) = ?
Jennifer Jouwena, Turnhout, Belgium
Designing a new workstation with TIVA in focus
How to make everybody happy
Isabelle Olsson, Umeå, Sweden
The AnaConDa in the circle system
Charcoal filter + low flow?
Jana Flyps, Ghent, Belgium
The circle system without granules
A new disruptive CO2 absorber
Jan Mulier, Ghent, Belgium
Low flow: mission impossible?
When the horse won’t drink the water
Jan Hendrickx, Aalst, Belgium
