Where Critical Care Minds Meet

CCR Down Under 2025

We’re excited to invite all ANZICS Members to join us at CCR Down Under 2025, 9–10 December at
Federation Square, Melbourne.

Led by Professor Rob Mac Sweeney, CCR Down Under brings together the world’s leading clinicians, researchers, journal editors, statisticians and allied health professionals to debate, challenge, and unpack the results of eight landmark trials shaping the future of critical care.
Six Trials already announced

 A/ Professor Ary Serpa Neto: Active Trial – Effect of automated closed-loop ventilation versus conventional ventilation on duration and quality of ventilation in critically ill patients.

Professor Michael Reade: CLIPP II Trial – Cryopreserved vs Liquid Platelets for Surgical Bleeding.

Dr Angelique de Man & Dr Sander Rozemeijer: VITaCCA Trial  – Early high-dose vitamin C in post-cardiac arrest syndrome.

Professor Brenda O’Neill & Professor Danny McAuley: iRehab Trial: Remote multicomponent rehabilitation compared to standard care for survivors of critical illness after hospital discharge.

A/Professor Matthew Semler  & Dr Jonathan Casey: RSI Trial – Randomized Trial of Sedative choice for Intubation.

Professor Arthur Kwizera: ARISE AFRICA Trial – Respiratory support with standard low-flow oxygen therapy, high-flow oxygen therapy or continuous positive airway pressure in adults with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure in a resource-limited setting.

Two remaining trials will be announced shortly.

Why Attend?

Be among the first to hear groundbreaking trial results released live.

Learn directly from leading national & international investigators.

Connect with clinicians, researchers, and allied health professionals from across the globe.

Visit the CCR website to register today and help keep this world-class meeting in Australia.