Congress
ACTA foundation award
Place | Year | Recipient and lecture title |
| Reykjavik | 2026 | Prof. Doris Østergaard – The future of simulation teaching in anaesthesia and critical care |
| Oulu | 2024 | Dr. Ken Solt – Time to Wake Up! Recovery of consciousness after general anesthesia |
| Oslo | 2022 | Prof. Michelle Chew – Protecting the heart during anaesthesia and surgery |
| Copenhagen | 2019 | Prof. Kjetil Sunde – Termination of Resuscitation |
| Malmö | 2017 | Prof. Else Tønnesen – Anaesthesia in women and women in anaesthesia |
| Reykjavik | 2015 | Prof. Anders Perner – Trials and Tribulations with “Industry” |
| Turku | 2013 | Dr. Lars I. Eriksen – Basic and clinical science in neuromuscular block |
| Bergen | 2011 | Prof. Ville Pettila – Success factors in large scale cooperation in medical research. |
| Odense | 2009 | Dr. Kaare Christensen – Does ageing effect anaesthesiologist? |
| Gothenburg | 2007 | Prof. John Severinghaus – Oxygen |
| Reykjavik | 2005 |
SSAI Åsmund Lærdal lecture
In collaboration with the Laerdalfoundation
Place | Year | Recipient and lecture title |
| Reykjavik | 2026 | Dr. Helen Higham – The pivotal role of anaesthesia in patient safety |
| Oulu | 2024 | Dr. Ib Jammer – Transforming anaesthesia into a new era (no AI needed) |
| Oslo | 2022 | Prof. David Lockey – Does ‘copy and paste’ of novel in-hospital techniques into pre-hospital practice improve outcomes? |
| Copenhagen | 2019 | Prof. Tanja Manser – Patient safety and non-technical skills |
| Malmö | 2017 | Prof. Kathryn Maitland – Deconstructing fluid resuscitation in African children: a forensic analysis of the FEAST trial |
| Reykjavik | 2015 | Prof. Jean-Louis Vincent – Patient Safety is a Matter of our Heart |
| Turku | 2013 | Dr. David K Menon – Linking pathophysiology, tissue fate, and outcomes in TBI |
| Bergen | 2011 | Prof. Charles Gomersall – The importance of education for safe practice of anaesthesia and intensive care |
| Odense | 2009 | Dr. D. Østergaard – Education and patient safety |
| Gothenburg | 2007 | Dr. Marét Castren – |
| Reykjavik | 2005 | No lecture was given |
| Helsinki | 2003 | Dr. Jerry Nolan – Advances in CPR |
| Tromsø | 2001 | Prof. Lance Becker – The opportunity of hypothermia |
| Århus | 1999 | Dr. Chris Grande – Advances in trauma Care |
| Stockholm | 1997 | At this congress the financial support covered the costs of a panel discussion on ethics of resuscitation (Advanced medical care – at all costs?) |
| Reykjavik | 1995 | Dr. Brendan Finucane – The difficult airway |
| Kuopi | 1993 | Prof. Mads Gilbert – Caring humanism and continuous struggle against premature death and suffering |
| Trondheim | 1991 | Prof. Peter Safar – Advances in Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation |