Annual General Meeting 2012
SWARM was pleased to host its inaugural AGM at St Cuthbert's Conference Centre, Buckfast Abbey on 12th November, 2012.
A varied educational programme was provided by experienced members of the regional research network.
Several research proposals were also presented to the attendees of the AGM. These were scored using a standardised matrix. Those receiving the highest scores were selected for further development by the SWARM network.

Programme
Time | Topic |
08:45 - 09:00
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Registration & Coffee
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09:00 - 09:30
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Welcome to SWARM
Tom Clark & Tim Wilson |
09:30 - 10:00
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10:00 - 10:30
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Writing a Research Submission
Helen Neilens |
10:30 - 11:00
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Coffee
|
11:00 - 12:00
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Good Clinical Practice & ICH training
Chris Rollinson |
12:00 - 12:45
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Dragon's Den
First round of presentations |
12:45 - 13:45
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Lunch
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13:45 - 15:00
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15:00 - 16:30
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Dragon's Den
Second round of presentations |
16:30
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Committee meeting
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Attendees
Anna Welbourn
Ben Ballisat
Chris Rollinson
Danielle Franklin
David Connor
David Portch
Elizabeth Fontaine
Gary Minto
Guy Rousseau
Helen King
Helen MacMillan
Helen Neilens
James Simpson
Jane Montgomery
Jennifer Potts
Jonathan Paddle
Julie Lewis
Karen Burt
Kate Sharpe
Lindsey Arrick
Mark Rockett
Matthew Rucklidge
Matthew Browning
Nicholas Boyd
Peter Thomas
Rachel Montgomery
Rebecca Matthews
Richard Kaye
Ross Vanstone
Rupa Jayaraj
Sandeep Kusre
Sue Blowey
Tim Wilson
Tod Guest
Tom Clark
William Rutherford
Future projects
The following projects were selected by the collaborative for further development:
Goal-directed Individualised Fluid Therapy vs REstricted vs LIbEral Fluid regimens for major surgery (GIFT RELIEF)
Dr Gary Minto
SWARM Post-operative Regional Anaesthesia Techniques Survey (SPRATS)
Dr Mark Rockett & Dr Tim Wilson
Prevalence of sedation outside the theatre environment
Professor Robert Sneyd