I am happy to welcome you to the second Saudi Critical Care Societies annual conference and scientific meeting (SCCS-2011-Riyadh) in conjunction to the first international critical care nursing conference will be held in Riyadh the capital of science and technology and the capital of our nation. The conference will be held in the beautiful Riyadh Marriott Hotel Makarem Hall.

This Conference comes after the success of SCCS-2010-Jeddah. Attended by More than 5000 attendee and 170 national and international speakers.

SCCS 2011 Riyadh will be the largest critical care conference in the Middle East. The Saudi Critical Care Society is proud of the growing community of critical care doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and allied health care professionals.

The Saudi Critical Care Society (SCCS) was founded in 2007. Since our start we have grown steadily into a full service society. The SCCS is heavily involved in critical care education throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia holding more then 180 specialized critical care courses per year. The society has been a major force in support of the annual Hajj pilgrimage where we provide highly specialized critical care staff from within our membership. Additionally, the SCCS has published national critical care policies & procedures manuals and national critical care guidelines which are used extensively throughout the kingdom.

The SCCS has steadily grown from our humble beginnings four short years ago into the fastest growing medical society in the Middle East with approximately 1500 active members from all fields of Critical Care Medicine.

The conference organizing committee is proud to present SCCS 2011 Riyadh. The speakers you will see at SCCS 2011 Riyadh are regional and international leaders of the critical care community. The pre-conference courses at SCCS 2011 Riyadh will continue our tradition of delivering high quality critical care educational programs. We have worked hard to bring you the best possible speakers and courses to give you the best possible conference experience.

I welcome you to SCCS 2011 Riyadh as our guests; please enjoy your conference and your opportunity to interact with some of the premier members of the critical care world.

Yasser Mandourah, MD, FRCP(C), FCCP, ABIM
President, Saudi Critical Care Society
Chairman, Executive committee, SCCS-2011-Riyadh