This piece is the first of TopMedTalk's 'as live' coverage from the 5th Collaborative Clinical Trials in Anaesthesiology Meeting, Prato, Italy. It's your chance to get virtual a place at one of the most influential gatherings of its kind in the world.

Presented by Desiree Chappell with Monty Mythen and their guest Paul Myles, Director, Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University.