Monty Mythen, Desiree Chappell and Andy Cumpstey talk you through the opening ceremony of Euroanaesthesia 2023. Should we be advocating "supported" rather than "shared" decision making? What does the future hold for anesthesiology? What is the role of trials in intensive care medicine? And, what instrument do you expect to be playing at the start of this piece from Glasgow, Scotland?

The European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) is the leading European Organisation for Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, Pain and Perioperative Medicine. TopMedTalk is proud to bring you 'as live' coverage of their annual conference. For more information on the work ESIAC do check out their website here: www.esaic.org