Dr. Xavier Falières Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht (Netherlands) Regional Anaesthesia Workshop APICON 15 Xavier Falières is a consultant anaesthesiologist and French national who has been living in the Netherlands for 35 years. Qualified since 1998, he has worked since 2002 as a full-time perioperative anaesthesiologist at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Dordrecht, a major teaching hospital near Rotterdam. He trained initially in general and emergency medicine in France, followed by specialist training in anaesthesiology and intensive care at the University of Liège (Belgium), and in hospital and medical management at Tilburg University (Netherlands). He served as Medical Director of the operating theatre complex for twelve years and continues as a senior advisor. He is President of the Dutch Society for Day Surgery (NVDK) and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS), supporting countries developing ambulatory surgery programmes. He is an international lecturer and educator, particularly active in Asia, with longstanding experience in training and system development in resource-constrained settings.