Prof. Peter Rimensberger Training: 1991-1993: Pediatric Intensive Care fellowship at the University Hospital in Bern, Switzelrand 1993-1995: Clincial and Research fellowship at the Departments of Critical Care and Respiratroy Research, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada 1995-1997 Consultant and 1997-2011 Head Pediatric and Neonatal ICU, University; 2011 until now 20012 until now: Clincial Director, Service of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Professional Position: Director, Pediatric and Neonatal ICU, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Scientific Positions: Chairman, 5th World Congress on Pediatric Critical Care, June 24-28, 2007, Geneva, Switzerland Associate Editor:Pediatric Research 2006 - 2010 Editorial advisory board member: Intensive Care Medicine Editorial board member: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Regular reviewer for many scientific journals Medical Societies: Functions in Medical Societies: ESPNIC (European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care) President 2013-2015 SGI/SSMI (Swiss Society of Intensive Medicine): Executive Committee Member, Chair of Scientific Affairs European Critical Care Foundation: Board Member Regular Educational Acitivities Organizer of more than 50 hands-on courses in mechanical ventilation (since 2000) Organizer and Scientific Chairman of the bi-annual European Conference on Pediatric and Neonatal Mechanical Ventilation, Montreux, Switzerland Organizer and Member of the Scientific Committee of the bi-annual European Conference on Pediatric and Neonatal Cardiac Intensive Care Publications : More than 120 articles published in peer reviewed scientific journals. Textbook Pediatric and Neonatal Mechanical Ventilation : From Basics to Clinical Practice. Rimensberger PC (ed.) Berlin : Springer, 2014. – 1'642 p.