Conferences & events

From our first conference, held online in 2021, to events across South Asia.

NEXT UP · AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY, KARACHI

4th International cHALO Conference

Workshops on Monday 2 November. Conference on Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 November 2026.

Expert panels will discuss priorities for emergency departments in Pakistan. Each panel produces a white paper with PSEM that sets out actions and measures to deliver over the next 12 months.

Pre-conference workshops · Monday 2 November · max 40 places each

Pakistan Trauma Course launch

SMBBIT, Karachi

Leadership in Practice

AKU · Virtual Leadership Academy launch

Train the Trainers: running a simulation day

AKU

AI in Emergency Medicine

AKU · half day

Paediatric Emergencies

Civil Hospital Karachi · simulation

Adult Resuscitation

South City Hospital · simulation

Major Incident Planning

Liaquat National Hospital · table-top

POCUS

Venue to be confirmed

Our story so far

Conference timeline

Jan 2021

PSEM 2021: our inaugural conference

Three days and twelve sessions, held entirely online on ENLIGHTENme. Topics included leadership, system design, quality, education and research. Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Health was among the speakers.

Feb 2022

PSEM Leadership Academy Conference

Trainees told us what they wanted from a virtual leadership academy. Speakers came from Pakistan, the UAE and the UK. It was the starting point for today’s Virtual Leadership Academy.

Jan 2023

SACEM inaugural virtual conference

Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka took part, with the presidents of IFEM, RCEM and the Asian Society for EM. The South Asian Collaborative for Emergency Care was established.

Oct 2023

First four cHALO centres open in Pakistan

Now 17 centres across six countries.

Nov 2024

3rd International EM Conference, Lahore

Held under the cHALO banner at King Edward Medical University. The conference had more than 20 international delegates from six countries, and four workshops with about 200 participants and 40 faculty.

Oct 2026

cHALO reaches Malaysia

Phase I partnership with MASCOT, the Malaysian Society for Care of Trauma, on leadership and trauma team training.

Nov 2026

4th International cHALO Conference, Karachi

See you there.

All year round

cHALO webinars

Free, live and practical webinars led by our international faculty. Catch up on recordings any time on ENLIGHTENme.

CLINICAL

Resuscitation dilemmas in the Emergency Department

LEADERSHIP · JULY 2026

Leading in the ED: cHALO leadership webinar

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