Edinburgh 1996
	Program of the first meeting of ALFA
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Session One
The Importance of the Past: A Historical Perspective	Alistair Spence	Scotland
Should we return to Vaporizers in Circuit?	David White	England
Session Two
Sevoflurane in Low Flow Systems	Mike Nathanson	England
Anaesthesia with Xenon	Mike Halsey	England
Molecular Sieves	Jim Murray	Ireland
The Servo Control of Volatile Agent Delivery	George Rolly	Belgium
Session Three
The Use of Nitrous Oxide in Minimal Flow Anaesthesia	Geoff Lockwood	England
Trace Gas Accumulation in Circles	George Rolly	Belgium
The Pharmaco-economics of Low Flow Anaesthesia	Mike Logan	Scotland
The Theoretical Ideal Fresh Gas Flow Sequence	Bill Mapleson	Wales

Mike Logan organised this meeting in the impressive surroundings of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. 

As a result of decisions made after the previous meeting in Manchester Mike announced that all present were now members of ALFA.

He also said that Professor Alistair Spence had kindly agreed to be President of the Association.

This was thus the inaugural meeting of the Association for Low Flow Anaesthesia.