This meeting offers a comprehensive educational experience focused on state-of-the-art topics in the field of pediatric critical care medicine. Specific areas of interest include acute lung injury, sepsis, transfusion medicine, and neurocritical care. Attendees will participate in lectures, panel discussions, and small group interactive sessions that are focused on developing the skills necessary to develop, initiate, and share meaningful research projects centered around improving the care of the pediatric patient with critical illness. This meeting will consist of both large presentation sessions as well as small breakout sessions to discuss, explore, and share ideas.