The 3rd Annual Live Workshop on Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery – The Operation of the Millennium, was conducted on 2nd and 3rd September 2000 at Ardra Conferencing Centre. We had Dr. Nitu V Mandke and Dr. Alka Mandke from Mumbai as visiting faculty. Sri G K Rajagopal delivered the inaugural address. Dr. Nitu V Mandke delivered a lecture on “MICAS – are all suitable?” and Dr. Alka Mandke delivered a lecture on “The nuances of anaesthetic management of OPCAB.”