After a day devoted to fruitful and enlightening discussions between 34 Heart Failure Societies representatives and HFA Board members, a reception was held in Belgrade City Hall with the Mayor and the Serbian Deputy Minister for Health.
Stefan Anker, President-Elect of the HFA, then presented all representatives with the HFA medal of Friendship and Collaboration. He invited all participants to reconvene next year to repeat the success of this year's meeting. |
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Participants from National Heart Failure Societies - Discover the Programme
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- Armenia - L. TUMASYAN (Yerevan)
- Bosnia & Herzegovina - F. BARAKOVIĆ (Tuzla)
- Bosnia & Herzegovina - F. BARAKOVIĆ (Tuzla)
- Austria - J. ALTENBERGER (Salzburg)
- Belgium - O. GURNÉ (Louvain)
- Brazil - L. ZYTYNSKI MOURA (Curitiba)
- United Kingdom - T. McDONAGH (London)
- Bulgaria - P. GATZOV (Sofia)
- Croatia - D. MILIČIĆ (Zagreb)
- Czech Republic - J. HRADEC (Prague)
- Egypt - M. HASSANEIN (Alexandria)
- Estonia - T. UUETOA (Tallinn)
- France - J-N. TROCHU (Nantes)
- Germany - S. STÖRK (Würzburg)
- Greece - D. TOUSOULIS (Athens)
- Israel - O. AMIR (Haifa)
- Italy - G. MALFATTO (Milan)
- Hungary - R. SEPP (Szeged)
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- Latvia - G. KAMZOLA (Riga)
- Lebanon - H. SKOURI (Beirut)
- Lithuania - A. KAVOLUNIENE (Kaunas)
- Macedonia - M. VAVLUKIS (Skopje)
- Moldavia - E. VATAMAN (Chisinau)
- Norway - M. AARØNÆS (Drammen)
- Poland - P. ROZENTRYT (Zabrze)
- Portugal - B. MOURA (Lisbon)
- Romania - O. CHIONCEL (Bucharest)
- Russia - F. AGEV (Moscow)
- Slovakia - J. MURIN (Bratislava)
- Slovenia - M. LAINSCAK (Golnik)
- Spain - J. COMIN (Barcelona)
- Sweden - G. WIKSTRÖM (Uppsala)
- Switzerland - G. MOSCHOVITIS (Lugano)
- Ukraine - G. VORONKOV (Kiev)
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Programme - Saturday 29 October 2011
  
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| Welcome to the National Heart Failure Societies Summit |
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P. Ponikowski (Wroclaw, PL)
P.M. Seferović (Belgrade, RS) |
| INVOLVEMENT OF THE NATIONAL HF SOCIETIES IN CORE HFA ACTIVITIES - 1 |
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Chairpersons: P. Ponikowski (Wroclaw, PL)
V. Mareev (Moscow, RU) |
| Training curriculum and the current developments of HF certification in Europe |
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- T. McDonagh (London, UK)
Invited discussant, J-N Trochu (Nantes, FR) |
| EurObservational HF Registry as a tool to integrate HF NS into European HF network |
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- A. Maggioni (Florence, IT)
Invited discussant, J.Delgado (Madrid, ES) |
| Heart failure matters as a patient-orientated project |
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- S. Stoerk (Wurzburg, DE)
Invited discussant, J. Altenberger (Salzburg, AT) |
| Peripartum cardiomyopathy registry: Identifying rare, but important cause of heart failure |
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- P.M. Seferović (Belgrade, RS)
Invited discussant, D. Milicic (Zagreb, HR) |
| Collaboration with the industry – challenges for the future |
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- P. Ponikowski (Wroclaw, PL)
Invited discussant, V. Mareev (Moscow, RU) |
| The role of HFA in promoting and improving national HF nurse organizations |
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- J. Riley (London, UK)
Invited discussant – U. Dahlstrom (Linkoping, SE) |
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| INVOLVEMENT OF THE NATIONAL HF SOCIETIES IN CORE HFA ACTIVITIES - 2 |
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Chairpersons: D. Milicic (Zagreb, HR)
V. Mareev (Moscow, RU) |
| HFA paying membership |
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- P. Ponikowski (Wroclaw, PL)
Invited discussant – S. Störk (Würzburg, DE) |
| European HF Awareness Day: raising public attention on HF. |
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- U. Dahlström (Linkoping, SE)
Invited discussant, A. Kavoluniene (Kaunas, LT) |
| How to involve (and collaborate with) primary care / GP's in your country |
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A.W. Hoes (Utrecht, NL)
Invited discussant, D. Milicic (Zagreb, HR) |
| Projects for young cardiologists |
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- G. Filippatos (Athens, GR)
Invited discussant - D. Brito (Lisbon, PT) |
| European Heart Failure Journal – backbone of HFA clinical and research activities |
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- W. van Gilst (Groningen, NL)
Invited discussant, T. Ben Gal (Petah Tikva, IL) |
| Online educational platform of HFA - future learning modality |
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- S.D. Anker (Berlin, DE)
Invited discussant, M. Lainscak (Golnik, SI) |
| PRESIDENTIAL FORUM: BREAK-OUT SESSIONS |
| Heart Failure National Societies: What they do and where they are going? |
CLUSTER 1
Chairpersons: T. McDonagh (London, UK)
P. Gatzov (Sofia, BG) (reporter at the final plenary session)
1. Armenian Society of Cardiology HF WG
2. Ass of Cardiologists of Bosnia & Herzegovina HF WG
3. Austrian Society of Cardiology HF WG
4. Belgian Society of Cardiology HF WG
5. British Society of Heart Failure
6. Bulgarian Society of Cardiology HF WG
7. Croatian Society of Cardiology HF WG
8. Czech Society of Cardiology HF WG
9. Egypt Society of Cardiology HF WG |
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CLUSTER 2
Chairpersons: J.Delgado (Madrid, ES)
J.N. Trochu (Nantes, FR) (reporter at the final plenary session)
1. Estonian Cardiac Society HF WG
2. Hellenic Cardiac Society HF WG
3. French Society of Cardiology HF WG
4. German Cardiac Society HF WG
5. Lebanese Society of Cardiology HF WG
6. Hungarian Society of Cardiology HF WG
8. Italian Federation of Cardiology HF WG
9. Latvian Society of Cardiology HF WG
10. Brazilian Society of Cardiology HF WG |
CLUSTER 3
Chairpersons: S. Anker (Berlin, DE)
O. Amir (Haifa, Il) (reporter at the final plenary session)
1. Israeli Working Group on Heart Failure HF WG
2. Lithuanian Society of Cardiology HF WG
3. Macedonian Society of Cardiology HF WG
4. Moldavian Society of Cardiology HF WG
5. Norwegian Society of Cardiology HF WG
6. Polish Society of Cardiology HF WG
7. Portuguese Society of Cardiology HF WG
8. Romanian Society of Cardiology HF WG
9. Serbian Society of Cardiology HF WG |
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CLUSTER 4
Chairpersons: T. Ben Gal (Petah Tikva, IL)
M. Lainscak (Golnik, SI) (reporter at the final plenary session)
1. Belarus Society of Cardiology HF WG
2. Slovak Society of Cardiology HF WG
3. Slovenian Society of Cardiology HF WG
4. Society of Cardiology of the Russian Federation HF WG
5. Spanish Society of Cardiology HF WG
6. Swedish Society of Cardiology HF WG
7. Swiss Society of Cardiology HF WG
8. Ukrainian Society of Cardiology HF WG |
| PRESIDENTIAL FORUM HIGHLIGHTS |
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Chairpersons: U. Dahlstrom(Linkjoping, SE)
J.Riley (London, UK)
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| Report from the Break-out session 1 |
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P. Gatzov (Sofia, BG) |
| Report from the Break-out session 2 |
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J.N. Trochu (Nantes, FR) |
| Report from the Break-out session 3 |
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O. Amir (Haifa, Il) |
| Report from the Break-out session 4 |
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M. Lainscak (Golnik, SI) |
| Concluding remarks |
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P.M. Seferović (Belgrade, RS)
S.D.Anker (Berlin, DE)
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