Session types & tracks

Scientific pre-arranged sessions

 Types

• Main symposia
  These 90 minutes long sessions are lead by two renowned chairpersons and include four to five "state of the art" presentations.

• How to sessions
  Daily practice oriented sessions, Speakers will give educational presentations to be followed by intensive discussions.

• Clinical case sessions
  Practical cases presented within an interactive format where real life challenging cases will be demonstrated by the experts, discussed with th eaudience and concluded by recommendations and take-home messages.

 Topics

Encompassing comprehensive updates on different fields related to the main theme focusing on diagnosis, therapies, systems and organisation for the best care, addressed under wide range of topics: 

• Acute coronary syndromes
• Acute aortic syndromes
• Acute heart failure
• Acute Valvular Diseases - Aortic Dissection
• Arrhythmias
• Intensive care
• Nursing
• Sudden death / Resuscitation
• Thromboembolic venous disease

 Joint sessions

To address topics directly with the experts, we are co-organising sessions with the following speciality groups & associations:    

• Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions
• European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
• European Heart Rhythm Association
• Heart Failure Association of the ESC
• ESC WG on Thrombosis
• European Resuscitation Council
• Turkish Society of Cardiology
• European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions
  

 Abstract sessions

An important part of the programme is composed of the original scientific contributions received during call for abstract. Selected abstracts will be presented in different formats allowing for peer review, discussions and knowledge exchange between scientists and practitioners from our comunity. <view more on abstract sessions>

• Young Investigator Award session (YIA)
  Session where young researchers present their findings. Free registration is offered to all competitors!

• Oral abstrat sessions
  Featuring abstracts selected for their outstanding quality, presented orally in the lecture room and chaired by two experts in the field.

• Moderated poster sessions 
  Abstracts presented in poster format orally in a dedicated area and moderated by selected experts    

• Poster sessions
  Abstracts stay on display for half day and will be presented by the researchers during coffee breaks.