At the heart of the ESC's mission are its volunteers—passionate professionals whose generosity, time, and expertise make our scientific programme possible.

We honour and deeply thank each one for helping advance cardiovascular science and care.

The Scientific Programme Committee is working hard putting together a programme with the latest science and practical tracks presented by international leading experts.

Experts leading EHRA 2026 and its Scientific Programme

Helmut Puererfellner, EHRA President 2024-2026

Stylianos Tzeis, EHRA Scientific Programme Committee Chair 2026

Natasja De Groot, EHRA Scientific Programme Committee Co-Chair 2026

Scientific Programme Committee Members:

Tolga Aksu, FEHRA, Turkey

Lucas Boersma, FEHRA, FESC, Netherlands

Mads Brix Kronborg, Denmark

Sergio Castrejon, Spain

Hubert Cochet, France

Lia Crotti, FESC, Italy

Marta De Riva Silva, FEHRA, Netherlands

Michael Derndorfer, Austria 

Luigi Di Biase, Italy

Søren Zöga Diederichsen, Denmark

Inga Drossart, Belgium

Micaela Ebert, Germany

Maria Cecilia Gonzalez Corcia, Canada

Melanie  Gunawardene, Germany

Meleze Hocini, France

Jonathan Kalman, Australia

Βart Maesen, Netherlands

Jose Luis Merino, FEHRA, FESC, Spain

Νikola Pavlovic, FEHRA, FESC, Croatia

Helmut Pürerfellner, FESC, Austria 

Michiel Rienstra, Netherlands

Renate Schnabel, Germany

Alireza Sepehri Shamloo, Germany

Daniel Steven, Germany

Αrian Sultan, FEHRA, Germany

Jacob Tfelt-Hansen, Denmark

Isabel C. van Gelder, FEHRA, FESC, Netherlands

Atul Verma, Canada

Kevin Vernooy, FEHRA, FESC, Netherlands

Konstantinos Vlachos, Greece