Sustainability
Thursday, 12 June
12:00 - 13:30: Lunch
Introduction
| Time | Presentation | Speakers TBC |
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| 13:30-13:35 | Welcome | Helmut Pürerfellner (EHRA President) |
| 13:35-13:40 | Welcome from the local host | Krasimir Dzhinsov (President of the Bulgarian Society of Cardiostimulation and Electrophysiology) |
| 13:40-13:50 | Introduction to the EHRA Summit 2025 | Daniel Scherr (EHRA NCS Committee Chair) |
| 13:50-13:55 | Feedback from EHRA Summit 2024 | Katarzyna Malaczynska-Rajpold (EHRA NCS Committee Co-Chair) |
| 13:55-14:00 | Feedback from the Young EP Summit | Martin Manninger-Wünscher (EHRA Young EP Committee Chair |
Session 1: Sustainability I
Chaired by Helmut Pürerfellner and Emna Allouche
| Time | Presentation | Speakers |
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| 14:00-14:15 | Sustainability in EP – what does it mean? | Elena Arbelo |
| 14:15-14:30 | Sustainability in EP: EHRA physicians’ perspective | Daniel Scherr |
| 14:30-14:45 | What is the evidence behind sustainability in EP? | Frédéric Sacher |
| 14:45-15:15 | Debate: Reprocessing of catheters and CIEDs is a must - not a safety hazard - in the era of EP sustainability: | |
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Julian Chun | |
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Serge Boveda | |
| 15:15-16:00 | Plenary discussion |
16:00 - 16:30 Group Photo & Coffee Break
Session 2: Sustainability II
Chaired by José Luis Merino, Tatevik Hovakimyan and Vassil Traykov
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| 16:30-16:45 | What is possible from the European Regulatory Perspective | Piotr Szymański |
| 16:45-17:30 | Break-out sessions:
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| 17:30-18:30 | Presentation of results and plenary discussion |
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| 18:30-18:45 | Adjournment by Chairs | Chairs of Part 1 and 2 |
| 20:00-22:00 | Group dinner |
Friday, 13 June
Session 3: EHRA Inside - an update on current EHRA projects
Chaired by Daniel Scherr and Katarzyna Malaczynska-Rajpold
| Time | Presentation | |
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| 08:15-08:30 | The President’s perspective for EHRA 2026 | Helmut Pürerfellner |
| 08:30-08:40 | NCS activity report & membership update |
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| 08:40-08:50 | Pulse day 2025 & 2026 |
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| 08:50-09:00 | The EHRA Atlas 2025-2027 |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Plenary discussion and Q&A |
Session 4: Sustainability – the countries & industry’s perspective I
Part 2: Chaired by Haran Burri and Marta De Riva Silva
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| 09:30-10:30 | Industry’s perspective on sustainability: where do we go from here? | |
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| 10:30-10:55 | Plenary discussion |
10:55 - 11:20 Coffee Break
Session 5: Sustainability – the countries’ & industry’s perspective II
Chaired by Emma Svennberg and Emin Evren Ozçan
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| 11:20-12:10 | What is the legal framework and the actual clinical practice for catheter & device reprocessing in… | |
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| 12:10-12:35 | Optimised use of cardiac implanted devices: a solution for developing countries? | Carsten Israel |
| 12:35-12:45 | Plenary discussion and closing remarks |
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Previous EHRA Summits
- Warsaw, Poland - 2024
- Madrid, Spain - 2023
- Zagreb, Croatia - 2022
- Online version - 2021
- Online version - 2020
- Krakow, Poland - 2019
- European Heart House - 2018
- Palma de Mallorca, Spain - 2017
- European Heart House, France - 2016
EHRA Young EP Summit
This event is an opportunity to strengthen relationships between Young EP National Ambassadors as well as to share experiences.
This year the Young EP Summit will take place on 11-12 June in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Our mission: To reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease.