EHRA Summit 2025

Sustainability 

Thursday, 12 June

12:00 - 13:30: Lunch

Introduction

• 12:00 - 13:30
  • Lunch
• 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

• 14:10 - 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? Fréderic Sacher
• 14:45 - 15:15
  • Debate: Reprocessing of catheters and CIEDs is a must - not a safety hazard - in the era of EP sustainability:
    • PRO, Julian Chun
    • CON, Serge Boveda
• 15:15 - 16:00
  • Plenary discussion
• 16:00 - 16:130 
  • Group photo & Coffee break

16:00 - 16:30   Group Photo & Coffee Break

Session 2: Sustainability II

Chaired by José Luis Merino, Tatevik Hovakimyan and Vassil Traykov

• 16:30 - 16:45
  • What is possible from the European Regulatory Perspective, Piotr Szymański
• 16:45 - 17:30
  • Break-out sessions:
    • Reprocessing of EP devices - Towards a circular economy
    • Sustainable procurement and supply chain in EP
    • Remote innovation in EP – From virtual reps to virtual clinics
    • Legal, regulatory, and practical barriers to sustainability in EP
• 17:30 - 18:30 
  • Presentation of results and plenary discussion
• 18:30 - 18:45
  • Adjounrment 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

• 08:15 - 08:30
  • The President’s perspective for EHRA 2026, Helmut Pürerfellner
• 08:30 - 08:40
  • NCS activity report & membership update - I, Daniel Scherr
  • NCS activity report & membership update - II, Katarzyna Malaczynska-Rajpold
  • News from the Young EP committee, Martin Manninger-Wünscher & Boldizsar Kovacs
• 08:40 - 08:50
  • Pulse day 2025 & 2026, Julian Chun, Fransisco Moscoso Costa
• 08:50 - 09:00
  • The EHRA Atlas 2025, Michal Farkowski
  • The EHRA Atlas 2027, Daniel Scherr
• 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

• 09:30 - 10:30 
  • Industry's perspective on sustainability: where do we go from here?
    • Boston Scientific, Clarke Brooke
    • Johnson&Johnson MedTech, Anthony Ouvrars, Charlotte Vivet
    • Medtronic, David Powell
    • Vanguard Medical, Viola Vahle
• 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

• 11:20 - 12:10 
  • What is the legal framework and the actual clinical practice for catheter & device reprocessing in… 
    • Croatia, Sime Manola
    • UK, Mark Gallagher
    • Sweden, Anneli Svensson
    • Belgium, Johan Vijgen
    • North Macedonia, Jane Taleski
• 12:10 - 12:35
  • Optimised use of cardiac implanted devices: a solution for developing countries? Carsten Israel
• 12:35 - 12:45 
  • Plenary discussion, Daniel Scherr, Katarzyna Malaczynska-Rajpold

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.