EHRA Summit 2026

Diversity and Inclusion

2026 Programme

Thursday, 11 June

12:00 - 13:30: Lunch

Introduction

• 13:30 - 13:35 
  • Welcome Helmut Pürerfellner (EHRA President)
• 13:35 - 13:40
  • Welcome from the local host: Priit Kampus (President of the Estonian Working Group of Arrhythmias)
• 13:40 - 13:50 
  • Introduciton to the EHRa summit 2026, Daniel Scherr (EHRA NCS Committee Chair)
• 13:50 - 13:55
  • Feedback from the EHRA Summit 2025, Katarzyna Malaczynska-Rajpold (EHRA NCS Committee Co-Chair)
• 13:55 - 14:00
  • Feedback from the Young EP Summit 2026, Martin Manninger-Wünscher (EHRA Young EP Committee Chair

Session 1:   Bridging the gap: Inclusive and accessible EP care and innovation all over Europe  

Chaired by Helmut Pürerfellner, Rachel Ter Bekke and Lubos Urban

• 14:00 - 14:10
  •   Inequalities in access to EP care, personnel and technology: lessons learned from ATLAS data, Michal Farkowski
• 14:10 - 15:00
  • The countries’ perspective on building EP programs, EP education, and access to technology in a challenging environment:
    • Ukraine, Olena Marchenko
    • Bulgaria, Vasil Traykov
    • Armenia, Tatevik Hovakimyan
    • Syria, Noureddin Sawan
    • Türkyie, Emin Evren Ozcan
• 15:00 - 15:30
  • Plenary discussion
• 15:30 - 16:00 
  • Coffee break & Group photo

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

Session 2: Bridging the gap: Inclusive and accessible EP care and innovation all over Europe

Chaired by Haran Burri, Charlotte Eitel and Konstantinos Triantafyllou

• 16:00-16:10 Survey: Diversity, inclusion, and equal access to care in Europe, Maura Zylla
• 16:10 - 17:00
  • How can medical advances in EP be made accessible to diverse populations, regardless of socioeconomic status – the industry’s perspective
• 17:00 - 17:45
  • Break-out sessions:
    • Workforce Gaps in EP: Training and Retention
    • Fair Access to Technology and Innovation
    • Reaching the Unreached Patient
    • Inclusive Innovation: Research, Guidelines, Leadership

Chaired by José-Luis Merino, Martin Manninger-Wünscher and Laura Perrotta

Breakout group chairs: Adil Baimbetov, Sergio Conti, Francisco Costa, Moti Haim, Mokhtar Ibrahim, Nikola Pavlovic, Olivier Piot,  Konstantinos Triantafyllou

• 17:45 - 18:30 
  • Presentation of results and plenary discussion
• 18:30 - 18:40
  • Closing Remarks & Adjourn
• 19:30 - 22:00
  • Group dinner

Friday, 12 June

Session 3: DAS-CAM Session 

07:00 - 08:30 - DASCAM session

Session 4: NCS breakfast for NCS chairs/co-chairs, EHRA NCS committee, and EHRA board

Chaired by Daniel Scherr and Katarzyna Malaczynska-Rajpold

• 08:30 - 08:40
  • Current EHRA initiatives, Helmut Pürerfellner
• 08:40 - 08:55
  • NCS and Young EP activity report & membership update, Daniel Scherr, Katarzyna Malaczynska-Rajpold, Martin Manninger-Wünscher and Raquel Adelino
• 08:55 - 09:10
  • Discussion, Q & A

Session 5: Women in EP

Chaired by Serge Boveda, Emma Svennberg and Raquel Adelino

• 09:10 - 09:20 
  • Women in EP: Authority without inheritance: becoming a leader across borders and bias, Andrea Sarkozy
• 09:20 - 09:30 
  • Women in EP: My experience at the EP lab during pregnancy, Henrike Hillmann
• 9:30-10:00
  • Measures to favor diversity and inclusion: My country’s perspective:
    
    • The Netherlands, Marta de Riva Silva
    • Tunisia, Emna Allouche
    • Spain, Elena Arbelo
• 10:00 - 10:15
  • Diversity &Inclusion in clinical science and trials, Katja Zeppenfeld
• 10:30 - 11:00 
  • Coffee break

Session 6: How AI can expand access, reduce disparities, and reshape electrophysiology workflows across Europe

Chaired by Soeren Zoega Diederichsen, Krasimir Dzhinsov and Haran Burri

• 11:00-11:15 
  • What is AI and how can we use it, Jordi Heijman
• 11:15-11:35
  • Making AI Useful in the EP: Evidence, Pitfalls, and Real-World Workflow Gains
    • Diagnostics, Emma Svennberg
    • Treatment, Tomasz Jadczyk
• 11:35-11:50
  • EHRA, AI, and Equitable Arrhythmia Care in Europe, David Duncker
• 11:50-12:05
  • Key note lecture on AI, Fu Siong Ng 
• 12:05-12:20
  • Panel discussion
• 12:20-12:40
  
  • The Incoming President’s perspective for EHRA 2026-2028, Haran Burri
• 12:40-12:45 
  • Closing remarks, Daniel Scherr, Katarzyna Malaczynska-Rajpold

Session 6: DAS-CAM Session

• 13:00 - 14:30
  • DAS-CAM Session