Key Dates
- 13 October 2025: Voting rights eligibility deadline
- 13 April – 4 May 2026: Call for candidates
- 5-26 May 2026: Review of applications
- 10-24 June 2026: Online voting
- 1-15 July 2026: Second round of online voting (if applicable)
- August 2026: Announcement of the results on the Working Groups website
Open positions
- 1 Chairperson-Elect
- 1 Secretary/Treasurer
- Voting nucleus members
Working Groups Rules of Governance: eligibility criteria
The Working Groups election application process and voting will be carried out in accordance with the ESC bylaws (Annex VI)
Voting Rights
Only Working Group Members with an active membership on 13 October 2025 (6 months before the call for applications opens on 13 April 2026) and at the time the voting starts on 10 June 2026 will have voting rights.
Read more about each of our Working Groups:
- WG on Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- WG on Aorta & Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- WG on Atherosclerosis & Vascular Biology
- WG on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology
- WG on Cardiovascular Pharmacology
- WG on Cardiovascular Regenerative and Reparative Medicine
- WG on Cardiovascular Surgery
- WG on Cellular Biology of the Heart
- WG on Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation
- WG on Development, Anatomy & Pathology
- WG on e-Cardiology
- WG on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases
- WG on Myocardial Function
- WG on Pulmonary Circulation & Right Ventricular Function
- WG on Thrombosis