ESC Congress 2026
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The world’s foremost cardiology meeting
Join us and experience transformation through practice, policy, responsibility and genuine human connection.
This year's Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence explores how AI is becoming a co-pilot, enhancing precision, speed, and safety in patient care. Discover AI in action, from diagnosis to delivery, through hands-on sessions, live demonstrations, and immersive learning.
Here we will explore a diverse range of topics, uniting all subspecialties to create a space to share breakthrough data and debate new ideas, before applying innovation to real-world settings.
This is where collaboration becomes progress, and transformation is not just seen, but felt.
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Transforming cardiology, together
In Munich and online, ESC Congress 2026 will champion responsible progress, while celebrating the human connection that drives discovery. This is the place where transformation becomes collective.
Because amid algorithms and automation, cardiology’s heartbeat remains human and progress begins with people.
It begins with YOU.
Together we will:
- Unite every discipline behind one powerful purpose: transforming patient outcomes
- Embrace the meeting point of science, policy, and industry, shaping a global blueprint for responsible AI in cardiology
- Celebrate the human connection that drives discovery
- Shape clinical decision-making through hands-on practice sessions, immersive learning and live demonstrations
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ESC Congress 2026 and its Scientific Programme are led by:
Professor Thomas Felix Luescher
ESC President, 2024 - 2026
Professor Tomasz Guzik
ESC Congress Programme Committee Chairperson, 2024-2026
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RISE@ESCCongress 2026
A dynamic event to Regroup, Inspire, Strengthen and Energize women in cardiology.Register and join the conference on 27 August 2026 at the Messe Muenchen