• HRC2026
  • 11 - 13 Oct 2026

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Sessions

08:30 - 10:00 STARS Symposia 1 - Primer on Syncope and PoTS Hall 11a
08:30 - 10:00 EGM Championships Hall 11b
08:30 - 10:00 Arrhythmia Alliance and European Heart Rhythm Association Symposia - Secondary, Provokable, Transient Cause Atrial Fibrillation Networking Area 1
08:30 - 10:00 Nurses 1 Networking Area 2
08:30 - 10:00 Paediatric 1 – Conduction System Development, Physiology and Anatomy for Electrophysiologists, Cardiologists, EP Physiologists and Nurses Networking Area 3
10:15 - 10:45 Posters 1 Poster Areas 1-4
10:45 - 12:15 Arrhythmia Alliance and World Society of Arrhythmias Symposia - What Is New in Afib Hall 11a
10:45 - 12:15 STARS Symposia 2 - UK Syncope Survey and Care Definitions Hall 11b
10:45 - 12:15 Year in Review 1 - EP Networking Area 1
10:45 - 12:15 AF Association 2 Symposia - Education and Personalised Care to Optimise Care of All AF Patients – How Can We Achieve It? Networking Area 2
10:45 - 12:15 Paediatric 2 – Autonomic Dysfunction and Heart Interaction: Is There Any Subjective or Objective Evidence Networking Area 3
12:30 - 13:15 Lunch and Learn - Nurses Interactive Area
13:30 - 15:00 EP Masterclass 1 – What's New in AF Ablation - Are We Still Left with POVI (Plain Old Vein Isolation)? Hall 11a
13:30 - 15:00 STARS Symposia 3 - Syncope Multidisciplinary Team Hall 11b
13:30 - 15:00 Year in Review 2 Networking Area 1
13:30 - 15:00 Young Investigators Competition Networking Area 2
13:30 - 15:00 Paediatric 3 – Special VTs, Non-Sustained VT and PVC Diagnostic and Management Principles Networking Area 3
15:00 - 15:45 Moderated Posters 1 Poster Area 4
15:45 - 17:15 Arrhythmia Alliance and Heart Rhythm Society Symposia - Cutting-Edge Practice in Managing Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias Hall 11a
15:45 - 17:15 STARS Symposia 4 - Syncope Experts or Better Syncope Education? Hall 11b
15:45 - 17:15 Heart Rhythm Trainees - Substrate to Sudden Death: What Every Heart Rhythm Trainee Needs to Know Interactive Area
15:45 - 17:15 Nurses 2 Networking Area 1
15:45 - 17:30 Paediatric 4 – WPW in Infancy, Inherited Forms, and Its Treatment: From Medication to Ablation

STARS Symposia 1 - Primer on Syncope and PoTS STARS Symposia 1 - Primer on Syncope and PoTS - Hall 11a - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Prof Richard Sutton, Dr Robert Sheldon London, UK, Calgary, CA
08:30 Syncope 101: what they do and don't teach you about assessment Prof Carlos Morillo Calgary, CA
08:50 Syncope 102: managing a chronic problem not taught in medical school Dr Melanie Dani London, UK
09:10 PoTS: is tachycardia just the tip of an iceberg? Prof David Benditt Minneapolis, US
09:30 Grappling with PoTS symptoms and their management Dr Lesley Kavi Warwickshire, UK
09:50 Final discussion
10:00 Close

EGM Championships - Hall 11b - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Mr James Elliott London, UK
Panel Dr Honey Thomas, Mrs Karen Potts Ashington, UK, Middlesbrough, UK
10:00 Close

Arrhythmia Alliance and European Heart Rhythm Association Symposia - Secondary, Provokable, Transient Cause Atrial Fibrillation Arrhythmia Alliance and European Heart Rhythm Association Symposia - Secondary, Provokable, Transient Cause Atrial Fibrillation - Networking Area 1 - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair:
08:30 Cardiac and non-cardiac surgery
08:50 Acute myocardial infarction Prof Sana Al-Khatib Raleigh, US
09:10 Toxicity – endogenous/medical therapy/recreational drugs
09:30 Autonomic events Prof Carlos Morillo Calgary, CA
09:50 Final discussion
10:00 Close

Nurses 1 - Networking Area 2 - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Dr Angela Griffiths, Dr Angela Hall Oxford, UK, St Helier, JE
08:30 Arrhythmic presentation in the cardiac sarcoidosis population Miss Hannah de la Salle London, UK
08:45 Medication challenges in heart failure related AF Dr James Gamble Oxford, UK
09:00 What do AF patients need from arrhythmia nurses? Mrs Carolyn Campbell-Cole London, UK
09:15 What patients notice that clinicians don’t – and why it matters
09:30 Secondary prevention AF clinic
09:45 Challenges and experiences of setting up a new arrhythmia service Ms Wendy Wardle Carlisle, UK
10:00 Close

Paediatric 1 – Conduction System Development, Physiology and Anatomy for Electrophysiologists, Cardiologists, EP Physiologists and Nurses - Networking Area 3 - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Dr Rainer Fortner Merthyr Tydfil, UK
08:30 Physiology of the cardiac conduction system
08:50 Embryology of the cardiac conduction system and neural input to the heart and conduction system
09:10 Anatomy of the left and right atria and conduction system for electrophysiologists
09:30 Anatomy of the right and left ventricle and conduction system for electrophysiologists
09:50 Questions
10:00 Close

Posters 1 - Poster Areas 1-4 - 10:15 - 10:45

Further details coming soon

Arrhythmia Alliance and World Society of Arrhythmias Symposia - What Is New in Afib Arrhythmia Alliance and World Society of Arrhythmias Symposia - What Is New in Afib - Hall 11a - 10:45 - 12:15

Chair: Prof Thomas Deering Atlanta, US
LAAO: to do, or not to do, that is the question: whether 'tis nobler to proceed or refrain
10:45 Debate: most at-risk patients should undergo LAAO. PRO
10:55 Debate: most at-risk patients should be treated with an OAC. CON
11:05 Rebuttal
11:15 Q&A/moderated discussion
Chair:
Antiarrhythmic drugs for 1st line AF rhythm control: preference or poison?
11:30 Debate: most patients < 65 with minimal co-morbidities should undergo AF ablation as the 1st rhythm control approach. PRO Prof Carlos Morillo Calgary, CA
11:40 Debate: most patients < 65 with minimal co-morbidities should receive an antiarrhythmic drug as the 1st rhythm control approach. CON
11:50 Rebuttal
12:00 Q&A/moderated discussion
12:15 Close

STARS Symposia 2 - UK Syncope Survey and Care Definitions STARS Symposia 2 - UK Syncope Survey and Care Definitions - Hall 11b - 10:45 - 12:15

Chair: Prof David Benditt, Prof Richard Sutton Minneapolis, US, London, UK
10:45 The STARS syncope survey of NHS trusts in England and Scotland Mr Nigel Breakwell London, UK
11:05 What does the STARS survey reveal and what is being done? Miss Cristiana Monteiro London, UK
11:25 Syncope recurrence: is it common and how to manage it?
11:45 The ASPIRED trial results: immediate 14-day ambulatory ECG vs standard monitoring in acute unexplained syncope Prof Matt Reed Edinburgh, UK
12:05 Final discussion
12:15 Close

Year in Review 1 - EP - Networking Area 1 - 10:45 - 12:15

Chair: Dr Milena Leo, Dr Senthil Kirubakaran Portsmouth, UK, Portsmouth, UK
10:45 Pulsed field ablation for AF: are we entering the post-thermal era? Dr Richard Balasubramaniam Bournemouth, UK
11:05 Anticoagulation after AF ablation: can we safely stop?
11:25 Future VT ablation: better energy (PFA)? Dr John Silberbauer Brighton, UK
11:45 Future VT ablation: better mapping (functional)? Prof Tarv Dhanjal Coventry, UK
12:05 Final discussion
12:15 Close

AF Association 2 Symposia - Education and Personalised Care to Optimise Care of All AF Patients – How Can We Achieve It? AF Association 2 Symposia - Education and Personalised Care to Optimise Care of All AF Patients – How Can We Achieve It? - Networking Area 2 - 10:45 - 12:15

Chair: Dr Shouvik Haldar London, UK
10:45 Concomitant LAAO and AF ablation – who is it right for?
11:00 Guideline directed AF management – STEERing in the right direction Prof Dipak Kotecha Birmingham, UK
11:15 Upstream and post ablation therapy for AF in 2026 Dr Manish Kalla Birmingham, UK
11:30 Heart failure and AF – who should we offer AF ablation?
11:45 Challenges in AF ablation in ACHD patients
12:00 What does meaningful PPI actually look like?
12:15 Close

Paediatric 2 – Autonomic Dysfunction and Heart Interaction: Is There Any Subjective or Objective Evidence - Networking Area 3 - 10:45 - 12:15

Chair: Dr Anjum Gandhi, Prof Artur Fedorowski Birmingham, UK, Solna, SE
10:45 Debate: PoTS it exists in childhood – Diagnostic tools and criteria: Protagonist Dr Helen Eftekhari Coventry, UK
11:05 Debate: PoTS does not exist in childhood – Antagonist
11:25 Inappropriate sinus tachycardia in childhood: What is it? Dr Michael Harris Birmingham, UK
11:45 Breath holding spells in childhood: Is it a neurological or cardiac problem? Prof Cem Karadeniz Izmir, TR
12:05 Questions
12:15 Close

Lunch and Learn - Nurses - Interactive Area - 12:30 - 13:15

Chair: Dr Angela Griffiths, Dr Angela Hall Oxford, UK, St Helier, JE
Further details coming soon

EP Masterclass 1 – What's New in AF Ablation - Are We Still Left with POVI (Plain Old Vein Isolation)? - Hall 11a - 13:30 - 15:00

Chair: Dr John Silberbauer, Dr Richard Balasubramaniam Brighton, UK, Bournemouth, UK
13:30 PFA workflows with sedation vs GA
13:40 Is there a role for the LAAO in current practice and what is the evidence? Dr Mauro Lencioni Birmingham, UK
13:50 Can anticoagulation be stopped after AF ablation – who, when, how long?
14:00 First-time persistent AF where the LA is big but normal voltage – what should we do? Dr Antonio Frontera Milan, IT
14:10 AI in AF ablation – is it ready to be the workhorse of PsAF ablation? Prof Fu Siong Ng London, UK
14:20 Focal PF with established catheters or is the larger footprint better?
14:30 Designing trials and digital tools that patients will actually engage with
14:40 Final discussion
15:00 Close

STARS Symposia 3 - Syncope Multidisciplinary Team STARS Symposia 3 - Syncope Multidisciplinary Team - Hall 11b - 13:30 - 15:00

Chair: Dr Lara Mitchell, Dr Russell Hewett Glasgow, UK, Glasgow, UK
13:30 Overview of syncope the Glasgow way Dr Lara Mitchell Glasgow, UK
Cases with discussion
13:40 What a cardiologist adds
14:00 What a neurologist adds Dr Russell Hewett Glasgow, UK
14:20 What a geriatrician adds Dr Lara Mitchell Glasgow, UK
14:40 How we all work together Dr Lara Mitchell, Dr Russell Hewett Glasgow, UK, Glasgow, UK
14:45 Advocacy in action: scaling patient voice from clinic to policy
15:00 Close

Year in Review 2 - Networking Area 1 - 13:30 - 15:00

Chair: Prof Aldo Rinaldi London, UK
13:30 Lead management strategies 2026: top 10 take-home messages Dr Daniel Keene London, UK
14:00 EHRA CSP 2025 consensus statement: top 10 take-home messages
14:30 NICE leadless guidelines: what does it mean in 2026 – is it fit for purpose or too restrictive? Dr David Sharman Northampton, UK
15:00 Close

Young Investigators Competition - Networking Area 2 - 13:30 - 15:00

Further details coming soon

Paediatric 3 – Special VTs, Non-Sustained VT and PVC Diagnostic and Management Principles - Networking Area 3 - 13:30 - 15:00

Chair: Prof Orhan Uzun Cardiff, UK
13:30 Fascicular VT: What a paediatrician should know? Dr Vinay Bhole Birmingham, UK
13:50 Non-sustained VT on Holter: Should we be worried and how to monitor and investigate? Dr William Regan London, UK
14:10 RVOT VT: How benign is it?
14:30 PVCs in children: How and when to investigate, and how to manage? Dr Michael Bowes Liverpool, UK
14:50 Questions
15:00 Close

Moderated Posters 1 - Poster Area 4 - 15:00 - 15:45

Further details coming soon

Arrhythmia Alliance and Heart Rhythm Society Symposia - Cutting-Edge Practice in Managing Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias Arrhythmia Alliance and Heart Rhythm Society Symposia - Cutting-Edge Practice in Managing Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias - Hall 11a - 15:45 - 17:15

Chair: Prof Sana Al-Khatib Raleigh, US
15:45 The latest advances in ICD therapy for patients with ventricular arrhythmias Prof Sana Al-Khatib Raleigh, US
16:05 Catheter ablation as first-line therapy for ventricular tachycardia Prof G. Andre Ng Leicester, UK
16:25 Pulsed field ablation for ventricular arrhythmias
16:45 AI and ablation of ventricular arrhythmias
17:05 Final discussion
17:15 Close

STARS Symposia 4 - Syncope Experts or Better Syncope Education? STARS Symposia 4 - Syncope Experts or Better Syncope Education? - Hall 11b - 15:45 - 17:15

Chair: Prof Carlos Morillo, Prof Richard Sutton Calgary, CA, London, UK
15:45 Debate: the world needs thousands of syncope specialists
15:55 Debate: the world does not need thousands of syncope specialists Dr Robert Sheldon Calgary, CA
16:05 Rebuttal
16:15 Q&A/moderated discussion
16:30 Debate: syncope clinics are better than syncope pathways
16:40 Debate: syncope clinics are not better than syncope pathways Dr Melanie Dani London, UK
16:50 Rebuttal
17:00 Q&A/moderated discussion
17:15 Close

Heart Rhythm Trainees - Substrate to Sudden Death: What Every Heart Rhythm Trainee Needs to Know - Interactive Area - 15:45 - 17:15

Chair: Dr Gamith Adasuriya, Dr Rebecca Griffiths London, UK, London, UK
15:45 Novel strategies to guide ablation in EP using cardiac digital twins – ventricular arrhythmias Dr Michael Waight London, UK
16:00 Novel strategies to guide ablation in EP using cardiac digital twins – atrial arrhythmias
16:15 AF ablation – tips and tricks from an electrophysiologist
16:30 AF ablation – tips and tricks from an EP fellow
16:45 Approach to sudden cardiac death in inherited arrhythmia syndromes Dr Mihnea Casian London, UK
17:00 Risk stratification in inherited arrhythmia syndromes and emerging role of AI
17:15 Close

Nurses 2 - Networking Area 1 - 15:45 - 17:15

Chair: Dr Angela Griffiths, Dr Angela Hall Oxford, UK, St Helier, JE
15:45 Island to island arrhythmia care Dr Angela Griffiths, Dr Angela Hall Oxford, UK, St Helier, JE
16:00 Challenges of managing complex arrhythmia presentations within a DGH Mrs Kayleigh Mandley Peterborough, UK
16:15 What would you do? Case scenario (AF and HF) Mr Grant Gillett Liverpool, UK
16:30 Sustainability in CRM
16:45 Rhythm, risks and reinvention: evolving clinical skills from arrhythmia to ICC care
17:00 Final discussion
17:15 Close

Paediatric 4 – WPW in Infancy, Inherited Forms, and Its Treatment: From Medication to Ablation - 15:45 - 17:30

Chair: Dr Vinay Bhole , Dr William Regan Birmingham, UK, London, UK
15:45 WPW syndrome: How to investigate, treat, and manage in infants and when is the best time for ablation in resistant cases
16:05 Familial WPW syndromes and their management outcomes Dr Charalampos Kotidis Leicester, UK
16:25 WPW syndrome: Principles of EP study – tips and tricks
Chair: Dr Max Nathan UK
16:45 Oral Presentations - further details coming soon
17:15 Questions
17:30 Close