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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, Hall 3
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 - 13:00	How to Build an Abstract	Networking Area 1
12:30 - 13:15	Meet the Experts - Career Development and Opportunities session - 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, Hall 3
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 - 18:00	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	Networking Area 3

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, Mr Paul Doherty	Ashington, UK, Middlesbrough, UK, Solihull, UK
10:00	Close

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

	Chair: Prof Pier Lambiase, Prof Thomas Deering		London, UK, Atlanta, US
08:30	Cardiac and non-cardiac surgery	Dr Rui Providencia	London, UK
08:50	Acute myocardial infarction	Prof Sana Al-Khatib	Raleigh, US
09:10	Toxicity – endogenous/medical therapy/recreational drugs	Prof Pier Lambiase	London, UK
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		Buckingham, 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	Secondary prevention AF clinic	Mrs Juliet Quick	Dorset, UK
09:30	Challenges and experiences of setting up a new arrhythmia service	Ms Wendy Wardle	Carlisle, UK
09:45	Final discussion
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	Dr Vinay Bhole	Birmingham, UK
08:50	Embryology of the cardiac conduction system and neural input to the heart and conduction system	Dr Adrian Crucean	Birmingham, UK
09:10	Anatomy of the left and right atria and conduction system for electrophysiologists	Dr Adrian Crucean	Birmingham, UK
09:30	Anatomy of the right and left ventricle and conduction system for electrophysiologists	Dr Norah Yap	Southampton, UK
09:50	Questions
10:00	Close

Posters 1 - Poster Areas 1-4, Hall 3 - 10:15 - 10:45

Further details coming soon

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	Prof Greg Lip	Liverpool, UK
11:05	Rebuttal
11:15	Q&A/moderated discussion
	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	Prof Sana Al-Khatib	Raleigh, US
11:50	Rebuttal
12:00	Q&A/moderated discussion
12:15	Close

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?	Prof David Benditt	Minneapolis, US
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
11:00	Anticoagulation after AF ablation: can we safely stop?	Dr Mokhtar Ibrahim	Leicester, UK
11:15	Future VT ablation: better energy (PFA)?	Dr John Silberbauer	Brighton, UK
11:30	Future VT ablation: better mapping (functional)?	Prof Tarv Dhanjal	Coventry, UK
11:45	Early clinical experience with a balloon-in-basket PFA solution and the feasibility of a conscious sedation workflow
12:00	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? - Networking Area 2 - 10:45 - 12:15

	Chair: Dr Shouvik Haldar, Prof Valentina Kutyifa		London, UK, Rochester, US
10:45	Redefining AF ablation efficiency - An NHS experience delivering 6+ procedures per day
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?	Prof Pier Lambiase	London, UK
11:45	Next-generation rotation-free conformable large lattice catheter: The early experience	Dr Manish Kalla	Birmingham, UK
12:00	AF ablation beyond GA - The use of sedation to unlock NHS capacity
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	Prof Eric Rosenthal	London, UK
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

How to Build an Abstract - Networking Area 1 - 12:30 - 13:00

	Chair: Dr Shui Hao Chin		Leicester, UK
12:30	Learn how to write a strong abstract This session is ideal for early-career researchers and clinicians, helping to demystify the abstract writing process, encourage first-time submissions to HRC, and improve the quality of future abstract submissions.
13:00	Close

Meet the Experts - Career Development and Opportunities session - Nurses - Interactive Area - 12:30 - 13:15

	Chair: Dr Angela Griffiths, Dr Angela Hall		Buckingham, UK, St Helier, JE
12:30	Meet arrhythmia nurses Dr Angela Griffiths and Dr Angela Hall Discuss clinical practice, research, service development, and your questions. This interactive session offers valuable learning and networking with arrhythmia nurses from across the UK and beyond.
13:15	Close

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	Is there a role for the LAAO in current practice and what is the evidence?	Dr Mauro Lencioni	Birmingham, UK
13:40	Can anticoagulation be stopped after AF ablation – who, when, how long?	Dr Joseph de Bono	Birmingham, UK
13:50	First-time persistent AF where the LA is big but normal voltage – what should we do?	Dr Antonio Frontera	Milan, IT
14:00	AI in AF ablation – is it ready to be the workhorse of PsAF ablation?	Prof Fu Siong Ng	London, UK
14:10	Focal PF with established catheters or is the larger footprint better?	Prof Waqas Ullah	Southampton, UK
14:20	More than AF - mapping with the lattice tip catheter
14:30	Final discussion
15:00	Close

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

	Chair: Dr Lara Mitchell, Dr Russell Hewett, Dr Simon Beggs		Glasgow, UK, 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	Dr Simon Beggs	Glasgow, UK
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, Dr Simon Beggs	Glasgow, UK, Glasgow, UK, Glasgow, UK
14:45	Advocacy in action: scaling patient voice from clinic to policy	Mrs Trudie Lobban	Winchester, UK
15:00	Close

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

	Chair: Prof Aldo Rinaldi, Dr Archie Rao		London, UK, Liverpool, 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	Dr Jagdeep Singh	Edinburgh, UK
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, Hall 3 - 15:00 - 15:45

Further details coming soon

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

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

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	Mr Thomas Boel	Amsterdam, NL
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	Dr Susie O'Callaghan	Dublin, IE
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 - 18:00

	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	Dr Caroline Roney	London, UK
16:15	AF ablation – tips and tricks from an electrophysiologist	Dr Alexander Bates	Hampshire, UK
16:30	AF ablation – tips and tricks from an EP fellow	Dr George Katritsis	London, UK
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	Prof Elijah Behr	London, UK
17:15	Rethinking SCD risk reduction in the modern therapy era: balancing the early high-risk phase and long-term stability
	Chair: Dr Andy Turley		Middlesbrough, UK
17:30	Meet the Experts - Career Development and Opportunities session - Physicians Network with UK cardiologists to discuss StR training, the transition to consultant, and the practical challenges of early consultant life in a relaxed, informal setting.
18:00	Close

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

	Chair: Dr Angela Griffiths, Dr Angela Hall		Buckingham, UK, St Helier, JE
15:45	Island to island arrhythmia care	Dr Angela Griffiths, Dr Angela Hall	Buckingham, 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	Wolverhampton, UK
16:30	Sustainability in CRM	Ms Becky Imms	Oxford, UK
16:45	Rhythm, risks and reinvention: evolving clinical skills from arrhythmia to ICC care	Ms Kelly Anne Kinsella	Jersey, UK
17:00	Final discussion
17:15	Close

Paediatric 4 – WPW in Infancy, Inherited Forms, and Its Treatment: From Medication to Ablation - Networking Area 3 - 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	Dr Neil Seller	Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
	Chair: Dr Maximilian Nathan		Bridgend, UK
16:45	Oral Presentations - further details coming soon
17:15	Questions
17:30	Close