*NEW for this year - all registered attendees will be able to freely move between Patients Day sessions*

10:00 - 16:00	AF Association Patients Day	Hall 8
10:00 - 16:00	STARS Patients Day	Hall 7
10:00 - 16:00	Arrhythmia Alliance Patients Day	Executive Room 1

AF Association Patients Day - Hall 8 - 10:00 - 16:00

	Chair: Dr Matthew Fay		Bradford UK
10:00	Session 1-AF and AF-related stroke prevention	Dr Matthew Fay	Bradford UK
10:30	Anticoagulation options, including self testing, which one and why?	Dr Sharron Gordon	Southampton UK
11:00	Question time
11:15	Break
11:30	Risk factors for developing AF	Dr Joe Martins	Dudley UK
11:50	AF and cardiovascular risk	Dr Amitava Banerjee	London UK
12:10	AF:-Why me?	Mrs Trudie Lobban	Chipping Norton UK
12:30	Question time
12:45	Lunch
	Chair: Prof Nicholas Linker		Middlesbrough UK
13:45	Session 3-Me and My symptoms	Dr Matthew Fay	Bradford UK
14:05	Common symptoms of AF	Ms Shona Holding	Bradford UK
14:35	My emotional health and AF	Ms Shona Holding	Bradford UK
14:50	Rate control options for AF symptom management	Mr John Campbell	Lincoln UK
15:05	Rhythm Management options	Prof Nicholas Linker	Middlesbrough UK
15:20	Review of the day and close
16:00	Close

STARS Patients Day - Hall 7 - 10:00 - 16:00

	Chair: Prof Richard Sutton		Monte Carlo FR
	Chair: Dr Robert Sheldon		Calgary CA
10:00	The patient's voice in the modern NHS	Mrs Trudie Lobban	Chipping Norton UK
10:20	Question time
10:30	No faint is a simple faint: when to seek medical attention and intervention	Prof Richard Sutton	Monte Carlo FR
10:50	Question time
11:00	Similarities and differences between Syncope and PoTS	Dr Robert Sheldon	Calgary CA
11:20	Question time
11:30	Break
11:45	Equal importance must be given to psychogenic loss of consciousness and vasovagal syncope	Dr Boon Lim	London UK
12:05	Question time
12:15	Evaluation of patients with autonomic dysfunction – what can we advance and stratify	Prof Max Hilz	Erlangen DE
12:35	Question time
12:45	Lunch
	Chair: Prof Richard Sutton		Monte Carlo FR
	Chair: Prof Rose-Anne Kenny		Eire IE
13:45	RAS and the future	Dr Jan Till	London UK
14:00	Question time
14:10	Can cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) work for me?	Dr Morwenna Opie-Moran	London UK
14:25	Question time
14:35	POTS, Syncope, and mindfulness (what it is and how to do it)	Prof Vidya Raj	Calgary CA
14:50	Question time
15:00	Palpitations and the fainting teenager	Dr Tushar Salukhe	London UK
15:15	Question time
15:25	Positive approach to falls in the elderly	Prof Rose-Anne Kenny	Eire IE
15:40	Question time
15:50	Summary
16:00	Close

Arrhythmia Alliance Patients Day - Executive Room 1 - 10:00 - 16:00

	Chair: Dr Kim Rajappan		Oxford UK
10:00	Heart Failure how will an ICD help	Ms Jean Maloney	Sheffield UK
10:20	Inherited Cardiac Conditions	Ms Kath Ashcroft	Leeds UK
10:40	Modern day ablation techniques	Dr Will Foster	Worcester UK
11:00	Break
11:15	Acute stress disorder in patients with repeated ICD firings	Prof Vidya Raj	Calgary CA
11:35	S-ICD and Patient Device Choice	Mr Graham Harper	London UK
11:55	The future of medical devices	Mr James Fouhy	Clonmel IR
12:10	ICD deactivation and palliative care
12:30	ICD Patient Story	Mr David Morgan	Warwick UK
12:45	Lunch
13:45	An overview of Arrhythmias	Dr Julian Boullin	Dorset UK
14:05	Exercise and my ICD	Ms Janice Bailey	Taunton UK
14:25	Driving and DVLA guidelines	Ms Jacqueline Kemp	Taunton UK
14:50	What is an EP study	Dr Kim Rajappan	Oxford UK
15:05	Drugs to Treat Arrhythmias	Dr Sotiris Antoniou	London UK
15:20	Questions
16:00	Close