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Day 1 (20 November)
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Day 2 (21 November)
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Day 3 - US FOCUS (22 November)
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Day 4 - US FOCUS (23 November)
Day 1 – Welcome
Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Symposium – Next Era of Cardiac Ablation: Optimising Outcomes in Clinical Practice
Chair: Reza Wakili (Frankfurt, DE)
Faculty: David Calvo Cuervo, (Madrid, ES); Verena Tscholl, (Berlin, DE); Jack McCready, (Worthing, UK)
The session is supported by Medtronic.
Session 1.1 – Live Case & Discussion: PFA & Mapping: Techniques & Tips
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operators: Domenico Della Rocca and Antonio Sorgente (University Hospital (UZ) Brussels, Brussels, BE)
Panel: Serge Boveda (Toulouse, FR); Claire Martin (Cambridge, UK); Christian Sohns, (Bad Oeynhausen, DE)
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Session 1.2 – Live Case & Discussion: Precision and Control in a Challenging Ablation Case
Chair: Richard Schilling (London, UK)
Case Operator: Jérôme Lacotte and Vladimir Manenti (Jacques Cartier Private Hospital, Massy, FR)
Panel: Dimitris Tsiachris (Athens, GR); Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
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Session 1.3 – Live Case & Discussion: PVI with Balloon-in-Basket Technology: Efficient and Straightforward
Chair: Richard Schilling (London, UK)
Case Operator: Abdul Parwani (German Heart Centre Berlin, Berlin, DE)
Panel: Roland Tilz (Lübeck, DE); Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US); Daniel RodrÃguez (Madrid, ES);Boris Schmidt (Frankfurt, DE)
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Session 1.4 – Live Case & Discussion: Streamlined PFA Workflow for AF Ablation
Chair: Richard Schilling (London, UK)
Case Operator: Christian Sohns, (Heart and Diabetes Centre (Bad Oeynhausen, DE)
Panel: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US); Kousik Krishnan (Naperville,US)
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Symposium – AF Care Pathway in 2026: Optimizing Outcomes for Ablation and Stroke Prevention
Chairs: Claire Martin (Cambridge, UK);
Panel: Boris Schmidt (Frankfurt, DE); Daniel RodrÃguez (Madrid, ES); Christian Sohns (Bad Oyenhausen, DE); Grégoire Massoullié (Clermont-Ferrand, FR)
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Session 1.5 – Presentation & Discussion: New and Emerging Technologies in Arrhythmia Management
Chair: Richard Schilling (London, UK)
Presenter: Serge Boveda (Toulouse, FR)
Panel: Andrea Sarkozy (Brusels, BE); Serge Boveda (Toulouse, FR); Lucas Boersma (Nieuwegein, NL)
Session 1.6 – Case & Discussion: Modern LAA Management With PFA: Integrated ICE, Advanced Mapping Platforms, and Next-Generation LAA Closure System
Chair: Julian Chun (Frankfurt, DE)
Case Operator: Devi Nair (St. Bernards Heart & Vascular, Jonesboro, US)
Panel: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US); Mansour Razminia (Chicago, US); Andrea Sarkozy (Brusels, BE)
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Session 1.7 – Presentation & Discussion: LAA Management in the Age of PFA
Chair: Julian Chun (Frankfurt, DE)
Presenter: Boris Schmidt (Frankfurt, DE)
Panel: Andrea Sarkozy (Brusels, BE); Boris Schmidt (Frankfurt, DE); Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Session 1.8 – Case & Discussion: Imaging in Action: Concomitant LAA Workflows with TEE and ICE
Chair: Julian Chun (Frankfurt, DE)
Case Operator: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Panel: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US); David DeLurgio (Atlanta, US); Rodney Horton (Austin, US)
Breakout – The Integration of VARIPULSE & CARTOSOUND for PVI
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Faculty: Javier Romero Roldán (Navarra, ES); Giuseppe Ciconte (Milan, IT)
The session is supported by JnJ.
Day 1 - Summary
Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
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Day 2 – Welcome
Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Symposium – The Power of TRUE Integration
Chair: Giuseppe Ciconte (Milan, IT)
Faculty: Alexandre Almorad (Brussels, BE); Benjamin Berte (Lucerne, CH); Leon Iden (Bad Segeberg, DE)
The session is supported by JnJ.
Session 2.1 – Live Case & Discussion: Streamlined Strategy: Concomitant PFA and LAA Occlusion for AF Management
Chair: Roderick Tung (Phoenix, US)
Case Operator: Julian Chun (CCB Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt, DE)
Panel: Rodney Horton (Austin, US); Bradley Knight (Chicago, US); Poojita Shivamurthy (Philadelphia, US)
Session 2.2 – Live Case & Discussion: PFA Simplified – Enhancing Efficiency and Versatility in PVI
Chair: Rod Tung (Phoenix, US)
Case Operator: Salem Younsi & Jerome Lacotte, Hôpital Privé Jacques Cartier, (Massy, FR)
Panel: Bradley Knight Chicago, US; Dimitris Tsiachris (Athens, GR)
Session 2.3 – Live Case & Discussion: Balloon-in-Basket Versatility: Expanding Ablation Strategies with Confidence
Chair: Roderick Tung (Phoenix, US)
Case Operator: Arian Sultan (St. Georg Heart Center at the Asklepios Klinik, Hamburg, DE)
Panel: Diogo Cavaco (Lisbon, PT); Bradley Knight (Chicago, US); Sri Sundaram (Littleton, US); Roland Tilz (Lübeck, DE)
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Session 2.4 – Case & Discussion: Patient-Tailored Strategy to Ablate Persistent AF Using RF/PF Energy
Chair: Roderick Tung (Phoenix, US)
Case Operator: Helmut Puererfellner (Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen Linz, AT)
Panel: Alexandre Almorad (Brussels, BE); Jonathan Lyne (Dublin, IR); Helmut Purerfellner (Linz, AT)
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Breakout – S-ICD as Standard Care: Best Practices in Implantation and Workflow Optimization
Chair: Stefano Viani (Pisa, IT)
Panel: Andrea Droghetti (Turin, IT); Michal Lewandowski (Warsaw, PL)
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Session 2.5 – Case & Discussion: Best CSP Practice
Chair: Jason Andrade (Vancover, CA)
Case Operator: Amr Abdin, University Hospital of Saarland (UKS), Homburg, DE
Panel: Syeda Atiqa Batul (Scrantion, US); Usha B Tedrow (Boston, US); Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US); David Zizek (Ljubljana, SI)
Session 2.6 – Presentation & Discussion: CIED Infection – What Makes a Good Referral?
Chair: Richard Schilling (London, UK)
Panel: Jonathan Behar (London, UK); Aldo Rinaldi (London, UK); Joachim Weil (Lubeck, DE)
Session 2.7 – Live Case & Discussion: Resetting the Rhythm – Cardioneural Ablation in Action
Chair: Richard Schilling (London, UK)
Case Operator: Roderick Tung (University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, US)
Panel: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US); Tolga Aksu (Istanbul,TR); Luis Carlos Saenz Morales (Bogota, CO)
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Session 2.8 – Future Directions in Leadless Cardiac Rhythm Management
Chair: Richard Schilling (London, UK)
Presenter: Vivek Reddy (New York, US)
Panel: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US); Mikhael El-Chami (Atlanta, US); Vivek Reddy (New York, US)
Session 2.9 – Case & Discussion: Next-Generation LAAC: Precision Closure with Foam and Flexibility
Chair: Richard Schilling (London, UK)
Case Operator: Devi Nair (St. Bernards Heart & Vascular, Jonesboro, US)
Panel: Bradley Knight (Chicago, US); Shephal Doshi (Santa Monica, US); Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
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Session 2.10 – Live Case & Discussion: Epicardial VT Ablation – Mapping and Access Techniques
Chair: Richard Schilling (London, UK)
Case Operator: Roderick Tung (University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, US)
Panel: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US); Usha B Tedrow (Boston, US); Krishna Pothineni (Kansas City, US)
Day 2 - Summary
Richard Schilling (London, UK)
Day 3 - Welcome
Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Symposium – The Impact of Design on PFA Safety & Performance
This symposium is supported by Medtronic
Chair: Josh Silverstein (Pennsylvania, US)
Panel: Brett Atwater, (Virginia, US); Amin Al-Ahmad (Austin, US)
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Session 3.1 – Case & Discussion: Tackling Persistent Redo AF with Pulse Field Energy
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Devi Nair (St Bernard's Heart and Vascular Center, Jonesboro, US)
Panel: Moussa Mansour (Boston, US); Andrea Natale (Austin, US); Frank Cuoco (North Charleston, US)
Session 3.2 – Case & Discussion: Dual Energy Ablation for Atrial Arrhythmias
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Nicholas Olson (Scripps Green Hospital, San Diego, US)
Panel: Nicholas Olson (San Diego, US); Usman Siddiqui (Orlando, US); Nitesh Sood (Fall River, US)
Session 3.3 – Case & Discussion: Workflow Versatility for PVI and Beyond
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Melanie Gunawardene (Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt, DE)
Panel: Melanie Gunawardene (Frankfurt, DE); Chirag Barbhaiya (New York, US); Ayman Hussein (Cleveland, US)
Session 3.4 – Case & Discussion: Precision and Durability in PVI using Circular PFA system
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Devi Nair (St Bernard's Heart and Vascular Center Jonesboro, US)
Panel: Usman Siddiqui (Orlando, US); Nitesh Sood (Fall River, US); Melanie Gunawardene (Frankfurt, DE)
Session 3.5 - Case & Discussion: Integrated ICE, Advanced Mapping Platforms, and Next Generation LAA Closure
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Devi Nair (St Bernard's Heart and Vascular Center, Jonesboro, US)
Panel: Ayman Hussein (Cleveland, US); Chirag Barbhaiya (New York, US); Bishnu Dhakal (North Charleston, US)
Session 3.6 - Case & Discussion: Anatomical Ablation for Persistent AF – Case and Early Experience
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Nicolas Derval (University Hospital of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FR)
Panel: Nicolas Derval (Bordeaux, FR); Larry Chinitz (New York, US); Brett Gidney (Santa Barbara, US)
Session 3.7 - Case & Discussion: Versatility of the Multi-Electrode Array: PVI, Linear Ablation, and Beyond
Chair: Jason Andrade (Vancouver, CA)
Case Operator: Devi Nair (St Bernard's Heart and Vascular Center, Jonesboro, US)
Panel: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US); Vivek Reddy (New York, US); Harikrishna Tandri (Baltimore, US)
Session 3.8 - Case & Discussion: Maximizing Single Operator Case Sufficiency with Deep Sedation; Concomitant Ablation with ICE Guided LAA closure
Chair: Jason Andrade (Vancouver, CA)
Case Operator: Shephal Doshi (Pacific Heart Institute, Santa Monica, US)
Panel: Shephal Doshi (Santa Monica, US); Rodney Horton (Austin, US); Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Session 3.9 - Case & Discussion: Redefine Simple, Redefine Success: Streamlining my Workflow with a Balloon-in-Basket PFA Catheter
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Philipp Sommer (Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, DE)
Panel: Philipp Sommer (Bad Oeynhausen, DE); Ammar Killu (Rochester, US); Pasquale Santangeli (Cleveland, US)
Session 3.10 - Case & Discussion: Expanding Indications: PVI+ Procedures with Pulsed Field Ablation and ICE Guidance
Chair: Jason Andrade (Vancouver, CA)
Case Operator: Luigi Di Biase (Montefiore Medical Center, New York, US)
Panel: Luigi Di Biase (New York, US); Moussa Mansour (Boston, US); Moeen Saleem (Naperville, US)
Session 3.11 - Case & Discussion: Innovating Ventricular Ablation: Dual-Modality Ablation
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Ammar Killu (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, US)
Panel: Ammar Killu (Rochester, US); Pasquale Santangeli (Cleveland, US); Tom De Potter (Aalst, BE)
Session 3.12 - Case & Discussion: Pulsed Field Ablation of PAF Using a Contact Force-Sensing Large Footprint Focal Catheter
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Moussa Mansour (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, US)
Panel: Moussa Mansour (Boston, US); Luigi Di Biase (New York, US); Dinesh Sharma (Naples, US)
Session 3.13 - Case & Discussion: Mapping and Targeting AF Drivers: From De Novo to Redo Ablation
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operators: Saumil Oza (Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside Hospital, Jacksonville, US); Anish Amin (OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, US)
Panel: Saumil Oza (Jacksonville, US); Anish Amin (Columbus, US); Gery Tomassoni (Lexington, US)
Session 3.14 - Case & Discussion: From Implant to Retrieval: Mastering Dual Leadless Pacing Techniques
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Devi Nair (St Bernard's Heart and Vascular Center, Jonesboro, US)
Panel: Mikhael El-Chami (Atlanta, US); Vivek Reddy (New York, US); Rahul Doshi (Scottsdale, US)
Session 3.15 - Case & Discussion: Breaking Tradition: Non-Femoral Access in the Leadless Era
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Mikhael El-Chami (Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, US)
Panel: Mikhael El-Chami (Atlanta, US); Nicholas Olson (La Jolla, US)
Session 3.16 - Case & Discussion: Leadless Left Ventricular Endocardial Pacing (LVEP): A New Era in CRT
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Devi Nair (St Bernard's Heart and Vascular Center, Jonesboro, US)
Panel: Dinesh Sharma (Naples, US); Robert Canby (Austin, US); Rahul Doshi (Scottsdale, US); Nestor Lopez-Cabanillas (Buenos Aires, AR)
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Session 3.17 - Case & Discussion: Optimization of Atrial Pacing Site: Placement of the Aveir at Bachmann’s Bundle
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Steven Bailin (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, US)
Panel: Steven Bailin (Iowa City, US); Brett Atwater (Virginia, US); Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green (San Diego, US)
Session 3.18 - Case & Discussion: Left Bundle Branch Pacing
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Apoor Patel (Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, Houston, US)
Panel: Syeda Atiqa Batul (Scranton, US); Apoor Patel (Houston, US); Valentina Kutyifa (Rochester, US)
Session 3.19 - Case & Discussion: Lead Extraction and Abandoned Leads – Best Practices and Technology Insights
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Anne Kroman (Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, US)
Panel: Anne Kroman (Charleston, US); Rohit Mehta (Charlotte, US); Oliver Monfredi (Charlottesville, US)
Session 3.20 - Case & Discussion: SICD Implantation: What and Why Every EP Needs to Know
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case operator: Michael Lloyd (Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, US)
Panel: Michael Lloyd (Atlanta, US), Sunil Kapur (Boston, US); Marco Perez (Stanford, US)
Day 3 - Summary
Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Day 4 – Welcome
Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Symposium – AFib Care: New Frontiers in AI Â
This symposium is supported by GE HealthCare and Volta Medical.
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Panel: Paul Zei (Massachusetts, US); Julien Seitz (Marseille, FR); Matt Hyman (Pennsylvania, US)
Session 4.1 - Case & Discussion: Balancing Safety and Precision: Zero-Fluoro PFA and TEE-Guided LAAC
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Devi Nair (St Bernard's Heart and Vascular Center, Jonesboro, US)
Panel: Shephal Doshi (Santa Monica, US); David DeLurgio (Atlanta, US); Mohamed Kanj (Cleveland, US)
Session 4.2 - Case & Discussion: A Novel Approach to AF Ablation: improving Outcomes Through Robotic Surgery
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Zain Khalpey (HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center, Scottsdale, US)
Panel: Zain Khalpey (Scottsdale, US), Rahul Doshi (Scottsdale, US); John Rickard (Al Maryah Island, AE)
Session 4.3 - Presentation & Discussion: Best EP Practices for the Future: PFA Should Not Be Performed on All Heart Failure Patients with AF
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Presenter: Douglas Packer (Murray, US)
Panel: Nassir Marrouche (New Orleans, US); Amin Al-Ahmad (Austin, US)
Session 4.4 - Case & Discussion: Seeing the Source: Advanced Mapping and ICE in PVC Ablation
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Fermin Garcia (Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, US)
Panel: Fermin Garcia (Philadelphia, US); Andre d’Avila (Boston, US); Usha Tedrow (Boston, US)
Session 4.5 - Case & Discussion: Bipolar Ablation as a Therapeutic Strategy for Premature Ventricular Contractions
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Bishnu Dhakal (MUSC Medical Center (Medical University of South Carolina), North Charleston, US)
Panel: Bishnu Dhakal (North Charleston, US); Fermin Garcia (Philadelphia, US); Andre d’Avila (Boston, US)
Session 4.6 - Case & Discussion: Beyond the Circuit: Tackling the VT Substrate
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Case Operator: Andre d’Avila (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, US)
Panel: Andre d’Avila (Boston, US), Fermin Garcia (Philadelphia, US); Timothy Maher (Boston, US)
Session 4.7 - Presentation & Discussion: Closing the Gap: Access, Ambulation, and Same-Day Discharge in the EP Lab
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Presenters: David DeLurgio (Atlanta, US); Christian-Hendrik Heeger (Hamburg, DE)
Panel: David DeLurgio (Atlanta, US); Rahul Doshi (Scottsdale, US); Christian-Hendrik Heeger (Hamburg, DE); Roland Tilz (Lübeck, DE)
Session 4.8 - Presentation & Discussion: Beyond Ablation: Integrating Smart Monitoring, Mapping, and Neuromodulation
Chair: Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)
Presenter: Vivek Reddy (New York, US)
Panel: Juan Carlos Zerpa Acosta (São Paulo, Brazil); Rahul Doshi (Scottsdale, US); Shephal Doshi (Santa Monica, US)
Day 4 – Summary and Event Close
Devi Nair (Jonesboro, US)