| 09:30–10:00 |
Opening Ceremony and Introduction |
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Chair: Josef Kautzner (Prague) |
| • 10:00–10:30 |
Anatomy Is Never Enough…
Max Didenko (Bad Oyenhausen, Germany) |
| • 10:30–10:45 |
Anatomical Correlates by Intracardiac Echocardiography
Josef Kautzner (Prague, Czechia) |
| • 10:45–11:05 |
The Role of AI for Delineation of 3D Anatomy (Prerecorded Case)
Ante Anic (Split, Croatia) |
| • 11:05–11:30 |
The Role of Immune System in Cardiogenetic Diseases
Carlo Pappone (Milan, Italy) |
| 11:30–12:45 |
VT Lectures 1 |
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Chair:TBD |
| • 11:30–11:45 |
Modelling of Ventricular Arrhythmias
Magdi Saba (London, UK) |
| • 11:45–12:00 |
Can We Predict Risk of Malignant Arrhythmias after MI?
Jens Cosedis Nielsen (Aarhus, Denmark) |
| • 12:00–12:15 |
VT Substrates in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
Yoshi Kimura (Leiden, Netherland) |
| • 12:15–12:30 |
STAR: Ready for the Prime Time?
Katja Zeppenfeld (Leiden, Netherland) |
| • 12:30–12:45 |
Discussion |
| 12:45–13:45 |
Lunch |
| 13:45–15:00 |
VT Lectures 2 |
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Chair:TBD |
| • 13:45–14:00 |
Why Do We Fail in VT Ablation— And What to Do Next?
Fermin Garcia (Philadelphia, USA) |
| • 14:00–14:15 |
Non-invasive Assessment of Ventricular Arrhythmogenic Substrate – ECGi
and CMR
Ivo Roca-Luque (Barcelona, Spain) |
| • 14:15–14:30 |
Novel Insights from Using Large Footprint Catheter for VT Ablation
Andrea Sarkozy (Brussels, Belgium) |
| • 14:30–14:45 |
Pacemapping Strategy for VT Ablation
Christian de Chillou (Nancy, France) |
| • 14:45–15:00 |
Discussion |
| 15:00–15:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:30–18:00 |
Live Cases 1 (4 Cases) |
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Chair: TBD |
| 18:00–19:15 |
VT Lectures 3 |
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Chair: TBD |
| • 18:00–18:15 |
PFA in Postinfarction Scar: Experimental Evidence
Anugrah Nair (Sydney, Australia) |
| • 18:15–18:30 |
Clinical Experience with Large Footprint Catheter and PFA for VT
Ablation
Petr Peichl (Prague, Czechia) |
| • 18:30–18:45 |
High Energy PFA for VT Ablation: A Great Promise?
Vivek Reddy (New York, USA) |
| • 18:45–19:00 |
Focal PFA for Ablation of VT (Dual Source Catheter Experience)
Ante Anic (Split, Croatia) |
| • 19:00–19:15 |
Discussion |
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Day 2 (Monday, May 18,
2026) |
| 07:45–10:00 |
Live Cases 2 |
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Chair: TBD |
| 10:00–10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30–12:00 |
AF/AT Lectures 1 |
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Chair: TBD |
| • 10:30–10:45 |
Can We Stop Anticoagulation After Successful AF Ablation?
Dan Wichterle (Prague, Czechia) |
| • 10:45–11:00 |
May Artificial Intelligence Improve Results of AF Ablation?
Isabel Diesenhofer, Munich, Germany |
| • 11:00–11:15 |
Clinical Experience with Dual Energy Catheter for AF Ablation
Daniel Scherr (Graz, Austria) |
| • 11:15–11:30 |
Novel Simplified Ablation System for Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Predrag Stojadinovic (Prague, Czechia) |
| • 11:30–11:45 |
Novel Single Shot Ablation Catheter – Czech BTL
Petr Neužil, Prague, Czechia |
| • 11:45–12:00 |
Discussion |
| 12:00–12:45 |
Lunch |
| 12:45–15:00 |
Live Cases 3 (6 Cases) |
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Chair: TBD |
| 15:00–16:15 |
AF/AT Lectures 2 |
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Chair: TBD |
| • 15:00–15:15 |
Balloons Are Not Dead – Volt, Optishot, etc.
Vivek Reddy (New York, USA) |
| • 15:15–15:30 |
Experience with Biotronik PFA Catheter
Alan Bulava (Olomouc, Czechia) |
| • 15:30–15:45 |
Varipulse and Cartosound – A Perfect Marriage?
Jan Petrů (Prague, Czechia) |
| • 15:45–16:00 |
Farapulse – Is ICE Guidance Essential?
Peter Štiavnický (Prague, Czechia) |
| • 16:00–16:15 |
Discussion |
| 16:15–18:00 |
Live Cases 4 (4 Cases) |
| |
Chair: TBD |
| 18:00–18:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 18:30–19:30 |
AT/AF Lectures 3 |
| |
Chair: TBD |
| • 18:30–18:45 |
AF Burden or Arrythmia Free Survival
Mattias Duytschaever (Brugges, Belgium) |
| • 18:45–19:00 |
Vagal AF Induction Test (VAFIT): A New Endpoint for Optimalization of AF
Ablation?
Jose-Carlos Pachon (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| • 19:00–19:15 |
Understanding of Atrial Tachycardias: An emphasis on Topology
//Mattias Duytschaever (Brugges, Belgium)/ |
| • 19:15–19:30 |
Discussion |
| |
Day 3 (Tuesday, May 19,
2026) |
| 08:00–09:00 |
Cardioneuroablation |
| |
Chair: TBD |
| • 08:00–08:15 |
History of Cardioneuroablation and AF Nests
Jose-Carlos Pachon (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| • 08:15–08:30 |
Cardioneuroablation Guided by ICE
Pasquale Santangeli (Cleveland, USA) |
| • 08:30–08:45 |
Fast and Curious Cardioneuroablation – POL-CA Approach – Tips and
Tricks
Sebastian Stec (Warsaw, Poland) |
| • 08:45–09:00 |
Large Footprint Technology for Cardioneuroablation
Jan Petrů (Prague, Czechia) |
| • 09:00–09:15 |
Discussion |
| 09:15–11:15 |
Live Cases 5 (3 Cases) |
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Chair: TBD |
| 11:15–11:30 |
Coffee Break |
| • 11:30–11:45 |
What Is the Promise of Magnetic Resonance-guided Procedure?
//Marco J.W. Götte (Calgary, Canada) // |
| • 11:45–12:00 |
The Future of Catheter Ablation
Vivek Y Reddy (New York, USA) |
| 12:00–12:05 |
Adjourn
Josef Kautzner (Prague, Czechia) |
