What to Expect:

Pre-congress Workshops:

• Poznan SIM Center Simulation – Marek Dąbrowski, Mateusz Puślecki
• Prague ECPR Center Simulation and Training – Daniel Rob, Jan Pudil, Mikuláš Mlček, Anna Valeriánová, Milan Dusík
• ECMO Training Village Zurich – Martin Schmiady, Tobias Aigner
• BCN SIM-based ECPR Megacode & High-Fidelity Simulation – Jordi Riera, Eduard Argudo
• Paediatric ECPR Training Village – Mirjana Cvetkovic (OOH CA & In-Hospital CA)

Introductory Expert Sessions:

• Basics in ECPR – Ingrid Anna Maria Magnet, Kevin Rixman, Waqas Akhtar, Jan Bělohlávek, Demetris Yannopoulos
• ECPR for Beginners – Waqas Akhtar, Daniel Rob, Alexander Nuernberger, Milan Dusík, Tamas Alexy
• ECPR Case Report Championship – Jan Bělohlávek, Demetris Yannopoulos, Mirjana Cvetkovic
• Prehospital ECPR Arena – Jey Jeyanathan, Sean Scott, Demetris Yannopoulos, Jan Bělohlávek

Keynote Lectures:

• 5 years after ARREST trial – where are we? – Demetris Yannopoulos, Jan Bělohlávek, Marcel van de Poll, Ben Singer
• ECPR prehospital phase – Brian Grunau, Tommaso Scquizzato, Robert Jan Houmes, Alexander Nuernberger, Markus Skifvars, Daniel Rob
• ECPR on Admission – Dinis Reis Miranda, Eduard Argudo Serra, Michael Poppe, Ajay Desai, Stephan Katzenschlager, Tommaso Scquizzato
• Initial ICU Care for an ECPR Patient – Mark Dennis, Waqas Akhtar, Mirjana Cvetkovic, Kateřina Rusinová
• How Organs Suffer in ECPR – Christoph Vandenbriele, Alex Rosenberg, Anne-Marie Guerguerian, Alexander Supady, Grace van Leeuwen, Štěpán Havránek, Sascha Ott

Further Expert Sessions:

• LV unloading in STEMI, cardiogenic shock and ECPR – Matthias Bossard, Benedikt Schrage, Roberto Lorusso
• Massive Pulmonary Embolism – New Approaches, ECPR as Well? – Florian Ettl, Jan Pudil, Jan Bělohlávek
• When Surgery Needed in ECPR – Georg Trummer, Roberto Lorusso, Alexander Supady
• Our Planned Studies for Next Years – Jan Bělohlávek, Daniel Rob, Demetris Yannopoulos, Alex Rosenberg, Jordi Riera, Dirk Lunz
• Dilemmas in ECPR – Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, Daniel Rob, Alexander Supady, Sasa Rajsic, Peta-Maree Alexander
• Cardiogenic Shock Sliding to ECPR – Petr Ošťádal, Alex Rosenberg, Anne-Marie Guerguerian, Sern Lim

Pediatric & Parallel Sessions:

• Paediatric ECPR I & II – Antonia Hargadon-Lowe, Grace van Leeuwen, Rudolf Poruban, Mireille Zoeteweij, Mirjana Cvetkovic, Anne-Marie Guerguerian
• ECPR Systems to Compare – Ben Singer, María Martínez Martínez, Robert Jan Houmes, Jaromír Vajter, Jan Bělohlávek
• How I Train My Team – Eduard Argudo Serra, Waqas Akhtar, Mirjana Cvetkovic, Daniel Rob a tým Prague ECPR
• We Care for Our Patients and Teams – Martina Rezlerová, Klaudia Sviteková, Mireille Zoeteweij
• Cost-Effectiveness and Organ Donation after ECPR – Mirko Belliato, Sasa Rajsic, Sylvia Belda

Networking & Accompanying Program:

• Social events and participant gatherings throughout both congress days.
• Excellent opportunities for networking, knowledge sharing and collaboration with the international community.

Key Speakers Include:

• Prof. MUDr. Jan Bělohlávek, PhD. – Head Physician and Deputy Chief of the 2nd Department of Internal Medicine – Cardiology and Angiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague
• Demetris Yannopoulos, MD – Cardiologist, Professor of Medicine, Research Director and Director of the Resuscitation Medicine Faculty at the University of Minnesota
• Mirjana Cvetkovic, MD – Consultant Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthetist and Intensivist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
• Roberto Lorusso, Full Professor, MD, PhD – Full Professor of Cardiac Surgery and ECLS at the Maastricht University and CARIM
• Markus Skifvars, MD, PhD, FCICM, EDIC – Medical Doctor, DMSci at HUS
• Christoph Vandenbriele, MD, PhD – Cardiologist and cardiac intensivist at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals, London