Conference Program

Program at a Glance
International Keynote Speakers
Speaker Oral Presentation Slides

A comprehensive and stimulating Conference Program has been created to encompass the theme of 3D – Drugs, Devices and Diagnostics.

Drugs

• Optimal use of existing agents
• Novel targets for pharmacological therapy

Devices

• Latest advances in CRT, ICD therapy
• Novel devices for valvular disease correction, cardiac unloading, ventricular constraint

Diagnostics

• Latest advances in imaging technologies
• Novel point of care and laboratory markers in diagnosis and guidance of heart failure therapy

Program at a Glance

 

THURSDAY 31 JANUARY 2008
1700-1730
	OPENING CEREMONY
1730-1900	WELCOME RECEPTION

FRIDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2008
0900-0925	Plenary 1: Heart Failure Global Burden Of Disease
0930-1030	SYMPOSIUM 1A: Heart Failure Anaemia & Renal Dysfunction	SYMPOSIUM 1B: Diabetes and Heart Failure	SYMPOSIUM 1C: Cellular And Molecular Mechanisms Of Progressive Heart Failure
1030-1100	MORNING TEA & POSTER SESSIONS
1100-1230	SYMPOSIUM 2A: Novel Devices for Heart Failure	SYMPOSIUM 2B: Nursing Challenges In Heart Failure I	SYMPOSIUM 2C:Acute Heart Failure
1230-1400	LUNCH & SPONSORED SYMPOSIA
1400-1530	SYMPOSIUM 3A: Hear Failuire Around the World	SYMPOSIUM 3B: Nursing Challenges In Heart Failure II	SYMPOSIUM 3C: Transplantation
1530-1600	AFTERNOON TEA & POSTER SESSIONS
1600-1730	Servier SYMPOSIUM Heart Rate as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Ischaemic Heart Disease	Biotronic SYMPOSIUM Sychronising Devises, Drugs And Diagnostics: The Role of Remote Monitoring Technologies

SATURDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2008
0800-0845	BS1 BREAKFAST SESSION		BS2: STJUDE MEDICAL BREAKFAST SESSION OPTIMISING HEART FAILURE THERAPHY: DRUGS & DEVICES
0900-0925	Plenary 2:Current Device Therapy for Heart Failure
0930-1030	SYMPOSIUM 5B: CRT	SYMPOSIUM 5B: Obesity, Cachexia And Heart Failure	SYMPOSIUM 5C: Heart Failure With Preserved Systolic Function: Novel Treatments	SYMPOSIUM 5D:Heart Failure And Sleep Apnoea
1030-1100	MORNING TEA & POSTER SESSIONS
1100-1230	SYMPOSIUM 6A: Novel Biomarkers And Other Diagnostics In Heart Failure	SYMPOSIUM 6B: Heart Failure Exercise And Rehabilitation	SYMPOSIUM 6C: New Pharmacological Agents	SYMPOSIUM 6D: Imaging The Failing Heart I: Selection For CRT
1230-1400	LS1 BIOSITE SYMPOSIUM EXPANDING ROLE OF BIOMARKERS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE AND CARDIORENAL SYNDROME		LS2 ST JUDE MEDICAL SYMPOSIUM
1400-1530	SYMPOSIUM 7A:Genetics	SYMPOSIUM 7B: R Heart Disease/ PAH	SYMPOSIUM 7C: Free Paper Sessions	SYMPOSIUM 7D: Imaging The Failing Heart II
1530-1600	AFTERNOON TEA & POSTER SESSIONS
1600-1730	SS1: CSL/CCRE SYMPOSIUM NEW THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF HF: ROLE OF THIRD GENERATION β BLOCKERS	SS2: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS SYMPOSIUM NT-PROBNP RECENT ADVANCES	SS3: ASTRA ZENECA SYMPOSIUM OPTIMISING THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE. CAN WE DO BETTER WITH THE GUIDELINES
1900-2100	CONGRESS DINNER

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2008
0800-0845	BS1: AMGEN BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM
0900-0925	DEBATE
0930-1030	SYMPOSIUM 9A:Surgery And Heart Failure I	SYMPOSIUM 9B: Arrhythmias And Heart Failure	SYMPOSIUM 9C: Cell Based Therapies/Genes And Heart Failure
1030-1100	MORNING TEA & POSTER SESSIONS
1100-1230	SYMPOSIUM 10A:Surgery And Heart Failure II	SYMPOSIUM 10B: (Conjoint session with WHFS): Lessons From Asia	SYMPOSIUM 10C: Imaging The Failing Heart III
1230-1400	LS1: LUNCH SESSION Heart Failure Information For Patients: A State Of The Art Website
1400-1630	Plenary 3: European/Asian Heart Failure Summit - who should get a heart failure device? View from Asia and Europe - The regulatory environment in Europe & Asia. Is the bar too high for new therapies? Plenary 4: The Year in Heart Failure

 

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