Program

Please note: This Program is shown in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).

*This program is subject to change.

Thursday, August 6, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5	Track 6	Track 7	Track 8	Track 9	Track 10
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 1	Track 2
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 3	Track 4
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 5	Track 6
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 7	Track 8
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 9	Track 10
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 1
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 2
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 3
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 4
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 5
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 6
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 7
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 8
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 9
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

	Track 10
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	President's Reception

Friday, August 7, 2026

	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5	Track 6	Track 7	Track 8	Track 9	Track 10
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
	Morning Tea - Friday
	Returned Traveller Session: Interventional/Structural
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: ECGs in the EP lab: All you need to know	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Cardio-oncology - new mechanistic insights and therapeutic opportunities	Clinical / Surgical: Women’s cardiovascular disease	Heart Failure: The acutely failing heart	Imaging: Cardiac CT state-of-the-art and Cardiac Imaging Prize session	Multidisciplinary: Allied Health, Science and Technology Prize session	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Paediatric and Congenital Prize session	Innovation combined session with Multidisciplinary: Sub-specialty clinics - care fragmentation or super-specialised: Towards achieving equity of access	Genetics Prize session
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Arrythmia: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime		Clinical / Surgical: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime	Heart Failure: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime	Imaging: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime	Multidisciplinary: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime			Preventative Cardiology: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: Heart Rhythm Prize session	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery combined session with Genetics: Gene therapies for cardiovascular disease	Clinical / Surgical: Aortic stenosis - the increasing complexities of managing this common condition	Heart Failure: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction	Imaging: AI in imaging	Multidisciplinary: Management of hypertension	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Aortopathy and aortic valve surgery in children and young adults	Innovation: Early detection and treatment of coronary artery disease before a heart attack	Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pacific Prize session
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
	Returned Traveller Session: Electrophysiology
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Arrhythmia / EP combined session with Genetics: SCD risk assessment and managing arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies in adults	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Inflammation, fibrosis and cardiovascular function: new insights into old concepts	Clinical / Surgical: Late breaking clinical trials, innovations and equity	Heart Failure: Gaston Bauer Lecture and Heart Failure Prize session	Imaging: Imaging for the non-imager – practical pearls	Multidisciplinary: Increasing equity in cardiac rehabilitation (Joint session with the Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association)	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Innovation in childhood onset heart disease: Thinking for the future	Innovation: Innovation to enhance women's heart health	Preventative Cardiology Prize session
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 2	Track 3
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
	Morning Tea - Friday
	Returned Traveller Session: Interventional/Structural
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: ECGs in the EP lab: All you need to know	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Cardio-oncology - new mechanistic insights and therapeutic opportunities
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Arrythmia: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: Heart Rhythm Prize session	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery combined session with Genetics: Gene therapies for cardiovascular disease
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
	Returned Traveller Session: Electrophysiology
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Arrhythmia / EP combined session with Genetics: SCD risk assessment and managing arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies in adults	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Inflammation, fibrosis and cardiovascular function: new insights into old concepts
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 4	Track 5
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Tea - Friday
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Women’s cardiovascular disease	Heart Failure: The acutely failing heart
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime	Heart Failure: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Aortic stenosis - the increasing complexities of managing this common condition	Heart Failure: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Late breaking clinical trials, innovations and equity	Heart Failure: Gaston Bauer Lecture and Heart Failure Prize session
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 6	Track 7
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Tea - Friday
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Imaging: Cardiac CT state-of-the-art and Cardiac Imaging Prize session	Multidisciplinary: Allied Health, Science and Technology Prize session
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Imaging: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime	Multidisciplinary: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Imaging: AI in imaging	Multidisciplinary: Management of hypertension
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Imaging: Imaging for the non-imager – practical pearls	Multidisciplinary: Increasing equity in cardiac rehabilitation (Joint session with the Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association)
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 8	Track 9
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Tea - Friday
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Paediatric and Congenital Prize session	Innovation combined session with Multidisciplinary: Sub-specialty clinics - care fragmentation or super-specialised: Towards achieving equity of access
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Aortopathy and aortic valve surgery in children and young adults	Innovation: Early detection and treatment of coronary artery disease before a heart attack
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Innovation in childhood onset heart disease: Thinking for the future	Innovation: Innovation to enhance women's heart health
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 10
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Tea - Friday
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Genetics Prize session
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Preventative Cardiology: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pacific Prize session
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Preventative Cardiology Prize session
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 2
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
	Morning Tea - Friday
	Returned Traveller Session: Interventional/Structural
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: ECGs in the EP lab: All you need to know
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Arrythmia: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: Heart Rhythm Prize session
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
	Returned Traveller Session: Electrophysiology
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Arrhythmia / EP combined session with Genetics: SCD risk assessment and managing arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies in adults
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 3
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Tea - Friday
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Cardio-oncology - new mechanistic insights and therapeutic opportunities
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery combined session with Genetics: Gene therapies for cardiovascular disease
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Inflammation, fibrosis and cardiovascular function: new insights into old concepts
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 4
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Tea - Friday
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Women’s cardiovascular disease
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Aortic stenosis - the increasing complexities of managing this common condition
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Late breaking clinical trials, innovations and equity
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 5
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Tea - Friday
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Heart Failure: The acutely failing heart
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Heart Failure: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Heart Failure: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Heart Failure: Gaston Bauer Lecture and Heart Failure Prize session
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 6
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Tea - Friday
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Imaging: Cardiac CT state-of-the-art and Cardiac Imaging Prize session
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Imaging: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Imaging: AI in imaging
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Imaging: Imaging for the non-imager – practical pearls
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 7
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Tea - Friday
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Multidisciplinary: Allied Health, Science and Technology Prize session
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Multidisciplinary: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Multidisciplinary: Management of hypertension
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Multidisciplinary: Increasing equity in cardiac rehabilitation (Joint session with the Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association)
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 8
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Tea - Friday
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Paediatric and Congenital Prize session
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Aortopathy and aortic valve surgery in children and young adults
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Innovation in childhood onset heart disease: Thinking for the future
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 9
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Tea - Friday
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Innovation combined session with Multidisciplinary: Sub-specialty clinics - care fragmentation or super-specialised: Towards achieving equity of access
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Innovation: Early detection and treatment of coronary artery disease before a heart attack
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Innovation: Innovation to enhance women's heart health
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

	Track 10
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Amgen Breakfast Symposium: Beyond the stent: Reducing CV risk after PCI
	Novartis Breakfast Symposium: What’s on the Horizon for Lipoprotein(a) Lowering? Understanding the Emerging Trial Landscape and Clinical Perspectives
	Novo Nordisk Breakfast Symposium: Obesity needs to be treated like any other modifiable CV risk factor
	Pfizer Breakfast Symposium: ACE2, Inflammation and COVID-19: How are they all linked?
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Ceremony
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Medtronic mini oral: What’s keeping you up at night? Thrombosis in TAVI and the patients most at risk
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Tea - Friday
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Genetics Prize session
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch - Friday
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	ISHR Early-Mid Career Researcher Session: Epic research fails and how to overcome them
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Novartis Lunch Symposium: Lower, Longer, Earlier: Easy in Theory, Harder in Practice - Implementing Better LDL-C Care in ASCVD
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Preventative Cardiology: Mini Oral session - Friday Lunchtime
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	GSK Lunch Symposium: Inflammation pathways triggered by viral diseases: the impact on older adults with cardiovascular disease
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Medtronic Lunch Symposium: All-in-one catheter: Sphere 9 and the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pacific Prize session
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea - Friday
	Amgen mini oral: Transforming post-ACS care at western health: From vision to implementation
	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Statin Intolerance – Where are we today?
	Medtronic mini oral: New DCB indications for everyday practice
	Medtronic mini oral: Title: Bachmann's Bundle Pacing: Techniques, evidence & clinical experience
	Viatris mini oral: Management after heart failure hospitalisation - what next?"
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Preventative Cardiology Prize session
6:30 PM - 10:30 PM	CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars

Saturday, August 8, 2026

	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5	Track 6	Track 7	Track 8	Track 9	Track 10
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast session: Arrhythmia / EP: Debate: Stroke prevention in AF	Breakfast Session: Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Spatial transcriptomics - key considerations before you start	Breakfast Session: Clinical / Surgical: Digital health, AI and data science	Breakfast Session: Heart Failure: Heart failure for outpatient cardiologist - what you need to know	Breakfast Session: Imaging: Rural, remote and outreach	Breakfast Session: Multidisciplinary: Structural heart disease: Case study: Multiple dilemmas	Breakfast Session: Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Intervention in adults with congenital heart disease
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
	Returned Traveller Session: Heart Failure
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: EP for the non-EPs	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Winifred G. Nayler Lecture and ISHR Student Investigator Finalists session	Clinical / Surgical: Victor Chang Memorial Lecture and Clinical Prize finalists	Heart Failure: Cardio-oncology	Imaging: Structural and strain the echocardiographic frontier	Multidisciplinary: Patricia M. Davidson Lecture and Nursing Prize session	Paediatric / Adult Congenital combined session with Genetics: Ventricular arrhythmia, sudden death and genetics: A focus on children and young people	Innovation: Measuring the impact of innovation in our health system - dashboards to drive prioritisation	Joint CSANZ / APSC Session: Testing pathways for patients with suspected CAD in clinic setting: Variation across the Asia–Pacific region
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM									Rheumatic heart disease for the modern cardiologist
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: Advances in AF management	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Future diagnostics and treatments: Enabling power of spatial biology and multiomics	Clinical / Surgical: The great debate: Coronary artery disease - are we getting it wrong?	Heart Failure combined session with Genetics: Heart failure through to transplant and beyond	Imaging: Controversies, standard care and the future	Multidisciplinary: Obesity and cardiometabolic health	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Heart failure and cardiac transplantation in children and congenital heart disease	Innovation - A joint session of CSANZ and ACvA: Connecting Australian and NZ research and innovation to the "health system dial"	Interventional / ANZET for the general cardiologist
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
	Returned Traveller Session: Cardiac Imaging
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: Advances in ventricular arrhythmia management	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Interactive session: Forward and reverse translation	Clinical / Surgical: Pulmonary thromboembolism - challenges in diagnosis and management	Heart Failure combined session with Imaging: (see Imaging stream)	Imaging combined session with Heart Failure and Genetics: Inflammatory and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies	Multidisciplinary: Complexities and challenges in decision making	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Neonates with critical heart disease	International Session - with ESC, ACC, CCS: Heart failure without borders: Can global guidelines be harmonised?	Heart Lung and Circulation – European Heart Journal 2026 Joint Session
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM		Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon	Clinical / Surgical: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon	Heart Failure combined session with Arrhythmia: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon	Imaging: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon		Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon	Women's Health combined session with Genetics: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon	Digital and AI: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 2	Track 3
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast session: Arrhythmia / EP: Debate: Stroke prevention in AF	Breakfast Session: Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Spatial transcriptomics - key considerations before you start
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
	Returned Traveller Session: Heart Failure
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: EP for the non-EPs	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Winifred G. Nayler Lecture and ISHR Student Investigator Finalists session
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: Advances in AF management	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Future diagnostics and treatments: Enabling power of spatial biology and multiomics
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
	Returned Traveller Session: Cardiac Imaging
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: Advances in ventricular arrhythmia management	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Interactive session: Forward and reverse translation
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM		Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 4	Track 5
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast Session: Clinical / Surgical: Digital health, AI and data science	Breakfast Session: Heart Failure: Heart failure for outpatient cardiologist - what you need to know
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Victor Chang Memorial Lecture and Clinical Prize finalists	Heart Failure: Cardio-oncology
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Clinical / Surgical: The great debate: Coronary artery disease - are we getting it wrong?	Heart Failure combined session with Genetics: Heart failure through to transplant and beyond
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Pulmonary thromboembolism - challenges in diagnosis and management	Heart Failure combined session with Imaging: (see Imaging stream)
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon	Heart Failure combined session with Arrhythmia: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 6	Track 7
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast Session: Imaging: Rural, remote and outreach	Breakfast Session: Multidisciplinary: Structural heart disease: Case study: Multiple dilemmas
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Imaging: Structural and strain the echocardiographic frontier	Multidisciplinary: Patricia M. Davidson Lecture and Nursing Prize session
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Imaging: Controversies, standard care and the future	Multidisciplinary: Obesity and cardiometabolic health
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Imaging combined session with Heart Failure and Genetics: Inflammatory and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies	Multidisciplinary: Complexities and challenges in decision making
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM	Imaging: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 8	Track 9
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast Session: Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Intervention in adults with congenital heart disease
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital combined session with Genetics: Ventricular arrhythmia, sudden death and genetics: A focus on children and young people	Innovation: Measuring the impact of innovation in our health system - dashboards to drive prioritisation
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Heart failure and cardiac transplantation in children and congenital heart disease	Innovation - A joint session of CSANZ and ACvA: Connecting Australian and NZ research and innovation to the "health system dial"
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Neonates with critical heart disease	International Session - with ESC, ACC, CCS: Heart failure without borders: Can global guidelines be harmonised?
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon	Women's Health combined session with Genetics: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 10
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Joint CSANZ / APSC Session: Testing pathways for patients with suspected CAD in clinic setting: Variation across the Asia–Pacific region
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Rheumatic heart disease for the modern cardiologist
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Interventional / ANZET for the general cardiologist
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Heart Lung and Circulation – European Heart Journal 2026 Joint Session
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM	Digital and AI: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 2
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast session: Arrhythmia / EP: Debate: Stroke prevention in AF
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
	Returned Traveller Session: Heart Failure
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: EP for the non-EPs
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: Advances in AF management
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
	Returned Traveller Session: Cardiac Imaging
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Arrhythmia / EP: Advances in ventricular arrhythmia management
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 3
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast Session: Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Spatial transcriptomics - key considerations before you start
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Winifred G. Nayler Lecture and ISHR Student Investigator Finalists session
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Future diagnostics and treatments: Enabling power of spatial biology and multiomics
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Interactive session: Forward and reverse translation
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 4
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast Session: Clinical / Surgical: Digital health, AI and data science
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Victor Chang Memorial Lecture and Clinical Prize finalists
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Clinical / Surgical: The great debate: Coronary artery disease - are we getting it wrong?
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Pulmonary thromboembolism - challenges in diagnosis and management
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM	Clinical / Surgical: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 5
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast Session: Heart Failure: Heart failure for outpatient cardiologist - what you need to know
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Heart Failure: Cardio-oncology
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Heart Failure combined session with Genetics: Heart failure through to transplant and beyond
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Heart Failure combined session with Imaging: (see Imaging stream)
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM	Heart Failure combined session with Arrhythmia: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 6
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast Session: Imaging: Rural, remote and outreach
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Imaging: Structural and strain the echocardiographic frontier
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Imaging: Controversies, standard care and the future
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Imaging combined session with Heart Failure and Genetics: Inflammatory and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM	Imaging: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 7
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast Session: Multidisciplinary: Structural heart disease: Case study: Multiple dilemmas
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Multidisciplinary: Patricia M. Davidson Lecture and Nursing Prize session
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Multidisciplinary: Obesity and cardiometabolic health
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Multidisciplinary: Complexities and challenges in decision making
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 8
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Breakfast Session: Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Intervention in adults with congenital heart disease
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital combined session with Genetics: Ventricular arrhythmia, sudden death and genetics: A focus on children and young people
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Heart failure and cardiac transplantation in children and congenital heart disease
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Neonates with critical heart disease
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 9
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Innovation: Measuring the impact of innovation in our health system - dashboards to drive prioritisation
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Innovation - A joint session of CSANZ and ACvA: Connecting Australian and NZ research and innovation to the "health system dial"
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	International Session - with ESC, ACC, CCS: Heart failure without borders: Can global guidelines be harmonised?
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM	Women's Health combined session with Genetics: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

	Track 10
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	CSL Seqirus mini oral: Transforming secondary prevention after MI: Imaging residual risk and targeting what remains
	GSK mini oral: PRACTICE-RSV - Practical real-world application of immunisation in older adults with cardiovascular disease
	Medtronic mini oral: The next era of defibrillation: Aurora EV-ICD in practice
	Morning Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: Where Does Lp(a) testing Fit? Models of Care for Clinical Implementation
	Pfizer mini oral: ATTR-CM: Local research, Clinical Relevance
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Joint CSANZ / APSC Session: Testing pathways for patients with suspected CAD in clinic setting: Variation across the Asia–Pacific region
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Rheumatic heart disease for the modern cardiologist
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Saturday
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Interventional / ANZET for the general cardiologist
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea - Saturday
	Novartis mini oral: The Lp(a) Conversation: What Do We Tell Our Patients When the Numbers Don’t Add Up?”
	Novo Nordisk mini oral: The role of oral GLP-1 RAs in the evolving landscape of obesity management
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Heart Lung and Circulation – European Heart Journal 2026 Joint Session
5:15 PM - 5:55 PM	Digital and AI: Mini Oral session - Saturday Afternoon
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	ISHR AGM & Dinner

Sunday, August 9, 2026

		Track 3	Track 4	Track 5	Track 6	Track 7	Track 8
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM		Breakfast Session: HLC 2026: Special focus issues
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM	MBS Compliance Q&A Presented by the Department of Health
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Arrhythmia / EP: Implantable devices: What's the latest?	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: New therapeutic targets and treatments for CVD	Clinical / Surgical combined session with Multidisciplinary: Cardiac surgical care	Heart Failure: Practical management in and out of hospital	Imaging: State of Origin Cardiovascular Imaging Jeopardy	Multidisciplinary: Rapid-fire: Acute clinical care (In association with Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College)	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Managing risk in childhood-onset heart disease: Lifelong care
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea - Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Closing Plenary: What’s hot - innovation with consideration of scale and equity

		Track 3
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM		Breakfast Session: HLC 2026: Special focus issues
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM	MBS Compliance Q&A Presented by the Department of Health
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Arrhythmia / EP: Implantable devices: What's the latest?	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: New therapeutic targets and treatments for CVD
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea - Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Closing Plenary: What’s hot - innovation with consideration of scale and equity

	Track 4	Track 5
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Clinical / Surgical combined session with Multidisciplinary: Cardiac surgical care	Heart Failure: Practical management in and out of hospital
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea - Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Closing Plenary: What’s hot - innovation with consideration of scale and equity

	Track 6	Track 7
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Imaging: State of Origin Cardiovascular Imaging Jeopardy	Multidisciplinary: Rapid-fire: Acute clinical care (In association with Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea - Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Closing Plenary: What’s hot - innovation with consideration of scale and equity

	Track 8
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Managing risk in childhood-onset heart disease: Lifelong care
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea - Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Closing Plenary: What’s hot - innovation with consideration of scale and equity


7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM	MBS Compliance Q&A Presented by the Department of Health
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Arrhythmia / EP: Implantable devices: What's the latest?
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea - Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Closing Plenary: What’s hot - innovation with consideration of scale and equity

	Track 3
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Breakfast Session: HLC 2026: Special focus issues
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: New therapeutic targets and treatments for CVD
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea - Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Closing Plenary: What’s hot - innovation with consideration of scale and equity

	Track 4
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Clinical / Surgical combined session with Multidisciplinary: Cardiac surgical care
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea - Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Closing Plenary: What’s hot - innovation with consideration of scale and equity

	Track 5
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Heart Failure: Practical management in and out of hospital
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea - Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Closing Plenary: What’s hot - innovation with consideration of scale and equity

	Track 6
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Imaging: State of Origin Cardiovascular Imaging Jeopardy
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea - Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Closing Plenary: What’s hot - innovation with consideration of scale and equity

	Track 7
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Multidisciplinary: Rapid-fire: Acute clinical care (In association with Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea - Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Closing Plenary: What’s hot - innovation with consideration of scale and equity

	Track 8
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Managing risk in childhood-onset heart disease: Lifelong care
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea - Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Closing Plenary: What’s hot - innovation with consideration of scale and equity