Wednesday — 6 May 2026
Pre-Congress Courses
A full day of parallel pre-congress courses, hands-on workshops and the School of Intervention running simultaneously.
10 tracks
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Course
Acute Cardiac Emergencies
08:00–18:00
Parag Patel, Benjamin Wachira, Joe Adams +8 more
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Course
International Echo Examination Revision Course
08:00–18:00
Alexandros Papachristidis, Jonathan Lindner, Sheila Klassen +6 more
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Workshop
HOW TO — PFO Closure
09:00–11:00
Raeesa Bhorat, Amal Elsisi, Mazen Albaghdadi +7 more
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Workshop
HOW TO — Vascular Access and Closure
11:00–13:00
Mazen Albaghdadi, Etienne Amendezo, Jonathan Byrne +4 more
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Symposium
HOW TO — Intravascular Ultrasound in 2026 (Lunchtime Symposium)
13:00–16:00
Mohamed Jeilan, Jack Laffan, Mazen Albaghdadi +3 more
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Workshop
HOW TO — Complex High-Risk Intervention (CHIP)
16:00–18:30
Jack Laffan, Mazen Albaghdadi, Anthony Gikonyo +4 more
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Course
Africa CV Research Training Course — Day 1
08:00–16:00
Ntobeko Ntusi, Habib Gamra, Chris Granger +11 more
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Course
Cardiac Rehabilitation in Post-MI Care in Africa
09:00–17:00
Willy Mucyo, Walid Silim, Sidney Smith Jr. +8 more
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Course
Shock! The Heart in Critical Care
08:00–17:20
Holger Thiele, Selma Mohammed, Nadeem Sheikh +8 more
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Evening Session
Thrombolysis Access Project
18:00–19:30
Parag Patel, Ahmed Suliman, Mazen Albaghdadi +6 more
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Thursday — 7 May 2026
Heart of Africa Plenary + School of Intervention
The main plenary programme opens with ten years of STEMI Live! alongside parallel School of Intervention workshops throughout the day.
6 tracks
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Plenary
Heart of Africa Plenary
07:50–18:00
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Workshop
HOW TO — Left Bundle Area Pacing
11:00–13:00
Neil Grubb, Moses Wananu, Fania Mela +3 more
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Workshop
HOW TO — TAVR Workshop
13:15–15:00
Mazen Albaghdadi, Dave Kettles, Jonathan Byrne +2 more
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Workshop
HOW TO — Carotid Stenting
15:00–17:00
Gary Roubin, Mazen Albaghdadi, Hardeep Gill +2 more
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Workshop
HOW TO — Leadless Pacing
17:00–19:15
Zain Sharif, Neil Grubb, Ijeoma Ekeruo +3 more
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Global Session
Global Case Corner — Telepod
14:00–15:48
Australia/Asia Pacific, South Asia & India — Tayo Addo USA
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Friday — 8 May 2026
Heart of Africa Plenary + School of Intervention
CCU Live! from Tenwek and Zanzibar, Heart Failure, Interventional Cardiology LIVE!, the DCB Workshop and the CTO Workshop.
4 tracks
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Plenary
Heart of Africa Plenary
08:00–18:30
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Workshop
HOW TO — Drug Coated Balloon Intervention
14:00–16:00
Mohamed Jeilan, Jack Laffan, Mazen Albaghdadi +3 more
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Workshop
HOW TO — Chronic Total Occlusions (CTO)
16:00–18:30
Mohamed Jeilan, Jack Laffan, Mazen Albaghdadi +4 more
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Global Session
Global Case Corner — Telepod
14:00–19:00
Middle East, Africa, Western Europe & Americas — International Faculty
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Saturday — 9 May 2026
Advanced Heart Failure, Lead Extraction & CALS
Heart Transplant — Dare to Dream symposium, PCI Fundamentals, hands-on Lead Extraction stations and Cardiac Surgical Advanced Life Support.
4 tracks
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Symposium
Heart Transplant — Dare to Dream
08:30–15:30
Gitonga Mbijjewe, Anders Barasa, Mpiko Ntsekhe +6 more
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Workshop
HOW TO — Lead Extraction (GCC and AFHRA Joint Initiative)
08:30–17:15
Ijeoma Ekeruo USA, Rodrigo Barbosa Brazil, Fania Mela USA +2 more
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Course
Cardiac Surgical Advanced Life Support (CALS)
08:00–17:30
David Ike, Keith Dindi, Harry Smith +4 more
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Course
PCI Fundamentals — A Case Based Approach
08:00–15:40
Parag Patel, Tayo Addo, Oladipupo Olafiranye +5 more
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