Invitees from Overseas
※ In alphabetical order
Meet the Expert 6
「Takayuki's Room」
Obesity and heart failure: Where are we and where are we going?
14:55 – 15:25, Saturday, October 24, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)
Special Lecture 7
16:05 – 16:50, Saturday, October 24, Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)
Joint Symposium with the Taiwan Society of Heart Failure
Heart failure management during vulnerable phase
14:40 – 16:10, Friday, October 23, Room 5 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, OHTORI Ⅲ, 3F)
How Relevant Is the Multidisciplinary Approach During the Vulnerable Phase?
Joint Symposium with the Korean Society of Heart Failure
Digital health and heart failure management: early identification, image diagnosis, phenotyping, treatment-decision making
15:50 – 17:20, Saturday, October 24, Room 1 (TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, MAIN HALL, 3F)
Beyond the waveform: AI-derived ECG biomarkers in heart failure diagnosis and risk stratification
Joint Symposium with the Heart Failure Society of America
How to integrate emerging therapies in the era of DT?
9:00 – 10:30, Friday, October 23, Room 7 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, OHTORI I, 3F)
Do five pillars really change the world of advanced HF in the US?
Presidential Lecture From HFSA
10:40 – 11:25, Friday, October 23, Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)
Special Lecture 3
Beyond Silos: The Future of Multidisciplinary Heart Failure Care
11:30 – 12:15, Friday, October 23, Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)
Meet the Expert 2
Naoko's Room
9:55 – 10:25, Saturday, October 24, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)
Meet the Expert 7
Ask the Experts: Women in HF
15:35 – 16:20, Saturday, October 24, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)
Special Lecture 1
9:00–9:45, Friday, October 23, Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, Asuka I, 3F)
Meet the Expert 1
Keita's Room
10:05–10:35, Friday, October 23, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, Asuka II, 3F)
Joint Symposium with the Korean Society of Heart Failure
Digital health and heart failure management: early identification, image diagnosis, phenotyping, treatment-decision making
15:50 – 17:20, Saturday, October 24, Room 1 (TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, MAIN HALL, 3F)
From Monitoring to Action: AI-Powered Digital Health for Personalized Heart Failure Care
Meet the Expert 5
Yasuhiko's Room
14:15 – 14:45, Saturday, October 24, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)
Meet the Expert 7
Ask the Experts: Women in HF
15:35 – 16:20, Saturday, October 24, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)
Special Lecture 8
Redefining HFpEF: Recent Advances
18:10 – 18:55, Saturday, October 24, Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)
Joint Symposium with the Taiwan Society of Heart Failure
Heart failure management during vulnerable phase
14:40 – 16:10, Friday, October 23, Room 5 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, OHTORI Ⅲ, 3F)
Joint Symposium with the Heart Failure Society of America
How to integrate emerging therapies in the era of DT?
9:00 – 10:30, Friday, October 23, Room 7 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, OHTORI I, 3F)
Who is a candidate for mTEER before cardiac replacement therapy
Special Lecture 4
The Role of Implantable Devices in Heart Failure
14:40 – 15:25, Friday, October 23, Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)
Meet the Expert 7
Ask the Experts: Women in HF
15:35 – 16:20, Saturday, October 24, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)
Meet the Expert 8
Koichiro's Room
16:25 – 16:55, Saturday, October 24, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)
Congress President’s Special Program 11
Memorial Session Dedicated for Mike Bristow
17:00 – 18:00, Saturday, October 24, Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)
Tribute to Michael Bristow, MD
Meet the Expert 10
Next Leaders for Advanced HF
18:10 – 18:55, Saturday, October 24, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)
Keynote Lecture
Young Investigator’s Award 2
Basic Science
10:05 – 11:05, Friday, October 23, Room 4 (TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, Conference Room, 2F)
Congress President’s Special Program11
Memorial Session Dedicated for Mike Bristow
17:00 – 18:00, Saturday, October 24, Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)
Mike Bristow’s Monumental Contribution to Heart Failure Therapeutics
Joint Symposium with the Heart Failure Association of the ESC
What is the optimal patient selection and management for CRT and ICD?
17:25 – 18:55, Saturday, October 24, Room 3 (TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, 203-204, 2F)
ARRHYTMIC RISK PREDICTORS IN GENE ELUSIVE DCM/NDLVC
Meet the Expert 4
Kazuhiro's Room
11:10 – 11:40, Saturday, October 24, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)
Special Lecture 5
Heart failure in 2026: optimizing comprehensive therapy
14:15 – 15:00, Saturday, October 24, Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)
Special Session
Heart Failure Care in Autumn 2026: A New Direction?
Implications of the Revised Universal Definition and the 2026 ESC Heart Failure Guidelines
15:35 – 16:20, Friday, October 23, Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, Asuka I, 3F)
Keynote Lecture：Updates to the 2026 Universal Definition and the ESC Heart Failure Guidelines
Meet the Expert 3
Koichiro's Room
10:35 – 11:05, Saturday, October 24, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)
Special Lecture 6
Reimagining Heart Failure with Artificial Intelligence
15:10 – 15:55, Saturday, October 24, Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)
Joint Symposium with the Heart Failure Association of the ESC
What is the optimal patient selection and management for CRT and ICD?
17:25 – 18:55, Saturday, October 24, Room 3 (TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, 203-204, 2F)
Are there any non-progressor after CRT?
Special Lecture 9
Paradigm Shifts in Heart Transplantation: How REUP Is Transforming the DCD Landscape
10:40 – 11:40, Sunday, October 25, Room 12 (TOYAMA SHIMIN PLAZA, AV Studio, 3F)
Paradigm Shifts in Heart Transplantation: How REUP Is Transforming the DCD Landscape
Special Lecture 2
Expanding Our Therapies Into Ambulatory C2D Heart Failure: A Call To Action
9:50 – 10:35, Friday, October 23, Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)
Meet the Expert 7
Ask the Experts: Women in HF
15:35 – 16:20, Saturday, October 24, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)
Meet the Expert 9
Naoki's Room
17:05 – 17:35, Saturday, October 24, Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)
Joint Symposium with the Heart Failure Association of the ESC
What is the optimal patient selection and management for CRT and ICD?
17:25 – 18:55, Saturday, October 24, Room 3 (TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, 203-204, 2F)
How to implement CRT in early stage C patient?
Joint Symposium with the Taiwan Society of Heart Failure
Heart failure management during vulnerable phase
14:40 – 16:10, Friday, October 23, Room 5 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, OHTORI Ⅲ, 3F)
How the TSOHF succeeds in the management of post-acute HF care?
Presidential Lecture From KSHF
10:55 – 11:40, Saturday, October 24, Room 6 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA TOYAMA, OHTORI II, 3F)
The Rising Tide: Navigating the Future Burden of Heart Failure in a Super-Aging, AI-Empowered Korea
Joint Symposium with the Korean Society of Heart Failure
Digital health and heart failure management: early identification, image diagnosis, phenotyping, treatment-decision making
15:50 – 17:20, Saturday, October 24, Room 1 (TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, MAIN HALL, 3F)