17th Annual Congress - 2024 - Paris, France

Invitation

This is an invitation to join us at the Seventeen Annual Scientific Congress of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society “ECAS 2024” to be held in Paris, France, March 24-26, 2024 at the Meridien-Etoile Conference Center.

All those who attended previous editions of ECAS Congress know that it is a highly scientific and educational event in a cheerful atmosphere which facilitates interaction between the renowned Faculty and the audience, which is particularly appreciated by the EP fellows.

This edition promises to be particularly successful, and we will be delighted to have you among us in Paris next Spring.

Riccardo Cappato, MD
Congress Chairman

Samuel Lévy, MD
President of ECAS

Accommodation: Hotel reservation

A block of rooms at a negotiated rate with the Hotel Meridien-Etoile congress center where the Congress is held, has been booked for the participants of the 2024 ECAS Congress.

Reservation will be made on a first come first serve basis using a dedicated hotel reservation system connected to the ECAS website.

We kindly advise our participants to make reservation as soon as possible as Paris is a busy destination at this time of the year.

If needed, please contact the secretariat of the congress which will provide you with more information and help.

Congress venue

March 24-26, 2024

The Conference Center of the MERIDIEN ETOILE HOTEL****
Paris, France 81 Gouvion Saint Cyr, 75017 PARIS, France

Congress Secretariat

To participate to the 2024 congress, please complete the form below

Registration to the congress is now closed

Scientific Program

Find below the accepted abstracts’ schedule for ECAS 2024

Plenary Sessions and Symposia will cover the various hot topics of modern cardiac electrophysiology addressed by internationally known speakers.

Two major topics will be highlighted this year Sudden Cardiac Death and Arrhythmia in the context of Heart Failure.

In addition, the Scientific Program Committee will select the best sessions on any topic on cardiac arrhythmias submitted.

Workshops: Workshops on practical aspects of clinical cardiac electrophysiology will be part of the 2024 program:

  • Update on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias
  • Educational sessions in ECG interpretations
  • Interpretation of intracardiac recordings
  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
  • Pacemaker and CRT ECG interpretation
  • Techniques and tools for AF ablation
  • Recent development in anticoagulation and stroke prevention in AF
  • Management of syncope and recent guidelines
  • New developments in device management
  • Wearable garments in Cardiology
  • Digital Health and artificial intelligence

Abstracts for oral or poster presentation

Abstracts on all cardiac arrhythmias are welcome and selected abstracts will be presented during oral sessions entirely devoted to the most recent research not competing with pre- arranged lectures or workshops. The accepted poster presentations will be chaired, and the presenting author will highlight their work to the chairpersons and to the audience. The best oral and poster abstract presentation will be awarded

Abstract Submission

Abstract submission is closed.

The abstracts selected for oral, or poster presentations will be published in a Supplement Issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (JCE), the official journal of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society.

Here is the list of topics :

  • Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Molecular Basis of Arrhythmogenic Mechanisms
  • Genetic Aspects of Arrhythmias
  • Role of the Autonomous Nervous System
  • Techniques and tools for Arrhythmia Documentation
  • Implantable Diagnostic Devices
  • Underlying Heart Diseases and Risk Stratification
  • Conduction Disturbances and their significance
  • Sinus node function and dysfunction
  • Syncope
  • Vaso-vagal Syncope and Tilt Testing
  • Narrow QRS tachycardias
  • Preexcitation Syndrome
  • Atrial Arrhythmias
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Wide QRS Tachycardias
  • Ventricular Arrhythmias
  • Catheter Ablation of arrhythmias
  • Sudden Cardiac Death and
  • Implantable Defibrillators
  • New Antiarrhythmic Agents
  • Large Clinical Trials and Their Impact on Clinical Practice
  • Technical Advances in
  • Cardiac Pacing
  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
  • Prophylactic ICDs
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Arrhythmia Therapies
  • Atrial synchronized devices and Atrial Defibrillators
  • New Mapping Techniques
  • Surgery for Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Stem Cells Therapy in Cardiac Arrhythmias 

Committees

Organizing Committee ECAS 2024

Riccardo Cappato, Richard Hauer, Stefan Kääb, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, Samuel Lévy, Thorsten Lewalter (Chair) Luca Santini, Gerhard Steinbeck, Reza Wakili.

Program Committee ECAS 2024

David Benditt ; Luigi Di Biase ; David S Cannom ; Leonardo Calo ; Riccardo Cappato ; Mina K. Chung ; Wyn Davies ; Thomas F. Deering ; Roberto De Ponti ; Dobromir Dobrev; Domenico Della Rocca; Michael Eldar ; Mark Estes III ; John Fisher ; Rakesh Gopinathannair; Richard Hauer ; Christian Heeger; Munther K Homoud ; Ellen Hoffmann ; Jodie Hurwitz; Charles Jazra ; Xavier Jouven ; Stefan Kääb (Chair); Bradley Knight; Bharat Kantharia ; Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy; Samuel Lévy ; Thorsten Lewalter ; Marek Malik ; Yuji Nakazato ; Andrea Natale ; Brian Olshansky ; Eli Ovsyshcher ; Ali Oto ; Douglas L Packer; Nicholas S. Peters; Antonio Raviele; Andrea Russo; Sanjeev Saksena; Maurizio Santomauro; Dipen Shah; Richard Schilling ; Jasbir Sra ; Gerhard Steinbeck ; Luca Santini ; Neil Sulke ; Sakis Themistoclakis; Reza Wakili ; Bruce Wilkoff.

Scientific Advisory Board 2024

Masood Akhtar (Milwaukee, USA) Etienne Aliot (Nancy, FR) Maurits A. Allessie (Maastricht, NL) Eckhard Alt (Munich, DE) Elad Anter (Boston, USA) Andrey Ardashev (Moscow, RU) Serge S. Barold (San Francisco, USA) Antonio Bayes De Luna (Barcelona, ES) David Benditt (Minneapolis, USA) Poul E. Bloch-Thomsen (Hellrup, DK) Johannes Brachmann (Coburg, DE) Leonardo Calo (Rome, IT) A John Camm (London, GB) Riccardo Cappato (Milan, IT) David S. Cannom (Los Angeles, USA) Philippe Coumel (Paris, FR)* D. Wyn Davies (London, GB) DE) Roberto De Ponti (Varese) Luigi Di Biase (New-York, USA) Dobromir Dobrev (Essen, DE) Luc De Roy (Yvoir, BE) Thomas Deering (Atlanta, USA) Dobromir Dobrev (Essen) Nils G. Edvardsson (Goteborg, SE) Michaël Eldar (Tel Aviv, IL) Mark Estes III (Pittsburg, USA) Jeronimo Farre (Madrid, ES)

Masood Akhtar (Milwaukee, USA)
Etienne Aliot (Nancy, FR)
Maurits A. Allessie (Maastricht, NL)
Eckhard Alt (Munich, DE)
Elad Anter (Boston, USA)
Andrey Ardashev (Moscow, RU)
Serge S. Barold (San Francisco, USA)
Antonio Bayes De Luna (Barcelona, ES)
David Benditt (Minneapolis, USA)
Poul E. Bloch-Thomsen (Hellrup, DK)
Johannes Brachmann (Coburg, DE)
Leonardo Calo (Rome, IT)
A John Camm (London, GB)
Riccardo Cappato (Milan, IT)
David S. Cannom (Los Angeles, USA)
Philippe Coumel (Paris, FR)*
D. Wyn Davies (London, GB) DE)
Roberto De Ponti (Varese)
Luigi Di Biase (New-York, USA)
Dobromir Dobrev (Essen, DE)
Luc De Roy (Yvoir, BE)
Thomas Deering (Atlanta, USA)
Dobromir Dobrev (Essen)
Nils G. Edvardsson (Goteborg, SE)
Michaël Eldar (Tel Aviv, IL)
Mark Estes III (Pittsburg, USA)
Jeronimo Farre (Madrid, ES)

 

John Fisher (New-York, USA)
Guy Fontaine (Paris, France)
Robert Frank (Paris, FR)
Mohamed Guediche (Tunis, TN)
Stephen C. Hammill (Rochester, USA)
Richard Hauer (Utrecht, NL)
Habib Haouala (Tunis, TN)
Ellen Hoffmann (Munich, DE)
Yoshito Iesaka (Tokyo, JP)
Charles Jazra (Beirut, LB)
Xavier Jouven (Paris, FR)
Werner Jung (Villingen, DE)
Stefan Kaab (Munich, DE)
Joergen Kanters (Copenhagen, DK)
Karl-Heinz Kuck (Hamburg, DE)
Jean-François Leclercq (Paris, FR)
Samuel Lévy (Marseille, FR)
Berndt Lüderitz (Bonn, DE)
Damian Gascon Lopez (Sevilla, ES)
Marek Malik (London, GB)
Alessandro A. Montenero (Rome, IT)
Arthur G Moss (Rochester, New-York)
Conception Moro Serrano (Madrid, ES)
Arthur J. Moss (Rochester, NY, USA)
Michael Nabauer (Munich, DE)
Gerald V. Naccarelli (Hershey, USA)
Yuji Nakazato (Tokyo, JP)
Andrea Natale (Cleveland, USA)
Promound I. W. Obel (Johannesburg, ZA)

 

Brian Olshansky (Iowa City, USA)
Oscar Oseroff (Buenos Aires, AR)
Ali Oto (Ankara, TR)
Eli Ovsyshcher (Beersheba, IL)
Douglas L. Packer (Rochester, USA)
Luigi Padeletti (Florence, IT)*
Nicholas S Peters, (London, GB)
Dubravko Petrac (Zagreb, HR)
Eric N. Prystowsky (Indianapolis, USA)
Antonio Raviele (Venice, IT)
Amiran Revishvili (Moscow, RU)
Dwight Reynolds (Oklahoma, USA)
Edward Rowland (London, GB)
Sanjeev Saksena (New Brunswick, USA)
Massimo Santini (Rome, IT)
Luca Santini (Rome, IT)
Maurizio Santomauro (Naples, IT)
Dipen Shah (Geneva, CH)
Richard Schilling (London, GB)
Georg Schmidt (Munich, DE)
Peter M. Spooner (Baltimore, USA)
Jasbir Sra (Milwaukee, USA)
Gerhard Steinbeck (Munich, DE)
Neil Sulke (Eastbourne, GB)
Paul Touboul (Lyon, FR)
Isabelle Van Gelder (Groningen, NL)
Ernst Vester (Dusseldorf, DE
Albert Waldo (Cleveland, USA)
Hein JJ Wellens (Maastricht, NL)
Bruce Wilkoff (Cleveland, USA)
George D. Wyse (Calgary, CA)

Registration fees

Registration to the congress

Before December 31st, 2023

Between January 1st, 2024 and February 26, 2024

Between Between February 27, 2023 and March 23, 2024

ECAS Member 

 500 €

600 €

 750 €

Non Member

 600 €

 700 €

 850 €

Industry Non Member

 650 €

 750 €

 950 €

Reduced fees  for Allied Professionals, Students and Fellows during their training** (Justification required)

200€

 200 €

 200 €

ECAS Member 

Between January 1st, 2023 and February 26, 2023

600 €

Between Between February 27, 2023 and March 24, 2023

750 €

Non Member

Between January 1st, 2023 and February 26, 2023

700 €

Between Between February 27, 2023 and March 24, 2023

850 €

Industry Non Member

Between January 1st, 2023 and February 26, 2023

750 €

Between Between February 27, 2023 and March 24, 2023

950 €

Reduced fees  for Allied Professionals, Students and Fellows during their training** (Justification required)

Between January 1st, 2023 and February 26, 2023

200 €

Between Between February 27, 2023 and March 24, 2023

200 €

*Registration at the congress onsite will be available starting february 10th.

**Only under 35 years of age and with a letter of the chief of Division to be sent by email before
the congress, otherwise regular fees will be applied on site

Registration fees include badge, certificate of attendance, invitation to the Opening Ceremony on March 24, 2024 followed by a Cocktail Reception, access to the Seated Lunch on Panels on March 25 and March 26, 2024 and coffee breaks for the 3-day congress. All congress documents will be given at the registration desk at the Meridien Etoile Hotel, 81 Boulevard Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 75017 Paris, France, starting March 24, 2024 from 2PM to 5PM. Payment must be made in euros only. Upon receipt of your valid registration (with full payment), a confirmation will be sent automatically.

REGISTRATION ECAS 2024 INFORMATION (FAQs)

How do I register for the congress ?
The registration for the congress can be made online until february 15th, 2024.
Starting March 24th, registration onsite will be available at the Westin Paris-Vendôme welcome desk, 3 rue Castiglione 75001 Paris.

How can I pay the registration fees?
Payment of registration fees must be made in euros only. Payments by using Visa debit or credit card is accepted on the website and on the welcome desk during the congress.
Payment by Bank transfer is also accepted

Will I receive a receipt after I have registered?
Yes. As soon as you have registered a receipt will be sent automatically to you. 

Can I register for the ECAS congress without paying the registration fees ?
No, your registration will be confirmed only when full payment has been validated.
Registration fees are waved for faculty (speakers and chairpersons).

Can I register before the early bird fees deadline and pay later?
In order to benefit from the early bird fees, payment must be received before the deadline.

Can I register on site?
Yes. Registration on the congress site will be available during the congress. Registration fees must be made by cash or credit card (Visa). Onsite fees will apply. Personal checks are not allowed.

Can I receive a certificate of attendance?
Yes. A certificate of attendance will be delivered on site at the congress registration desk.

What does my registration fees include?
Registration fees include badge, certificate of attendance, invitation at the Opening Ceremony on Sunday followed by cocktail reception.

CANCELLATION CONDITIONS

For registration : Cancellations must be sent in writing to ECAS by e-mail to our secretariat contact@ecas-heartrhythm.org. If cancellation request is received one month before the congress, registration fee minus an administration charge of 50 € will be refunded after the conference. If cancellation is received after March 5, 2024 no reimbursement is possible.
In any case, reimbursement can only be made to the attendee himself/herself before the congress but not to any other third party.

Endorsement / Sponsors

ECAS 2023 Congress has been endorsed by
The Organizing Committee of ECAS 2023 and the Board of ECAS wish to thank the companies which supported our Congress with an educational grant

Past congresses

15th Annual Congress of ECAS 2019 – June 16-18, 2019 Marseille, France

  • ECAS was present at the Journées Européennes de la Société Française de Cardiologie
  • 12th Japanese HRS-ECAS (ECAS 2019)

14th Annual Congress of ECAS 2018 – April 15-17, 2018 Paris, France

  • ECAS was present at the Journées Européennes de la Société Française de Cardiologie
  • 11th Japanese HRS-ECAS (ECAS 2018)

13th Annual Congress of ECAS 2017 – April 2-4, 2017 Rome, Italie

  • 14th International Dead Sea Symposium (IDSS) on Innovations in Technology, Treatment and Prevention of Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • ECAS stand at the Journées Européennes de la Société Française de Cardiologie
  • 11th Japanese HRS-ECAS (ECAS 2018)
  • PLACE 2017, Platform of Laboratories for Advances in Cardiac Experience

12th Annual Congress of ECAS 2016 – April 17-19, 2016 Paris, France (Hôtel Méridien Etoile)

  • ECAS-AIAC Cardiac Pacing New Trends
  • Young German Electrophysiologists: Hot Topics
  • 9th Japan HRS-ECAS Periprocedural Anticoagulation

11th Annual Congress of ECAS 2015 – April 19-21, 2015 Paris, France (Hôtel Méridien Etoile)

  • ECAS-WSA Joint Session on New Frontiers in Cardiac Pacing
  • HRS-ECAS Session I on Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy I
  • HRS-ECAS Session II on Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy II
  • 8th Japan HRS-ECAS on CRT Therapy with Y. Nakazato

10th Annual Congress of ECAS 2014 – March 23-25, 2014 Munich, Germany (Hotel Bayerischer Hof)

  • EPIC Alliance
  • 7th Japan HRS-ECAS Special Session with Y. Nakazato
  • 5th Russia-ECAS Special Session with A. Revishvili
  • ECAS-WSA Joint Session on Health Technology Assessment in CIEDs Electronic Devices with M. Santini

9th Annual Congress of ECAS 2013 – April 14-16, 2013 Paris, France (Hôtel Méridien Etoile)

  • ECAS-HRS on ARVD/C (2 sessions)
  • Gulf HRS- ECAS session on new anticoagulants
  • ECAS-WSA Joint session on ICD therapy
  • 6th Japan HRS-ECAS Session

8th Annual Congress of ECAS 2012 – April 20-22, 2012 Munich, Germany (Hotel Bayerischer Hof)

  • HRS-ECAS Special Session
  • Gulf HRS-ECAS session
  • 5th Japan HRS-ECAS Prof. Yuji Nakazato
  • 4th ECAS-Russian Society of Arrhythmology (Prof. Amiran Revishvili)

7th Annual Congress of ECAS 2011 – April 10-12, 2011 Paris, France (Hôtel Méridien Etoile)

  • HRS-ECAS Special Session
  • 1st Indian HRS- ECAS Special Session
  • 1st Gulf HRS- ECAS session
6th Annual Congress of ECAS 2010 – April 16-18, 2010 Munich, Germany (Hotel Bayerischer Hof)
 
  • 2nd Russia-ECAS Special Session
  • 4th China-ECAS Symposium Special Session
  • 3rd Japan HRS-ECAS Special Session

5th Annual Congress of ECAS 2009 – April 19-21, 2009 Paris, France (Hôtel Méridien Etoile)
2nd Japan HRS-ECAS Symposium Special Session – “2009 Update on prevention of sudden cardiac death”
HRS-ECAS Session – “Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)”
1st Russia-ECAS Special Session – “Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Current and future directions”
3rd China-ECAS Symposium Special Session – “2009 Update on prevention of sudden death”
4th Annual Congress of ECAS 2008 – April 13-15, 2008 Marseille, France (Palais des Congrés)
2nd China-ECAS Special Session
1st Japan HRS-ECAS Symposium Special Session

3rd Annual Congress of ECAS 2007 – June 3-5, 2007 Marseille, France (Palais des Congrés)
HRS-ECAS Special Symposium on Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia I
HRS-ECAS Special Symposium on Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia II
1st China-ECAS Special Session

2nd Annual Congress of ECAS 2006 – April 2-4, 2006 Marseille, France (Palais des Congrés)

1st Annual Congress of ECAS 2005 – April 10-12, 2005 Marseille, France (Palais des Congrés)

Gallery and Past congresses

Please find our gallery and past congresses here