Welcome to Prague!

Prepare yourself for three days in the heart of Prague!

We begin with a “hands-on” workshop of normal and congenitally malformed human hearts.
This is followed by cutting edge oral presentations, two evenings of posters selected from the abstracts,
International Keynote speakers and lots of networking opportunities.
The meeting is directed towards the fundamental and translational science of cardiovascular development
and regeneration and leads on from our recently published
ESC textbook of cardiovascular development (Eds Jose Maria Peres-Pomeres and Robert Kelly).

Registration and abstract submission are now open.
To benefit from the early bird pricing, or to be considered for an oral presentation you must register before June 15, 2024.
Travel awards, which are available for students and junior postdocs, must also be applied for before June 15, 2024.

All activities will be held at the Institute of Anatomy, U Nemocnice 3, Prague, Czech Republic.

We have reserved approximately 100 rooms at special reduced rates at The Ibis*** and Novotel****.
These are only 450 metres from the conference venue, so please book early - they will go quickly.

The Gala dinner on Friday 20th September will be held at the historical University premises of Carolinum.

Looking forward to seeing you here!

The local organisers:

David Sedmera (local host, abstracts)
Hana Kolesová (poster coordination and social events)
Alena Kvasilová (sponsors coordinator, webmistress)

The meeting is organised under the auspices of

Prof. MUDr. Martin Vokurka, CSc., Dean of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University

International Scientific Committee:

Chair: Assoc. Prof. Maurice van den Hoff
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Prof. Antonio Baldini
Naples, Italy

Dr. Marina Campione
Padua, Italy

Dr. Bill Chaudhry
Newcastle University, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Anthony Firulli
Indianapolis, USA

Prof. Dr. Lars Allan Larsen
Kopenhagen, Denmark

Dr. Lucile Miquerol
Marseille, France

Dr. Emily Noel
Sheffield, United Kingdom

Dr. Adrian Ruiz-Villalba
Malaga, Spain

Assist. Prof. Anke Smits
Leiden, The Netherlands

Dr. Duncan Sparrow
Oxford, United Kingdom

Dr. Stephane Zaffran
France

Organizing support: