International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences

Past Conferences

Years of Opportunities to Congregate

Listed here are the past events held by each section of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences.

1996

1. Manitoba Cardiovascular Forum Angiotensin II Receptor Blockade: Physiological and Clinical Implications, Winnipeg, Canada (October 18-20) – Chairmen: Robert Beamish and Naranjan Dhalla

2. Inotropic Agents and Heart, Tokyo, Japan (November 18-19)– Chair: Nobuakira Takeda

1997

1. 5th Annual Research Symposium, Cardiovascular System, Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies (March 6-11) – Chair: S. S. Parmar

2. Conference on Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Smolenice, Slovak Republic (September 17-20) – Chair: Jan Slezak

3. First Asia-Pacific Congress on Hypertension, Surat, India (December) – Chair: S. Vajpeyee
4. Cardiovascular Scientific Forum VII, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (December 10-14) – Chair: Otoni Gomes

1998

1. International Symposium on Heart Disease, Cairo, Egypt (May 18-24) – Chair: Mohsen Ibrahim

2. Yoshio Ito Memorial Symposium at the XVI World Congress of the International Society for Heart Research, Rhodes, Greece (May 27-31) – Chairmen: Makoto Nagano and Naranjan Dhalla

3. International Conference on Heart in Stress, Helsinki, Finland (June 28 – July 3) – Chairmen: D. K. Das and C. K. Sen

4. International Conference on Cardiac Hypertrophy, Tokyo, Japan (October 7-9) – Chairmen: M. Nagano and N. Takeda

5. Scientific Forum on Heart Failure, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (December 11-15) – Chair: Otoni M. Gomes

1999

1.International Conference on Antioxidant Therapy in Heart Disease, Bombay, India (January 7-8) – Chair: K.G. Nair

2. International Conference on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, Winnipeg, Canada (June 4-7) – Chairmen: A. Angel and Naranjan Dhalla

3. International Congress on Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease, New Delhi, India (October 14-16) – Chair: S. Rastogi

4. Asia-Pacific Congress, Lahore, Pakistan (October 17-22)– Chair: S. A. Sheikh

5. Scientific Forum on Heart Failure, Belo Horizonte, Brazil(December) – Chair: O. Gomes

2000

1. Developing Heart Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (May 18) – Chair: B. Ostadal

2001

1. International Conference on Pathophysiology and Drug Therapy of Cardiovascular Disorders, Patiala, India (January 22-26) – Chair: M. Singh

2. XVII World Congress of the International Society for Heart Research, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Health Winnipeg, Canada (July 6-11) – Chair: Naranjan Dhalla

3. 1st Annual Public Heart Forum, Winnipeg Canada (July 6)Coordinator: Ivan Berkowitz

4. 1st Annual Meeting of IACS – Japan/24th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Section of Cardiac Structure and Metabolism, Beppu, Japan (December 2-9) – Chair: N. Makino

2002

1. International Symposium and Workshop Advances in Cardiovascular Research, Trinidad, West Indies (March 4-8) – Chair: Junor Barnes

2. 2nd Annual Public Heart Forum, Winnipeg Canada (May 25)– Coordinator: Ivan Berkowitz

3. “The Failing Heart” Symposium organized by the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Stara Lesna, the High Tatras, Slovak Republic (July 1-3) – Chair: Tanya Ravingerova

4. 2nd Annual Meeting of IACS – Japan/25th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Section of Cardiac Structure and Metabolism, Sapporo, Japan (July 19-20) – Chair: Hideaki Kawaguchi

5. 1st IACS World Congress – South America/Scientific Forum XII, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (November 28 -30) – Chair: Otoni Gomes

2003

1. India Section – IACS sponsored the Annual Conference of ISHR, Chandigarh, India (February 7-9) – Chair: Anil Grover

2. 3rd Annual Public Heart Forum, Winnipeg Canada (June 7) –Coordinator: Ivan Berkowitz

3. 3rd Annual Meeting of IACS – Japan/26th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Section of Cardiac Structure and Metabolism, Tokyo, Japan (July 19-20) – Chair: Teruhiko Toyo-Oka

4. Mendel Symposium: Genes and the Heart, Brno, Czech Republic (August 26-29) – Chair: Pavel Braveny

5. 2nd Brazilian Symposium on Experimental Cardiology, Sao Paulo, Brazil (September 21) – Chair: Otoni Gomes

6. IV International Symposium on Myocardial Cytoprotection, From Basic Science to Clinical Perspectives Pecs, Hungary (September 25-27) – Chair: Elizabeth Roth

7. 1st IACS World Congress/II Annual Meeting ICAS – South America/Scientific Forum XIII – Belo Horizonte, Brazil (October 11-15) – Chair: Otoni Gomes

2004

1. International Symposium on Pharmacotherapy of Heart Failure, New Delhi, India (January 7-9) – Chair: Suresh Gupta

2. Joint Conference with ISHR (Indian Section), Lucknow, India (January 9-11) – Chair: V.K. Puri

3. 83rd Meeting of the German Physiological Society, Leipzig, Germany (March 14-17) – Chair: Heinz- Gerd Zimmer

4. Ignacio Chavez Rivera Symposium on Cardiovascular Disease, Mexico City, Mexico (April 30) – Chairs: Daniel Villarreal and Angel Zarain-Herzberg

5. 1st Annual National Research Forum for Young Investigators in Circulatory and Respiratory Health Winnipeg, Canada (May 6-8) – Chair: N. S. Dhalla

6. 4th Annual Public Heart Forum, Winnipeg Canada (June 12)- Coordinator: Ivan Berkowitz

7. Sudden Unexpected Cardiac Death – new diagnostic modalities and treatment. Genetics in cardiovascular disease, Copenhagen, Denmark (June 14-18) – Chair: Thomas A Schmidt

8. 4th Annual Meeting of IACS – Japan/27th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Section of Cardiac Structure and Metabolism, Osaka-Senri, Japan (July 17-18) – Chair: Ryoji Matoba

9. Cardioforum – SBC-FUNCOR 2004 – International Seminar on Promotion of Cardiovascular Health, Rio de Janero, Brazil (September 26) – Chair: David Brasil

10. III Annual Meeting IACS – South America/XXXI ArgentineCongress of Cardiology Symposium, Buenos Aires, Argentina(October 8) – Chairs: Ricardo Gelpi and Celina Morales

11. CardioGlobal International Intensive Cardiology Education Program Alpha Villa, Brazil (October 13-17) –Chair: Raimundo Nascimanto

12. Teaching Course Faith and Disease – Focus on the importance of faith in heart disease Rome, Italy (December 1-5) –Chair: Thomas A Schmidt

13. Scientific Forum XIV – Belo Horizonte, Brazil (December 2-5)- Chair: Otoni Gomes

14. Joint International Conference of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences and International Society for Heart Research (Indian Section) Bench to Bedside in Gandhi’s Gujarat Ahmedabad, India (December 31-January 2) – Chair: Ramesh Goyal

2005

1. NATO Advanced Research Workshop Stress-Induced Biochanges in the Heart: From Genes to Bedside, Antalya, Turkey (February 2-7) Chairs: Belma Turan and Jan Slezak

2. 2nd Annual National Research Forum for Young Investigators in Circulatory and Respiratory Health Winnipeg, Canada (May 6-8) – Chair: N. S. Dhalla

3. Advances in Cardiology Research – Molecular and Genetic Bases of Cardiovascular Disease, Smolenice, Slovak Republic (June 13-16) – Chair: Jan Slezak

4. 5th Annual Meeting of IACS – Japan/28th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Section of Cardiac Structure and Metabolism, Hamamatsu, Japan (July 16-17) – Chair: Hideharu Hayashi

5. HEART FAILURE SYMPOSIUM – Recife, Brazil (September 9-10) Chair: Domingos Melo

6. SIMPÓSIO INTERNACIONAL BRASIL- CANADÁ 2005 Porte Allegro 2nd Annual Cardio- Global (September 18-21) – Chair: David Brasil

7. IV Annual Meeting IACS – South America/XXXII ArgentineCongress of Cardiology Symposium, Buenos Aires, Argentina (October 7) – Chair: Ricardo Gelpi

8. Scientific Forum XV – Rio de Janero, Brazil (December 8-10)

2006

1. Joint International Conference of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences and International Society for Heart Research, (Indian Section). Chennai, India (January 12-14, 2006) – Chair: Suresh Kumar

2. 3rd Annual National Research Forum for Young Investigators in Circulatory and Respiratory Health. Winnipeg, Canada (May 4-7) – Chair: N. S. Dhalla

3. 3.“From Vascular Biology to the Atherosclerosis Prevention: An Eastern European Perspective”, Satellite Symposium of the XIV International Symposium on Atherosclerosis. Belgrade, Serbia (June 15-16) – Chair: Dragan Djuric

4. 2nd ICAS World Congress, Sapporo, Japan (July 14-16) – Chair: Hideaki Kawaguchi

5. V International Symposium on Myocardial Cytoprotection. Pecs, Hungary (September 28-30) Symposium President: Erzsebet Roth

6. Global Conference on Heart Health & Disease, Winnipeg, Canada (October 12-15) – Conference Director: Ivan Berkowitz

7. 1st Symposium on the Future of Heart Health, Winnipeg, Canada (October 14) – Chair: Alan Menkis

8. Scientific Forum XVI – Rio de Janero, Brazil (December 7-10) – Chair: Otoni Gomes

2007

1. International Symposium on Cardiovascular Research, Holguin, Cuba (January 25-27) – Chairman: Delfin Rodriguez Leyva

2. Joint International Conference of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences and International Society for Heart Research, (Indian Section). Bikaner, India (February 16-18) – Chair: Raja Babu Panwar

3. Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, New Orleans, USA (February 8-10) – Chair: Karl Weber

4. “Nutrition, Treatment and Cardiovascular Risk Management, Novi Sad, Serbia (May 24-27) – Chair: Dragan Djuric

5. 6th Annual Meeting of IACS – Japan, Kyoto, Japan (July 14-15)- Chair: Akira Matsumori

6. Scientific Forum XVII – Belo Horizonte, Brazil (November 22-25)- Chair: Otoni Gomes

2008

1. Joint International Conference of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences and International Society for Heart Research, (Indian Section). Chandigarh, India (February 29-March 2) Chair: Kewal K. Talwar

2. Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, New Orleans, USA (February 21-23) – Chair: Karl Weber

3. NATO Advanced Research Translational Knowledgefor Heart Health, Istanbul, Turkey (May 12-16) – Chairs: Belma Turan and Vladimir Smirnov

4. 1st International Symposium “Myocardial Protection from Lab to Man, Amman, Jordan (May 19-22) – President: Said Khatib

5. 7th Annual Meeting of IACS – Japan, Kyoto, Japan (July 14-15)- Chair: Hideharu Hayashi

6. 2nd Symposium on the Future of Heart Health, Winnipeg, Canada (September 20) – Chair: Alan Menkis

7. Mendel Symposium II – Genes and The Heart, Castle Liblice, Czech Republic (Sept 24-27) – Chair: Bohuslav Ostadal

8. “Advances in Cardiovascular Research”, Devin- Bratislava, Slovakia (September 27-29) – President: Jan Slezak

9. Scientific Forum XVIII Belo Horizonte, Brazil (November 27-29)-Chair: Otoni Gomes

10. Joint International Conference of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences and International Society for Heart Research, (Indian Section). Surat,India (December 13-15) – Chair: Shailendra Vajpeyee

11. 3rd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Cardiovascular Sciences, New Delhi, India (December 17) – Chair: Suresh Gupta

2009

1. 3rd ICAS World Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark (June 18 -19)- Chairmen: Keld Kjeldsen and Dan Atar

2. 8th Annual Meeting of IACS – Japan, Osaka Japan (July 4-5)- Chair: Hideo Kusuoka

3. 2nd “Harold Buchwald Heart Lecture” by Jay Cohn “A STRATEGY FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE PAST 110!”, Winnipeg Canada (September 25) – Chair: Ivan Berkowitz

4. “Heart Health and Disease” dedicated to 75th Birthday of Attila Ziegelhoffer, Bratislava, Slovak Republic (November 12) – Chair: Tanya Ravingerova

5. Scientific Forum XVIX – Rio de Janero, Brazil (October 29-31)- Chair: Otoni Gomes

2010

1. Joint International Conference of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences and International Society for Heart Research, (Indian Section). “Recent Advances in Cardiovascular Sciences”, New Delhi, India (February 3 & 4)- Chair: Shyam S. Agrawal

2. International Symposium on Scientific Basis for the Practice of Cardiology on the occasion of the 70th Birthday of Bohuslav Ostadal, Prague, Czech Republic (April 8-11) – Chair: Frantisek Kolar

3. “Advances in Cardiovascular Research” dedicated to 70th Birthday of Jan Slezak Smolence, Slovak Republic (June 6-9)– Chair: Jan Styk

4. 3rd Symposium on the Future of Heart Health, Winnipeg, Canada (September 25) – Chair: Alan Menkis

5. VI International Symposium on Myocardial Cytoprotection. Pecs, Hungary (October 7-9, 2006) Symposium – President: Erzsebet Roth

6. Scientific Forum XX – Sao Paulo, Brazil (December 2-4) – Chair: Otoni Gomes

2011

1. 4th World Congress of IACS, Bridging the Gap: Basic Sciences and Clinical Practice, Vadodara (February 1-3) – Chair: Ramesh Goyal

2. CIMS-3C-CON 2011, Ahmedabad (February 4-6) – Chair: Keyur Parikh

3. Preclinical Testing of Active Substances in Cancer Research, Kragujevac (March 16-19) – Chair: Vladimir Jakovljevic

4. Advanced Workshop on New Approaches in Cardiovascular Disorders, Ankara (May 4-8) – Chair: Belma Turan

5. Postdoctoral Joint Meeting of Cardiovascular Sciences, Ottawa (August 11) – Chair: Otoni Gomes

6. 3rd Harold Buchwald Memorial Public Lecture on Heart Health by Sharon Mulvagh, “A STRATEGY TO AVOID HEART DISEASE”. Winnipeg, Canada (September 8) – Chair: Ivan Berkowitz

7. XXI Scientific Forum, Salvador (November 24-26) – Chair: Otoni Gomes

2012

1. IACS-ISHR International Conference on Cardiovascular Research Convergence, New Delhi (February 17-18) – Chair: Subir Maulik

2. International Symposium on Heart Disease, Amity University, Noida (February 16) – Chair: Shyam Agrawal

3. Trends in Cardiovascular Research, Bratislava (June 21) – Chair: Tanya Ravingerova

4. 12th IACS Japan Section Meeting, Tokyo (July 7-8) – Chair: Makoto Nagano

5. Conference and Advanced Workshop on Sudden Cardiac Death and Cardioprotection, Timisoara (September 6-9) –Chair: Danina Muntean

6. 4th Harold Buchwald Public Lecture on Heart Health by Piero Anversa on “STEM CELLS CAN CURE HEART DISEASE” Winnipeg, Canada (September 12) – Chair: Ivan Berkowitz

7. Scientific Forum XXII, Belo Horizonte (December 6-8) – Chair: Otoni Gomes

2013

1. Peru-Brasil Postdoctoral Joint Meeting Cardiovascular Sciences, Peru (May 16-18) – Chair: Otoni Gomes

2. Advances in Cardiovascular Research from Bench to Bedside, Bratislava (May 23-26) – Chairs: Tanya Ravingerova, Jan Slezak

3. 1st Cardiovascular Forum for Promoting Centers of Excellence and Young Investigators, Louisville (August 15-18) –Chair: Suresh Tyagi

4. International Symposium for Myocardial Cytoprotection 2013, Pecs (September 26-28) – Chairs: Ferenc Gallyas, Janos Lantos

5. 5th Harold Buchwald Public Lecture on Heart Health by SalimYusuf on “MOST PREMATURE HEART DISEASE IS PREVENTABLE”. Winnipeg, Canada (October 3) –Chair: Ivan Berkowitz

6. XXIII Scientific Forum-Int’l Congress of Cardiovascular Sciences, Recife (December 5-7) – Chair: Otoni Gomes

2014

1. IACS India Section Meeting, New Delhi (January 31-February 1) – Chair: Suresh Gupta

2. 2nd Post-Doctoral Joint Meeting on Cardiovascular Sciences, Buenos Aires (July 11) – Chair: Ricardo Gelpi

3. New Frontiers in Basic Cardiovascular Research, Smolenice (June 15-19) – Chair: Jan Slezak

4. 2nd Post-Doctoral Joint Meeting on Cardiovascular Sciences, Buenos Aires (July 10-12) – Chair: Otoni Gelpi

5. 2nd Cardiovascular Forum for Promoting Centres of Excellence and Young Investigators, Winnipeg (September 4-6) – Chairs: Naranjan Dhalla, Alan Menkis

6. IACS European Section Meeting, Lake Balaton (October 8-11) Chair: Andras Varro

7. XXIV Scientific Forum, Maceio-Alagoas (November 13-15) – Chair: Otoni Gomes

2015

1. 7th International Conference on Recent Advancesin Cardiovascular Sciences, Amity University, Noida (March 10-11) – Chair: Shyam Agrawal

2. 1st Indo-Canadian Symposium, Trivandrum (March 13-14) – Chairs: Surya Ramachandran, Chandrasekharan Kartha

3. 6th Harold Buchwald Heart Lecture by Noel Bairey Merz on “NEW APPROACHES TO PERSONAL HEART HEALTH”, Winnipeg, Canada (May 4) – Chair: Ivan Berkowitz

4. Advances in Cardiovascular Research, Smolenice (September 2-5) – Chair: Jan Slezak

5. 3rd Cardiovascular Forum for Promoting Centres of Excellence and Young Investigators, Omaha (September 10-12) – Chair: Devendra Agrawal

6. IACS – Europe Section Meeting, Belgrade (October 8-10) – Chair: Dragan Djuric

7. 5th Scientific Forum, Vitoria (November 12-14) Chairs: Otoni Gomes, Melchior Lima

2016

1. 8th International Conference on Translational Research in Cardiovascular Sciences, Gujarat, India (February 5–6) – Chair: Tejal Gandhi

2. 2nd Peru–Brazil Post-Doctoral Joint Meeting on Cardiovascular Sciences, Lima, Peru (May 20–21)

3. 4th Argentina-Brazil Post-Doctoral Joint Meeting on Cardiovascular Sciences, Buenos Aires, Argentina (July 21)

4. 4th Cardiovascular Forum for Promoting Centres of Excellence and Young Investigators, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada (September 22–24) – Chair: Ghassan Bkaily

5. IACS 3rd European Section Meeting, Szeged, Hungary, (October 1-4) – Chair: Andras Varro

6. 26th Scientific Forum, Bela Horizonte, Brazil (October 20–22) – Chair: Naranjan Dhalla

2017

1. 9th International Conference of Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences – India Section, Delhi, India (February 9–11) – Chair: Arunabha Ray

2. 5th Argentina–Brazil Post-Doctoral Joint Meeting on Cardiovascular Sciences, Buenos Aires, Brazil (July 21)

3. 5th Annual Forum to Promote Young Investigators and Centers of Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences Florida, USA (August 31– September 2) – Co-chairs: Dinender Singla, Bill DeCampli, Sampath Parthasarathy

4. 4th European Section Meeting, Pecs, Hungary (September 28–30) – Chair: Andras Varro

5. 27th Scientific Forum, Campo Grande, Brazil (October 20–21)

2018

1. 10th International Conference on Recent Advances in Cardiovascular Sciences, Madurai, India (February 8– 10)

2. 5th European Section meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, (May 23–26)

3. A Joint Conference of the Central American and Caribbean Society of Cardiology, the Cuban Society of Cardiology and the North American Section of Cardiovascular Sciences, Havana, Cuba (June 5–8)

4. 4th Congress of Physiological Sciences of Serbia with International Participation, entitled “Current Trends in Physiological Sciences: From Cell Signals and to the Biology of Aging” under the auspices of FEPS, IUPS, ISP, and IACS. Serbia (September 19–23)

5. 28th Scientific Forum, Maceio –AL, Brazil (November 22 –24)

2019

1. Translational Research in Cardiovascular Sciences, IACS-India, Lakkasandra, Bangalore, India (February 15-17)

2. 6th Meeting of European Section and 7th Meeting of North American Section of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia (September 10-14) – Chairs: Vladimir Jakovljevic and Dragan Djuric

3. International Symposium on Cellular Therapy in Cardiovascular Medicine: Stem Cell Opportunity, Ankara, Turkey (October 30 – November 1) – Chairs: Belma Turan and Kamil Akcali

2020

International Conference of Cardiovascular Sciences, New Delhi, India (February 21–23)

2021

Joint Conference for 8th North American Section Meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences and 7th European Section Meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Banja Luka, the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina (September 20-23)

2022

1. 9th North American Section Meeting of the International Society of Heart Research and International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Winnipeg, Manitoba (September 6-9)

2. 8th European Section Meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Szeged, Hungary (September 28- October 1)

3. 1st Conference of European Academy of Molecular Hydrogen Research in Biomedicine, Bratislava, Slovak Republic (October 17-20)

2023

1. The Heart Failure Conflux Virtual Conference, Kerala, India (February 4-7)

2. IACS-ISHR Meeting on Advancements of Cardiovascular Medicine and Research, Chandigarh, India (February 16-18)

3. 10th North American Section Meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Tampa, USA (September 7-9)

4. 9th European Section Meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Timisoara, Romania (October 4-7)

5. 29th Scientific Forum, Vitoria, Brazil (October 20-21)

2024

1. Joint IACS-ICHR Meeting for Cardiovascular Sciences, Jodhpur, India (February 16-18)

2. 11th North American Section Meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Houston, USA (September 19-21)

3. 30th Scientific Forum on Cardiovascular Sciences and 22nd Meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences – South American Section, Vitoria, Brazil (October 17-19)

4. 10th European Section Meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia (October 28-30)

2025

1. The Heart Failure Conflux Virtual Conference, Kochi, India (February 1-2)

2. 22nd Indian Section Meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Ahmedabad, India (February 16-18)

3. 12th North American Section Meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Las Vegas, USA (September 18-20)

4. 23rd South American Section Meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Palmas, Brazil (October 16-18)

5. 11th European Section Meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic (November 2-4)

2026

1. Joint IACS-ICHR Meeting for Cardiovascular Sciences, New Delhi, India (February 5-7)

 

 

Headquarters

Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences

University of Manitoba

St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
R2H 2A6