Rome, Italy, October 11-14, 2023
ET-18 Conference Information
Date and Place
October 11-14, 2023, Rome, Italy
Conference Venue
Hotel NH Collection Roma Centro
Via di Gracchi 324
00192 Roma, Italy
More information at https://www.nh-hotels.com/hotel/nh-collection-roma-centro
ET-18 Conference Secretariat
The Conference Secretariat is based at AIM Group International's Rome Office and can be contacted by phone (+39-06-33053.1) or e-mail (et-18rome2023@aimgroup.eu).
Conference On-site Registration desk
Hotel NH Collection Roma Centro
Via di Gracchi 324
00192 Roma, Italy
On-site Registration Hours:
Wednesday, October 11: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Thursday: October 12: 7:15 AM-5:30 PM
Friday: October 13: 8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Saturday: October 14: 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
Conference Registration
Go to online registration to register for the conference. Attendance is limited to 150 delegates and registration is available on first-come, first serve basis.
Abstract Submission Deadlines
Please contact the ET-18 Conference Secretariat
Conference Organization
Conference Chairs
Conference Faculty
Conference Chairs
Carmine Cardiillo, Rome
Francesca Schinzari, Rome
Bean Dhaun, Edinburgh
Honorary Conference Chair
Masashi Yanagisawa, Tsukuba
Invited Speakers
Anna Bagnato
Regina Elena National Cancer Institute
Rome
Italy
Matthias Barton
University of Zurich
Zurich
Switzerland
Jan Danser
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Kieran Docherty
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
Scotland
Anthony P. Davenport
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Neeraj Dhaun
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Scotland
Noriaki Emoto
Kobe Pharmaceutical University and Kobe University
Kobe
Japan
Adviye Ergul
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, NC
United States
Anil Gulati
Midwestern University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
United States
Hiddo Lambers Heerspink
University Medical Center Groningen
Groningen
The Netherlands
Donald E. Kohan
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
United States
Yukiko Kurihara
University of Tokyo
Tokyo
Japan
Wilhelmus Kwanten
University of Antwerp
Antwerp
Belgium
Michael Rendl
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
United States
Rajkumar Savai
Justus Liebig University Giessen & Max Planck
Institute for Heart and Lung Research Bad Nauheim
Germany
Ernesto Schiffrin
McGill University
Montreal
Canada
Pierre-Louis Tharaux
Paris-Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire (PARCC)
Paris
France
Rhian M. Touyz
McGill University
Montreal
Canada
Masashi Yanagisawa
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba
Japan
Session Chairs
Matthias Barton
University of Zurich
Zurich
Switzerland
Ariela Benigni
Mario Negri Institute
Bergamo
Italy
Carmine Cardillo
Catholic University
Rome
Italy
David Pollock
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
United States
Jo De Mey
Maastricht University
Maastricht
Netherlands
Pedro D’Orleans-Juste
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke
Canada
Michelle Gumz
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
United States
Rajat Gupta
Brigham & Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
United States
Kelly Hyndman
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
United States
Donald E. Kohan
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
United States
Janet Maguire
University of Cambridge
Cambridge,
United States
John Pernow
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm
Sweden
Jennifer Pollock
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
United States
Manfredi Tesauro
Tor Vergata University Rome
Rome
Italy
Rita Tostes
University of Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Ivana Vaneckova
Czech Academy of Sciences
Prague
Czech Republic
David J. Webb
The Queen Medical’s Research Institute
Edinburgh
Scotland
Pharmaceutical Industry Sponsors
Chinook Therapeutics, Inc.
Pharmazz, Inc.
Conference Information
Transportation and Travel Information
Information about travel to Italy, to Rome, and to the vanue can be found here.
For further information please contact the ET-18 Conference Secretariat.
Official Language
The official language of the conference is English.
Internet Access
Free WLAN internet access will be available for all conference attendees.
Please collect the login details at the registration desk.
Opening Hours
The registration desk will be open during the following hours
and will be located at to be announced
Wednesday, October 11, 2023: 15:00 – 19:00
Thursday, October 12, 2023: 08:00 – 18:00
Friday, October 13, 2023: 08:00 – 18:00
Saturday, October 15, 2023: 08:00 – 17:00
Special Support Needs
Conference attendees, their family members or spouses
requiring special support, dietary help, need for medical
care, or need for other forms of support please contact
the ET-18 Conference Secretariat. for help
with organizing special arrangements.
Social Program
Wednesday
A Welcome Reception will take place on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.
Time and place will be announced. More information will be available soon
Thursday
For guests, family members, and those interested a
guided tour through Rome, covering historical
Rome, will take place. Further information will be available shortly.
The “ET-18 Conference Group Photograph” of all ET-18
conference attendees will be taken immediately
following Symposium II between 11:45 and 12:15 hrs
Attendees are asked to be available for the
photographer. In case of rain a new location will be announced
on October 12, 2023 during the morning sessions.
The ET-18 Young Investigator Event will be held at on Thursday, October12th, 2023,
starting at 18:00 hrs. Please contact the ET-12 conference secretariat for further information.
Friday
A pre-banquet reception will be held (weather permitting) on Friday Evening,
October 13, 2023, starting at 19:00 hrs. The place will be announced.
The official ET-18 Conference Banquet will take place at
the to be announced. The banquet will start at 19:30. Please contact the ET-12 conference secretariat for details.
Scientific Program
The scientific program includes oral and poster presentations
and invited lectures. Information about the Scientific Program,
lectures and oral presentations can be found here.
Lecture Hall
Lectures and oral presentations will be given in to be announced.
Mobile Telephones
All delegates must switch off all mobile telephones
before entering the lecture hall
Oral Presentations
A secretarial office on the ground floor of the lecture hall
will be available to the speakers for previewing their
Powerpoint slides before their presentations.
Presentations of invited speakers and presenters of oral
presentations must be provided as Microsoft Powerpoint
files, arranged in the exact order, and handed to the
persons in charge of projections at least 30 minutes
prior to the start of the corresponding session or
during breaks (coffee/lunch) prior to the session
Poster Presentations
Poster presentations will be held in the to be announced.
The set up and the removal of the posters must be carried out
by authors according to the following schedule.
Poster set up: by 08:30 hrs every morning
Poster removal: after 17:00 hrs every evening
Poster session times will be announced.
At least one of the authors is required to attend his or her
poster during the presentation time period set in the
programme (i.e. from 12:00 to 14:00). Poster session
moderators will lead through poster presentations.
The Organizers are not responsible for any items,
including posters, left in the rooms.
Presentations Rules for Chairs
Time-tables for all of the scientific sessions must be strictly controlled.
Chairs of oral sessions and symposia are asked to remind and, if
necessary, to interrupt speakers if the time allowed for each
presentation is exceeded. Moderators of the poster
sessions are requested to have poster presenters give a
short but complete overview of their work and to lead
the discussion with the audience.
Last Minute Changes Regarding Presentations and Chairs
A notice-board will be placed in the conference area, for
any last-minute changes in the program, as well as for
other types of essential information intended for the
conference delegates. Conference delegates are kindly
asked to check this board frequently.
Coffee Breaks
Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided during breaks of the morning and afternoon sessions.
Lunches
Lunch will be announced. Please consult the programme
for specific lunch times, as they vary slightly on each day.
Photographs, Recordings of Presentations, Social Media
More information will follow.
Publication of Conference Proceedings
All accepted abstracts are eligible for publication as original manuscript.
Manuscripts need to be submitted online by November 1, 2023.
All authors of accepted abstracts will receive detailed information about the
submission procedure in due time. There be no submission or publishing
charges. All manuscripts will undergo peer-review, and accepted manuscripts
will be published in a Special Issue of the Elsevier journal Life Sciences which
will be edited by Carmine Cardillo, MD, Catholic University of Rome.
