New Swiss Horizons

18 - 20 September 2026

Guarda Val Hotel, Lenzerheide

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Latest Topics in Arrhythmia Management

NEW SWISS HORIZONS is an opportunity to catch up with the latest advances in arrhythmia management with a special focus on ablation and cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Outstanding scientific faculty members and renowned chairmen and speakers including ablation, ICD/PM device and heart failure specialists will gather to discuss your areas of interest in the field of cardiac disease management. The compact format and informal atmosphere of this symposium will favour open communication in order to share our experiences to improve patient care.
The Scientific Faculty has set out to make this symposium an inspiring, high quality event and we look forward to meeting you in Lenzerheide.

Scientific Faculty

Haran Burri, Geneva

Giulio Conte, Lugano

Christian Sticherling, Basel

Congress Secretariat

CCE Services GmbH
Dornacherstrasse 82
4053 Basel
+41 61 551 07 00
info@cce-services.ch

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Accommodation

Guarda Val Hotel

Voa Sporz

7078 Lenzerheide

www.guardaval.ch

Accreditation

CME accreditation was confirmed by the Swiss Society of Cardiology with 13 credits category 1C.

Scientific Program

Friday, 18 September 2026

Time
Title of Session / Presentation
Chairman / Speaker
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00
Welcome and Introduction
Giulio Conte, Lugano
14:05 - 15:50
SESSION 1
Open Lectures
Giulio Conte, Lugano
Nikola Kozhuharov, Bern
14:05
Redo PVI: All PV isolated. Now what?
Marco Bergonti, Lugano
14:35
Modern ICD therapy: transvenous, subcutaneous or extravascular?
Christian Sticherling, Basel
15:05
ACS: Contemporary antithrombotic management of AF patients
Laurent Roten, Bern
15:35
2026 EHRA Pulsed Field Ablation Consensus
Michael Kühne, Basel
16:05 - 16:35
Coffee break
16:35 - 19:00
SESSION 2
Case Session: My most spectacular case
Alexander Breitenstein, Zürich
Sven Reek, Aarau
16:35
Case 1: Ablation
Sonja Busch, Münsterlingen
17:00
Case 2: Ablation or Device
Reto Stump, St.Gallen
17:25
Case 3: Device complications
Laurent Haegeli, Aarau
17:50
Case 4: Ablation or Device
Giulia Domenichini, Lausanne
18:15
Case 5: Marshall`s bad connections
Philipp Krisai, Basel
18:40 - 19:00
Discussion

Saturday, 19 September 2026

Time
Title of Session / Presentation
Chairman / Speaker
09:00 - 10:30
SESSION 3
Meet the Experts
Christian Sticherling, Basel
Claudia Herrera, Bern
09:00
Early SCD risk management under modern heart failure therapy
Olivier Piot, Saint Denis (FR)
09:25
Integrated PFA Workflows: Mapping Guided Ablation Today and Tomorrow
Tom De Potter, Aalst (BE)
09:50
Latest developments in intra-procedural ECG monitoring and imaging modalities to support CSP implantation
Tardu Özkartal, Lugano
10:15
Discussion
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00
SESSION 4
Debate: All asymptomatic patients with AF younger than 65 years should be ablated
Philipp Krisai, Basel
Amir Jadidi, Luzern
11:00
- Pro
Tobias Reichlin, Bern
11:25
- Con
Peter Ammann, St. Gallen
11:50
Discussion
12:00 - 13:45
Lunch
13:45 - 15:30
SESSION 5
Open Lectures
Patrizio Pascale, Lausanne
Jens Seiler, Aarau
13:45
The role of Intracardiac Ultrasound in modern EP
Patrick Badertscher, Basel
14:15
Repolarization abnormalities: When to worry?
Ardan Saguner, Zürich
14:45
Concomittant LAA-Occlusion during PVI
Giulio Conte, Lugano
15:15
Discussion
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 18:20
SESSION 6
Case Session: My nightmare case
Patrick Badertscher, Basel
Laurent Roten, Bern
16:00
Case 1: Pearls in ECG and IEGM with CSP
Haran Burri, Genève
16:25
Case 2: Ablation
Andreas Müller, Zürich
16:50
Case 3: Device
Christian Grebmer, Luzern
17:15
Case 4: A scary pocket and an unexpected savior
Samuel Stempfel, Genève
17:40
Case 5: Device
Daniele Faccenda, Lugano
18:05
Discussion
18:20
Wrap up
Christian Sticherling, Basel

Sponsors

The organizers cordially thank the following companies for their support in 2026.