ESCR-ESTI Joint Meeting 2023

Dear Colleagues, Friends and Sponsors,

on behalf of the European Societies of Cardiovascular Radiology and Thoracic Imaging, it is our great pleasure to invite you to come to Berlin for our second joint meeting 2023.

The meeting will take place in the heart of the city at a venue which combines optimum convenience for our meeting and comfortable accommodation on site. Public transport options to reach the site are ample, with Berlin main station nearby and fast S-Bahn connection to the airport. Besides the comprehensive educational and scientific program, the participants will have the chance to get a good taste of Berlin right outside the convention center: The worldwide known sights of the city are located at foot walking distance or just a short S-Bahn ride away.

The congress program will appreciate the potential synergies of a joint meeting, featuring a common track of educational and scientific lectures focusing on particularly interesting overlapping topics from both imaging fields – to be surrounded by a colorful bunch of lectures and workshops from all over cardiovascular and thoracic imaging.

As an ouverture, educational thoracic/cardiac imaging workshops of the Roentgen society of our host country (DRG) are planned the day before the meeting and will take the lead, preparing for a flying start into the main program.

Covering all formats of lectures from plenary sessions and state-of-the-art presentations to “hands on” in small groups, we will review and discuss the current best clinical practice and explore the future developments in our fields. We hope for stimulating and enjoyable discussions during the sessions, as much as during the informal features of the meeting, where there will be many opportunities for discussion, to meet and greet colleagues from many different horizons and backgrounds, to exchange, compare and learn. To take home new inspirations for your daily work and research and, last but not least, to establish new professional collaboration, networking and friendship.

Berlin itself needs no advertising. Around the meeting, feel invited to dive into the unique spirit of the place with its experimental, modern and inspiring atmosphere grounded on former and new elegance and its controversial history at the watershed between west and east. We invite you to take the extra time to see the museums, to taste the art and culture life of the city and to enjoy so much more there is to see and do.

See you in Berlin!

 

Karl-Friedrich Kreitner, ESCR 2023 Congress President

 

 

Jürgen Biederer, ESTI 2023 Congress President

GENERAL INFORMATION

The ESCR-ESTI Joint Meeting will be organised as in-person event. No online/on-demand participation will be offered.

DISCLAIMER/LIABILITY

Education Congress Research GmbH/ESCR-ESTI 2023 cannot accept any liability for the acts of the suppliers to this meeting or the attendees’ safety while travelling to or from the congress. All participants and accompanying persons are strongly advised to carry adequate travel and health insurance, as Education Congress Research GmbH/ESCR-ESTI 2023 cannot accept liability for accidents or injuries that may occur. Education Congress Research GmbH/ESCR-ESTI 2023 is not liable for personal injury and loss or damage of private property.

ORGANISING SECRETARIAT

Education Congress Research GmbH
Am Gestade 1
1010 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 1 5334064-909
Email: office@escr.org

DATE

October 26-28, 2023

Congress Venue

Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin
Stephansstraße 41
10559 Berlin
Germany
Website

CONGRESS PRESIDENTS

Prof. Karl-Friedrich Kreitner
Prof. Jürgen Biederer

CONFERENCE LANGUAGE

The meeting is held in English.

ACCOMMODATION

We are happy to announce that a number of rooms at the congress venue have been secured for delegates of the ESCR-ESTI Joint Meeting 2023. Please click on the button below to reserve your room at the congress location at the best rate.

Please note that this is a third party service provided by an external company. In case of questions and/or inquiries, kindly contact the MOA Mercure Hotel. Education Congress Research Gmbh/ESCR-ESTI 2023 cannot accept any liability for external services.

PROGRAMME

Kindly note that the programme will still be subject to changes.

PRE-COURSES

Kindly note that both pre-courses will be held in German language and that an additional registration is required.

Q2-Kurse Herz-CT und Herz-MRT - GERMAN

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, Freunde und Partner,

wir möchten Sie sehr herzlich im kommenden Herbst vom 25.-27. Oktober zu den Q2-Kursen Herz-CT und Herz-MRT nach Berlin einladen. Die Programmgestaltung der Qualifizierungskurse erfolgte nach dem bewährten Schema und unter der Ägide der AG Herz und Gefäße der Deutschen Röntgengesellschaft. Hier führen Sie ausgewiesene Experten auf dem Gebiet der kardialen CT- und MRT-Bildgebung durch das aktuelle und attraktive Programm. Kursinhalte des CT-Kurses decken neben den derzeit gültigen Leitlinien wichtige Grundlagen wie die Patientenvorbereitung, Management/ Pharmakologie, Strahlenexposition und Postprocessing ab. Daneben werden vertieft die präinterventionelle CTDiagnostik einschließlich Plaque- und Ischämiediagnostik behandelt wie auch die Bildgebung nach Bypass, Stent- und Klappenimplantation.

Analog zum CT-Kurs umfasst der MR-Kurs aktuelle Leitlinien und Studien zur kardialen MRT sowie Patientenvorbereitung, Management/Pharmakologie und Notfalltherapie. Danach werden die ischämische Kardiopathie gefolgt von den Kardiomyopathien: hier werden neben den klassischen Untersuchungstechniken weitergehende Techniken wie Mapping und Strain-Analyse behandelt. Sitzungen zu Klappen- und kongenitale Vitien runden das Programm ab.

Die Kurse finden vor und z.T. parallel zur 2. gemeinsamen Jahrestagung der European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI) und der European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR) statt. Dies soll Ihnen auch die Möglichkeit geben, Ihre erworbenen Kenntnisse auf dem Gebiet der kardiothorakalen Bildgebung durch die Teilnahme am Joint Meeting zu vertiefen. Wir haben uns – auch aus organisatorischen Gründen – verständigt, dass eine Teilnahme an den Q-Kursen zu deutlich vergünstigten Bedingungen bei Anmeldung zum Joint Meeting möglich ist.

Der Tagungsort Berlin ermöglicht aber nicht nur die Vertiefung der Kenntnisse in kardialer und thorakaler Bildgebung, sondern bietet weitere Möglichkeiten, den Aufenthalt in der Bundeshauptstadt abwechslungsreich zu gestalten.

Wir freuen uns, Sie bald in Berlin begrüßen zu dürfen!

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Lukas Lehmkuhl
Prof. Dr. Matthias Gutberlet
Chairmen Q-Kurse
Prof. Dr. Karl-Friedrich Kreitner
Congress President ESCR

Vorkurs-Gebühr: 200€ (inkludiert ein Vorkurs Dinner am Mittwoch, den 25. Oktober | nur in Verbindung mit Kongressregistraturen buchbar)

KURSPROGRAMM

Masterkurs Thoraxbildgebung - GERMAN

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, Freunde und Partner,

wir möchten Sie sehr herzlich im kommenden Herbst am 25. und 26. Oktober 2023 nach Berlin zum vierten Masterkurs Thoraxbildgebung einladen.

Neue Techniken wie die funktionelle Bildgebung der Lunge, die quantitative CT, spektrale Bildgebung und Photon-Counting-CT erweitern das Spektrum der Thoraxradiologie und bieten Chancen und Perspektiven für personalisierte Patientenversorgung. Neue Herausforderungen entstehen mit dem Lungenkrebsscreening. Zum Einstieg in diese Themen und zur Auffrischung vorhandenen Wissens haben wir in Zusammenarbeit mit der AG Thorax der Deutschen Röntgengesellschaft (DRG) sowie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pneumologie (DGP) wieder ein attraktives Programm zusammengestellt, das Sie in die Grundlagen und in die Spezialthemen der Bildgebung der Thoraxorgane mit Focus auf die wichtigsten Lungenerkrankungen einführt. Ausgewiesene, erfahrene nationale und internationale Experten aus Radiologie und Pneumologie bringen Ihnen an den beiden Tagen die aktuellen „Hot Topics“ der Thoraxbildgebung nahe.

Der Kurs setzt die erfolgreiche Fortbildungsreihe der AG Thorax der DRG fort – diesmal in einem besonderen Rahmen in Zusammenhang mit dem ESCR-ESTI Joint Meeting 2023. In diesem Sinne schließt der sonst wie gewohnt deutschsprachige Kurs in zwei gemeinsamen Sitzungen mit der European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI) in englischer Sprache, auf denen die wichtigsten Aspekte des Lungenkarzinomscreenings in Deutschland, Europa und der Welt präsentiert und diskutiert werden. Damit bietet sich die einmalige Gelegenheit, nach diesem kompakten Kurs zu Vorzugskonditionen auch das folgende ESCR-ESTI
Joint Meeting 2023 zu besuchen, weiter in die Welt der Lungen- und Herzbildgebung einzutauchen und das erlangte Wissen zu erweitern und zu vertiefen.

Wir freuen uns, Sie bald in Berlin begrüßen zu dürfen!

Mark Wielpütz 
Masterkurs Präsident
Jürgen Biederer
ESTI 2023 Präsident

Weiter Informationen sind unter www.myesti.org zu finden.

WORKSHOPS

We are happy to announce that a series of workshops will be offered on occasion of the ESCR-ESTI Joint Meeting 2023.
Each workshop will take approx. 60 min. and is limited to a maximum number of 20 participants.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Attendance to one or more workshops requires an active/paid congress registration.
Furthermore, you need to book your place in each workshop.

Workshop Fee: 20€ per workshop and person

REGISTRATION

Please register either via the ESCR OR the ESTI registration system. There is no need to register twice. If you have an active ESCR- or ESTI membership, please use the registration system of the respective society to benefit from the reduced member fee.

Early registration
until September 3
Late registration
until October 25
Onsite registration
until October 28
Regular Ticket Non-Member 460,00 € 560,00 € 660,00 €
Regular Ticket Member* 360,00 € 460,00 € 560,00 €
Resident/Junior Non-Member 240,00 € 310,00 € 380,00 €
Resident Member* 190,00 € 260,00 € 330,00 €
Nurse/Technologist/Technician/Physicist/Physician Non-Member* 240,00 € 310,00 € 380,00 €
Nurse/Technologist/Technician/Physicist/Physician Member* 190,00 € 260,00 € 330,00 €
Student*   50,00 €   50,00 €   50,00 €
Add-On Q2-Kurse Herz-CT und Herz-MRT* 200,00 € 200,00 € 200,00 €
Evening Event   90,00 €   90,00 €   90,00 €

Please note that all prices are excluding 19% VAT.

Reduced member registration is available to all active ESCR 2023 members in good standing.

Reduced resident registration will be offered to residents, who have to send or email a letter, written on official hospital letter paper and signed by the head of department, confirming their status as such within 5 working days after online registration. In case this confirmation is not received, the registration fee will automatically be adjusted to a regular fee. The age limit for a registration as resident is set at 35 years (incl. the age of 35).

Registration categorised as allied sciences is limited in general to nurses, technologists and physicists without any academic title. Nurses, technologists and physicists have to send or email a letter, written on official hospital letter paper and signed by the head of department, confirming their status as such within 5 working days after completed online registration. In case this confirmation is not received, the registration fee will automatically be adjusted to a regular fee.

Student registration will be offered to students without any academic title. Students are kindly asked to send an email to the ESCR Office with a copy of their valid student picture ID and a copy of their passport. The age limit for a registration as student is set at 30 years (incl. the age of 30).

For further information or registration kindly contact office@escr.org.

 

Kindly note that this course will be held in German language only and that places are limited. This add-on ticket can only be purchased in combination with a congress registration.


TERMS & CONDITIONS

Click here to download the Terms and Conditions (Cancellation Policy).

In case of cancellation, neither Education Congress Research GmbH, nor ESCR or ESTI will refund any registration fee(s). Education Congress Research GmbH/ESCR-ESTI 2023 offers all interested persons the option of taking out an insurance with our partner ‘Europäische Reiseversicherung’. The insurance fee depends on the selected ticket and can only be booked during online registration. After payment and finalisation of the registration, insurance can no longer be selected. All cancellation requests must be issued to the ‘Europäische Reiseversicherung’ directly. Refunds will be given according to the terms and conditions of the ‘Europäische Reiseversicherung’. Neither Education Congress Research GmbH nor ESCR or ESTI are responsible for any refunds of registration fees.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Abstract Submission is closed.
We would like to thank all abstract submitters for their contribution!
Notifications of acceptance/rejection will be sent beginning of June.

 

General Information
We are happy to invite all interested persons to submit an abstract for this year’s ESCR-ESTI Joint Meeting 2023. Authors of the best abstracts will be invited to present their work during the Scientific Sessions in Berlin. Abstracts that cannot be accepted for oral presentation will be invited to be presented as online poster. The presenter of an accepted abstract must be registered for the ESCR-ESTI Joint Meeting 2023.

Awards
– 2x Magna Cum Laude (1x ESCR / 1x ESTI) – 300€ + Free Registration to the Annual Scientific Meeting 2024
– 2x Cum Laude (1x ESCR / 1x ESTI) – 150€ + Free Registration to the Annual Scientific Meeting 2024
– 6x Certificates of Merit (3x ESCR / 3x ESTI) – Free Registration to the Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 

Please note, that attendance at the award ceremony is mandatory. Presenters who are unable to attend the award ceremony are ineligible to receive an award.

Abstract Structure
Abstract content is limited to a maximum of 2750 characters (including spaces). Accepted abstracts may be published in the final programme brochure, the ESCR and ESTI journals, an online syllabus and/or on the ESCR website.
More information regarding abstract guidelines can be found here

Invited Abstract

Please only select this abstract type if you have officially been invited by ESCR/ESTI to give an oral presentation. Abstracts, which are not officially invited but submitted to this category, will be withdrawn automatically.

Oral Abstract - Cardiovascular

The abstract should be separated in “Purpose/Objectives”, “Methods and Materials”, “Results” and “Conclusion”. The body limit is 2750 characters. Authors of accepted oral presentations will be invited for a presentation within the ESCR Scientific Sessions. Presentation time will be up to 8 minutes (depending on the final programme). The presenter of an oral presentation has to be registered for the ESCR-ESTI 2023 Joint Meeting.
Accepted abstracts may be published in the final programme brochure, an online syllabus and/or on the ESCR website as well as in  partner journals of ESCR.

Scientific Poster - Cardiovascular

The abstract should be separated in “Purpose”, “Methods and Materials”, “Results”, “Conclusion” and “References”. The body limit is 2750 characters. The presenter of the poster has to be registered for the ESCR-ESTI 2023 Joint Meeting.
Accepted abstracts may be published in the final programme brochure, an online syllabus and/or on the ESCR website as well as in  partner journals of ESCR.

Educational Poster - Cardiovascular

The abstract should be separated in “Learning Objectives”, “Background”, “Imaging findings OR Procedure details”, “Conclusion” and “References”. The body limit is 2750 characters. The presenter of the poster has to be registered for the ESCR-ESTI 2023 Joint Meeting.
Accepted abstracts may be published in the final programme brochure, an online syllabus and/or on the ESCR website as well as in partner journals of ESCR.

Important Deadlines
Abstract Submission deadline: Sunday, April 16, 2023 (23:59 CEST)
Deadline for presentation and poster upload is Saturday, September 30, 2023

YAPP – Young Abstract Presenter Programme

ABOUT THE YAP PROGRAMME

The European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology appreciates and encourages the submission of abstracts from young radiologists. Therefore, we are pleased to announce that in 2023 the YAP Programme will be revived.

A limited number of accepted oral presenters (no poster presenters, no submitters and no co-authors) below the age of 35 (incl. age of 35) will be able to participate in ESCR 2023 congress with a complimentary registration and will benefit from an accommodation grant of up to 400€ for a maximum number of two nights.

 

YAPP 2023 – COURSE OF ACTION

You will get a notification from the ESCR Office whether your abstract has been accepted for an oral presentation.
Among all accepted oral presenters, the second evaluation in terms of YAPP classification will be done. As soon as the YAPP winners are selected, they will be notified per email about their acceptance.

The European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology retains the right to reject any applicant without giving the reasons. The reimbursement will be granted to the amount of money set by ESCR for a maximum of two nights and only upon presentation of original receipts (the original hotel invoice to be sent to the ESCR office in Vienna via regular mail or handed in to the office representatives onsite at the congress venue).

Sponsoring

ESCR-ESTI 2023 Berlin

It is our pleasure to invite you to become part of the second Joint Meeting in the field of Cardiovascular Radiology and Thoracic Imaging. The meeting will be held from October 26-28, 2023, in Berlin/DE. Various options within an attractive and exciting congress programme focusing on cardiovascular and chest imaging shall help to perfectly position your company and reach out to about 800 expected international participants.

 

Main topics 2023

As an ouverture, two pre-congress courses held in German, „Masterkurs Thoraxradiologie“ and „Q1/Q2-Kurs Herz-CT und Herz-MRT“, will prepare for a flying start on Wednesday October 25, 2023. The main programme will then further appreciate the potential synergies of a joint meeting, focusing on particularly interesting overlapping topics from both imaging fields – to be surrounded by a colorful bunch of educational and scientific lectures and workshops from all over the fields of cardiovascular and thoracic imaging.

 

Supporting the ESCR-ESTI Joint Meeting – What’s in for the industry?

– Participate and present your products/research in an exhibition to an international audience
– Stimulate and discuss new research: Use this occasion to stir discussion and create awareness
– Encourage and promote education and public awareness
– Cooperate and network with opinion leaders
– Support and assist opinion leaders to reach the best clinical recommendations for current therapeutic dilemmas
– Inform and update international participants on clinical and technological developments

 

The industry partners are the most important supporters for both societies, ESCR and ESTI, enabling us to organise the second Joint Meeting and to keep the high quality and standard of our meetings. In return, the ESCR and ESTI would like to offer various different options of a possible cooperation enlisted in the sponsor options brochure.

Besides our standard options, we will be happy to create your very own sponsor package or discuss further options that might be interesting to your company. We would be delighted to welcome you as a partner of the ESCR-ESTI Joint Meeting in October 2023.

Yours sincerely
ESCR Office | ESTI Office

INDUSTRY PARTNERS 2023

SCAM WARNINGS – BE VIGILANT!

Delegates, participants, exhibitors and other partners are continually targeted by companies claiming to be, or work with, event organisers. They use existing event branding and may appear genuine. In the past this has included directories and hotel bookings, besides other requests.

Our official partners are listed on the conference website, thus we ask you to retrieve all information and guidance from there only.

ESCR has no impact on possible scam attempts and thus will not assume any liability for such activity. Please do inform us immediately if you receive anything unexpected, looking like potential scam or that you are unsure of.

What to do if targeted by a scammer

In case you encounter or receive scam:
Ignore completely and do not communicate in any way. Writing letters and responding to emails simply confirms that you exist and are available at the address/email address/number they have and therefore to continue or try to pursue a payment.
1. Alert us immediately
2. Do not pay anything
3. Do not communicate with the scammers even when they threaten legal action

Hotel booking agencies

Please beware of hotel booking companies who contact participants, speakers and supporting companies claiming to be either a preferred supplier or, in some cases, working for our event, that demand up-front payment, charge substantial penalties for changes or cancellation and may not even make a reservation with the unapproved hotel.
We advise that you make your arrangements through reputable suppliers and not via unsolicited phone calls or emails.

Unsolicited Marketing Communications

Companies are being targeted by agencies claiming to supply exhibitor/visitor/participant lists and details relating to our events and products at a cost. Be aware that this data is likely fraudulent. If you receive any such unsolicited offers, please do not respond unless you have checked with us first.

If you are unsure of any correspondence received, please contact us directly at office@escr.org.