The 1st International Online Conference on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
The 1st International Online Conference on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Part of the International Online Conference on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine series
Event's Timezone: Central European Summer Time
18 January 2027
18 February 2027
15 April 2027
Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Vascular Biology, Cardiovascular Disease
Welcome from the Chairs
We are delighted to welcome you to the 1st International Online Conference on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. This conference is organized by the following cluster of MDPI open access journals, namely the Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, Cardiogenetics, Hearts, the Journal of Vascular Diseases, Cardiovascular Medicine, Kidney and Dialysis and the Journal of CardioRenal Medicine, and will be held online from 20 to 21 April 2027.
This conference offers a platform for all interested parties to engage in the exchange of ideas and share cutting-edge research findings. The conference will address diverse aspects of cardiovascular science and medicine, including, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Cardiac Genetics, Development and Disease;
- Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine and Invasive Cardiovascular Therapies;
- Vascular Medicine and Stroke;
- Cardiorenal Medicine.
We will explore the latest developments and future trends in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, with contributions from leading practitioners from around the world. This conference will serve as a valuable platform for scientific exchange and collaboration, fostering the advancement of cardiovascular research and clinical practice.
Lastly, we would like to express our gratitude for your unwavering support and participation and hope that this conference achieves great success!
Kind regards,
Conference Chairs
Prof. Dr. Matthias Thielmann
University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Francesco Locatelli
Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Lecco, Italy
Prof. Dr. Thomas Brand
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Peter Matt
Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland
Event Chairs
Prof. Dr. Matthias Thielmann is a Professor of Cardiac Surgery, and the Head of Coronary Surgery at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University Duisburg-Essen. He is Secretary General and Executive Committee Member of the European Society for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery (ESCVS), and Secretary of the European Society for Cardiology (ESC) Working Group Nucleus for Cardiovascular Surgery. He is a member of the National Guideline Committee for chronic CAD and a member of the EACTS Guideline Committee. He is also a member of the Essen Ethics Commission of the Faculty of Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen. His clinical interests include acute coronary syndromes, cardiac biomarker research, ischemia/reperfusion injury research, cardio-protection, coronary artery bypass grafting, minimally invasive valve surgery, aortic valve surgery, mitral and tricuspid valve repair, transcatheter and endovascular techniques, outcome research, and beating heart surgery.
Prof. Locatelli is Past President of the European Renal Association – European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA), International Society of Blood Purification (ISBP), and the Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN), He is an Honorary Member of Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian and Turkish Societies of Nephrology and he is International Distinguished Medalist and he received the Garabed Eknojan Award of US National Kidney Foundation. Locatelli is also an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, U.K. ( FRCPB). He has been chairman of the Lombardy Regional Dialysis and Transplantation Registry. He also served as chairman of the board of European Best Practice Guidelines (EBPG) and on the board of National Kidney Foundation, Dialysis Outcome Quality Improvement, NKFDOQITM, and on the executive board of directors of Global Guidelines and Kidney Disease Improvement Outcome KDIGO. He was President of the World Congress of Nephrology 2009 in Milan. Locatelli is President of the International Society of Geriatric Nephrology since 2007 and a Council member of the International Society of Nephrology Subject Editor of Nephrol Dial Transplant, Associate Editor of J Nephrol, Nephron Clinical Practice, Blood Purification, International Journal of Artificial Organs member of the Editorial Board of J Am Soc Nephrol, past associate Editor of Am J Kidney Dis (2001-2004). He also serves as a reviewer of a number of Journals (including the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet).
Professor Brand was recruited as a Professor and Chair of Developmental Dynamics in October 2009 from the University of Würzburg, Germany, where he was a Professor of Molecular Developmental Biology and Head of a Working Group in Cardiac Developmental Biology since 2004. He was a Group Leader at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Professor Hans-Henning Arnold), University of Braunschweig, Germany, from 1994 to 2004. He did his postdoctoral training with Professor Michael D. Schneider at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, U.S.A, from 1991 to 1994. For his Ph.D. he worked at the Max-Planck Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research in Bad Nauheim, Germany (Professor Wolfgang Schaper), from 1988 to 1990. He studied Biology at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, from 1980 to 1987. Professor Brand's research focuses on cardiac development and ageing. He is interested in the development of the proepicardium, an embryonic structure that develops into the epicardium and the coronary vasculature. He is interested in the signaling process involved in left-right asymmetry development of the heart. Finally, he works on a novel class of membrane proteins, the Popeye proteins, which are involved in stress adaptation of cardiac pacemaker activity.
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Registration
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 15 April 2027.
Instructions for Authors
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 18 January 2027.
2. Abstract acceptance notification: 18 February 2027.
Please note:
An abstract acceptance email only confirms that your abstract has been accepted. Oral or poster presentation invitations are determined separately by the conference chairs, and you will receive an additional email with the presentation result.
Abstract Requirements
1. Types of Submissions
- Accepted: Original research abstracts; systematic reviews or meta-analyses abstracts (must comply with PRISMA 2020).
- Not accepted: Narrative, scoping, comparative, perspective, opinion, or essay-style reviews.
2. Content Requirements
- Length: 200–300 words.
- Structure: Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions.
- Language: Clear, publication-ready English.
- Originality: Must be original and unpublished; previously published abstracts will not be considered.
3. Authorship
- The submitting author must ensure all co-authors approve the content.
- Authors may submit multiple abstracts, but only one abstract per author may be selected for an oral presentation.
1. Each abstract must designate one presenter. To change the presenter, please contact us after you receive the oral/poster presentation invitation.
2. Only live presentations are accepted.
3. Presenters who do not attend the live session will not be eligible for awards or presentation certificates.
- Use a clear and logical structure, typically Introduction-Methods-Results&Discussion structure (IMRaD) or a field-appropriate alternative;
- Emphasize the relevance of the work;
- Support key findings with clear figures or tables where appropriate;
- Conclude with a critical interpretation of the results and their impact.
Posters should be designed to allow independent understanding of the research and clearly present the essential elements of the study.
Each poster should include:
- Title, authors, affiliations, and contact details (clearly displayed at the top);
- Brief introduction outlining the research objective;
- Concise methodology summary;
- Main results, supported by clear, well-labeled figures or tables where appropriate;
- Short conclusion summarizing key findings and their relevance.
Dimensions (cm): 84.1 × 118.9 (A0 - portrait)
Resolution: 300 dpi
Pixel size (portrait, 300 dpi): 9933 × 14043 px
Minimum font size: ≥24
The poster template can be downloaded HERE. We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information.
It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
1. Topics Collections in Participating Journals
Participants in thus conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the Topics Collections in Participating Journals (to be updated), published in Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (ISSN 2308-3425), Cardiogenetics (ISSN 2035-8148), Hearts (ISSN 2673-3846), Journal of Vascular Diseases (ISSN 2813-2475), Cardiovascular Medicine (ISSN 1664-204X), Kidney and Dialysis (ISSN 2673-8236), Journal of CardioRenal Medicine(ISSN 3042-6987), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI's standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
2. Proceedings Paper Publication
Authors of accepted abstracts are highly encouraged to submit an extended proceeding paper (ideally 4–8 pages in length) for the conference's dedicated proceedings volume in Medical Sciences Forum (ISSN 2673-9992) for free, please submit it after the conference. Publication of the proceedings will be free of charge.
Proceedings submission deadline: 5 June 2027.
Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to Medical Sciences Forum, and be sure to disclose the conference information in your cover letter or mention the conference name in your submission.
IOCCVM_proceeding_paper-template.docx
Publication Notice: Proceeding papers will undergo peer-review procedure. Acceptance at the conference does not ensure final publication.
Event Awards
Best Oral Presentation and Best Poster Awards
1. Best Oral Presentation Award
Eligibility: Open to all authors selected as oral speakers who have delivered their presentation. Failure to present, delegation of the presentation to another person, or use of AI-generated voice or similar substitutes will result in disqualification.
Criteria: Evaluation considers scientific rigor (clear, literature-supported research question or hypothesis, appropriate methodology, robust analysis and critical discussion of the results), IMRaD/field-appropriate structure, clarity of presented data (clear, well-labeled figures and tables), presentation skills and audience engagement, demonstrated scientific novelty and impact.
Prize: A prize of CHF 200 and a certificate celebrating your achievement.
2. Best Poster Award
Eligibility: Open to all authors who have presented their work through posters. Failure to present, delegation of the presentation to another person, or use of AI-generated voice or similar substitutes will result in disqualification.
Criteria: Evaluation considers scientific rigor (clear, literature-supported research question or hypothesis, appropriate methodology, robust analysis, and critical discussion of the results), IMRaD/field-appropriate structure enabling independent understanding, clarity of presented data (clear, well-labeled figures and tables), presentation skills (if orally presented), demonstrated scientific novelty and impact.
Prize: A prize of CHF 200 and a certificate celebrating your achievement.
Winner Announcement: The award winners will be evaluated and selected by the scientific committee after the conference. Results will be announced on the website and all winners will be individually contacted via email.
Sponsors and Partners
For information regarding sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please click here.
Organizers
Media Partners
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Daria Tega
Mr. Ionut Spatar
Mr. Russell Wang
Email: ioccvm@mdpi.com
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
