1. To reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in Europe

2. Scientific Activities Opportunities for Alliance Educational Training Programmes Educational Webinars Clinical Practice Guidelines Guidelines Implementation Meetings Guidelines Products ESC Scientific Congresses Global Scientific Activities

3. ESC Scientific Activities Educational Training Programmes High quality medical educational programmes at the European Heart House Programmes based on topics from ESC Core Curriculum, CME accredited Aim: high standard and uniformity in training for all European Cardiologists Encourage Continuing Medical Education 8 – 10 courses per year 50 – 200 delegates per course

4. ESC Scientific Activities Educational Training Programmes 2011 Programme TITLEDATE Coronary Physiology in the Catheterisation Laboratory 7-9 April Basic Science Summer School12-16 June Cardiac Nuclear & CT imaging in Clinical practice22-24 September Delivering patient care in heart failure: an update29 Sept-1 Oct Pulmonary Hypertension14-15 October

5. ESC Scientific Activities Educational Webinars Training Courses conducted by KOL’s with clinical case discussions Regular on-line courses, from September to June, covering all core curriculum, providing a powerful and interactive format for delivering training courses by ESC Faculty to a wide audience favouring clinical case discussion Programme currently being defined

6. ESC Scientific Activities Opportunity for Alliance Unrestricted educational grants for course/s Sponsorship of educational tools from course/s (DVD’s, course kits) Euro Heart Journal Supplements

7. ESC Scientific Activities Clinical Practice Guidelines Evidence-based recommendations developed by Task Forces of leading European experts Help physicians weigh benefits & risks of particular diagnostic & therapeutic procedures Formats include: full texts, executive summaries, pocket guidelines, slide-sets, books and PDA versions

8. ESC Scientific Activities Clinical Practice Guidelines - Provisional Programme 2011  Pregnancy  Peripheral Artery Disease  Dyslipidemia  Non ST elevation Myocardial Infarction 2012  Cardiovascular Disease Prevention  Valvular Heart Disease  Heart Failure  Acute Myocardial Infarction with ST elevation  Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases

9. ESC Scientific Activities Guidelines Implementation Meetings Objective: Launch New Guidelines and ensure their dissemination  Meeting of one day at European Heart House  100 key participants, 2 pax per ESC National Society, coordinators & topic experts  Dissemination assured via teach the teacher approach & educational toolkit  Meetings planned within one year following publication of Guidelines

10. ESC Scientific Activities  ESC Guidelines Reprints  Pocket Guidelines  ESC Compendium  Guidelines Educational Toolkit Guidelines Products

11. Example of a Guidelines Educational Toolkit

12. ESC Scientific Activities Opportunity for Alliance Support via unrestricted educational grant the Guidelines Implementation Meetings Sponsorship of educational tools (Webinars, Pocket Guidelines, Compendium, Toolkits) Euro Heart Journal Reprints & Supplements NB: To maintain scientific independence, sponsors have no influence on the content of the Practice Guidelines

13. ESC Constituent Bodies Associations Registered branches of the European Society of Cardiology for 5 sub-specialities Promoting the development of a defined area of expertise in cardiovascular medicine and/or research

14. ESC Constituent Bodies Webinars Live Boxes Journal Certification & Accreditation Guidelines Implementation Workshops Journal Courses AIM-HIGH Webinars Guidelines Implementation Workshops Journal Trials & Registries Journal Webinars Webcasts Courses

15. ESC Constituent Bodies ESC Working Groups  19 ESC Working Groups for 19 sub- specialities  Provide scientific expertise in a specific field  Research and exchange of information  Membership is open to specialists Acute Cardiac Care Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Drug Therapy Cardiovascular Surgery Cellular Biology of the Heart Computers in Cardiology Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation Developmental Anatomy and Pathology Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease Hypertension and the Heart Myocardial Function Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases Nuclear Cardiology Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis Peripheral Circulation Pulmonary Circulation & Right Ventricular Function Thrombosis Valvular Heart Disease

16. ESC Scientific Activities Leading Scientific Congresses

17. ESC Scientific Activities International ESC educational courses built around a global network of international partnerships Objectives: Meet non-European demand for ESC science and knowledge Build closer relationships with international organisations Extend the ESC mission beyond European borders

18. ESC Scientific Activities 21 February 2011: ESC at the Saudi Heart Association 4-5 May 2011: ESC at the 18th Asian Pacific Society Congress of Cardiology 18 September 2011: ESC at the Brazilian Society of Cardiology Congress 3 October 2011: ESC at the Argentine Congress of Cardiology 15-16 October 2011: ESC at the Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology, China 20 November 2011: ESC at the Mexican Society of Cardiology Congress December 2011: ESC at the 63rd Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India Programme 2011

19. ESC Scientific Activities Opportunity for Alliance Become global sponsor for all meetings  Satellite Symposium at all meetings  Sponsor acknowledgement in promotional media for Global Scientific Activities Sponsor one individual meeting  Satellite Symposium at sponsored meeting  Sponsor acknowledgement in media for meeting

20. Further Information Your ESC contact: Ms Aoife Delmas: Head of Industry Services adelmas@escardio.org