Description
Welcome to the Innovation Summit. Held in Atlanta, Georgia as a pre-conference event for HRX Live 2026, this meeting of the minds focused on the future of innovation in electrophysiology. The Innovation Summit contains the following sessions.
Innovation Summit Session I: Reimagining AF - Mapping, Imaging, and Ablation
Innovation Summit Session II: Beyond Conventional EP - PFA, Devices, Access, and Stroke Prevention
Session 1: Reimagining AF - Mapping, Imaging, and Ablation
Moderators: Devi G. Nair, Prashanthan Sanders
Speakers and Topics:
Matthieu De Beule, Predictive Planning for LAAO: Impact on Efficiency and Outcomes from Real-Word Evidence
Devi G. Nair, Advancing Procedural Imaging with Next-Generation 4D ICE
Olurotimi O. Mesubi, Engineered for Precision: Real-Time Insights and Tailored Ablation with the Globe System
Ivo Roca-Luque, Mapping the Whole Heart in Real Time: 4D Global Mapping in Complex Arrhythmias
Marco Gotte, The Promise of Magnetic Resonance-guided Procedure
Devi G. Nair, Overview of Append: Endovascular LAA Elimination via Mechanical Inversion
David N. Kenigsberg, Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation: The Next Generation of PFA
Théophile Mohr Durdez, Signals to Solutions: Unlocking the Power of EP Data with VoltaPlex
Vivek Y. Reddy, Improving AF Ablation Outcomes: Wearable Neuromodulation and the Next Frontier in AF Care
Jonathan P. Piccini, From Mapping to Semi-Autonomous Systems: Physiology-Anchored AI for Cardiac Ablation
Kyungmoo Ryu, Leadless Conduction System Pacing: The Next Frontier in Physiologic Pacing
Session 2: Beyond Conventional EP - PFA, Devices, Access, and Stroke Prevention
Moderators: Devi G. Nair, Prashanthan Sanders
Speakers and Topics
Devi G. Nair, Seeing Anatomy, Guiding Therapy: The Next Frontier in EP Navigation with Intracardiac Imaging
Steven Richard Mickelsen, PFA: Moving Toward Tolerability
Gordon Ho, From ECG to Action: Integrating AI-Enabled Non-Invasive Mapping into EP Workflows
Srijoy Mahapatra, From Energy to Insight: The Converging Intelligence of Modern Electrophysiology
Matthew Hakimi, Ultra-Low Temperature Ablation: A Singular Endocardial Solution Across the VT Spectrum
Andrea Sarkozy, Unraveling Signals in Persistent AFib: Clinical Insights with a New Diagnostic Catheter
Ishu Rao, CCM® Therapy - An Evolving Option for Treatment of Symptomatic Heart Failure
Rob Taft and Vivek Y. Reddy, Rethinking LAA Therapy
Nicholas J. Serafini, Advanced Intracardiac Mapping: Signal Acquisition with the Affera™ Mapping System
Usha B. Tedrow, Imaging & inHEART Digital 3D Models for Complex EP Cases
Jonathan P. Piccini, Transarterial Central Sympathetic Denervation: A Minimally Invasive Adjunct for Arrhythmia Care
Devi G. Nair, STAR-Guided Ablation of AF Beyond the Plumonary Veins
J. Peter Weiss, Capture, Retract, Puncture: A Novel Pericardial Access Workflow with the PeriCross™ Device
James E. Ip, The Future of Cardiac Resynchronization Is Wireless
Tina Baykaner, Mapping the Drivers of AF with the Tau20-RETRO Mapping System
Michael G. Curley, Saline-Enhanced RF (SERF) Ablation for Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia
Rohit Mehta, Closing the Sleep Apnea Gap in AF: A Cardiosleep Workflow for EP
Wilber W. Su, Byond PVI: Expanding AF Treatment with Advanced Diagnostics
Vivek Y. Reddy, AcuFORM & the CONFORM Trial: Clinical Update
Ian Woollett, TEE for Ablation in the US: Clinical Experience & How Laza Addresses Unmet Needs