Speakers listed on the schedule are confirmed.
Schedule is subject to change
Day 1: Monday, Feb 2nd 2026
| Welcome | ||
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Registration | Poster set up and coffee |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Mihi whakatau | Welcome ceremony |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Peter Hunter | |
| Session 1: Multiscale modelling of the heart | ||
| Chair: Peter Hunter | ||
| 09:10 – 09:35 | Andrew McCulloch | Multiscale modeling shows how 2-deoxy-ATP rescues ventricular function in heart failure |
| 09:35 – 10:00 | Steven Niederer | Multiscale modelling of the heart |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Kuba Chrobociński | CVVR – Virtual Reality collaborative environment for the development of cardiovascular models |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Alberto Zingaro | Computational modelling of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: from patient-specific electromechanics to pharmacological response |
| 10:30 – 11:10 | Coffee break | Posters on display |
| Session 2: Cardiovascular system and flow | ||
| Chair: Prashanna Khwaounjoo | ||
| 11:10 – 11:35 | David Nordsletten | Cardiovascular Hemodynamics in the Left Heart Under VAD Support |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | Patrick Segers | Arterial Wave Dynamics and Heart-Arterial Interactions |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Alys Clark | The role of the placental circulation in fetal cardiovascular health |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Alessandro Giudici | Characterisation of the femoral artery’s adaptation to simulated microgravity through growth and remodelling analysis of in vivo haemodynamic data |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch | Moderated Posters Session 1 from 1pm |
| Session 3: Cardiopulmonary interactions | ||
| Chair: Kelly Burrowes | ||
| 14:00 – 14:25 | Merryn Tawhai | Multi-scale and patient-tailored models of pulmonary haemodynamics for predicting post-surgical outcomes |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | Daniela Valdez-Jasso | Cardiopulmonary Coupling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Multi-Scale Insights From the Right Ventricle to the Pulmonary Arteries |
| 14:50 – 15:15 | Naomi Chesler | Computational modelling of the lifelong cardiopulmonary consequences of postnatal hyperoxia with implications for the preterm born |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Amir Landesberg | Cardio-Respiratory Physiological Assist: An Adaptive Theragnostic Approach for Pulmonary Decongestion in Chronic Heart Failure, Ongoing First-In-Human Study |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Behdad Shaarbaf Ebrahimi | Mechanobiological Signatures of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) Across Vascular Orders |
| 15:45 – 17:00 | Coffee & Reception | Posters on display |
Day 2: Tuesday, Feb 3rd 2026
| Session 4: Cardiac cell/tissue physiology | ||
| Chair: Andrew Taberner | ||
| 09:10 – 09:35 | Peter Kohl | The surprising heart: cardiac myocytes as nano-pumps, cardiac nonmyocytes as micro-conductors, coronary reperfusion as a driver of macro-reentry |
| 09:35 – 10:00 | Gary Mirams | Discriminating drug-ion channel binding mechanisms with rounds of optimal experimental design |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Laura Bear | Opposing effects of preload and afterload on repolarization: challenges of isolated heart models |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Callum Zgierski-Johnston | Occurrence and Prevention of Ischaemia-Reperfusion Arrhythmias in a Pig Model |
| 10:30 – 11:10 | Coffee break | Posters on display |
| Session 5: Metabolism, growth & remodelling | ||
| Chair: Kenneth Tran | ||
| 11:10 – 11:35 | Dan Beard | The vicious cycle of mechanical and metabolic dysfunction in heart failure |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | Mathias Peirlinck | Multiscale cardiac growth and remodeling: perspectives, challenges, and opportunities |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Julia Musgrave | Human atrial models reveal the impact of diabetes on muscle mechanoenergetics via cross-bridge and Ca2+ handling mechanisms |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Viviane Timmermann | Cracks That Build Strength: A Quantitative View of Muscle Micro-Lesions and Adaptation |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch | Moderated Posters Session 2 from 1pm |
| Session 6: Clinical applications of cardiac research | ||
| Chair: Martyn Nash | ||
| 14:00 – 14:25 | Alistair Young | Making Meshes from Sparse Imaging Data |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | Oscar Camara | Clinical application of haemodynamic models in structural cardiology |
| 14:50 – 15:15 | Joost Lumens | Cardiopulmonary Exercise Limitations |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Debbie Zhao | Method for generation of left ventricular meshes from 3D echocardiography for cardiac modelling applications |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Radomir Chabiniok | Predictive Biomechanical Modeling in Biventricular Conversion |
| 15:45 – 17:00 | Coffee & Reception | Posters on display |
Day 3: Wednesday, Feb 4th 2026
| Session 7: Autonomic nervous system | ||
| Chair: Alys Clark | ||
| 09:10 – 09:35 | David Paterson | Next generation neuromodulation to prevent ventricular arrhythmias |
| 09:35 – 10:00 | Johanna Montgomery | Examining plasticity in GP neurons to determine mechanisms underpinning atrial fibrillation (AF) |
| 10:00 – 10:25 | Raj Vadigepalli | TBD |
| 10:25 – 11:10 | Coffee break | Posters on display |
| Session 8: Feedback control of the cardiopulmonary system | ||
| Chair: David Paterson | ||
| 11:10 – 11:35 | Julian Paton | Giving the heart a taste of its own medicine |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | Robert Hester | Simulation of Whole Body Integrative Physiology |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Finbar Argus | Predicting Response to Oxygen Delivery in a Computational Cardiovascular-Respiratory-Autonomic model |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Alona Ben-Tal | Mathematical modelling of the coupling between blood pressure control and breathing |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch | Moderated Posters Session 3 from 1pm |
| Session 9: Biophysical cardiopulmonary digital twins | ||
| Chair: Peter Hunter | ||
| 14:00 – 14:25 | Anna Sher | Cardiac Modelling in Model-Informed Drug Development: Pharmaceutical Industry Lessons from Past, Present, and Future |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | Natalia Trayanova | Digital Twins for Personalized Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease |
| 14:50 – 15:05 | Clara Jones | Instant Population-Based Digital Twin Calibration: A Computational Framework for Real-time Clinical Decision Support |
| 15:05 – 15:20 | Simone Pezzuto | Towards cardiac digital twins from echo and ECG: how far are we? |
| 15:20 – 16:00 | Coffee break | Posters on display |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Wrap-up | 2027 meeting announcement & Poster Awards Ceremony |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Reception | Conference Atrium (drinks and nibbles) |
| Meeting Dinner (more details here) | |
| 20:15 (promptly) | Meet at the Sky Tower Atrium |
| 20:30 – 23:30 | Orbit 360° Dinner – SkyTower |
Day 4: Thursday, Feb 5th 2026
| Waiheke Island Excursion (more details here) | |
| 9:00 | Meet at Downtown Ferry Terminal (Piers 11 & 12) |
| Important: Due to the size of our group, it’s essential to arrive 60 minutes prior | |
| 10:00 | Ferry departs to Waiheke Island |
| 10:40 – 16:30 | Waiheke Island tour |
| 16:30 | Ferry back to Auckland CBD (optional). Your ferry ticket allows you to take a later ferry if you’d prefer |