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Cardiovascular Health Summit 2026
Inaugural Economist summit on the policy, innovation and investment needed to tackle cardiovascular disease in Europe.
4 November 2026 · Wed 7:45am – 6pm GMT+1
Royal College of Physicians · London, United Kingdom
Registration open · on events.economistenterprise.com
About this event
The Cardiovascular Health Summit is a new one-day event from Economist Enterprise (formerly Economist Impact) at the Royal College of Physicians in London. Under the banner 'Smarter prevention, better care, equitable outcomes', it brings policymakers, clinicians, medtech and digital-solution developers, patient groups, scientists and investors together to shape the strategies needed to tackle cardiovascular disease. It is co-located with Future of Health Europe (3 November) and the AI in Health Summit (4 November).
Programme highlights
The day runs from breakfast registration at 07:45 to the close at 18:00, with presentations, panels, fireside chats and two workshops.
- Europe's cardiovascular moment and the Safe Hearts Plan
- The economic cost of heart disease
- Prevention, hypertension and CVRM risk factors
- Stroke and secondary prevention
- Diagnostics, treatment breakthroughs and minimally invasive procedures
- Digital cardiology and patient-centred pathways
- The gender gap in CVRM care and climate impacts on health
2026 speakers
Confirmed speakers include MEPs Romana Jerković and Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, Charmaine Griffiths of the British Heart Foundation, Norbert Frey of Heidelberg University Hospital and broadcaster Dr Hilary Jones.
Passes
Complimentary registration is available to policymakers, patients, investors, non-profits and senior clinical leaders; industry and other attendees buy a standard pass. Combined passes also cover Future of Health Europe on 3 November. The event is CPD accredited; Bristol Myers Squibb is gold sponsor.
Tickets & passes
- Single event complimentary pass — Free: Apply to register; for policymakers, patients, investors, non-profits and senior clinical leaders
- Single event standard pass — GBP 599: Plus VAT; Cardiovascular Health Summit on 4 November
- Combined complimentary pass — Free: Apply to register; adds Future of Health Europe on 3 November
- Combined standard pass — GBP 999: Plus VAT; Cardiovascular Health Summit and Future of Health Europe
Cardiovascular Health Summit 2026 is a Healthcare event taking place 4 Nov 2026 at Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom.
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- Romana Jerković
Member, European Parliament
- Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat
Director of health systems of WHO regional office for Europe, World Health Organisation
- Hilary Jones
General practitioner, television presenter and medical broadcaster
- Charmaine Griffiths
Chief executive, British Heart Foundation
- Norbert Frey
Chair, department of internal medicine III – cardiology, angiology and pneumology, Heidelberg University Hospital
- Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová
Member, European Parliament
- Rik Vanhoof
Chief executive, Belgian Heart League
- Bianca Rocca
Editor-in-chief, European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy and professor, Libera Università Mediterranea-LUM Casamassima
Agenda
Wednesday, November 4
7:45 AM
Registration and light breakfast
8:45 AM
Welcome
9:00 AM
Presentation. Cardiovascular disease: Europe's biggest health challenge?
9:10 AM
Fireside chat. Europe's cardiovascular moment: can the Safe Hearts Plan deliver?
9:25 AM
Panel. The €280bn problem: why tackling heart disease is a health and economic imperative
10:00 AM
Panel. How could prevention deliver big gains in cardiovascular health?
10:35 AM
Presentation. Hypertension: a gateway to cardiovascular, renal and metabolic (CVRM) disease detection and control
10:45 AM
Fireside chat. Beyond hypertension: addressing the risk factors
12:00 PM
Workshop one. How to implement Europe's health check agenda
12:00 PM
Panel. The urban opportunity for cardiovascular prevention
12:30 PM
Fireside chat. From biomarkers to better outcomes: breakthroughs in diagnostics
12:45 PM
Panel. The societal costs of stroke
1:20 PM
Panel. Second chances: rethinking secondary prevention after stroke
2:30 PM
Panel. Breakthroughs in treatment: from innovation to impact
3:00 PM
Workshop two. How to tackle inequity in cardiovascular health
3:00 PM
Fireside chat. From big surgery to minimally invasive procedures
3:15 PM
Panel. Digital cardiology: turning data into better outcomes
3:45 PM
Presentation. Designing patient-centred pathways
3:55 PM
Panel. Addressing the gender gap in CVRM care
4:45 PM
Fireside chat. Making treatment work: strengthening adherence
5:00 PM
Panel. Climate change and cardio-renal-metabolic health: mitigation and adaptation steps
5:30 PM
Delivering the Safe Hearts Plan: priorities for action to 2035
6:00 PM
Close of summit
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Royal College of Physicians
11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park NW1 4LE, London, United Kingdom
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