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Programme

Programme

The full day-by-day programme of lectures, practical work and social events.

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Schedule last updated: 6 September, 2026

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All times are shown in local time (CET, Europe/Ljubljana). Lectures are held in the Multimedia lecture room.

Lecture Lab & practical work Round table Poster & coffee Lunch Social event Exam Registration

Monday, 9 November 2026

Time Session Lecturer
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:45 Electroporation – a platform technology Damijan MIKLAVČIČ
09:45 – 10:45 Student/Poster presentations & Coffee
10:45 – 11:45 Resting and induced transmembrane voltage Tadej KOTNIK
11:45 – 12:15 On the origin of bubbles in Pulsed Field Ablation Samo MAHNIČ
12:15 – 12:45 Blood Is Not Water: Hemolysis, Bubble Formation, Protein Denaturation, and Hemostatic Changes During Pulsed Field Ablation Matej REBERŠEK
12:45 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:00 How PFA will change cardiac arrhythmia treatment Helmut PÜRERFELLNER
15:00 – 17:00 Laboratory and practical work
18:30 – 20:30 Welcome reception

Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Time Session Lecturer
09:00 – 10:00 Molecular dynamics simulations of lipid bilayers electroporation Mounir TAREK
10:00 – 11:00 Student/Poster presentations & Coffee
11:00 – 12:00 Electric field effects on proteins: direct and indirect pathways Michal CIFRA
12:00 – 13:00 Tissue in electric field Bor KOS
13:00 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:00 MRI characterization of PFA lesions Graham WRIGHT
15:00 – 17:00 Laboratory and practical work
19:00 – 21:00 EBTT icebreaker

Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Time Session Lecturer
09:00 – 10:00 Electroporation and electropermeabilisation Lluis M. MIR
10:00 – 11:00 Student/Poster presentations & Coffee
11:00 – 12:00 Nucleic acids electrotransfer in vitro Marie-Pierre ROLS
12:00 – 13:00 Collateral effects of electroporation Antoni IVORRA
13:00 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:00 Fundamental principles of designing safe, effective, and usable systems for cardiac ablation via pulsed electric fields Brendan KOOP
15:00 – 17:00 Laboratory and practical work

Thursday, 12 November 2026

Time Session Lecturer
09:00 – 10:00 Gene electrotransfer in vivo Maja ČEMAŽAR
10:00 – 11:00 Student/Poster presentations & Coffee
11:00 – 12:00 Prophylactic and therapeutic applications of gene electrotransfer Richard HELLER
12:00 – 13:00 Irreversible electroporation as an ablation technique Rafael DAVALOS
13:00 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:00 Atrial fibrillation from genes to therapeutics Mina CHUNG
15:15 – 18:00 Laboratory and practical work
15:15 – 18:00 Round table: Cardiac pulsed field ablation – reality check (in parallel with the practical work)
18:30 – 20:30 Networking dinner

Friday, 13 November 2026

Time Session Lecturer
09:00 – 10:00 Electrochemotherapy from bench to bedside Gregor SERŠA
10:00 – 11:00 Student/Poster presentations & Demo of electroporators
11:00 – 12:00 Effects of electroporation on vasculature Boštjan MARKELC
12:00 – 13:00 Electrochemotherapy in clinical practice Julie GEHL
13:00 – 14:15 Lunch & Demo of electroporators
14:15 – 15:00 RNA therapies for cardiac repair and regeneration Mauro GIACCA
15:00 – 17:00 Laboratory and practical work
18:30 – 20:30 Gala dinner

Saturday, 14 November 2026

Time Session Lecturer
09:00 – 10:00 Development of devices and electrodes Damijan MIKLAVČIČ
10:00 – 10:30 Poster presentations / Coffee
10:30 – 11:30 Cardiac PFA Atul VERMA
11:30 – 12:15 It begins at the end – how clinical goals and constraints affect electroporation device development Michael SANO
12:15 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Exams for ECTS credits
14:00 – 14:30 Certificates and goodbye