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Round Table

Cardiac Pulsed Field Ablation - Reality Check

A Round Table event


Register for the 2026 Round Table!

Registration for the 2026 Round Table is now open.

Attendance is free but registration is mandatory for both online and on-site participation.

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The aim of the round table is to bring together industry, regulators and academia to identify gaps in knowledge for developing and optimizing medical treatments.

Webinar: live online and on-site
15:15-18:00 (CET), November 12, 2026 | University of Ljubljana – Ljubljana, Slovenia
Round Table event: “Cardiac Pulsed Field Ablation – Reality Check”

Please note: Attendance is free and open to anyone interested, however, registration for both online or on-site participation is mandatory. On-site presence is limited due to limited space available.

Round table moderator: Damijan Miklavčič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Round table digital moderator: Bor Kos, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia


Program and panelists

  • Alex Hill, Medtronic, USA – contact sensing (lesion depth, increased durability and reduced adverse events)
  • Brendan Koop, Boston Scientific, USA – next generation – going ventricular?
  • Atul Verma, McGill, Montreal, Canada – PFA technology direction
  • Vivek Reddy, Mount Sinai, New York, USA – adverse events and safety of PFA (online)
  • Antoni Ivorra, University Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, Spain – coronary spasm and damage to vessels
  • Bor Kos, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia – PFA device interaction
  • Sami Viskin, Editor, Heart Rhythm, Tel Aviv University, Israel – what is published and what is missing
  • Matevž Škerget, University Clinical Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia – hematologist view on delivering 3000 V, 20 A in the blood pool
  • Mina K. Chung, President, Heart Rhythm Society, Cleveland Clinic, USA – HRS PFA registry
  • Alexandre Almorad, Johnson&Johnson Medtech – Integration with mapping and dual energy
  • Argyrios Petras, Linz, Austria – RF vs PFA – RF-PFA stacking will create deeper lesion?

* Panelists in italics still to confirm their participation.