Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg • Bad Krozingen

Welcome Note

It is a great pleasure to invite you to the 10^th International Workshop on Cardiac Mechano-Electric Coupling and Arrhythmias,
held from 17-20 September 2025 in the festive Aula of Freiburg University.

The Workshop will be hosted by the Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

• Dawn Elizabeth Bowles (Duke University, USA)
• Calum MacRae (Harvard Medical School, USA)

Confirmed Speakers:

• Julie Bossuyt (UC Davis, USA)
• Matthew Caporizzo (University of Vermont, USA)
• Yumiko Chiba (Asahikawa Medical University, Japan)
• Jan Christoph (UCSF, USA)
• Charles Cox (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Australia)
• Ramona Emig (Tufts, USA)
• Norio Fukuda (Jikei University, Japan)
• Lisa Gottlieb (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Yang Guo (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Australia)
• Maretoshi Hirai (Kansai Medical University, Japan)
• Miriam Hurley (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
• Thomas Iskratsch (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom)
• Axel Loewe (KIT, Germany)
• Andrew McCulloch (UCSD, USA)
• Katja Odening (Bern, Switzerland)
• Kit Parker (Harvard, USA)
• Rémi Peyronnet (Freiburg University, Germany)
• Alexander Quinn (Dalhousie, Canada)
• Eva Rog-Zielinska (Freiburg University, Germany)
• Ana Simon Chica (CNIC, Spain)
• Jonathan Taylor (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
• Fanny Vaillant (University of Bordeaux, France)
• Marie-Louise Ward (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Posters, on display in the coffee area throughout the meeting, will be a focal point of the workshop, featured in a dedicated poster session with reception. As usual, we are working hard to match the quality of science with a suitably invigorating social programme.

We are looking forward to an instructive, thought-provoking, and interactive meeting.
With the best wishes, on behalf of the Organising Committee, for an enjoyable stay in beautiful Freiburg,
Peter Kohl

You may also be interested in the symposium on
Novel Optical Techniques in Cardiac Electrophysiology (NOTICE 2025, 15–16 September 2025 in Freiburg).