AEPC 2026 mentorship sessions
Following an initial, informal trial at AEPC 2025 Hamburg, we are happy to announce that 2 Mentorship sessions have been included as part of the scientific programme during AEPC 2026 Padua!
These two sessions will take place over lunchtime on Thursday 14 & Friday 15 May, and each session will include 4 small subgroups on different topics. When joining a session, you will only attend the one subsession selected upon registration, not multiple.
Space to participate in these sessions is limited! As we want to provide an intimate and safe environment for discussion & conversation, participation will be limited to 10 participants for each subgroup.
If you are attending the Padua meeting, and are looking for support & advice, make sure to sign up for one of the sessions!
Registration for these sessions will open on 15 March!
We kindly ask you to only register for a session, if you are actually going to attend.
Thursday 14 May - 13:00-14:30 (Hall 6)
Chair Ruth Heying (Leuven, Belgium)
Topics:
- From junior to early-career interventionist: New responsibilities, old headaches - Domenico Sirico (Bergamo, Italy) & Enrico Piccinelli (Rome, Italy)
- Navigating paediatric heart failure: Mentorship across career stages - Dimpna Calila Albert (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
- How I can become a (basic) researcher in paediatric cardiology - Ruth Heying (Leuven, Belgium)
- Key professional and personal growth areas to discuss with your mentor - Inga Voges (Kiel, Germany)
Friday 15 May - 13:00-14:30 (Hall 5)
Chair: Ornella Milanesi (Padua, Italy)
Topics:
- Navigating early career as a female, especially in interventional cardiology - Alessia Callegari (Zurich, Switzerland)
- Key professional and personal growth areas to discuss with your mentor - Skaiste Sendžikaitė (Vilnius, Lithuania)
- Debriefing after critical events: Coping with patient death or severe injury - Merja Kallio (Helsinki, Finland)
- Sustaining excellence. Thriving in paediatric cardiology without losing yourself - Ornella Milanesi (Padua, Italy)