Piotr Ponikowski is Head of the Department of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University and Head of the Cardiology Department at the Center for Heart Diseases at 4th Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland. His research interests mainly include heart failure (HF), coronary artery disease and cardiac arrhythmias. He has been involved in numerous research projects, such as the benefits of physical rehabilitation in patients with chronic HF, assessment of metabolic derangements in HF (with special interest in iron deficiency), evaluation of reflex control in the cardiorespiratory system in order to optimise assessment and management of patients with HF. He has been involved in numerous clinical trials as main investigator, member of international steering committees, endpoint committees and advisory boards.

Prof Ahmed Bennis is Professor of Cardiology at Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, MA.

He is also the past President of Moroccan Society of Cardiology.

Prof Marianna Adamo is an interventional cardiologist and heart failure physician, and Associate Professor at the University of Brescia, Italy. Her clinical and research interests focus on structural heart interventions, including transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), with particular emphasis on patient selection, procedural optimisation, and long-term outcomes. Prof Adamo is actively involved in international research collaborations and frequently contributes to leading cardiology congresses and publications.

Prof Stefan D Anker is a German cardiologist born in Berlin, Germany. He studied medicine at Charité Medical School of Humboldt University Berlin, where he completed his medical degree in 1993. He later pursued research training at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, completing his PhD in 1998. Following his return to Germany, Prof Anker held academic and research positions at Charité Berlin and later at University Medical Center Göttingen before returning to Charité in 2017 to serve as Professor of (Tissue) Homeostasis in Cardiology & Metabolism. His work has taken him across multiple institutions and countries through long-standing international collaborations.

Academic History

Prof Anker began his medical education at Charité Medical School, graduating in 1993. He then continued postgraduate academic training in both Germany and the United Kingdom, completing his PhD at the National Heart & Lung Institute in London…

Dr Karl Kresoja is a Cardiologist at Heart Center of Leipzig, Leipzig, DE.