Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben(Heart Valve Center Mainz) : LIVE therapy: new options in severe ischemic heart failure for an unmet clinical need

Ulrich Schaefer(University Heart Center) : The first in heart microcomputer for the management of HF patients

William Abraham(Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center) : When and why could it be a good idea to create an ASD – and are we reasonably sure that the concept does work?

Horst Sievert(CardioVascular Center Frankfurt CVC) : Mechanical baroreceptor stimulation – 6-month results of the first in man trial

Ling Tao(Xijing Hospital) : XDrop: A new concept for heart failure treatment – Initial FIM results

Sanjiv Shah(Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine) : Corvia

Antoni Bayés-Genís(University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol) : V-Wave

Martin W.Bergmann(Asklepios Klinik Wandsbeck) : AFR

Horst Sievert(CardioVascular Center Frankfurt CVC) : InterShunt

Christopher Meduri(Piedmont Heart Institute) : Alleviant

Chaim Lotan(Hadassah Medical Center) : Noya