Program

DAY ONE
WEDNESDAY, 2 September 2026

ROOM 1

10.00 – 13.00 — EFAS session — Practical session: Hands on

13.00 – 14.00 — Registration

14.00 – 15.00 — Opening ceremony

15.00 – 16.00 — Keynote lecture ISAN Sympathetic neuroimmunity in obesity
Ana Domingos, University of Oxford, UK

16.00 – 18.00
Chemoreflex and Autonomic Dysfunction: From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Targets Across Diseases
Chair: Rodrigo Del Rio (University of Kansas Medical Center, USA)

Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Role of chemoreflex drive on tunning disease progression
Rodrigo Del Rio

Chemoreflex Adaptations in Metabolic Disease and Obesity
Silvia Conde

Chemoreflex Plasticity and Hypertension: Central and Peripheral Mechanisms
Deborah Colombari

Chemoreflex Sensitivity as a Therapeutic Target in Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure
Alberto Giannoni

ROOM 2

16.00 – 18.00
Central and peripheral investigation of the autonomic regulation of cardiovascular function in health, disease and injury
Chairs: Clement Menuet (Aix-Marseille University, France); Davi J.A. Moraes (University of São Paulo, Brazil)

Acute intermittent carotid bodies stimulations induce long-term facilitation of respiratory-cardiovascular coupling in rats
Ambre Linossier

Lateral parafacial neurons evoked expiratory oscillations driving neurogenic hypertension
Davi J.A. Moraes

Investigating end-organ regulation through direct cardiac autonomic nerve recordings
Julia Shanks

Heart and respiratory central regulation changes during the acute phase of brain injury
Baptiste Balanca

ROOM 3

16.00 – 18.00
Beyond the Average Human: New Insights from Interindividual Variability in Autonomic Control
Chairs: Lauro C. Vianna (University of Brasília, Brazil); James P. Fisher (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Interindividual Variability in Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity at Rest and During Exercise: Disconnection with Blood Pressure
Philip Millar

Interindividual Variability in Sympathetic Contributions to Hypertension and Response to Interventional Therapies
Jens Jordan

Interindividual Variability in Autonomic and Hemodynamic Responses in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Michael Plunkett

Interindividual Variability in Orthostatic Disorders: Mechanistic and Clinical Insights
Marie-Claire Seeley

ROOM 4

16.00 – 18.00
Early detection and monitoring of disease progression in protein misfolding diseases and lysosomal storage disorder
Chairs: Astrid Juhl Terkelsen (Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark); Max Hilz (Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany & Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA)

Screening of patients with polyneuropathy and neurogenic autonomic dysfunction for early detection of amyloidosis and Lewy Body Disease
Astrid Juhl Terkelsen

Polyneuropathy as an early manifestation of REM body sleep disorder?
Naja Helt Andersen

Monitoring of patients and asymptomatic carriers with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis to identify disease progression
Pietro Guaraldi

Similarities and differences between Fabry Disease and TTRAmyloidosis
Max Hilz

18.00 – 20.00 — Welcome cocktail