Conference Description
Disorders of heart rhythm are leading causes of sudden death and stroke. Recent progress in elucidating molecular, cellular, and systems level mechanisms have promoted new concepts that are inspiring more effective treatment strategies. The 2021 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms will emphasize the multiscale nature of current challenges in understanding arrhythmia biology, and highlight emerging multidisciplinary investigational and therapeutic approaches in this important field.
The long-term objective of this meeting is to provide a forum for investigators – junior, mid-level and senior – to engage in focused discussion on the latest discoveries in the field of cardiac arrhythmia mechanisms. The meeting fosters the development of trainees by supporting an associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms at which trainees will present their research findings, as well as in a panel discussion with mentors on matters of career pathways and professional development.
Highlights of the 2021 Conference will include emerging technologies relevant to the field; sex-based differences in arrhythmia; ionic underpinnings of arrhythmogenesis; and reproducibility, ethics, and transparency in arrhythmia research and therapy.
Approximately 50 speakers/discussion leaders will present cutting-edge work that is mostly unpublished. The program includes current and emerging thought leaders in arrhythmia biology, investigators from complementary scientific disciplines, and many early stage investigators with promising careers. Poster sessions will provide additional opportunity for collegial interactions.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by June 17, 2021. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Emerging Concepts in Computational and Experimental Arrhythmia Research
Discussion Leaders
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Gary Mirams (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Speakers
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Isabelle Deschenes (Ohio State University, USA)
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Igor Efimov (George Washington University, USA)
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Blanca Rodriguez (St. Cross College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
Sinoatrial Nodal Arrhythmias
Discussion Leaders
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Alex Quinn (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Speakers
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Vadim Fedorov (The Ohio State University College of Medicine, USA)
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Céline Fiset (Montreal Heart Institute, Canada)
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Yael Yaniv (Technion-IIT, Israel)
Autonomic Control of the Heart
Discussion Leaders
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Crystal Ripplinger (University of California, Davis, USA)
Speakers
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Neil Herring (Oxford University, United Kingdom)
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Annika Winbo (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
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Marmar Vaseghi (UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, USA)
Arrhythmias of the Young and Old
Discussion Leaders
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Dobromir Dobrev (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Speakers
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Eleonora Grandi (University of California, Davis, USA)
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Uli Schotten (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
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Claudia Moreno (University of Washington, USA)
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Jennifer Silva (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
Methodologies in Computational Model Rigor and Data Frameworking for Arrhythmia Research and Therapy
Discussion Leaders
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Mary Maleckar (Simula Research Laboratory, Norway)
Speakers
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David Eisner (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
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David Slotwiner (Weill Cornell Medicine, USA)
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Richard Gray (United States Food and Drug Administration, USA)
Cardiac Imaging in the Electrophysiology Laboratory
Discussion Leaders
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Patrick Boyle (University of Washington, USA)
Speakers
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Nazem Akoum (University of Washington, USA)
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Steven Niederer (Kings College London, United Kingdom)
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Elaine Wan (Columbia University, USA)
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Sabine Ernst (Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom)
Sex-Based Differences in Cardiac Electrophysiology
Discussion Leaders
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Colleen Clancy (University of California, Davis, USA)
Speakers
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Katja Odening (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Ionic Underpinnings of Arrhythmogenesis
Discussion Leaders
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Trine Krogh-Madsen (Weill Cornell Medicine, USA)
Speakers
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Al George (Northwestern University, USA)
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Thomas Hund (The Ohio State University, USA)
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W. Jonathan Lederer (University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA)
High Throughput Analysis and Screening
Discussion Leaders
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Edward Vigmond (University of Bordeaux, France)
Speakers
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Teun De Boer (UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands)
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Gil Bub (McGill University, Canada)
