Programming – BCVS Scientific Sessions 2025
July 23–26, 2025
Marriott Baltimore Waterfront | Baltimore, Maryland
Programming for 2025
Browse our preliminary schedule below to see the exciting sessions we're planning for #BCVS25.
#BCVS25 Schedule-at-a-Glance
Time |
Activity |
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1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
Asian Cardiovascular Symposium Separate registration required – visit the ACRE website(link opens in new window). |
Time | Activity |
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7:00 a.m. |
Registration and Exhibits |
7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. | Inside the AHA's Research Enterprise: Grant Funding and Other Opportunities Glenn Dillon, PhD, American Heart Association |
8:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. | Break/Exhibits |
9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. | Early Career Pre-Conference: Opening Welcome Sarah Schumacher Bass, PhD, Cleveland Clinic |
9:15a.m. to 10:15 a.m. |
Early Career Pre-Conference Session 1: Next Best Thing |
10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. | Break and Exhibits |
10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. |
Early Career Pre-Conference Session 2: Next Best Thing
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11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Early Career Keynote: Tales from an Inveterate Problem Solver: Sniffing out Key Questions and Finding Surprising Answers David Kass, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. | Break/Exhibits |
1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. | Opening Session Introduction/Welcome Farah Sheikh, PhD, University of California San Diego AHA Presidential Remarks BCVS Council Chair Remarks Maria Kontaridis, PhD, Masonic Medical Research Institute |
1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. |
Session 1: Cardiac Sarcomeres and Myofilaments Moderators: |
2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. | Break/Exhibits |
3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Session 2: Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Moderators: 3:15-3:35 4:15-4:30 |
4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. | Poster Session and Reception |
Time | Activity |
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7:00 a.m. | Registration and Exhibits |
6:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. |
Women in Science Breakfast |
8:00a.m. to 9:15 a.m. |
Session 3: Cardiac Growth, Hypertrophy and and Remodeling |
9:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. | Break/Exhibits |
9:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. |
Session 4: What's New in Cardiovascular Fibrosis Moderators: Speakers: |
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Session 5: BCVS 2025 Keynote Lecture Moderators: Farah Sheikh, PhD, University of California San Diego Jennifer Davis, PhD, University of Washington Keynote Presentation: Transcriptional Regulation of Heart Development - Now in 3D! Benoit Bruneau, PhD, Gladstone Institute, USA |
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. |
Early Career Luncheon |
1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. |
Session 6: Cardiovascular Development, Gene Regulation and Congenital Heart Disease Moderators: Speakers: |
2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. | Break/Exhibits |
3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Session 7 - Cardiac Repair, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Moderators:
Speakers: |
4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. | Poster Session and Reception |
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. | Early Career Investigator Social |
Time | Activity |
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7:00 a.m. | Registration and Exhibits |
7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
7:00 a.m.to 7:30 a.m. | Unopposed Time |
8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. |
Session 8: Emerging Cardiovascular Translational Technologies Moderators: Speakers: 8:20-8:40 am 8:40-9:00 am 9:00-9:15 am |
9:15 to 9:45 a.m. | Break/Exhibits |
9:45 to 11:00 a.m. |
Session 9 – Unlocking New Mechanisms in Cardiac Arrhythmia Moderators: 9:45-10:05 am 10:05-10:25 am 10:25-10:45 10:45-11:00 am |
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
Session 10: Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award Moderators: 11:00-11:15 am 11:15-11:30 am Abstract Presentation 11:30-11:45 am 11:45 am -12:00 pm |
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. | Lunch on Your Own/Unopposed Time |
1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. |
Session 11- Cardio-Immunology: Inflammation, Immunity, and the Heart Moderators: 1:30-1:50 pm 1:50-2:10 pm 2:10-2:30 pm 2:30-2:45 pm |
2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. | Break/Exhibits |
3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Session 12 – The Age of Metabolism Moderators: 3:15-3:35 pm 3:35-3:55 pm 4:15-4:30 pm
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4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. | Poster Session and Reception |
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. | BCVS Council Dinner |
Time | Activity |
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7:00 a.m. | Registration/Continental Breakfast |
7:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. | Unopposed Time |
8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. |
Session 13 – Cardiac Cellular Signaling: Mechanisms and Cross talk Moderators: Speakers: 8:20-8:40 am 8:40-9:00 am 9:00-9:15 am |
9:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. | Break |
9:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. |
Session 14 – Pathophysiologic and Systemic Axes Beyond the Heart Moderators: Speakers: 10:05-10:25 am 10:25-10:45 am 10:45-11:00 am |
11:00 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. | BCVS 2025 Closing Remarks |
Target Audience
- Basic cardiovascular scientists
- Molecular/cellular biologists
- Physiologists
- Translational investigators
- Clinical trialists
- Practicing cardiologists
- Cardiovascular nurses and pharmacists
Learning Objectives
- Understand new developments in cardiovascular pathophysiology and their implications for future therapeutics.
- Discuss emerging translational research in preventing and treating cardiovascular disease and its precursors.
- Recognize scope and implication of cardio-immunology for advancing future therapeutics.
- Describe areas for therapeutic development which attenuate the intracellular transmission of cellular disease and dysfunction.