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  • Wednesday, June 24, 2026
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Supported Kickoff Lunch
  • 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Opening
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    W1 - Presidential Address
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    W2 - General Session: Preventing Heart Failure: A Paradigm Shift
  • 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    W3 - General Session: Global Perspective of SDoH in Patients with HF: Joint Session with ACNAP
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    W4 - Fundamental: Spotting Trouble Early: A Nurse’s Toolbox for Recognition of Heart Failure Cardiogenic Shock
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    W5 - Global: Big Numbers, Big Cost: Update on HF STATS and Economic Burden
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    W6 - Advanced: Complex Cases in Cardiogenic Shock: Navigating Escalation and Decision-Making
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    W7 - General Session
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    W8 - Welcome Reception/Posters/Exhibit Hall
  • 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Supported Dinner Symposium
  • Thursday, June 25, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Supported Breakfast
  • 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Opening
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    T1 - Keynote: Mastering the Art of Patient Care
  • 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    T2 - General Session: Joint AAHFN/CHFS Session - Palliative Care
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    T3 - General Session
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    T4 - Breakout Session: From Recognition to Referral: A Nurse’s Guide to Advanced HF Therapies
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    T5 - Breakout Session: Heart Failure by Design: Recognizing Genetic Phenotypes, Family Implications, and Rewriting the Future
  • 12:15 PM - 1:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibit Hall Hours & Lunch
  • 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    T6 - Plenary 2026: What's new in heart failure?
  • 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    T7 - Fundamental: Finding the Beat: Practical Rhythm Skills for the HF Nurse
  • 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    T8 - Global: Quality Improvement Abstract Presentations
  • 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    T9 - Advanced: The Crosswalk Between the Heart and the Liver: What HF Nurses Need to Know
  • 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    T10 - Simulation Experience: Putting Heart Failure Physical Exam Skills and Hemodynamics into Practice
  • 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break
  • 3:50 PM - 4:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    T11 - Fundamental: Women are Not Small Men: Sex Differences in Heart Failure
  • 3:50 PM - 4:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    T12 - Global: Research Abstracts Presentations
  • 3:50 PM - 4:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    T13 - Simulation Experience: Putting Heart Failure Physical Exam Skills and Hemodynamics into Practice
  • 4:55 PM - 5:25 PM East Coast USA Time
    T14 - General Session: (In)equity in Heart Failure Care: Current Landscape and Potential Solutions
  • 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Dinner Symposium
  • Friday, June 26, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Supported Breakfast Symposium
  • 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Opening
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    F1 - Incoming Presidential Address
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    F2 - Keynote
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    F3 - General Session: HF Diagnostics and Interpretation: Everything a HF Nurse Should Know
  • 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    F4 - Coffee with Leaders in Heart Failure Care
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    F5 - Global: HF Jeopardy!
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    F6 - Advanced: Mechanical Support, Human Body: LVAD Complications, Care, and the Changing Landscape
  • 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Supported Lunch Symposium
  • 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibit Hall Hours & Lunch
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    F7 - Power Hour: Blueprints of Change: Building Sustainable Heart Failure Programs that Last
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    F8 - Power Hour: A Whole New World in HFpEF: Updates in treatment and how-to identify mimickers
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    F9 - Best Practices
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    F10 - Hands-On POCUS:
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibit Hall Hours & Coffee Break
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    F11 - Fundamental: Fragile Hearts: Understanding and Addressing Frailty and Cachexia in Heart Failure
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    F12 - Global: When Systems Collide: Navigating the CKM Puzzle
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    F13 - Advanced: The Other Side of the Story: Advanced Nursing Approaches to RV Dysfunction
  • 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    F14 - General Session: Wrapping Up the 2026 Annual Conference
  • Saturday, June 27, 2026
  • 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Supported Breakfast Symposium
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Pharmacology Workshop
  • 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    MCS Interactive Workshop