6 - 9 August 2026

Sydney International Convention Centre

Imaging Symposium

ASM Attendees - included with full registration
Non-ASM Attendees - AU$150

Please visit the registration page to register.

 

Session Title: Multimodality imaging: New horizons 

Chairs: Rebecca Kozor and Sandhir Prasad

0830-0840 Intro

Liza Thomas

0840-0900 Myocardial work and high frame rate echocardiography Victoria Delgado, Spain
0900-0920 Epicardial and visceral fat and coronary artery disease Todd Villines, USA
0920-0940 Novel tissue markers of inflammation on CMR  Jeanette Schultz-Menger, UK
0940-0955 Robot-assisted echocardiography: The future is here? Cathy West, QLD
0955-1010 Imaging using Impella and VADS TBA
1010-1030 TTE and CMR in ACHD: What the non-ACHD specialist should know David Celermajer, NSW
1030-1050 Morning tea  
 

Session Title: Diastology summit

Chairs: TBA

1050-1105 LA strain: Bench to bedside Liza Thomas, NSW
1105-1120 New diastology guidelines: What is the evidence?  Sandhir Prasad, QLD
1120-1135 Imaging in diagnosis of HFpEF: When will I need more than echocardiography Victoria Delgado, Spain
1135-1150 Echo in HCM - diagnosis and monitoring (eg. Mavacamtem)  Rebecca Perry, SA
1150-1205 HCM vs athletes: Role of imaging and genetics  
1205-1220 Progress with big data (NEDA): Where we are in 2026 David Playford, WA
1220-1320 Lunch  
 

Session Title A: All things valvular

Chairs: Siobhan Boyle and Arun Dahiya

1320-1335 Anatomy and TTE assessment of tricuspid valve  Malcolm Anastasis, NSW
1335-1350 TEE and 3D assessment for severity and suitability for TEER   David Russell, TAS
1350-1405 Intraprocedural imaging; helping the interventionalist in the cath lab  Katherine Lau, QLD
1405-1415 Structural support: What is the interventionalist looking for? Ehsan Khan, SA
1415-1430 Valvular evaluation with CT: State-of-the-art Todd Villines, USA
1430-1445 Valvular evaluation: When do we need CMR? Christian Hamilton-Craig, QLD
1445-1500 Patient follow-up after TEER and TAVI Siobhan Lockwood, VIC
 

Session Title B: Complex valvular diseases and LA imaging
Chairs: Samantha Burgoyne and Rebecca Perry

1330-1350 Mitral annular disjunction – you’ll be MAD if you miss it    
1350-1410 Low gradient AS – why have I not got the same gradient?  Bianca Coelho, NSW
1410-1430 Mitral stenosis – different assessments for different aetiologies  Alex Kaethner
1430-1450 Newer techniques to evaluate the left atrium Amy Clark, NSW
1450-1510 Panel discussion  
1500-1520 Afternoon tea  
  Session Title A: AI and newer advances in multimodality imaging
Chairs: Girish Dwivedi
1520-1535 AI for echocardiography reporting  Johan Verjans, SA
1535-1550 Machine learning and big data Jinman Kim, NSW
1550-1605 AI in CT imaging Andrew Lin, VIC
1605-1620 AI in CMR: Clinical utility Jeanette Scultz-Menger, UK
1620-1635 AI-enabled coronary inflammation and quantitative plaque assessment Imre Hunyor, NSW
1635-1650 Stress perfusion imaging with CMR: CAD and non-CAD applications Siddharth Trivedi, NSW
1650-1705 Photon counting CT: Myth or for real James Otton, NSW
1705-1710 Wrap-up Liza Thomas, NSW
 

Session Title B: Thick LV walls – what the sonographer needs to know
Chairs: Biana Coelho and Alex Kaethner

1530-1550 Cardiac amyloidosis – how the sonographer can assist with diagnosis Elizabeth Paratz, VIC
1550-1610 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – hints and tips for the sonographer Rebecca Perry, SA
1610-1630 Athlete's heart - physiology vs pathology - when to raise a red flag Maria Brosnan, VIC
1630-1650 Other causes of thick LV walls Samantha Burgoyne, WA
1650-1710 Panel discussion  
1710-1800 Imaging Council AGM