DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12, 2026
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12:00 |
Registration opens, Spa hotel lobby |
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13:00 - 13:50 |
Lunch, Haikko Manor |
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14:00 - 14:05 |
Opening remarks, Juha Sinisalo Haikko Congress Center, room D-E-F |
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Session # 1
Risk factors in primary prevention Chair Mika Laine |
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14:05 - 14:30 |
Speaker: Veikko Salomaa
Presentation: Trends in ASCVD incidences and associated risk factors |
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14:30 - 15:05 |
Speaker: Maria Marketou
Presentation: Evaluating the importance of various risk factors for hypertension |
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15:05 - 15:30 |
Speaker: Timo Strandberg Presentation: Increasing life expectancy: Is age losing its value as a risk factor? |
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15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee break, Congress Lounge |
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Session # 2
Gender related differences in CVD prevention Chair Risto Kaaja |
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16:00 - 16:30 |
Speaker: Johanna Kuusisto Presentation: Characteristics of vascular diseases in women - are there sex differences |
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16:30 - 17:00 |
Speaker: Hannele Laivuori Presentation: Pregnancy complications and vascular morbidity |
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Session # 3
Ethnic differences Chair Tiina Laatikainen |
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17:00 - 17:45 |
Speaker: Bert-Jan van den Born
Presentation: Ethnic differences in cardiometabolic health and their causes |
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17:45 - 18:00 |
Group photo |
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Evening program |
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19:00 |
Welcome Dinner, Villa Haikko |
DAY 2 - THURSDAY AUGUST 13, 2026
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Morning program |
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7:00 - 7:45 |
Guided run / Nordic walk / Haikko balance |
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7:30 - 8:30 |
Breakfast, Haikko Manor |
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Session # 4
Physical activity and vascular morbidity Chair Mikael Fogelholm |
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8:30 - 9:10 |
Speaker: Ulf Ekelund
Presentation: Physical activity and population vascular health |
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9:10 - 9:35 |
Speaker: Eero Haapala
Presentation: Physical activity across age groups: Long-term benefits of early exercise? |
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9:35 - 10:15 |
Speaker: Viviana Maestrini Presentation: Does elite sport affect atherosclerosis or cardiac fibrosis? |
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10:15 - 10:45 |
Coffee break, Congress Lounge
Introduction to the Poster Exhibition, Congress Center |
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Session # 5
Inflammation and vascular morbidity Chair Juha Sinisalo |
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10:45 - 11:15 |
Speaker: Ulf Landmesser Presentation: Atherogenic lipoproteins in atheroclerosis: primary prevention strategies and new drugs |
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11:15 - 12:00 |
Speaker: Kirsi Pietiläinen
Presentation: Obesity and atherosclerosis Speaker: Teemu Niiranen
Presentation: Gut metagenome and microbial metabolites as sources of inflammation-driven cardiovascular disease |
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12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch, Haikko Manor
Introduction to the Poster Exhibition, Congress Center |
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Session # 6
Health inequalities / differences Chair Tiina Laatikainen |
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13:00 - 13:30 |
Speaker: Mika Kivimäki Presentation: Inequalities in cardiometabolic health |
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13:30 - 14:15 |
Speaker: Pia Pajunen
Presentation: Barriers to better cardiometabolic health Speaker: Mikael Ekblad Presentation: Decreasing socioeconomic inequalities in cardiometabolic health - case tobacco and nicotine |
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14:15 - 15:00 |
Coffee break, Congress Lounge
Introduction to the Poster Exhibition, Congress Center |
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Session # 7
Policy and economics Chair Matti Rautalahti |
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15:00 - 15:45 |
Speaker: Janne Martikainen Presentation: Improving lifestyles to promote cardiometabolic health - policy and economic perspestive |
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15:45 - 16:15 |
Speaker: Pekka Puska Presentation: The rocky road from evidence to policy |
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16:30 - 17:30 |
Poster walk |
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Evening program |
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18:45 |
Gathering at the main entrance of the hotel, bus transfer to Porvoo |
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19:00 |
Dinner at Bistro Sinne, Porvoo |
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22:00 |
Return transportation to Haikko Manor |
DAY 3 - FRIDAY AUGUST 14, 2026
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Morning program |
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7:00 - 7:45 |
Guided run / Nordic walk / Haikko balance |
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7:30 - 8:30 |
Breakfast, Haikko Manor |
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Session # 8
Use of digitalized methods to tailor interventions and personal guidance Chair Pilvikki Absetz |
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8:30 - 8:45 |
Speaker: Mikael Fogelholm
Presentation: Utilization of data from diverse sources in promotion of vascular health and prevention of disease: opportunities and challenges |
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8:45 - 9:30 |
Speaker: Michelle Morris
Presentation: Loyalty-card data in nutritional research in UK |
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9:30 - 9:50 |
Speaker: Elviira Lehto
Presentation: Can a consumer app be used to give meaningful feedback on the healthiness of purchases? |
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9:50 - 10:20 |
Coffee break, Congress Lounge |
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10:20 - 11:00 |
Speaker: Mark van Gils Presentation: Multi-modal data as basis for risk-based stratification of patients to individual-level interventions |
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11:00 - 11:45 |
Speaker: Saskia Kelders Presentation: Data-driven personalization of lifestyle interventions |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | Panel discussion: Novel technologies – opportunities and challenges in vascular health promotion across societal sectors. Chair: Tiina Laatikainen Panelists: Michelle Morris, Mark van Gils, Ulf Ekelund and Janne Martikainen |
| 12:45 - 13:00 | Closing remarks, Matti Rautalahti |
| 13:00 | Lunch, Haikko Manor |
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14:00 |
Group transportation to Helsinki |
