EUROPEAN PROGRAM

FOR PREVENTION 2025

Lublin Prevention in Cardiovascular Disease
SUMMIT 2026

under the umbrella of the International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP)
and the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL)

29th January 2026
08:30 – 08:45
Registration, Coffee and Networking
08:45 – 09:00
Lublin and KUL Warm Welcome
Prof. Miroslaw Kalinowski (Rector of the KUL)
09:00 – 09:15
Welcome message and main information on the Summit
Prof. Maciej Banach (the ILEP President and Vice-Rector of the KUL, Poland)

Moderators: Prof. Maciej Banach (Lublin, Poland), Prof. Gustavs Latkovskis (Riga, Latvia)

09:15 – 09:30
EU Safe Hearts Plan – prevention as the main strategy in the fight against CVDs!
Olivér Várhelyi (Hungary) (Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare)
09:30 – 09:45
Public Health as an effective tool in CVD prevention in Europe.
Adam Jarubas (Poland) (Chair of the EP Committee on Public Health)
09:45 – 10:00
The European Program for Prevention – how to strengthen CEE Members States voices in the European CVD Health.
Prof. Maciej Banach (Lublin, PL)
10:00 – 10:15
Discussion

Moderators: Prof. Anca Stoian (Bucharest, Romania), Prof. Zlatko Fras (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

10:15 – 10:30
Healthcare Solutions in Cardiovascular Prevention and What is on the Horizon? Latvia
Ms. Aiga Balode (Deputy of the Secretary of the Ministry of Health in Latvia)
10:30 – 10:45
Romania: National Strategy for Management of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases
Dr. Alexandru Rogobete (Ministry of Health, Romania),
Prof. Dragos Vinereanu (President of the Cardiology Board and Honorary Councillor of the Ministry of Health in Romania)
10:45 – 11:00
Healthcare Solutions in Cardiovascular Prevention and What is on the Horizon? Czechia
Mgr. Blanka Kavková (Head, Healthcare Department, the Ministry of Health in Czechia)
11:00 – 11:15
Healthcare Solutions in Cardiovascular Prevention and What is on the Horizon? Lithuania
Daniel Naumovas (Viceminister, the Ministry of Health of Lithuania).
11:15 – 11:30
KUL Faculty of Medicine: Closing the Cardiovascular Gap in Eastern Poland.
Rev. Prof. Miroslaw Kalinowski (Lublin, Poland)
11:30– 11:45
Coffee Break and Networking

Moderators: Assoc. Prof. Laszlo Robert Kolozsvari (Debrecen Hungary), Prof. Zaneta Petrulioniene (Vilnius, Lithuania)

11:45 – 11:57
Personalized prevention of cardiovascular disease in Estonia
Prof. Margus Viigimaa (Tallin, Estonia)
11:57 – 12:09
Education and Scientific Achievements in Cardiovascular Diseases Prevention at the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia.
Prof. Daniel Pella (Kosice, Slovakia)
12:09 – 12:21
The Hungarian FH Registry and the Role of Primary Care in Lipid Disorders.
Assoc. Prof. Laszlo Robert Kolozsvari (Debrecen Hungary)
12:21 – 12:33
The Slovenian Prevention Success: What next? The National CVD Plan- Emphasis on the integrative cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention.
Prof. Zlatko Fras (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
12:33 – 12:45
20 years of the Lithuanian High Cardiovascular Risk (LitHiR) primary prevention program: from its origins to widespread coverage
Prof. Dalius Jatužis (Chairman of National Health Council)
12:45 – 12:57
Diabetes and Obesity – Romanian preventive strategies for effective diagnosis and integrated care
Prof. Anca Stoian (Bucharest, Romania)
12:57 – 13:05
Discussion
13:05 – 13:40
Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding signing and the Official Press Conference
(plus coffee break and networking)

Moderators: Prof. Ibadete Bytyçi (Prishtina, Kosovo), Colonel Dr. Aleksander Michalski (Lublin, Poland)

13:40 – 13:52
Croatian Successful Prevention Activities – "Hunting silent killer" and "Do you know your number".
Prof. Ivan Pecin (Zagreb, Croatia)
13:52 – 14:04
Building CVD Prevention in Kosovo: SCREEN-KOS project and KOS-ACS registry.
Prof. Gani Bajraktari (Prishtina, Kosovo)
14:04 – 14:16
The role of cardiovascular prevention in children – Serbian experience and results
Prof. Bojko Bjelakovic (Nis, Serbia)
14:16 – 14:28
Integrated management of familial hypercholesterolemia patients in Slovakia – an example of collaboration between pediatric and adult outpatient departments for FH identification.
Prof. Branislav Vohnout (Bratislava, Slovakia)
14:28 – 14:40
Bulgarian experience to share - from difficult to control hypertension to cardiometabolic determinants of vascular aging.
Prof. Arman Postadzhiyan (Sofia, Bulgaria)
14:40 – 14:52
Opole Scientific Experience in CVD medicine – from the Lipidogram 2004 to the Intervention in Multimorbidity Prevention studies!
Prof. Jacek Jozwiak (Opole, Poland)
14:52 – 15:00
Discussion
15:00 – 15:30
Lunch and Networking

Moderators: Prof. Maciej Banach (Lublin, Poland), Prof. Ivan Pecin (Zagreb, Croatia).

15:30 – 15:45
Latvian Experience to Share: the SCORE Program and Initiatives for Rare Diseases in Cholesterol Synthesis and Metabolism
Prof. Gustavs Latkovskis (Riga, Latvia)
15:45 – 16:00
Systemic and Institutional solutions in secondary prevention in Poland
Prof. Robert Gil (Warsaw, Poland)
16:00 – 16:15
From Education to Research in Cardiovascular Diseases: Key Achievements of the Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.
Prof. Dan Gaita (Timisoara, Romania)
16:15 – 16:30
Leveraging the MoU: Your Launchpad to National & EU Funding.
Dr. Urszula Czyżewska (Lublin, Poland)
16:30
Next Steps, Take Home Message and Official Closing
Prof. Maciej Banach (Lublin, Poland)
© 2026 Lublin Prevention in Cardiovascular Disease SUMMIT

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