The language of the meeting will be English.

Tuesday 20-09-2022 Topic
13:00 – 17:00Exhibition set-up
Wednesday 21-09-22TopicSpeaker
7:45 – 8:30 Registration 
8:30 – 8:45 Welcome Tim Takken, PhD
8:45 – 9:45  Physiological Basis of Exercise Performance 1/2Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, MD
9:45 – 10:15Break 
10:15 – 11:00Physiological Basis of Exercise Performance 2/2Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, MD
11:00 – 11:45Pathophysiology of Exercise LimitationPiergiuseppe Agostoni, MD
11:45 – 12:45Tutorials: Beginner- Intermediate – Advanced Faculty
12:45 – 13:45Lunch 
13:45 – 14:15Conducting CPET: equipment, calibration, technical troubleshootingSandy Jack, PhD
14:15 – 14:45Quality control for CPET and proceduresTjeu Souren, PhD
14:45  – 15:15Protocols for CPET: ramp tests, constant work rate test, (other: incremental step test, 6MWT)Marshall Riley, MD
15:15 – 15:45Break 
15:45 – 16:15Normal values and their pitfallsAlfred Hager, MD
16:15 – 16:45Formatting exercise test resultsDaniel Dumitrescu, MD
16:45 – 17:15Cardiac output measurements during exercise (direct/indirect methods)Piergiuseppe Agostoni, MD
17:15 – 19:00Welcome reception 
19:00Speakers Diner
Thursday 22-09-2022TopicSpeaker
8:30 – 9:00Exercise testing in cardiac disease (HF, CAD, PH)Piergiuseppe Agostoni, MD
9:00 – 9:30 Exercise testing in congenital heart diseaseAlfred Hager, MD
9:30 – 10:00 Exercise testing in pulmonary disease (COPD, ILD)Joachim Meyer, MD
10:00 – 10:30 Break 
10:30 – 11:00Exercise testing in pulmonary vascular diseaseDaniel Dumitrescu, MD
11:00 – 11:30Interpretation of CPETJoost van den Aardweg, MD 
11.30 – 11.45Break
11:45 – 12:45Workshop 1: Incremental (Ramp) CPET Faculty
Cosmed, Schiller, Cortex, MCG, Vyaire
12:45 – 13:00Break 
 13:00 – 14:00CPET for perioperative risk assessment: fit for surgeryDenny Levett, MD
13:30 – 14:00CPET & Oncology rehabilitationSandy Jack, PhD
14:00 – 15:00Lunch
 
15:00 – 15:30CPET in Children Tim Takken, PhD
15:30 – 16:00Gas Exchange Patterns in Metabolic MyopathiesMarshall Riley, PhD
16:00 – 16:30Break/Group picture
16:30 – 17:30Workshop 2: constant workload test Faculty
Cosmed, Cortex, Schiller, MCG, Vyaire
17:30 – 18:30CPXI Board MeetingCPXI Board
19:00 – 23:00Course dinner 

Friday 23-09-2022TopicSpeaker
8:30 – 9:00CPET in AthletesGuido Vroemen, MD
9:00 – 9:30 CPET and COVID-19 James Hull, MD
9:30 – 10:00 CPET and cardiac rehabilitation Harald Kemps, MD 
10:00 – 10:30 Break 
10:30 – 11:00Cardiopulmonary adaptations to high altitudeMike Grocott, MD
11:00 – 11:30CPET & EILOJames Hull, PhD
11:30 – 12:00In-magnet exercise testingJeroen Jeneson, PhD
12:00 – 13:00Tutorial sessions Topics:
Cardiac
Pulmonary
Sports
Pediatric/CHD
Preoperative
13:00 – 13:30Lunch 
13:30 – 14:00General Assembly Meeting CPX International – virtualPaul Older, MD
14:00 – 15:15CPET the clinical application: case presentationsFaculty
15:15 – 15:30Break 
15:30 – 16:30Abstracts / Young Investigator Award (posters to presented)Erik Hulzebos, PhD
16:30 – 17:00Certification, awards and concluding remarksOrganizing committee