EPCCS Annual Conference 2026

The Primary Care Cardiovascular Summit & Scientific Meeting

The EPCCS is proud to announce the relaunch of our 12th annual scientific meeting to be held on February 26-27, 2026 on Palma de Mallorca. See the preliminary agenda. Registration is open

The traditional Annual Cardiovascular Summit and Scientific meeting will resume after a 5-year break.

The EPCCS is a WONCA special interest group and aims to provide a focus of support, education, research, and policy on issues relating to cardiovascular disease within primary care settings.

Join us as we gather live and virtually to explore the latest advancements in cardiovascular care within primary care settings.

This year's summit promises insightful discussions, expert-led sessions, and collaborative opportunities aimed at enhancing patient outcomes through innovative practices and evidence-based strategies. Embrace the future of cardiovascular medicine in primary care with EPCCS.

The conference will our 12th annual meeting and will be held in collaboration with SEMERGEN, Spain.

Abstracts

We encourage our EPCCS members to submit an abstract to the conference. Selected abstrats could be presented in the Rapid Fire Abstract Session as well as during the poster sessions in the programme breaks. Deadline for abstract submission is december 31, 2025. Abstracts can be send to info@gpcardio.com

Scientific agenda - Thursday, February 26, 2026

Session 1 - Cardio-Metabolic-Renal Risk in Primary care

10:00 - 11:30 Review of specialist guidelines and defining the role of primary care

• Specialist keynote - Addressing Cardiorenal and Cardiometabolic risk: An update on science & guideline recommendations
• Primary Care Keynote & Perspective - The role of primary care in addressing CMR risk: Diagnoses, treatment, referral
• Audience Discussion - Panel & audience debate & defining suggestions for best practice and remaining questions

Session 2: Rapid Fire abstract session

• Freestanding abstracts from EPCCS members

Session 3: Managing Heart Failure

13:30 - 14:45 Review of specialist guidelines, diagnosis, monitoring, co-morbidities and novel interventions

• Specialist Keynote - Diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: review of ESC guidelines and novel developments
• Primary Care Keynote & Perspective - Update on management issues in heart failure
• Audience Discussion - Panel & audience debate & defining suggestions for best practice and remaining questions

Tea Session 4: - Primary Care Innovations in CV risk management

14:45 - 15:25 Overview of country and EU initiatives innovating care to address CV risk. Rapid messages

Session 5: Hypertension Updates -Science & guidelines

16:00 - 17:30 Review of specialist guidelines and defining the role of primary care. Is hypertension still important to cardiovascular disease prevention?, Why don’t the guidelines agree? What has changed in the evidence base? What should GPs do?

• Specialist Keynote - Latest Blood Pressure guideline updates and novel developments in therapy resistant hypertension
• Primary Care Keynote & Perspective - Issues for primary care in diagnosis and management of hypertension
• Audience Discussion - Panel & audience debate & defining suggestions for best practice and remaining questions

Scientific agenda - Friday, February 27, 2026

Joint Programme with SEMERGEN

Session 6 - Lipid Management in Primary Care

Review of specialist guidelines and defining the role of primary care

• Specialist keynote - Latest ESC/EAS lipid guideline updates on novel interventions targeting LDL-c, Lp(a) and Triglycerides
• Primary Care Keynote & Perspective - The role of primary care in assessing lipid related risk and novel treatment approaches
• Audience Discussion - Panel & audience debate & defining suggestions for best practice and remaining questions

Session 7 - Obesity, cardiovascular and cardiometabolic risk

11:00 - 12:30 What is the evidence for obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease? Can we quantify that risk? Is there evidence for interventions that can modify this risk

• Specialist Keynote - Obesity, cardiovascular and cardiometabolic risk: Novel insights and strategies to address the pandemic
• Primary Care Keynote & Perspective - Update on managing CV risk in obese patients with - what’s the role of primary care?
• Audience Discussion - Panel & audience debate & defining suggestions for best practice and remaining questions

Session 8 - Workshops

13:30 – 16:00 3 Optional Practical workshops

Registration Fees

• € 275 - Early Bird Onsite participoation (until February 1, 2026)
• € 75 - Early Bird Online participation only (until Februray 1, 2026)
• € 75 - GP in training
• € 50 - Student
• € 50 - SEMERGEN participants (additional to SEMERGEN registration)

Link to registration

Meeting venue

The EPCCS Summit will be held at

Meliá Palma Marina, 29 Avinguda de Gabriel Roca 07014 Palma Spain

SEMERGEN

The GPcardio - EPCCS annual conference will be held in collaboration with the anual meeting of SEMERGEN. SEMERGEN is the pioneer scientific society of Primary Care in Spain. In 2023 it celebrated its 50th anniversary, with the trust of more than 13,000 members. Its priority objective is to promote the specialty of Family and Community Medicine (MFyC) and the scope of work of Primary Care Medicine, collaborating in the improvement of health care and quality of life of citizens, not only treating the disease but promoting the health of the population.

Accreditation

The conference will be CME accredited by the European Board for Accreditation of Continuing Education for Health professionals (EBAC)

Registration

Please follow this link to the registration page