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CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Vol 26, No 5, October/November 2015
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PASCAR 2015 Mauritius Scientific Programme
SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER 2015: PRE-CONGRESSWORKSHOPS AND OPENING CEREMONY
07h00–09h00 REGISTRATION FOR PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOPS
09h00–13h00 PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOPS (MORNING)
09h00–13h00 Pan-African Society of Cardiology
task force on hypertension
(organisers: Anastase Dzudie,
Cameroon; and Dike Ojji, Nigeria)
Venue: Iris
Pan-African Society of Cardiology
task force on cardiac surgery
(organisers: Ahmed ElSayed,
Sudan; Johan Brink, South Africa,
and Sunil Gunness, Mauritius)
Venue: Frangipani
Pan-African Society of Cardiology
task force on paediatric cardiology
(organisers: Ana Olga Mocumbi,
Mozambique; and Sam
Omokhodion, Nigeria)
Venue: Orchid
13h00–14h30 LUNCH FOR WORKSHOP DELEGATES
14h00–16h30 PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOPS (AFTERNOON)
14h00–16h30 Pan-African Society of Cardiology
task force on rheumatic heart
disease – implementing the Addis
Ababa Communique (organisers:
David Watkins, USA; and Liesl
Zühlke, South Africa)
Venue: Iris
Pan-African Society of Cardiology
task force on heart failure
(organiser: Karen Sliwa, South
Africa)
Venue: Frangipani
Pan-African Society of
Cardiology task force on sudden
death (organiser: Aimé Bonny,
Cameroon)
Venue: Orchid
16h00
REGISTRATION FOR MAIN CONGRESS OPENS
16h30–18h30 Pan-African Society of Cardiology
task force on rheumatic heart
disease – implementing the
PASCAR RHD register
(organisers: Joris van Dam,
Zambia; and Liesl Zühlke, South
Africa)
Venue: Iris
Pan-African Society of Cardiology
task force on pacemaker and ICD
re-use (organiser: Mahmoud Sani,
Nigeria; and Zaheer Yousef, UK)
Venue: Frangipani
Pan-African Society of Cardiology
task force on interventional
cardiology
(organiser: Harun Otieno, Kenya)
Venue: Orchid
19h30–20h30
OPENING CEREMONY:
Venue: Hibiscus ballroom
AND COCKTAIL PARTY:
Venue: Segala Beach
Welcoming address: Prime Minister of Mauritius (TBC)
Other speakers: Prof Sunil Gunness (President: CVS (M) – ‘Cardiology and Cardiac Services in Mauritius’
and Prof Bongani Mayosi (President: PASCAR) – ‘PASCAR in 2015’