2026 – Annual Scientific Meeting
There isn’t one! But we would encourage all AAS members to attend and fully participate in the International Vascular Biology Meeting at the Adelaide Centre
IVBM 2026 will be held in the Adelaide Convention Centre.
Financial members of the AAS are able to access discount registration fees (click through the registration process).
Amazing plenary speakers! https://ivbm2026.com/plenary-speakers/
Meeting Themes include (and are not limited to):
- Blood and lymphatic vascular development
- Vascular heterogeneity
- Immune cell trafficking through the vasculature
- Engineering the vasculature
- Transcriptional programming of endothelial cell identity
- Stem cells and the vasculature
- Genetics underpinning vascular diseases
- Atherosclerosis
- Vascular malformations and anomalies
- Single cell and spatial-omic analyses of vascular development and disease
- Mechanobiology in the vasculature
- Endothelial cell metabolism during development and disease
- Platelets and thrombosis
- The tumour vasculature
- The blood brain barrier
KEY DATES
- Close of abstracts – May 15
- Confirmation of acceptance – June
- Close of early bird registration – June 30
2025 – Annual Scientific Meeting
The 2025 AAS Annual Scientific Meeting was in Sydney
from October 29-31.
- Professor Jeanine Roeters van Lennep, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam (online)
- Professor Hun Jee Choe Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, South Korea
- Dr Marit Westerterp University Medical Center Groningen
- Dr Laurent Yvan-Charvet INSERM, Nice, France
- Professor Stephen Nicholls Victorian Heart Institute at Monash University
To close the ASM, a lively, informative and robust discussion centred on Code to Cure: Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular Innovation.
2024 – Annual Scientific Meeting
The 2024 AAS Annual Scientific Meeting was in Melbourne
from October 23-25.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Great scientific program with three international speakers and two national speakers
- Dr Muredach Reilly, Columbia University, USA
- Professor Marianne Benn, Rigsospitalet Copenhagen, Denmark
- Dr Jong-Chan Youn, Catholic University of Korea
- Professor Kerry-Anne Rye, University of NSW
- A/Professor Peter Psaltis, SAHMRI
- Amazing Panel discussion Atherosclerosis Research in Australia – Past, Present & Future
2023 – Joint ASM with ANZMS and AVBS
Where: Adelaide Hills Convention Centre, 145a Mount Barker Road, Hahndorf
When: Sunday October 29 to Wednesday November 1, 2023
- A face to face meeting in the Adelaide Hills brought together three Australian Societies with a vascular interest
- Great scientific program with the following international and national invited speakers
- Panel Discussion on The Future of Vascular Research concluded the meeting.
- All presentations were orals (including mini-orals which replaced posters)
- Awards for Higher Degree Students and Early Career Researchers
- Student Travel Grants for presenting students
- Networking opportunities with colleagues from around Australia and New Zealand
PARTNER SUPPORT
The Joint ASM Committee would like to thank the organisations who supported this very special meeting
- Amgen – Gold Sponsor, supporting all AAS educational activities
- Novartis – Gold Sponsor, supporting all AAS educational activities
- CSL – supporting the AAS Rising Star Awards
- Centre for Cancer Biology, Joint ASM Silver Sponsor
- Heart Research Institute, Joint ASM Silver Sponsor
- Lonza, Joint ASM Bronze Sponsor
- United BioResearch, Joint ASM Bronze Sponsor
- University of Sydney (School of Health Sciences), Joint ASM Bronze Sponsor
2022 – Face to face meetings returned!
The 2022 Atherosclerosis Education Program consisted of Scientific Showcase Seminars (March – October), the FH Summit (October), the Annual Scientific Meeting (November) and the Clinical Masterclass.
Members may view Scientific Showcase Seminars and ASM invited presentations after logging into the member portal.
Those interested in familial hypercholesterolaemia may view the FH Summit recordings.
Clinical Masterclass recordings are available via this link.
We would like to thank our 2022 Atherosclerosis Education Partners:
- Amgen: Gold support of all activities
- AstraZeneca: Bronze support for the FH Summit and Clinical Masterclass
- CSL: Supporting the Rising Star Awards
- Novartis: Bronze support for the FH Summit and Clinical Masterclass
- Sanofi: Bronze support for the FH Summit and Clinical Masterclass
2021 AAS MasterClass
2021 Joint Annual Scientific Meeting
All 2021 meetings were postponed given the coronavirus pandemic limitations. However, the AAS ran weekly virtual meetings which members and guests were welcome to attend free of charge. Over 420 individuals logged in over the year to hear 59 speakers from across the Australian cardiovascular world. All sessions were recorded and are available to members via the Members Portal.