Young Baltic Cardio 2026

About the conference

General Information

Everything you need to plan your trip to Klaipėda — venue, accommodation, transport and the city itself.

Venue

Victoria Hotel Klaipėda, S. Šimkaus g. 2, LT-92128, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

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Airport

Palanga International Airport is 32 km from the city centre.

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Taxi from airport

Approx. €25–30 to the city centre. Apps recommended: Bolt, eTAKSI, ETRANSPORT.

Public Transport

Train Riga–Klaipėda (1 change in Šiauliai). Buses from Riga & Tallinn via Eurolines / Flixbus.

Accommodation

For a pleasant stay during Young Baltic Cardio 2026 we recommend rooms at the Victoria Hotel, the conference venue.

Reservations via hotelvictoria.lt/klaipeda
Special rate using the code BALTCARDIO2026 — to use it, email reservations directly to sl1.klaipeda@hotelvictoria.lt
Alternative options: top10hotels.com

Discover Klaipėda

Klaipėda's Old Town is unique in Lithuania for its German influence — geometrically straight streets and 18th-century Fachwerk architecture. Historically known as Memel, it briefly served as a temporary capital of the Kingdom of Prussia in the early 19th century.

Klaipėda is Lithuania's gateway to the Baltic Sea. Melnragė I and II beaches are 10–15 minutes from the city centre by bus, and Melnragė I features a long pier — a popular spot to watch ships entering the port.

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Conference Faculty

Distinguished Lecturers & Panelists

An international group of clinicians and researchers who will share their expertise across the two days of the conference.

Ainārs Rudzītis Cardiologist at the Latvian Centre of Cardiology, Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (Riga, Latvia); Associate Professor at Riga Stradiņš University; Chairman of the Board of the Rare Diseases Research Fund; Board Member of the Latvian Rare Diseases Specialist Association.
Eglė Ereminienė Cardiologist, Head of the rare cardiovascular disease department at Kaunas Clinics, Hospital of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania.
Jelena Čelutkienė Past President of the Lithuanian Society of Cardiology; cardiologist and one of the leading experts in the field of heart failure in Lithuania.
Indrė Čeponienė Cardiologist; Vice-Rector for Studies; Head of the Cardiovascular CT Department at Kaunas Clinics, Hospital of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania.
Eglė Rumbinaitė Cardiologist; Head of Cardiology Department at Kauno ligoninė; one of the leading experts of heart failure in Lithuania.
Martin Serg Cardiologist; Head of the 2nd Department of Cardiology at North Estonia Medical Centre, Estonia.
Kamilė Čerlinskaitė-Bajorė Cardiologist at Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos; one of the leading young-generation experts in the field of heart failure in Lithuania.
Justina Motiejūnaitė Consultant cardiologist at Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard in Paris, France.
Justas Simonavičius Senior cardiologist at Bürgerspital Solothurn Kardiologie, Switzerland.
Mindaugas Vieželis Consultant cardiologist at Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
Povilas Budrys Consultant cardiologist and Head of the Interventional Cardiology Department at Klaipėda University Hospital, Lithuania.
Teele Kasepalu Consultant cardiologist at Tartu University Hospital, Estonia.
Arnas Karužas Consultant cardiologist at Kaunas Clinics, Hospital of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and the leading Lithuanian expert in digital cardiology and AI tools
Filip Loncaric Cardiologist at the University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia.
Gintarė Neverauskaitė – Piliponienė Consultant cardiologist at the Kaunas Clinics, Hospital of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania.
Valdis Ģībietis Internal medicine physician and specialist in rare diseases based in Riga, Latvia.
Paulius Bučius Consultant cardiologist at the Kaunas Clinics, Hospital of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania.
Māris Lapšovs Consultant cardiologist at Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, actively involved in interventional cardiology and is one of the leading specialists in Latvia's renal denervation program.
Gintarė Bieliauskienė consultant cardiologist at Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos and an expert in advanced cardiac echocardiography.
Ieva Kažukauskienė consultant cardiologist and the head of the cardiovascular imaging department at Klaipėda University Hospital.
Gintarė Pukanasienė consultant cardiologist at Klaipėda University Hospital.

Scientific Programme

Two days, three core themes

Congestion in Heart Failure on Day 1, Cardiomyopathies and Amyloidosis on Day 2 — combining lectures, hands-on sessions and panel discussions.

Day 1 · Heart Failure

Friday, 11 September 2026

Start 10:00

10:00 Opening & Heart Failure — Morning Session