During the last 4 months a lot has happened in ISHNE. The Board of Trustees met inChicago and had a day long meeting to discuss strategies, our official Journal, and the future of ISHNE. This was an important stage for our strategy planning. The new perspectives of ISHNE were defined as follows:

Education (basically web-based learning and certification) and developing  guidelines (and publishing in the ANE) and promotion of research in noninvasive electrocardiology.

There were several educational sessions worldwide, including:

-World Congress of Cardiology, BA, May 2008. A joint HRS-ISHNE meeting was conducted within the framework of the world congress, with quite a good audience. A stand of our own was also arranged to promote the educational activities of the society, as well as the next biannual congress of ISHNE that will be held in Yokohama, Japan. Our marketers had typical Japanese and Argentine suits, which were well received by the audience.

- 2^nd International Workshop in Noninvasive Electrocardiology in Timisoara, Romania, June 4-6 2008. Chair Victor Moga

- Cardiostim, Nice, June 2008, where a 3-day symposium was held, with round tables and presentation of oral brief communications and posters.  The symposium was chaired by Drs. Zareba W, Dubner S, Moss AJ, Hombach V. 
The Sessions were: Update on inherited arrhythmia disorders, Inherited arrhythmia syndromes, Resynchronization therapy, Atrial Fibrillation, Syncope, Autonomic control and its monitoring, Timing of noninvasive testing

We have also filmed several presentations and round tables that will be presented in due time in the virtual campus of our official page.  And soon we will hold meetings at:

The 19th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology, (GW-ICC) Beijing , Oct 23^rd to Oct 26^th­­­, 2008 - Chair: Dayi Hu

Educational Symposium on Non Invasive Electrocardiology, Belgrade, Serbia, November 1st.  Chair :  Branislav Milovanovic

International Forum of Arrhythmias - 4th Congress on Update in Cardiology and Cardiac Sugery  ANtalya, Turkey,on Nov 28th-Dec 2nd ,2008 -Chair: Ali Oto

And we will sponsor the congresses of the 13th International Symposium on Progress in Clinical Pacing, Rome, chaired by M. Santini; and Cardiorhythm 2009, Hong Kong, chaired by CP Lau.

Another important event will be, as mentioned, the 13th Biannual Congress of ISHNE, that will take place in Yokohama , Japan , on June 4th-6th, 2009 . The congress has been planned to attract cardiologists not just from Japan , but also from countries from Southeastern Asia , and it will have more than 50 international guests. Dr. Tanabe, President of the congress, is working as hard as possible so that this congress is of a high scientific and audience level. To obtain any data about it, you may visit our official page at www.ishne.org or directly the link of the congress at http://www.ishne09.umin.jp

Sudden Cardiac Death: Epidemiology, Mechanism, and Underlying Disease, Practice Guidelines for Prevention of Sudden Death, Update on Risk Stratification Methods, Various Diagnostic Examinations in Risk Stratification of Sudden Cardiac Death are just a few of the topics that will be approached in our congress. The full program can be obtained in our web page.

After the great success of the prior Virtual Symposium on Heart Failure and recent Virtual Symposium on Myocardial Ischemia, we are very happy to have carried out the Second Virtual Congress on HF. It was chaired by Dr. Moss on this occasion too, and the response of the audience was very important, with more than 17,000 registered members and more than 60,000 lectures downloaded. As usual, the congress was held in English, with simultaneous translation into Russian, Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese, so that a very significant number of colleagues may read it in their mother language, which the way we see it, is more friendly and easier. We are planning for the
future, to also translate it into other languages as French and Japanese.

We cordially expect you to share our activities, both live and virtual, and a greater participation in the Annals, our official journal.
Sincerely,