PVRI 2025 Rio: Embracing Heterogeneity

Our PVRI 2025 Annual Congress 'PVRI 2025 Rio: Embracing Heterogeneity' will be hosted in the vibrant and captivating city of Rio de Janeiro at the Windsor Convention & Expo Centre, R. Martinho de Mesquita, 129 - Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20031-204, Brazil.

Esteemed experts, healthcare professionals, and researchers from around the globe will converge in this iconic city to share groundbreaking insights, foster collaborations, and advance our collective mission towards conquering Pulmonary Vascular Diseases (PVDs). 

Submit your abstract

All accepted abstracts will be published in our journal, Pulmonary Circulation, and may appear on our website. There is no fee for abstract submission, but the submitting author must have an active PVRI membership to submit. The best abstracts in the following areas will be selected for oral presentations in our main programme, so please indicate if your submission is relevant to one of these areas when you submit: 

• Establishing the framework for the classification & diagnosis of PH worldwide 
• Risk stratification & treatment in the new era of PH therapeutics 
• Vascular heterogeneity in chronic lung disease Heterogeneity in PH associated with heart disease 
• The individual exposome & it’s contribution to PH heterogeneity 
• Quantifying therapeutic responses 
• Leveraging disease heterogeneity in clinical trial design 
• None of the above 

The best abstracts will also be considered for travel awards based on available funding. For more detail, please read our abstract guidance, terms & conditions. 

Submissions close 21 October 2024. 

Submit your abstract

Programme

Pre-meetings: 29 January

• 08:00-16:00: Innovative Drug Development Initiative (IDDI) Meeting 
• 08:00-16:00: Infection in Pulmonary Vascular Disease (iPVD) Consortium Meeting 
• 08:00-12:00: Paediatric Task Force Meeting 
• 12:00-18:00: PAH-ICON: International Consortium for Genetic Studies in PAH Meeting 
• 16:00-18:00: High Altitude Task Force Meeting

Main congress

• 30 January: Heterogeneity in the presentation of Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) 
  • Session 1: Establishing the framework for the classification and diagnosis of PH worldwide 
  • Session 2: Risk stratification and treatment in the new era of PH therapeutics 
• 31 January: Heterogeneity in the pathobiology of PH 
  • Session 3: Vascular heterogeneity in chronic lung disease 
  • Session 4: Heterogeneity in PH associated with heart disease 
• 1 February: Learning from heterogeneity to improve outcomes in PH 
  • Session 5: The individual exposome and its contribution to PH heterogeneity 
  • Session 6: Quantifying therapeutic responses 
  • Session 7: Leveraging disease heterogeneity in clinical trial design

The Congress will include a welcome drinks reception, poster presentations and the opportunity to attend the following functions. All functions are free to attend, apart from the Gala Dinner, which is $60 per person. Please book onto the functions when you register for Congress.

• Women in PH Luncheon: Following our successful Luncheon in PVRI 2024 London, we are delighted to bring to you the Women in PH Luncheon at PVRI 2025 Rio. “Women in PH” began as a way to support educational opportunities for women in PH and strengthen their professional network, aimed at building an inclusive, diverse community. We strive to unite and amplify women’s voices to strengthen their collective interests. We look forward to another exhilarating event. We are very grateful to United Therapeutics Corporation for sponsoring this Luncheon.
• Career Catalyst Luncheon: Speed Mentoring for Early Career PH Professionals: This new Career Catalyst Luncheon will offer micro-mentoring opportunities to early-career PH professionals and trainees. We’ll facilitate networking and connection-building between early-career PH professionals and provide opportunities to connect with renowned senior and mid-career PH researchers in a welcoming and informal setting. If you’re an early career colleague, we hope you’ll join us!
• Gala Dinner & Awards Evening: Join us for an evening of celebration at our Gala Dinner & Awards Evening, where excellence will be honoured and memories made. Together, we’ll celebrate the impact each member of our community makes with good food and wine, a DJ, and a Bossa Nova band.
• Hot topics from PVRI GoDeep, led by Werner Seeger: The session will include an overview of the GoDeep meta-registry, risk scores beyond group 1 PH – baseline and follow-up, PAH-targeted therapies non-PAH PH, the impact of gender and ethnicity on survival with PH, and positive therapy response as predictor for survival: hemodynamic response versus risk score improvement versus multicomponent clinical improvement.

Full Scientific Programme

Congress prices

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Please note, to register you must be logged in to our website using your username and password. If you are a speaker, we will send you a Speaker Registration form. Please contact us if you need support.

PVRI Member Delegate Registration

Please note, to register you must be logged in to our website using your username and password. If you are a speaker, we will send you a Speaker Registration form. Please contact us if you need support.

PVRI Non-member Delegate Registration

Further details

Congress location: Windsor Convention & Expo Centre, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, R. Martinho de Mesquita, 129 - Barra da Tijuca, RJ 20031-204 

Closest airports 

• Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) 
• Santos Dumont Airport (Regional) (SDU) 

Both airports are approximately 35km from the hotels and conference centre. You can book private transfers through our in-country partner, Compass Brazil, on the accommodation booking page. Alternatively, we recommend using a licenced taxi or Uber from the airport. Each will have designated pick-up zones, and taxis can be ordered from members of airport staff wearing yellow waistcoats and positioned in the arrivals lounge. The cost should not be more than R$200 ($40) for a licenced taxi, or R$150 ($28) for an Uber. 

Hotels 

Our two recommended hotels are all within 30-second walking distance of the Windsor Convention & Expo Centre, site of the PVRI Congress 2025. Address: Avenida Lucio Costa, 2630 Barra da Tijuca, CEP 20031-204. 

• Windsor Barra (5*)
• Windsor Oceanico (4*) 

To ensure you receive the Congress rate, these must be booked through our partner, Compass Brazil. 

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