PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Get ready for CI 2026.
CONGRESS VENUE
GERMANISCHES NATIONALMUSEUM
Kartäusergasse 1, 90402 Nuremberg
Germany
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INFORMATION & REGISTRATION DESK
Thursday March 19: 07:15-18:00
Friday March 20: 08:00-15:00
EXHIBITION HOURS
Thursday March 19: 08:00-18:00
Friday March 20: 08:00-15:00
BADGE
To avoid queues, please plan to arrive early on Thursday morning to collect your badge. The desk will open at 7:15 am.
You have received —or will soon receive— a QR code by email.
• Print this document or display the QR code directly on your smartphone.
• Go to the e-badge stations at the registration desk.
• Scan the QR code using the scanner.
• Collect your badge.
• Take a lanyard and wear your badge at all times. It will be requested at access checkpoints.
If you have not yet settled any outstanding payments, we will ask you to pay at the registration desk before issuing your badge.
Badges are personalized and grant you access to conferences and the exhibition area. Your badges are equipped with a barcode and will be scanned at the entrance and exit of the auditorium.
FREE WIFI
Network: Germanisches Nationalmuseum (open network)/p>
CLOAKROOM
A cloakroom is at your disposal during the congress, at the same time as the registration desk.
FOLLOW THE EVENT
Keep up to date with the latest on the upcoming events.
IMAGE RIGHTS
Pictures will be taken, and videos recorded during the congress.
They will be published on the congress website.
If you do not wish to appear please take a red lanyard at the welcome desk.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
Certificates of attendance will be delivered by email after the congress.
OFFICIAL DINNER
Location: Grüner Baum – Gasthof Blödel Venatoriusstraße
790455 Nürnberg – Kornburg
Date: Thursday, March, 19
Fully booked
Dress code: smart casual or local Bavarian clothing
Shuttle buses will be available to transfer participants to and from the congress dinner venue.
Shuttle Service:
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Outbound transfer
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Departure point: Germanisches Nationalmuseum , Nuremberg
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Arrival: Grüner Baum – Gasthof Blödel, Venatoriusstraße 79, 90455 Nürnberg-Kornburg
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4 buses departing at 6:00 PM
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Return transfer (end of the evening)
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Departure point: Grüner Baum – Gasthof Blödel
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Drop-off: Near Park Plaza Nuremberg & Scandic Nürnberg Central
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4 departures at 10:30 PM, 11:00 PM, 11:30 PM and 12:00 AM
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Visit of the Siemens Healthineers Experience Center
In cooperation with Critical Issues 2026, Siemens Healthineers is offering you the opportunity to join a guided demonstration of their newest intra-operative imaging portfolio. It will be presented in collaboration with two partners: Boston Scientific, showcasing the Avvigo+ intravascular ultrasound, and Angiodroid, presenting the CO2 injector.
Date: Friday, March, 20
From 3:30 p.m to 7:00 p.m
Registration is free but mandatory to participate in this event
ACCREDITATION
Critical Issues 2026 has been accredited by 13 CME credits by the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC).
IMPORTANT: Please don’t forget to fill in this form if you want your EBAC certificate for the accreditation.
Click here: ebac.vote/bjez
Critical Issues in Aortic Endografting 2026 on 2026-03-19 to 2026-03-20 in Nuremberg, Germany, is compliant with Ethical MedTech business code of practice.
CONTACTS ONSITE
Virginie Jabès
Project Manager & Exhibition
vjabes@divine-id.com
+33(0) 6 23 94 82 47
Kim Marsilj
Faculty & Housing
hospitalite1@divine-id.com
+33(0) 6 73 53 45 89
vérane bergeron
Executive manager
vbergeron@divine-id.com
+33 (0)6 21 78 87 1
COURSE LOCAL ORGANIZERS
Eric Verhoeven
Athanasios Katsargyris
Pablo Marques
Bernd Moehner
CRITICAL ISSUES STEERING COMMITTEE

Nuno Dias
Malmö
Sweden

Stephan Haulon
Le Plessis-Robinson
France

Athanasios Katsargyris
Nuremberg
Germany

Timothy Resch
Copenhagen
Denmark

Eric Verhoeven
Nuremberg
Germany


