35th Annual Conference of the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation
Thursday 8 – Friday 9 October 2026
Location: The Eastside Rooms, Woodcock Street, Birmingham B7 4BL
The BACPR annual conference is sponsored by various pharmaceutical companies.
These organisations have had no input into the development of the conference programme, or influenced the choice of speakers, except for any industry sponsored symposia presentations.
Sponsoring organisations will not be contributing in any way to the organisation and running of any social activities around the conference period.
Day 1 – Thursday 9 October – 10:00 – 17:00 hrs
Day 2 – Friday 10 October – 09:15 – 15:30 hrs
The Future of Cardiac Rehabilitation: From Prevention to Impact
Setting the national vision for cardiac rehabilitation as a cornerstone of prevention, innovation and sustainable cardiovascular care.
Prevention Across the Pathway: Reducing Cardiovascular Risk at Scale
How prevention, early intervention and rehabilitation integrate to improve outcomes across populations.
Cardiometabolic Risk Optimisation in Cardiac Rehabilitation
The role of CR in delivering effective cardiometabolic risk reduction as part of secondary prevention.
Tackling Health Inequalities in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Addressing inequity in access, experience and outcomes, with a focus on women’s health, heart failure and underserved groups.
Future-Ready Cardiac Rehabilitation: Digital, Data and AI
Exploring how digital tools, AI and innovation can enhance prevention, personalise rehabilitation and support sustainable delivery.
Optimising Clinical Outcomes: Therapy, Psychology and the Patient Voice
Delivering holistic cardiac rehabilitation through medical optimisation, psychosocial care and co-designed services.
The Next Decade of Cardiac Rehabilitation: Building a Sustainable Cardiac Rehabilitation Workforce
Developing a resilient, skilled and future-proof workforce to meet growing demand and evolving models of care. Including translating learning into practice, leadership, system alignment and collective action for the future of cardiac rehabilitation




Principal Investigator
Salzburg Research, Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Salzburg, Austria