The Congress Opening Ceremony

The Congress Opening Ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 9, from 5 p.m.

During the ceremony, the following awards will be presented:

Honorary memberships: 

• MUDr. Jiří Humhal (Prague)
• doc. MUDr. Jiří Kettner, CSc., FESC (Prague)
• MUDr. Gabriel Marcinek (Slaný)
• doc. MUDr. Jan Šochman, CSc. (Prague)
• MUDr. Vladimír Vondráček, CSc. (Prague)
• prof. MUDr. Lenka Špinarová, PhD. (Brno)

Libensky’s Medal:

• prof. MUDr. Miloš Táborský, Ph.D., MBA, FESC (Olomouc)
• prof. Franz Weidinger, MD, FESC, FACC (ESC President-Elect 2020 - 2022)

Awards for Life-long Contribution to the Field of Cardiology:

• doc. MUDr. Debora Karetová, CSc. (Prague)
• prof. MUDr. Jan Janoušek, Ph.D. (Prague)
• prof. MUDr. Jiří Vítovec, CSc. (Brno)

The Agnes of Bohemia Award (Nurse of the Year)

• Mgr. Ludmila Klemsová, Ph.D. (Ostrava)

After the award ceremony, Prof. Franz Weidinger, President-Elect of the European Society of Cardiology, who was awarded the Libensky’s Medal, will make the Ceremonial Speech. 

At 6:30 p.m., the discussion block on “Indirect impacts of COVID-19” will follow (prof. Michal Miovský, Prof. Martin Anders).