ASE 2026 offers multiple opportunities for hands-on experiential learning.
Echo Discovery Zone
Hands-On Imaging Experience and More!
The new Echo Discovery Zone is a hands-on engagement space designed to highlight how cardiovascular ultrasound is evolving across the patient journey through interactive learning, case-based challenges, and practical image optimization experiences.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
STAGE
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Local Society Jeopardy: Regionals
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Highlights of ASE Initiatives
12:15 PM – 1:20 PM
Who Wants to Be a Leader
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Featured Cases: Pediatrics
COUNCILS: TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- Circulation and Vascular
- Critical Care
- Perioperative Echocardiography
- Interventional Echocardiography
- Pediatrics and CHD
- Sonography
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Perioperative Echocardiography
- Interventional Echocardiography
- Pediatrics and CHD
- Sonography
HANDS-ON STATIONS
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Station 1: HCM Association
- Station 2: ASE
- Station 3: UltraSight
- Station 4: UltraSight
- Station 5: Lantheus
- Station 6: VheaRts
- Station 7: Fujifilm
- Station 8: AISAP
- Station 9: Bracco
- Station 10: Philips
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
- Station 1: HCM Association
- Station 2: ASE
- Station 3: UltraSight
- Station 4: UltraSight
- Station 5: GE HealthCare PDX
- Station 6: GE HealthCare PDX
- Station 7: Fujifilm
- Station 8: AISAP
- Station 9: Bracco
- Station 10: GE Healthcare
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
STAGE
8:15 AM – 9:15 AM
Featured Cases: Adult
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Local Society Jeopardy: Finals
COUNCILS: TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Circulation and Vascular
- Perioperative Echo
- Pediatrics and CHD
- Sonography
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
- Critical Care
- Interventional Echo
HANDS-ON STATIONS
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Station 1: HCM Association
- Station 2: ASE
- Station 3: UltraSight
- Station 4: UltraSight
- Station 7: Fujifilm
- Station 8: AISAP
- Station 9: Bracco
- Station 10: GE Healthcare
Virtual Reality Sessions
Additional conference option: Special ticketed event that requires registration.
Cost: $40 USD.
These immersive sessions are designed to deepen understanding of cardiac anatomy and its echocardiographic images by using virtual reality (VR). The VR environment allows users to visualize spatial relationships, practice procedural perspectives, and connect anatomical knowledge with imaging findings in a vivid, intuitive way.
- Left Atrial Appendage
- ASDs & PFOs
- Aortic Valve Interventions
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Structural Imaging Bootcamp
Advanced Imaging for Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Therapies—TEER and Tricuspid Valve Replacement
Additional conference option: Special ticketed event that requires registration.
Cost: $150 USD
This session will combine focused didactics, case-based discussions, and interactive workstations training to enhance the skills of attendees in this fast-growing field. The curriculum is designed to address both foundational anatomy and cutting-edge procedural imaging techniques, ensuring participants leave with immediately applicable knowledge and skills.
UEA DIY: Ultrasound Guided IV Placement
In this hands-on session, participants will learn the fundamentals of ultrasound-guided IV placement. Using tofu simulation models, attendees will practice needle guidance and visualization in a controlled, low-risk environment.
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Workshops
Additional conference option: Special ticketed event that requires registration.
Cost: $30 USD
DIY sessions allow for individualized learning and most sessions include patients and/or models. DIY topics include:
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Tricuspid Valve Diagnosis
- Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Devices
- Left Atrial and Right Ventricular Strain
- Vascular
- Pediatrics