We are organizing a “Symposium on heart regeneration: Direct stimulation of cardiogenesis as a novel strategy for treating heart failure”. The meeting will be held at our institution (Scientific and Technological Pole, IRCCS MultiMedica, Italy) on November 16th 2017. Invited speakers include our collaborators and international leaders in heart regeneration, namely Prof. E.Tzahor (Weizmann Institute, Israel), Prof. J.Bakkers (Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands) and Prof. Gilbert Weidinger (Ulm University, Germany).