In a “How-to tutorial” entitled “European Union research grant: how to write and apply?” at the Annual Congress of the European Society for Cardiology (ESC) that was chaired by the EC officer responsible for CONTICA, Dr. Virginija Dambrauskaite, Prof. Pieske was an invited speaker. He provided and discussed his hands on experience with CONTICA with the audience.
Prof. Pieske organized and chaired a symposium during the 74^th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Cardiology (DGK), that was held in association with the CONTICA project. The title of the 90 minutes symposium was: “Dysfunctional cardiomyocyte ion handling and triggered arrhythmias – from basic mechanisms to clinics (in association with the EU “CONTICA” project)”.

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In an interview with a journalist of the FH Joanneum (Graz), the coordinator and the scientific project manager explained the goals and research of CONTICA. The resulting article appeared in the science part of the website of the ORF, the public Austrian broadcasting company, ORF-Wissen.
The CONTICA project was introduced to Austrian journalists at the occasion of the annual ZMF day (a local science day at MUG) in November 2008 by the scientific project manager, PD Dr. Kockskämper. As a result, reports on the CONTICA project and its topic, Ca²⁺-induced arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death
At the occasion of the annual meeting of the CONTICA project, a press conference was organized under the auspices and at the premises of the Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. A detailed report from the press conference is found here...
Das EU-Forschungsprojekt CONTICA (Control of Intracellular Calcium and Arrhythmias) ist angelaufen. (German)
Europäischer Forschungsverbund "Contica" / Koordinierung in Göttingen. (German) 
Plötzlicher Herztod: CONTICA - EU Forschungsverbund will Details von Herzrhythmusstörungen klären. (German)
Plötzlicher Herztod: CONTICA - europäischer Forschungsverbund will Details tödlicher Herzrhythmusstörungen klären. (German)