It is our pleasure to welcome you to the 56th Annual Meeting of the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology to be held in Dublin Ireland, between April 26-29th, 2023. The meeting is hosted by the local organising committee from Children's Health Ireland Dublin, and Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Local Organising Committee Chairs Prof. Frank Casey, Belfast, Northern Ireland Clinical Professor Paediatric Cardiology Ulster University and Queen's University Belfast Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist Royal Belfast Hospital For Sick Children Prof. Colin McMahon, Dublin, Ireland Professor Cardiac Department, Our Ladys Children Hospital AEPC Council Nico Blom, Netherlands - President Katarina Hanseus, Sweden - Past-President Ina Michel-Behnke, Austria - Secretary General Werner Budts, Belgium - Scientific Secretary Juha-Matti Happonen, Finland - Treasurer Emanuela Valsangiacomo Buechel, Switzerland - Councillor Tara Bharucha, United Kingdom - Councillor Enrico Piccinelli, United Kingdom - Junior Councillor Margarita Brida, Croatia - Councillor, ESC/ACHD Representative Hitendu Dave, Switzerland - Councillor, Surgical Representative Ewa-Lena Bratt, Sweden - Councillor, Nurse and AHP Representative Frank Casey, Northern Ireland - AEPC 2023 Annual Meeting Chair