Welcome to GloVANet
The Global Vascular Access Network (GloVANet) is the organisation dedicated to advancing vascular access worldwide through education, collaboration, research, and innovation. GloVANet encompasses a variety of activities in these fields. For detailed information on all GloVANet’s activities please click here. GloVANet aims to be the worldwide network to enhance global awareness on vascular access and improve patient care.
Meet the Experts - China
The first ‘Meet the Experts’ session was successfully live-streamed on Saturday the 21st of May 2022 and specifically dedicated to China. An international speaker (Mauro Pittiruti) and a national speaker (Jia Li) presented and discussed current vascular access aspects in oncology. The presentations are in English with Chinese subtitles. The opening, closing and Q&A’s are also in English. The full session can be re-watched; click on the button below to for more information and to re-watch the session.
1st GloVANet Academy Week
GloVANet is excited to announce that it has launched a “GloVANet Academy Week“!
GloVANet is organising its first Academy Week in which VA-specialists can follow hands-on courses given by experts in the field for 4 consecutive days. It will take place from Monday 8 to Thursday 11 March 2027 at the Corendon Hotel, Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands. The programme consists of a total of 24 courses. For these courses there are 7 topics that will be given at multiple occasions during the week in order to ensure that you can attend the largest variety of courses possible.
For more information and registration for the GloVANet Academy Week click here.
WoCoVA Special Event at GAVeCeLT Congress 2026
GloVANet / WoCoVA is hosting a Special Session on the 2nd of December 2026 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This session is taking place during the 3-day GAVeCeLT congress that is taking place 1-3 December in Rome, Italy. WoCoVA’s special session, in collaboration with GAVeCeLT, will revolve around the most important topics from the 9th World Congress on Vascular Access (Valencia, Spain, 2026). These topics will be presented by VA-specialists who were present at the last WoCoVA. For more information about the Special Session click here to go to the dedicated page.
10th WoCoVA
The biennial World Congress on Vascular Access (WoCoVA) is the global network event where professionals from around the world meet and share scientific knowledge and innovations on vascular access topics during the congress.
Save the date: the 10th WoCoVA will take place 5 – 7 April 2028 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
NAVIGATE project
The NAVIGATE Position Statement – NomenclAture Via Integrated Global Advancements in Terminology Efficiencies, is a project that builds a global language for Vascular Access and has been developed in collaboration with GloVANet / WoCoVA.
NAVIGATE’s aim is to provide standardised VA nomenclature for patient safety, clinical communication and scientific integrity worldwide. Global adoption of standardised nomenclature offers an opportunity to minimise ambiguity and enhance reporting transparency, research comparability, education, communication, and ultimately patient care.
The NAVIGATE Position Statement has currently been translated into 16 languages, with another 14 translations underway.
