diff --git a/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/HistorianClient.cs b/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/HistorianClient.cs
index 14373c8..e321a13 100644
--- a/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/HistorianClient.cs
+++ b/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/HistorianClient.cs
@@ -382,6 +382,38 @@ public sealed class HistorianClient : IAsyncDisposable
         }, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Opens a reusable v8 EVENT session (ECDH + RegisterCmEventTag ONCE) over the 2023 R2 gRPC
+    /// transport. The caller owns the session and must dispose it. Reusing the session across sends
+    /// amortizes the ECDH+register cost (~10-16×, spike-proven); the server idle-expires it in ~25s,
+    /// so keep it warm (HistorianEventSession.PingAsync) or re-open. For SendEvent amortization only —
+    /// event reads are gated (C2) and not exposed here. RemoteGrpc only.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task<HistorianEventSession> OpenEventSessionAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        if (_options.Transport != HistorianTransport.RemoteGrpc)
+        {
+            throw new ProtocolEvidenceMissingException(
+                "HistorianEventSession is only supported over the 2023 R2 RemoteGrpc transport.");
+        }
+
+        return await Task.Run(() =>
+        {
+            Grpc.HistorianGrpcConnection connection = Grpc.HistorianGrpcChannelFactory.Create(_options);
+            try
+            {
+                var orch = new Grpc.HistorianGrpcEventWriteOrchestrator(_options);
+                Grpc.HistorianGrpcHandshake.Session session = orch.OpenAndRegisterEventSession(connection, cancellationToken);
+                return new HistorianEventSession(connection, session, _options);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                connection.Dispose();   // don't leak the channel if the handshake fails
+                throw;
+            }
+        }, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
     public ValueTask DisposeAsync()
     {
         return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
diff --git a/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/HistorianEventSession.cs b/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/HistorianEventSession.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfff3d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/HistorianEventSession.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+using AVEVA.Historian.Client.Grpc;
+using AVEVA.Historian.Client.Models;
+
+namespace AVEVA.Historian.Client;
+
+/// <summary>A live, reusable authenticated v8 EVENT session: holds one event gRPC connection + one
+/// open+registered Event handle and runs SendEvent on it WITHOUT re-handshaking. Reuse amortizes the
+/// ECDH+register cost (~10-16×, spike-proven). SendEvent only — event READS are gated (C2) and stay
+/// per-call. Keep in sync with <see cref="HistorianSession"/> (the v6 sibling).</summary>
+public sealed class HistorianEventSession : IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    private readonly HistorianGrpcConnection _connection;
+    private readonly HistorianGrpcHandshake.Session _session;
+    private readonly HistorianClientOptions _options;
+    private int _disposed;
+
+    internal HistorianEventSession(
+        HistorianGrpcConnection connection, HistorianGrpcHandshake.Session session, HistorianClientOptions options)
+    {
+        _connection = connection;
+        _session = session;
+        _options = options;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Exposes the held event gRPC connection for internal callers (e.g. the round-trip test
+    /// verifying the keepalive op directly). Not part of the public surface.</summary>
+    internal HistorianGrpcConnection Connection => _connection;
+
+    /// <summary>Exposes the held open+registered Event session handle for internal callers (e.g. the
+    /// round-trip test verifying the keepalive op directly). Not part of the public surface.</summary>
+    internal HistorianGrpcHandshake.Session Session => _session;
+
+    /// <summary>Sends one event on the held (open+registered) v8 Event session.</summary>
+    public Task<bool> SendEventAsync(HistorianEvent evt, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(evt);
+        if (evt.RevisionVersion != 0)
+        {
+            throw new ProtocolEvidenceMissingException(
+                "Only original events (RevisionVersion = 0) have a captured send encoding; " +
+                "revision/update/delete event sends are not yet supported.");
+        }
+
+        var orch = new HistorianGrpcEventWriteOrchestrator(_options);
+        return Task.Run(() => orch.SendEventOnSession(_connection, _session, evt, ct), ct);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Keepalive via a lightweight <c>GetSystemParameter</c> status read on the event session's
+    /// <see cref="HistorianGrpcHandshake.Session.ClientHandle"/> (the same status op the native pre-query
+    /// sequence issues against an authenticated Event session), under the server idle floor. Mirrors
+    /// <see cref="HistorianSession.PingAsync"/>. The op's effectiveness on a v8 Event handle is
+    /// live-verified by the round-trip test.</summary>
+    public Task PingAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
+        => Task.Run(() => HistorianGrpcStatusClient.GetSystemParameterOnSession(
+            _connection, _session.ClientHandle, _options, "HistorianVersion", ct), ct);
+
+    /// <summary>Disposes the underlying event connection (idempotent).</summary>
+    public ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        if (Interlocked.Exchange(ref _disposed, 1) == 0)
+        {
+            _connection.Dispose();
+        }
+        return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/AVEVA.Historian.Client.Tests/HistorianEventSessionRoundTripTests.cs b/tests/AVEVA.Historian.Client.Tests/HistorianEventSessionRoundTripTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e2d4cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/AVEVA.Historian.Client.Tests/HistorianEventSessionRoundTripTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+using AVEVA.Historian.Client.Grpc;
+using AVEVA.Historian.Client.Models;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
+
+namespace AVEVA.Historian.Client.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Live end-to-end round-trip for <see cref="HistorianEventSession"/> (the v8 EVENT sibling of
+/// <see cref="HistorianSessionRoundTripTests"/>): open ONE reusable event session, SendEvent on it
+/// TWICE (no re-handshake/re-register between sends), ping once, dispose. Env-gated exactly like
+/// <see cref="EventSessionReuseSpikeTests"/> (silent early-return skip without HISTORIAN_GRPC_HOST +
+/// HISTORIAN_USER + HISTORIAN_PASSWORD + HISTORIAN_EVENT_SANDBOX_TAG). Every send targets the sandbox
+/// identity ONLY (carried as the event SourceName/Type), never a production tag.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class HistorianEventSessionRoundTripTests
+{
+    private readonly ITestOutputHelper _output;
+
+    public HistorianEventSessionRoundTripTests(ITestOutputHelper output) => _output = output;
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task EventSession_SendTwicePing_AllOnOneSession()
+    {
+        string? host = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HISTORIAN_GRPC_HOST");
+        string? sandboxTag = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HISTORIAN_EVENT_SANDBOX_TAG");
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(host) || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sandboxTag)
+            || string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HISTORIAN_USER"))
+            || string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HISTORIAN_PASSWORD")))
+        {
+            return; // skip — env not configured
+        }
+
+        HistorianClientOptions options = BuildOptions(host);
+        await using var client = new HistorianClient(options);
+        await using HistorianEventSession session = await client.OpenEventSessionAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+
+        // 1) send TWICE on the SAME (open + CM_EVENT-registered) session — the 2nd skips ECDH+register.
+        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
+        {
+            bool sent = await session.SendEventAsync(BuildSandboxEvent(sandboxTag, attempt: i), CancellationToken.None);
+            _output.WriteLine($"{i + 1}) reused-send[{i}] -> ok={sent}");
+            Assert.True(sent, $"reused v8 Event session send[{i}] should be accepted (AddStreamValues BSuccess).");
+        }
+
+        // 2) ping on the SAME session — must not throw.
+        await session.PingAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+        _output.WriteLine("3) ping -> ok");
+
+        // 3) prove the keepalive op actually RETURNS DATA on the v8 Event handle (not just no-throw):
+        // issue the same underlying GetSystemParameter the ping uses, directly against the event
+        // session's connection + ClientHandle, and assert it yields a non-empty value.
+        string? keepalive = HistorianGrpcStatusClient.GetSystemParameterOnSession(
+            session.Connection, session.Session.ClientHandle, options, "HistorianVersion", CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.False(string.IsNullOrEmpty(keepalive));
+        _output.WriteLine($"4) keepalive GetSystemParameter on event handle -> '{keepalive}'");
+
+        _output.WriteLine("event-session round-trip OK (two sends + ping + verified keepalive on one session)");
+    }
+
+    // Build a send event that targets the sandbox identity ONLY (mirrors EventSessionReuseSpikeTests.
+    // BuildSandboxEvent): the CM_EVENT send buffer carries no per-tag routing field, so the sandbox tag
+    // NAME is stamped into SourceName + Type + a marker Property so the appended event is unambiguously
+    // attributable to the sandbox — never a production tag. A fresh Id/timestamps per attempt.
+    private static HistorianEvent BuildSandboxEvent(string sandboxTag, int attempt)
+    {
+        DateTime now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        return new HistorianEvent(
+            Id: Guid.NewGuid(),
+            EventTimeUtc: now.AddSeconds(-attempt),
+            ReceivedTimeUtc: now,
+            Type: sandboxTag,
+            SourceName: sandboxTag,
+            Namespace: "HistGW.EventSessionRoundTrip",
+            RevisionVersion: 0,
+            Properties: new Dictionary<string, object?>
+            {
+                ["RoundTripAttempt"] = attempt.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
+                ["RoundTripMarker"] = "B1-event-session-roundtrip",
+            });
+    }
+
+    // verbatim copy of BuildOptions from HistorianSessionRoundTripTests / EventSessionReuseSpikeTests
+    private static HistorianClientOptions BuildOptions(string host)
+    {
+        string? user = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HISTORIAN_USER");
+        string? password = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HISTORIAN_PASSWORD");
+        bool explicitCreds = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(user);
+        int port = int.TryParse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HISTORIAN_GRPC_PORT"), out int parsed)
+            ? parsed
+            : HistorianClientOptions.DefaultGrpcPort;
+        bool tls = string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HISTORIAN_GRPC_TLS"), "true", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        TimeSpan timeout = int.TryParse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HISTORIAN_GRPC_TIMEOUT"), out int secs) && secs > 0
+            ? TimeSpan.FromSeconds(secs)
+            : new HistorianClientOptions { Host = host }.RequestTimeout;
+
+        return new HistorianClientOptions
+        {
+            Host = host,
+            Port = port,
+            Transport = HistorianTransport.RemoteGrpc,
+            GrpcUseTls = tls,
+            AllowUntrustedServerCertificate = tls,
+            ServerDnsIdentity = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HISTORIAN_GRPC_DNSID"),
+            IntegratedSecurity = !explicitCreds,
+            UserName = user ?? string.Empty,
+            Password = password ?? string.Empty,
+            RequestTimeout = timeout,
+            Compression = true
+        };
+    }
+}