INVITED SPEAKERS
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Prof. Iulian Antoniac (Romania)
Curriculum
President of the Romanian Society for Biomaterials
Head of Materials Science and Engineering Department and member of the Senate of National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest;
Past President of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine;
Full member of the Romanian Academy of Scientist
Talk: Biomaterials and New Technologies for Healthcare: Innovations Impacting Research and Development
Deepak Vashishth, PhD (USA)
Curriculum
Co-Director, RPI-Icahn School of Medicine Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine
Yamada Corporation Chaired Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute(RPI)
New York, USA
Talk: Vita Nuova: A New Life for Old Bones, Revitalizing, Restoring, and Rebuilding the Matrix
Yufeng Zheng (China) PhD, FBSE, FAIMBE
Curriculum
Professor of Biomaterials
Director of the Institute of Healthcare Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering
Peking University, Beijing, CHINA
Talk: TBA
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Germany)
Head, Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Talk: Visiting Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Materials, Imperial College London, UK
Prof. Maria Chatzinikolaidou, FBSE, FTERM, FIAMBE (Greece)
Professor of Biomaterials in Bioengineering at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Crete, faculty member at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas FORTH.
Talk: VisitingBioprinted complex constructs for tissue regeneration using multifunctional biomaterials
Prof. Ana Paula Rosifini Alves (Brasil)
Full Professor
Unesp – São Paulo State University – School of Engineering, Guaratinguetá Campus, Brazil
Talk: Redesigning Biomaterials: Sustainability, Functionality and the Future of Implantable Devices
Prof. Ketul C. Popat, PhD (USA)
Professor and Chair, Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University, Fairfax VA, USA
Talk: Tanfloc-Modified Titanium Surfaces: Optimizing Blood Coagulant Activity and Stem Cell Compatibility
Prof. Vicentiu Saceleanu (Romania)
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu,
Head of Neurosurgery Department County Hospital of Sibiu
Talk: TBA
Prof. Jennifer Weiser (USA)
Curriculum
Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City, USA
Talk: Injectable, Drug-Eluting Biomaterials for The Intervertebral Disc
