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
Dr. Christophe DROUET (France)
Curriculum
Deputy Director of CIRIMAT
CNRS Research Director
CIRIMAT – University of Toulouse, France
Honorary President of MatSan – Materials for Healthcare commission, France
Coordinator of French network “GdR CNRS Biomim – Biomimetism and bioinspiration”
Talk: When bioinspiration feeds innovation: A story of smart ceramic systems in (nano)medicine
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: Biodegradable metals: current research status and future research direction
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Prof. Francesco Baino (Italy)
Curriculum
Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Talk: Additive manufacturing of bioactive glasses and ceramics: progress and challenges
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Germany)
Curriculum
Head, Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Visiting Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Materials, Imperial College London, UK
Talk: Bioactive glasses and ionic medicine: progress and challenges
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: Visiting Bioprinted complex constructs for tissue regeneration using multifunctional biomaterials
Prof. Dr. Nermin Demirkol (Turkey)
Curriculum
Department of Ceramics, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kocaeli University
Talk: Next-Generation Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering
Prof. Eduardo García-Rey (Spain)
MD. PhD, FEBOT
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
University La Paz Hospital, Madrid-Spain
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid-Spain
Talk: Modern coatings in total joint arthroplasty: Half century in the limelight
Dr. Gabriela Graziani (Italy)
Curriculum
Human Sciences and Life Quality Promotion Department, San Raffaele Rome University, Rome, Italy
European Orthopaedic Research Society
Talk: From art to science and viceversa: research and communication across diverse (but not so different) fields
Prof. Dr. Gültekin Göller (Turkey)
Materials Science in Istanbul Technical University, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Maslak, Istanbul
Talk: Sustainable Plant-Based Capsule Technologies for Advanced Pharmaceutical Applications
Dr. Michele Iafisco (Italy)
Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Bologna
Talk: Calcium Phosphate-Based Materials: From Nanocarriers to Antibacterial Devices
Prof. Dr. Horia Octavian Manolea (Romania)
Department of Dental Materials, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Romania
Talk: Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry and Dental Research
Prof. Ketul C. Popat, PhD (USA)
Curriculum
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. 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. Vicentiu Saceleanu (Romania)
Curriculum
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu,
Head of Neurosurgery Department County Hospital of Sibiu
Talk: Cranioplasty: how I do it
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
