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

Marco C. Bottino (USA)
the Robert W. Browne Endowed Professor of Dentistry in the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics (CRSE) at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. The Director of Research in CRSE and the Director of the Postgraduate Program in Regenerative Dentistry at University of Michigan.

Talk: Biofabrication in Regenerative Dental Medicine

Prof. Ilaria Cacciotti (Italy)
Department of Engineering, INSTM RU, University of Rome Niccolò Cusano, Rome
Head of ‘MIMOSA-Multifunctional Innovative Materials for Optimized Sustainable Applications’ Group

Talk: RENOVATE project: towards new regenerative solutions for osteoarthritis

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: Bioprinted complex constructs for tissue regeneration using multifunctional biomaterials

Prof. Angela De Bonis (Italy)
Department of Basic and Applied Sciences – University of Basilicata – Potenza, Italy

Talk: Shaping Matter with Light: Laser-Based Routes to Innovative Biomaterials

Prof. Giovanna Della Porta (Italy)
Department of Medicine, Surgery & Dentistry
“Scuola Medica Salernitana”
University of Salerno, Italy

Talk: 3D Bioprinting the Diseased Tendon Niche: A ColMA–Nanomedicine Platform to Decode Pathological TSPCs

Prof. Dr. Nermin Demirkol (Turkey)
Curriculum
Department of Ceramics, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kocaeli University

Talk: Next-Generation Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering

Dr. Oana Dobre (United Kingdom)
Curriculum
Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment, Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow

Talk: Engineering the Future Vessel: Electrospun Scaffolds for Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts in Bypass

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

Prof. Carlos Roberto Grandini (Brazil)
Curriculum
UNESP – University Estadual Paulista, Laboratório de Anelasticidade e Biomateriais, Bauru, San Paulo, Brazil

Talk: From Surface Engineering to Smart Biomaterials: Designing Next-Generation Titanium Alloys for Advanced Biomedical Applications

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

Prof. Dr. Boyko Gueorguiev (Switzerland)
AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland
President of the European Ortopedic Research Society

Talk: Innovations in fracture care – from biomechanics to prognosis and clinical applications

Dietmar W Hutmacher (Australia)
Distinguished Professor Dietmar W. Hutmacher, PhD (NUS), MBA (Henley Management College)
Director, Max Planck Queensland Centre(MPQC) for the Materials Science of Extracellular Matrices
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

Talk: Biomedically Engineered New Approach Methodologies for the Study of Implant-Associated Infections

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. Bogdan Istrate (Romania)
Curriculum
Vice-Rector “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Iasi

Talk: Microstructure and Degradation Behavior of Mg Biodegradable Alloys for Biomedical Applications

Prof. Petr Humpolíček (Czech Republic)
Curriculum
Centre of Polymer Systems, Tomas Bata University, Zlín

Talk: From conductivity to instructivity: how cell- and immune-instructive conducting polymers can advance in vitro tissue models.

Prof. Dr. Marius Manole (Romania)
Curriculum
Department of Prosthetics and Dental Materials, Faculty of Dentistry,
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca

Talk: Prosthetic dental rehabilitation: from analogic to digital

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. Horatiu Moldovan (Romania)
Curriculum
Head of Cardiovascular Surgery Department, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Emergency Clinical Hospital Bucharest

Talk: Long term circulatory assitance with Heart Mate 3 centrifugal pump

Dr. Monica Montesi (Italy)
Institute of Science, Technology and Sustainability for Ceramics (ISSMC), National Research Council of Italy, Faenza

Talk: Engineering Complementary 3D Osteosarcoma Models to Investigate Tumour–Stroma Crosstalk and Pathological Matrix Cues

Dr. Silvia Panseri (Italy)
Institute of Science, Technology and Sustainability for Ceramics (ISSMC), National Research Council of Italy, Faenza

Talk: Multi-stimuli responsive and biomimetic interfaces: advancing physiologically relevant in vitro models and regenerative therapies

Dr. Nele Pien (Belgium)
Curriculum
Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials (PBM) group, Ghent University

Talk: From Modular Design to Regenerative Function: Material Platforms for Light-Driven 3D-Printing.

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

Dr. Maria Grazia Raucci (Italy)
Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials – National Research Council (IPCB-CNR), Viale J.F. Kennedy 54, Naples, 80125, Italy

Talk: Engineering Smart Theragenerative Hydrogels as Living Materials for Bone Regeneration

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ritz (Germany)
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany

Talk: Multifunctional five-layer collagen laminates for integrated infection control and bone regeneration in contaminated fracture models

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. Silvia Spriano (Italy)
Curriculum
Politecnico di Torino, Department of Applied Science and Technology

Talk: From Infection Control to Osteoimmunomodulation: Engineering Biomaterial Surfaces with Natural Compounds and Proteins

Prof. Dr. Stefan Ioan Voicu
Curriculum
National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest

Talk: Functionalized and Composite Membranes for Bone Tissue Regeneration

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