Program

Time Program Item
09:30 – 10:00 Registration, coffee and pastries
10:00 – 10:30 Welcome and greetings
10:30 – 10:40 Award of honorary membership
10:40 – 12:00 Technology in Medicine – Help, Challenge, and Adventure
Presentation of the book marking 50 years of the Austrian Society for Biomedical Engineering
10:40 – 10:50 Daniel Baumgarten: On the creation of our anniversary volume
10:50 – 11:00 Ernst Wolner: The path to the first professorship in biomedical engineering at the medical faculty (later the Medical University of Vienna) in Vienna
11:00 – 11:10 Gernot Müller-Putz: Emergence of medical engineering activities in Graz, the establishment of the first institute, and the ÖGBMT
11:10 – 11:20 Hermann Gilly: Some pioneering projects in medical engineering in Vienna
11:20 – 11:30 Christian Baumgartner: Key projects from Graz — current status and future developments
11:30 – 11:40 Winfried Mayr: Electrical stimulation — from the beginnings to today and tomorrow
11:40 – 11:50 Hans Dietl: Intelligent prostheses — from research to industrial implementation
11:50 – 12:00 Heinrich Schima: Technical and regulatory challenges in the clinic — the example of cardiac support
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 13:30 Ceremony & Presentation of the Stefan Schuy-Award
13:30 – 14:30 Current topics & future prospects
13:30 – 13:40 35 years of Brain-Computer Interface Research at Graz University of Technology, Univ. Prof Dr. Gernot Müller-Putz, TU Graz
13:40 – 13:50 Additive Manufacturing and Cardiovascular Engineering at MedUni Wien, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Francesco Moscato, MedUni Wien
13:50 – 14:00 Advancing AI-Based Medical Imaging and Data Processing: The MIAAI Research Group at Danube Private University, Ass. Prof. Dr. Amirreza Mahbod, Danube Private University
14:00 – 14:10 Advancing Women’s Health Research: 3D Human-Specific Disease Models to Address Critical Gaps in Pregnancy Care and Beyond, Dr. Sahar Ghorbanpour, TU Graz
14:10 – 14:20 Austrian Health Data Spaces Supporting Primary and Secondary Use of Healthcare Data, Dr. Dieter Hayn, AIT
14:20 – 14:30 Bioelectric and biomagnetic phenomena: Biomedical Engineering at the University of Innsbruck, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniel Baumgarten, Universität Innsbruck
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:30 Current topics & future prospects
15:00 – 15:30 Keynote
15:30 – 15:40Bioelectronic bidirectional interfaces at single-cell resolution, Dr. Andrea Corna, TU Wien
15:40 – 15:50Bioinformatics opportunities and challenges in the deep learning era, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Zlatko Trajanoski, MedUni Innsbruck
15:50 – 16:00Orthopaedic Microsystems Group in Vienna – Advancing musculoskeletal disease modelling with microfluidics and a one health vision, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Mario Rothbauer, MedUni Wien
16:00 – 16:10Advancing Healthcare Through Human–Machine Interfaces, Prof. Dr. Stanisa Raspopovic, MedUni Wien
16:10 – 16:40 Panel discussion: Outlook & challenges
16:40 – 18:00 Farewell with drinks and finger food
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