HealthTechCongress – 13-15 October 2025

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1st Congress Day, October 13th, Monday

14:00

Registration

15:00 – 15:30

Opening ceremony

Arkadiusz Wójs

Rector of the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Kurt Krapfenbauer

Vice President at European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine (EPMA)

Wojciech Witkiewicz

Director of the Province Specialistic Hospital, Center for Research and Development

Dariusz Jagielski

Member of the Steering Committee, Medical Faculty, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Robert D. Iskander

Head of the HTS Hub, Head of the Biomedical Engineering Department, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Congress Steering Committee

Halina Podbielska

Head of the Congress Steering Committee, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 18:00

Plenary Lectures & Discussions: Neuroscience

Session Chair: Magdalena Kasprowicz, Joanna Rymaszewska

Marek Czosnyka

From brain mathematical modelling to neuroscience clinical practice [16:00 - 16:20]

Effie Kapsalaki

Imaging of epilepsy: state of the art [16:20 - 16:40]

Michał Kucewicz

Neuromodulation of memory and cognitive functions [16:40 - 17:00]

Pawel Tabakow

Neuromodulation of memory and cognitive functions [16:40 - 17:00]

Joanna Bladowska

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Pharmacology and Medical Diagnostics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Marek Czosnyka

Professor Emeritus of Brain Physics, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, UK

Zofia Czosnyka

Senior Research Associate, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, UK

Effie Kapsalaki

University of Thessaly in Larissa Greece

Magdalena Kasprowicz

Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Michał Kucewicz

Founder of the Brain & Mind Electrophysiology (BME) lab at the BioTechMed Center of the Gdansk University of Technology in Poland

Joanna Rymaszewska

Faculty of Medicine, Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Pawel Tabakow

University Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery of the Wroclaw Medical University and Neurosurgical Ward of the Tadeusz Marciniak Specialist Hospital of Wroclaw

18:00 – 21:00

Get-together Networking

Student Culture Zone at Wrocław Tech

Hoene-Wrońskiego 10, 50-376 Wrocław

2nd Congress Day, October 14th, Tuesday

8:00 – 9:00

Registration

9:00 – 11:00

Plenary Lectures & Discussions: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Session Chair: Robert Iskander, Tomasz Kajdanowicz

Andrzej Grzybowski

Eye-based AI algorithms - the sky is the limit [9:00 - 9:20]

Jerzy W. Rozenblit

Virtual Coaching for Minimally Invasive Surgical Training with Reinforcement Learning [9:20 - 9:40]

Andrzej Grzybowski

Professor of Ophthalmology, Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland

Robert Iskander

Director of HealthTech Synergy Hub, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology. Department of Biomedical Engineering Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Tomasz Kajdanowicz

Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunications, Head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Kurt Krapfenbauer

Vice President at European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine (EPMA)

Marek Kulbacki

Representative of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for Technology and Innovation in Medicine, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Tomasz Roleder

Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Science, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Non-surgical Clinical Sciences, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Jerzy W. Rozenblit

University Distinguished Professor and Raymond J. Oglethorpe Endowed Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, Arizona, USA

Marek Zawadzki

Faculty of Medicine, Head of the Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 – 13:30

Plenary Lectures & Discussions: Personalized Oncology

Session Chair: Halina Podbielska, Bożena Cybulska-Stopa

Anna Małgorzata Czarnecka

From Molecular biology to clinical trials in melanoma [11:30-11:50]

Kurt Krapfenbauer

The integration of AI in the pharmaceutical industry and biomarker research to advance predictive, preventive, and personalized approaches to oncological patient care [11:50 - 12:10]

Radosław Tarkowski

Improving the Quality of Breast Cancer Treatment and Quality of Life for Survivors Through Surgical Excellence: Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery Techniques [12:10 - 12:30]

Bożena Cybulska-Stopa

Faculty of Medicine, Head of the Department of Oncology and Hematology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Anna Małgorzata Czarnecka

Specialist in clinical oncology at the Clinic of Soft Tissue, Bone and Melanoma Cancers of the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology, State Research Institute, and specialist in biotechnology at the Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Mirosław Mossakowski Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Marta Kopaczyńska

Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Kurt Krapfenbauer

Vice President at European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine (EPMA)

Halina Podbielska

Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Radosław Tarkowski

Medical Coordinator of the Breast Unit at the Specialist Hospital of Legnica, Poland

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch break

14:30 – 17:00

Young scientists’ presentations (poster session with coffee in the main hall)

18:30

Gala Dinner for invited guests only

3rd Congress Day, October 15th, Wednesday

8:30 – 9:30

Registration

9:30 – 11:30

Plenary Lectures & Discussions: New Trends in Cardiology

Session Chair: Dariusz Jagielski, Tomasz Roleder

Paweł Krzesiński

Telemedicine Innovations in Heart Failure [9:30 - 9:50]

Przemysław Mitkowski

New Challenges for Digital Medicine: Electronic Cardiac Devices that Listen to the Heart [9:50 - 10:10]

Thomas A. Zelniker

Advancing Technology for Clinical Trials in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Research [10:10 - 10:30]

Waldemar Banasiak

Chairman of the Council of the Scientific Discipline of Medical Sciences, Head of the Department of Non-Surgical Clinical Sciences Faculty of Medicine Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, WUST, Head of the Center for Heart Diseases 4th Clinical Military Hospital, National Consultant in the field of Cardiology

Adrian Doroszko

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Non-surgical Clinical Sciences, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Dariusz Jagielski

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Non-surgical Clinical Sciences, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Paweł Krzesiński

Head of Department of Cardiology and Internal Diseases, Military Institute of Medicine - National Research Institute; Chairman of the e-Health, Telemedicine, and Artificial Intelligence Committee of the Polish Cardiac Society

Przemysław Mitkowski

Head of Electrotherapy Laboratory, 1st Department of Cardiology, Chair of Cardiology Poznan University of Medical Sciences, University Clinical Hospital in Poznań, Poland

Tomasz Roleder

Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Science, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Non-surgical Clinical Sciences, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Adrian Włodarczak

Head of the Division of Cardiology, Head of the Interventional Cardiology Programme, Lubin Cooper Health Centre Inc., Lubin Poland

Thomas A. Zelniker

Senior Physician, Director of the Cardiometabolic Clinic, Director of the Intermediate Care Unit, and Inpatient Service, Extraordinary Professor, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

11:30 – 12:00

Coffee break

12:00 – 14:30

Bridging the gaps between hospitals, industry, science and education (panel in Polish)

Session Chair: Dariusz Łydżba, Katarzyna Kapuścińska

Presentation of research opportunities in the area of healthcare, in hospitals cooperating with Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.

14:30 – 15:00

Conclusion remarks, farewell speeches

15:00 – 16:00

Lunch break and networking