Agenda 2025
1st Congress Day, October 13th, Monday
14:00
Participant registration | Welcome Coffee
15:00 – 15:30
Opening ceremony
Speakers
Arkadiusz Wójs
Rector of the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
Wojciech Witkiewicz
Director of the Province Specialistic Hospital, Center for Research and Development
Dariusz Jagielski
Dean of the Medical Faculty, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Congress Steering Committee
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
Speakers
Effie Kapsalaki
Imaging of epilepsy: state of the art
Marek Czosnyka
From brain mathematical modelling to neuroscience clinical practice
Michał Kucewicz
Neuromodulation of memory and cognitive functions
Pawel Tabakow
Neuromodulation of memory and cognitive functions
Panelists
Effie Kapsalaki
University of Thessaly in Larissa Greece
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
Pawel Tabakow
Founder of the Brain & Mind Electrophysiology (BME) lab at the BioTechMed Center of the Gdansk University of Technology in Poland
Michał Kucewicz
University Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery of the Wroclaw Medical University and Neurosurgical Ward of the Tadeusz Marciniak Specialist Hospital of Wroclaw
Joanna Rymaszewska
Faculty of Medicine, Head of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Joanna Bladowska
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Pharmacology and Medical Diagnostics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Magdalena Kasprowicz
Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
18:00 – 22:00
Get-together Networking Party
Place
Student Culture Zone at Wrocław Tech
Hoene-Wrońskiego 10, 50-376 Wrocław
2nd Congress Day, October 14th, Tuesday
8:00 – 9:00
Registration and Welcome Coffee
9:00 – 11:00
Plenary Lectures & Discussions: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Speakers
Jerzy W. Rozenblit
Virtual Coaching for Minimally Invasive Surgical Training with Reinforcement Learning
Panelists
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
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
Kurt Krapfenbauer
Vice President at European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine (EPMA)
Tomasz Kajdanowicz
Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunications, Head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Marek Zawadzki
Faculty of Medicine, Head of the Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, 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
Marek Kulbacki
Representative of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for Technology and Innovation in Medicine, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 13:30
Plenary Lectures & Discussions: Personalized Oncology
Speakers
Kurt Krapfenbauer
The integration of AI in the pharmaceutical industry and biomarker research to advance predictive, preventive, and personalized approaches to oncological patient care
Radosław Tarkowski
Improving the Quality of Breast Cancer Treatment and Quality of Life for Survivors Through Surgical Excellence: Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery Techniques
Anna Małgorzata Czarnecka
From Molecular biology to clinical trials in melanoma
Panelists
Kurt Krapfenbauer
Vice President at European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine (EPMA)
Radosław Tarkowski
Medical Coordinator of the Breast Unit at the Specialist Hospital of Legnica, Poland
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
Halina Podbielska
Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Marta Kopaczyńska
Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Bożena Cybulska-Stopa
Faculty of Medicine, Head of the Department of Oncology and Hematology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch break
14:30 – 16:30
Young scientists’ presentations (poster session with caffee in the main hall)
18:30
Gala Dinner for invited guests only
Place
Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany in Wrocław
Podwale 76, 50-449 Wrocław
3rd Congress Day, October 15th, Wednesday
8:30 – 9:30
Registration and Welcome Coffee
9:30 – 11:30
Plenary Lectures & Discussions: New Trends in Cardiology
Speakers
Thomas A. Zelniker
Virtual Coaching for Minimally Assisted Surgical Training with Reinforcement Learning
Panelists
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
Przemysław Mitkowski
Head of Electrotherapy Laboratory, 1st Department of Cardiology, Chair of Cardiology Poznan University of Medical Sciences, University Clinical Hospital in Poznań, Poland
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
Dariusz Jagielski
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Non-surgical Clinical Sciences, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
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
Tomasz Roleder
Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Science, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Non-surgical Clinical Sciences, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee break
12:00 – 14:00
Bridging the gapes between hospitals, industry, science and education (panel in Polish)
14:00 – 14:30
Conclusion remarks, farewell speeches, see you in 2026
14:30 – 16:00
Lunch break and networking
