Program Overview

May 16, 2024

Thur

The Salaminian Conference Room

9 Speakers

3 Workshops

1 Poster Session

1 Problem-Driven Workshop/Panel Discuss

08:30 - 10:30

Session 1: Emerging technologies for Digital Twins

Chair: Andreani Odysseos (EPOS, CY)

 

08:30 - 9:00

Nelly Pitteloud

Andreani Odysseos (EPOS, CY)

Nelly Pitteloud

Adrian Ionescu (EPFL, CH)

Welcome from the Chairs- Opening Remarks

09:00 - 09:30

Costas Pitris (KOIOS CoE/UCY)

Cyber-Physical Twins for Predicted Patient Care Pathways: Hope or Hype?

09:30 - 10:00

Albert van Den Berg (UTWENTE,NL)

Electrical Methods for Microfluidics, Labs- and Organs on Chips

10:00 - 10:30

Liesbet Geris (VHP-i, BE)

From Chips to Tissues: Combining in Silico and In Vitro Tools in Skeletal Tissue Engineering

10:30 -11:00 - Coffee Break

11:00 - 13:00

Session 2: Designing and building data and model repositories

Chair: Constantine DoVrolis (CyI, CY)

11:00 - 11:30

Vasilis Ntziachristos

Eleftheria Zeggini (Helmholtz, DE)

Translational genomics of complex disease

11:30 - 12:00

Gökhan Ertaylan (VITO, BE)

From DNA to Digital Twins: Redefining Healthcare through Personal Genomics

12:00 - 12:30

Raphaëlle Lesage (EsqLab, DE)

Computational modeling of physiology for therapeutics development: from the virtual second species to in silico human trial passing by digital OoC

12:30 - 13:00

Martin Golebiewski (HITS, DE)

Standardization gaps for Virtual Human Twins

13:00-14:30 – Lunch Break

14:30 - 16:00

Session 3: Discovering the Building Blocks of Europe’s Proactive Healthcare

Chair: Ivy Curren (TUM, DE)

14:30 - 15:00

Adrian Ionescu

Adrian Ionescu (EPFL, CH)

Digital Twins in Healthcare: a Look into the Future

15:00 - 15:30

Wouter Van den Bosch (IMEC, BE)

Driving the next generation of Digital Twins with wearable, ingestible and implantable sensor

15:30 - 16:00

Poster Highlights

16:00-17:00- Coffee Break and Interactive Poster Session (Sponsored by IKESIOS MRI CENTER)

17:00 - 19:00

Problem-Driven Workshop/Panel Discussion:

Moderator: Adrian Ionescu (EPFL, CH)

Introduction Overview: Kyriacos Hatzaras (EC, DG CNECT)

The Transformation Potential of Digital Twins for Healthcare: Inclusive Policy Creation and Implementation

Panelists:

  • Ivy Curren (TUM, DE)
  • Liesbet Geris (VHP-I, BE )
  • Koen Kas (Healthskouts & UGhent, BE)
  • Alexander Meyer (DHZC-Charite, DE)
  • Andriani Odysseos (EPOS, CY)
  • Wouter Van de Bosch (IMEC, BE)

20:30- The Symposium’s Dinner & Performance by the University of Cyprus Dancing Group

The University of Cyprus Dancing Club

The University of Cyprus Dancing Club established in 1992 is one of the University’s largest and most popular Clubs. Its overarching aim has to preserve and promote the Cypriot culture and tradition. It has been feverishly demonstrating rich and successful cultural achievements. Every year it organizes multifunctional performances, generating and maintaining a unique spirit within the academic community.

May 17, 2024

Fri

The Salaminian Conference Room

11 Speakers

3 Workshops

1 Problem - driven/ consensus workshop

08:30 - 10:30

Session 4: Clinical Translation- Industrial Uptake, including Standardization and Interoperability – Ethical Considerations

Chair: Adrian Ionescu (EPFL, CH)

08:30 - 9:00

Anne Demoisy (RIZOME, BE)

Insight on the ethical considerations of Digital Twins: the OPTOMICS case

09:00 - 09:30

Alex Meyer (Charite, DE)

Challenges and opportunities for the deployment of Digital Twins in clinical settings

09:30 - 10:00

Demitrios Fotiades (FORTH, GR)

An AI-enhanced digital twin for the prediction of stroke and cerebrovascular events through computational modelling of carotid artery disease

10:00 - 10:30

Anthony Mathur (QMUL, UK)

The Heart’s Twin

10:30 - 11:00

Special Session: Presentation and Discussion on the Position Paper. Towards a Roadmap of Digital Twins

Nelly Pitteloud

Andreani Odysseos (EPOS, CY)

Nelly Pitteloud

Adrian Ionescu (EPFL, CH)

Contribution by the Cyprus National Authority of Electronic Health & Edith CSA

11:00 -11:30 - Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:30

Session 5: Combining Computational Advances, Cybersecurity, Cloud Services and Edge Infrastructures

Chair: Constantinos Pattichis (CYENS&UCY - BERC, CY)

11:30 - 12:00

Vasilis Ntziachristos

Vasilis Ntziachristos (TUM, DE)

Information Matters

12:00 - 12:30

Igor Balaz (UNS, SR)

Micro-scale tumor digital twins – the role of tumor microenvironment and how to model it

12:30 - 13:00

Antonis Kakas (UCY, CY)

Explainable Digital Twins

13:00 - 13:30

Koen Kas (Healthskouts & UGhent, BE)

Diving Deeper into the Future: Harnessing the Synergy of Digital Twins and Triplets

13:30-14:30 – Lunch Break

14:30 - 16:30

Session 6- Designing and building data and models repositories

Chair: Nataliya Yakymets (EPFL, CH)

14:30 - 15:00

Nelly Pitteloud

Nelly Pitteloud (UNIL, CH)

Continuous measures of cortisol in healthy individuals

15:00 - 15:30

Adrià Galan-Gadea (Neuroelectrics, ES)

Digital twins for model-driven non-invasive brain stimulation in Alzheimer’s Disease

15:30 - 16:00

Nelly Pitteloud

Petra Ritter (Charite, DE)

Personalized Brain Simulation

16:00-16:30- Coffee and Farewell