Chair: Stephanie Willerth, University of Victoria, Canada 

Co-Chair: Khoon Lim, University of Otago, New Zealand 

Biomaterials and Bioinks 

Convergence of Biofabrication and Microphysiological Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies for High Throughput Screening 

Tim Woodfield, University of Otago, New Zealand  

Designing Hydrogel Inks for Extrusion Printing 

Jason Burdick, University of Pennsylvania, USA 

Biofabrication and Bioprinting technologies 

Melt Electrowriting: An Emerging Additive Biomanufacturing Technique for Soft Tissue Engineering 

Elena Juan de-Pardo, University of Western Australia, Australia

Advances in Bioprinting Technologies from Layer-by-Layer Cell Printing to Volumetric Bioprinting 

Riccardo Levato, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands  

Commercialisation and clinical translation  

Novel Highly Bioactive 3D Printed Ceramic Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration 

Hala Zreiqat, University of Sydney, Australia  

3D Bioprinting for Regenerative Medicine  

Tamer Mohamed, Aspect Biosystems Ltd, Canada 

Chair: Min Wang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

Co-Chair: Qilong Zhao, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenzhen, China 

Scalable Manufacturing of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Microtissues

Sean P. Palecek, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 

Novel Hydrogels and their Uses in Biomanufacturing

Justin Cooper-White, University of Queensland, Australia 

Q&A

Sean P. Palecek 
Justin Cooper-White  

3D Printing for Engineering Complex Tissues

John P. Fisher, University of Maryland College Park, USA 

Designs and Applications of Equipment for Biomanufacturing

Redouan Mahou,regenHu  Ltd, Switzerland 

Q & A

John P. Fisher 
Redouan Mahou 

Chair: Prof. Bikramjit Basu, IISc, Bangalore, India

Co-Chair: Prof. Annabel Braem, KU Leuven, Belgium

Hints for the development and testing of anti-infective biomaterials from a closer look at the complexity of the pathogenesis of implant infections

Davide Campoccia,Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Italy

Enhancing antibacterial effects of bioactive glasses by phytotherapeutic agents

Aldo R.Boccaccini,University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Antimicrobial biomaterials of natural origin and their biomedical applications

Ipsita Roy,University of Sheffield,UK

Antimicrobial systems based on biomimetic apatites: from bone applications to nanomedicine 

Christophe Drouet, Centre Inter-universitaire de Recherche et d’Ingénierie des Matériaux (CIRIMAT), France

Development of Biomimetic Nanostructured Antibacterial Titanium Surfaces 

Elena P.Ivanova, NHMRC Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research, Australia

Advanced bactericidal coatings for long-term effective and safe uses in Health 

Diego Mantovani,Laval University, Canada

Chair: Diego Mantovani, Université Laval, Canada  

Co-Chair: Cristina Canal, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain 

Welcome words, scope and challenges of this workshop

Diego Mantovani, Université Laval, Canada  

Cristina Canal, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain 

Nanoengineering of plasma polymers for advanced biomedical devices

Krasimir Vasilev, University of South Australia, Australia  

Atmospheric pressure plasmas in medicine

Abraham Lin, University of Antwerp, Belgium 

Discussion

Growth of nanostructured patterns by plasmas for biomedical applications

Uros Cvelbar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Plasma coatings-From results to innovation

Dirk Hegemann, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science & Technology, Switzerland

Final discussion and wrap up

Chair: Maria Coronel

Co-Chair: Brian Aguado  

Explaining Your Research in Under 3 Minutes

Ana Maria Porras, Cornell University, USA

Oral communication. For the first half of the workshop, participants will learn how to distill their research to the essentials and engage an audience quickly and efficiently. By the end, they will be able to describe their research in under 3 minutes. We will integrate presentations, individual activities and group activities to present basic information, foster self-reflection, and encourage interactive community-based learning.

How to publish successfully: writing a scientific article

Neil Hammond,Royal Society of Chemistry, UK

Written communication. For the second half of the workshop, Dr Hammond will present his perspective, as both an author of scientific articles and as a publishing professional, on the guiding principles behind good science writing and on specific strategies and tips for improving written communication. He will focus on the traditional format of the scientific article (abstract, title, introduction, etc), but with reference to techniques and approaches that can be successfully translated to other written formats (project proposals, PhD thesis, grant proposal, etc).

Chair: Kyla Sask 

Co-Chair: Hong Chen  

Interactions at the blood-material interface: reflections and reminiscences

John Brash, McMaster University, Canada

Personalized implants 

Wim Van Oeveren,Haemoscan, The Netherlands 

Mechanisms and analysis of blood-cell activation at biomaterials

Manfred Maitz, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany 

Blood-material interactions from a bleeding perspective

Maud Gorbet, University of Waterloo, Canada

Evaluating blood-biomaterial interactions: The Long Journey from Surface Proteins to In vivo Performance

<Buddy Ratner, University of Washington, USA 

Protein and Cell Interactions with Biomaterials Are the Basis for Device - Acceptance or Rejection by the Body 

Thomas Horbett, University of Washington, USA 

Chair: Maria Coronel

Co-Chair: Brian Aguado

Photopolymerization-Based 3D Printing for Medical Device Applications

Roger Narayan,University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University, USA

3D Printing to Support Surgery and Interventions

Kawal Rhode, King’s College London, UK

3D Bioprinting for in vitro Tissue Engineering

Wei Sun,Drexel University, USA, Tsinghua University, China

Bioink Materials for Biomedical Applications

James J. Yoo, Wake Forest School of Medicine,USA

Chair: Chiara E Ghezzi

Co-Chair: Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina  

Translating Silk from the Lab to Patients – challenges and opportunities

David Kaplan, Tufts University,USA 

The role of processing on silk performance

Chris Holland, University of Sheffield, UK

Augmentation Cystoplasty of Diseased Porcine Bladders with Bi-Layer Silk Fibroin Grafts

Joshua Mauney, University of California, Irvine, USA

Silk Fibroin implantable devices: different sites, different pathways

Antonio Alessandrino and Giuliano Freddi, Silk Biomaterials, Italy

Silk in Medicine

Anh Hoang,Sofregen Medical Inc., USA

Chair: Todd Hoare

Co-Chair: Marta Cerruti

Logical Breakdown: ProgrammingBoolean-based Responsiveness into Hydrogel Biomaterials

Cole De Forest, University of Washington, USA

Triggerable Self-immolativePolymer Delivery Systems: From Polyglyoxylates to Polyglyoxylamides

Elizabeth Gillies,Western University, Canada 

Title to be announced

Alvaro Mata, Queen Mary University of London, UK

‘Mix and match’: local delivery of protein-based biologics using responsive microgels

April M.Kloxin,Delaware<

Chair: Nicholas Dunne

Co-Chair: Chiara Vitale

Encanpsulation of ICOS-Fc in biocompatible and biodegradable nanoparticles elicits novel therapeutic activities 

C. Luca Gigliotti, Novaicos s.r.l.s., Spin-off of Università del Piemonte Orientale (UPO), 28100 Novara, Italy

Active ageing and osteoporosis: the challenge of the GIOTTO project

Chiara Vitale Brovarone, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino 

Flexible and injectable fibrous scaffolds for the regeneration of pelvic fractures 

Sandra Camarero-Espinosa,MERLN Institute for for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. 

The platform of materials and functionalization routes for the biofabrication of GIOTTO devices 

Sonia Fiorilli, Politecnico  di Torino, Department of Applied Science and Technologies, Corso Ducadegli Abruzzi 24, Turin, Italy 

Nanofilled electrospun fibers inspired by elastin and natural polymers

Nicola Ciarfaglia, Antonietta Pepe, Antonio Laezza,Brigida Bochicchio*,Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry; Department of Science; University of Basilicata,  Via Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, Italy 

Chair: Chandra Kothapalli, Cleveland State University, USA 

Co-Chair: Anand Ramamurthi, Lehigh University, USA 

High content imaging of cells and 3D in vitro tissues 

Katja Schenke-Layland, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany 

Tropoelastin promotes elastic tissue regeneration and restoration 

Prof. Anthony S. Weiss, The University of Sydney, Australia 

Nanofilled electrospun fibers inspired by elastin and natural polymers  

Brigida Bochicchio, University of Basilicata, Italy  

Harnessing the Host Response for In Situ Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering – the Challenge of Elastogenesis 

AIPM Smits, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands 

The Effect of Elastin Degradation Products and Elastin Fibers on COPD and Control Lung Mesenchymal Stromal cells 

Willeke Daamen, Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands. 

Title to be announced 

Anand Ramamurthi, Lehigh University, USA  

Chair: Julian Jones

o-Chair: Olga Tsikgou

Creating regenerative environments with materials

Liam M Grover,University of Birmingham, UK

Bioactive glasses with tuned ion releasing capability to stimulate stem cells for tissue engineering

Aldo R.Boccaccini,University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Directing tissue regeneration (and stem cell differentiation) with ions released from materials.

Gavin Jell, University College London, UK

Effect of bioactive glass cotton wool like fibre conditioned medium on bone marrow derived stem cells

Olga Tsigkou, University of Manchester, UK 

Chair: Paul Roach, Loughborough, UK

Co-Chair: Colin Scotchford, University of Nottingham, UK

Acellular Biomaterials for Dental Tissue Repair 

Adam D.Celiz,Imperial College London, UK

Nanoscale control of mesenchymal stem cells for identification of bioactive metabolites

Matthew J Dalby,University of Glasgow, UK

Nitric Oxide vs Bacteria: NO means NO!

Raechelle A D’Sa,University of Liverpool, UK

Nanomedicine within Biomaterials for Healthcare Applications

Helen O McCarthy, Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Polyglycolic acid---an old polymer for new scaffolds and implants

Ying Yang, Keele University, UK

What Value Can Bio-based Materials Bring to the Life Science and Clinical Markets?

Johana Kuncová-Kallio, UPM Biomedicals, Finland

Chair: Matthew Dalby, University of Glasgow, UK

Co-Chair: Carles Mas-Moruno,Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Nanoscale regulation of adhesion and growth factor signaling by material mechanical and chemical properties

Elisabetta Ada Cavalcanti-Adam, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany

Engineered microenvironments for stem cell engineering

Manuel Salmerón-Sánchez,Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment, University of Glasgow, UK

Biomaterials to Eliminate Bacterial Infections

Andrés J. García,Georgia Institute of Technology,USA

Improve Patients’ Lives Using Biomaterials and Tissue Engineered Solutions for Complex Limb Reconstruction – a Surgeons View of the History and Current Opportunities

Andrew Hart,University of Glasgow, UK

Chair: Riccardo Levato

Co-Chair: Prof. Lorenzo Moroni

Biofabrication– Chances, Challenges and Current Limitations 

Jürgen Groll, Wuerzburg University, Germany

Designing Bioinks for 3D Bioprinting

Khoon Lim, University of Otago, New Zealand

Success and Challenges in Biofabrication

Brian Derby, University of Manchester, UK

Clinical Translation in Biofabrication 

James Yoo, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, USA

Co-Chair: Abhay Pandit, National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), Ireland

Redefining Identity of Disease, Tissues and Cells – A Biomaterials Paradigm

Abhay Pandit,National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), Ireland

Multifactional cell-assembled biomaterials

Michael Raghunath,ZHAW, Switzerland

Advanced Biofabrication Methods for Cellular Grafts

Marcy Zenobi-Wong,ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Chair: Nihal Engin Vrana, Timo Doll

Co-Chair: Harry Esmonde, Dublin City University, Ireland

Introduction to Biomaterial Risk assessment and PANBioRA system

Dr. Nihal Engin Vrana, SPARTHA Medical,France

Implantable Devices in Otorhinolaryngology and Risk Assessment

Dr. Sarah Zahouani,Dianosic , France

Cytokine detection systems for reactions to biomaterials

Prof. Pilar Marco, CSIC, Spain

Multiparametric (bio)sensing platform for biomaterials risk evaluation during cell culture

Prof. Pascal Mailley, CEA-Leti, France

Biomechanology: Improving Biomaterials Benefit-to-Risk Ratio Via Biomechanical Engineering

Prof. Michael Gasik, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

Microfluidics for Organ-on-chip systems

Dr. Julia Sepulveda, Elvesys, Paris, France

Bio-mimetic Tissue Models for Disease Modelling and Testing New Materials

Prof. Amir Ghaemmaghami, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K 

Immune response deciphering interactions on the biomaterial-body interface by the advanced immunoprofiling: impacts on implants and medical devices

Prof. Kaia Palm, CEO, Protobios, Talinn, Estonia 

Short Presentations

Dr. Juliane Spohn, Fraunhofer IKTS, Leipzig, Germany

Section 1: "Project Funding and Industry"

Chair: David Barata(Instituto Medicina Molecular, Lisboa, Portugal),Liliana Teixeira(Utrecht University, Netherlands)

Adam Celiz, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Maria Carvahlo, European Commission

Joana Romao, Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial, Portugal

Pedro Costa, BIOFABICS - 3D Biotissue Analogues, Portugal

Jānis Ločs, Riga Technical University, Latvia

Section 2: "Science writing & publishing"

Chair: Elena Varoni (University of Milan, Italy) and Arn Mignon (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

Chiara Tonda Turo, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Christine Horejs, Nature Nanotechnology

Maria Southall, Royal Society of Chemistry

Section 3: "International Biomaterials Societies - young scientists around the globe

Chair: Liliana Liverani (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany) and Nicola Contessi (Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom)

Khoon Lim, University of Otago, New Zealand, for Australasian Society for Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering (ASBTE)

Yufeng Zheng, Peking University, China, for Chinese Society for Biomaterials

Bikramjit Basu, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India, for Society For Biomaterials & Artificial Organs (India)

Brain Aguado, University of Colorado – Boulder, USA for Society for Biomaterials US