Tuesday 6th June
10th Anniversary Commemoration
| Time | Event |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Registration |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Opening ceremony |
| 16:00 – 16:40 | Keynote speaker (Chair: Núria Montserrat) Future Shock Again – The Promise of Bioengineering Innovation Thomas C. Skalak, The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group |
| 16:40 – 17:00 | Keynote speaker (Chair: Josep Samitier) Regenerative algorithms? Josep A. Planell, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Coffee break |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Round Table (Chair: Cristina Sáez, Science Journalist) The role of bioengineering in the advancement of healthcare, and the contribution of IBEC. Jean-Louis Coatrieux, INSERM, Université de Rennes Josep A. Planell, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Emilià Pola, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) Josep Samitier, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) Sam Stupp, Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology, Northwestern University |
| 18:30 – 19:10 | Keynote speaker (Chair: Samuel Sánchez) A brighter future? The social implications of biomedical discoveries. Salvador Macip, University of Leicester. President of the Catalan Association for the dissemination of science |
| 19:10 – 19:20 | Closing Remarks |
| 19:20 | Cocktail to commemorate IBEC’s 10th anniversary |
Wednesday 7th June
10th IBEC Symposium: Bioengineering for Future Medicine
| Time | Event |
| 09:00 – 09:35 | Keynote speaker IBEC’s Evolution and Scientific highlights. Josep Samitier, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spain |
| 09:35 – 10:25 | Alumni Session (Chair: Teresa Sanchis) Biofabrication strategies to recapitulate articulating joint complexity. Riccardo Levato, University Medical Center Utrecht, The NetherlandsEpigenomic mechanisms controlling β cell development, regeneration and survival. Santiago A. Rodríguez-Seguí, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 10:25 – 11:20 | Flash poster presentations I (Chairs: Javier Ramón & Raimon Jané) Nanomedicine and ICT for Health |
| 11:20 – 11:50 | Coffee break and poster session |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | Technology Transfer session (Chair: Xavier Rubies) Inhibiting mechanostransduction as a novel therapy in the treatment of solid tumors. Pere Roca-Cusachs, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Spain |
| 12:10 – 12:45 | Flash poster presentations II (Chair: Eduard Torrents) Cell Engineering |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Time for sponsors: Macromolecule and Particle Characterization in Solution with Analytical Ultracentrifugation: New Optima AUC (Beckman Coulter) Natalia Rodriguez, Izasa Scientific |
| 13:00 – 13:35 | Keynote speaker (Chair: José A. del Río) How the brain decides to wake us up: optogenetic control of arousal circuits. Luis de Lecea, Stanford University, USA |
| 13:35 – 14:45 | Lunch and poster session |
| 14:45 – 15:20 | Keynote speaker (Chair: Elena Martínez) Bio-responsive hybrid materials for regenerative medicine and biosensing. Molly Stevens, Imperial College, UK |
| 15:20 – 15:55 | Keynote speaker (Chair: Elisabeth Engel) Dynamic Hydrogel Matrices: Cell Biology in the Fourth Dimension. Kristi S. Anseth, University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
| 15:55 – 16:10 | Time for sponsors: LSM 800 and possible upgrades Gerry Sexton, Zeiss |
| 16:10 – 16:25 | Time for PhD Committee (Chair: Sergio González) |
| 16:25 – 16:50 | Awards and closing ceremony |
| 16:50 | End of Symposium |