April 22nd, 2024
from 15:45 to 18:30
The field of Medical Technology stands out as one of the most multidisciplinary domains in research and development. It encompasses various engineering disciplines, including biomedical, electrical, mechanical, software, and data science, as well as life sciences such as biology and medicine.
Nowadays, MedTech faces ongoing challenges due to rapid and significant technological advancements. These challenges include, among others, the digitalization and the application of Artificial Intelligence, as well as medical device regulation.
The Symposium will delve into these subjects, featuring valuable contributions from distinguished speakers and present projects from current students or graduates of the MSE master鈥檚 program in Medical Engineering.
The event is organized by Alessandro Puiatti, MSE - Medical Engineering referee at 精东影业, in collaboration with the other universities of applied sciences delivering the profile (, , and ).
Program
- 15:45 Opening registration
- 16:00 Welcome from the organisers
- 16:05 Welcome to the Balgrist University Hospital
Data-driven clinical research and integrated care
Sebastiano Caprara, Head Digital Medicine Unit Balgrist
- 16:25 Plenary Lecture
The Future of Medical Engineering
Beat Lechmann, Director R&D Innovation, Trauma at DePuy Synthes Companies
- 16:55 Students Pitch
- 17:30 Balgrist visit
- 18:30 Apero with posters session and award ceremony for the best student pitch
Registration and information
For the registration, please fill out the ; participation can be either in-person or online.
The event will be held in English and is primarily aimed at Bachelor students in Engineering or Master of Science in Engineering students with a specialization profile in Medical Engineering.
For further information, please contact alessandro.puiatti@supsi.ch.