Medical Materials & Technology Innovation Conference 2025
November 5-7, 2025 Monte Verità, Strada Collina 84, CH-6612 Ascona, Ticino, Switzerland Meet with scientists, engineers and surgeons in beautiful Ascona, Ticino to discuss science and find your new favorite collaborators!
Registration Fee
Full conference (3d): 400 CHF
Weds & Thurs or Thus & Fri: 300 CHF
Registration fee covers hotel room (single) and food!
Conference Program
November 5, 2025
17.00 Welcoming and Opening talk by Prof. Andrea Quiroga, MD and Prof. Inge Herrmann
17.30 Alexander Jessernig (ETHZ) - Drain Sensors - from Concept to Clinics
19.00 Networking Apero and Dinner
November 6, 2025
8.30 Keynote - Prof. Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken (ZHdK) - User centric design and Co-Creation
9.15 Keynote - Dr Jana Schader, MD (Balgrist) - The future of spine surgery
10.00 Coffee break
10.30 Franziska Hansen (FAU Erlangen) - Surgical Robotics
11.00 Keynote - Prof. Sybille Grad (AO Institute) - Understanding materials, mechancs and biology
12.00-13.30 Lunch & Networking
13.30 Keynote - Prof. Daniel Ahmed (ETHZ) - Designing Microbots for Medicine
14.15 Keynote - Dr Matthias Rüger (KISPI) - Clinical Needs and Innovations in Pediatric Orthopedics
14.45 Dr Matthias Seibold (Balgrist) - Advanced Surgical Navigation
15.15 Keynote - Prof. Alice Balfourier (Ecole Normale Superieure Paris), Understanding Materials-Biology Interactions across Scales
16.00 Coffee break
16.30 Keynote by Prof. Giuseppe Amato, MD, FACS
17.15 Jonathan Hamid (ETHZ)
17..30 Dr Christian Coviello - Ultrasound Imaging
18.00 Dr Oscar Cipolato (ETHZ/Empa) - Robotic Laser Tissue Soldering
19.00 Networking Apero and Dinner
November 7, 2025
8.30 Keynote by Prof. Hans Hug (Empa / University of Basel): Magnetic Hyperthermia and Magnetic Particle Imaging at the Physical Limits
9.15 Keynote by Prof. Matthias Gräser (University of Rostock / Fraunhofer Lübeck), Magnetic Particle Spectroscopy and Imaging
10.00 Coffee break
10.3o Yael Suarez (Uppsala University) - Magnetic Particle-based Sensing and Imaging of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (tentative)
11.00 Closing remarks
12.00 Lunch (optional)