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

Andreani Odysseos (EPOS, CY)

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

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)
The role of standards in defining an ecosystem for Virtual Human Twins (VHTs)
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 (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

Andreani Odysseos (EPOS, CY)

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 (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 (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
