WORKSHOP 3

NANOMEDICINE

The Nanomedicine Workshop offers a unique and engaging forum for medical professionals, scientists, engineers, and industry stakeholders from various fields, to acquire up-to-date knowledge on Nanomedicine advancements related to Biomedical Engineering, Biomedicine, Nanomaterials and Clinical Applications. It aims to offer a forum for academia and industry around the world, to network across the ecosystem, to foster partnerships and showcase state-of-the-art scientific and technological advancements in Nanomedicine.

The workshop provides participants the opportunity to gain valuable insights from invited keynote speakers who possess expert knowledge on worldwide innovation trends and the science of nanomedicine, thereby facilitating the convergence of Nanosciences-Nanotechnologies with clinical practice. The scientific program will include comprehensive talks, special sessions, debates, oral and poster presentations of peer-reviewed contributions, that highlights the most recent breakthroughs in various fields of Nanomedicine.

The Workshop will address progress and prospects for nanomedicine including, Nanotoxicology, Biomedical Engineering, Nanobiotechnology, Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Nanoparticles and Molecular Nanotechnology, Regenerative Medicine, Cancer Nanomedicine, updates on Preclinical & Clinical Trials and Regulations.

Together with the co-located Bioelectronics Workshop, it will provide the latest advances in biosensors and bioactuators from bench to bedside. Fundamentals of biosensor design and manufacturing will be covered and translated into clinical applications.

The Nanomedicine Workshop covers (but not limited to) the following key topics:

Basics related to Medicine, Biology, and Nanotechnology

Biological Systems and Biological Structures
Biomedical Engineering & Nanobiotechnology
Nanotechnology for Health products
Cell/Nanomaterial Interactions & Cellular-Level Interventions
Biomechanics

Nanobiomedicine

Theranostics
Nanotoxicology
Nanoinformatics
Clinical Nanomedicine
Nanovaccines and Immunotherapy
Nanomedicine-based cancer immunotherapy
Stimuli-responsive nanosystems

Nanomaterials for Bio-Applications

Nanostructures for medical applications
Biomaterials and Bio-Nano Interface
Nanoparticles & Nanosystems for Health care

Clinical Applications

Biomaterials and Nanomaterials for biosensing, imaging, diagnostic and vectorization
In-vivo Diagnostics, Imaging & Therapy
Nanosurgery: Precision Instruments & Nanorobotics
Drug Delivery Systems (DDS)
Tissue engineering & Regenerative Nanomedicine
Nanoparticles and Molecular Nanotechnology
Nanodrugs and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology
Nano-Cosmetics
Nanodentistry
Nanomedicine Targeting Major and Chronic Diseases
Clinical Translation and Regulations

Update on Preclinical and Clinical trials on Nanomedicine

Nanotoxicity, Risk Assessment and Ethics

Commercialization in Nanomedicine

Special Session on Applying nanosafety competencies to the Advanced Materials arena

NSC

Thursday, July 10th, 2025, 9:00-13:00

This workshop organized by the Network for Safety and sustainability of Chemicals and materials (NSC), intends to connect the successful work of more than a decade of nanosafety research with the needs and requirements of nowadays arena of Advanced/innovative Materials (AdMa). Applying nanosafety competencies to the AdMa arena involves integrating safety protocols and risk assessment strategies to manage the potential hazards associated with nanomaterials (NMs). This includes understanding the unique properties of NMs, such as their size, shape, and reactivity, which can pose different risks compared to bulk materials. By leveraging nanosafety expertise, researchers and manufacturers can develop safer AdMa, ensuring they are safe for both human health and the environment. This proactive approach helps in mitigating risks, promoting sustainable development, and fostering innovation in the field of AdMa.

The session will be divided in two parts

First part (9:00-11:00)

Keynote presentation by Prof. Eva Valsami-Jones, University of Birmingham, UK
"From nanomaterials to advanced materials and their safe and sustainable future"

followed by presentations on
"Governance and policy aspects towards safety and sustainability of AdMa"
"The Advanced Materials ecosystem – enabling synergies with cross-sectorial collaboration"
and oral presentations from other participants

Second part (11:30-13:00)

Project-related presentations in the style of pitches e.g. from early career researchers (ECRs).

Supported by

Special Session on Law and ethics of nanotechnology safety and health: NANOMEDICINE TRANSFORMING Disability INTO Health

Dedicating a science conference session to Law and Ethics represents an important recognition by researchers of their need to learn about and participate as stakeholders in nanotechnology law and ethics programming. The session's focus on safety and health represents Nanomedicine as a game changer under law-- A deep dive into discussing what that means for scientific researchers, lawyers and society.

Vasiliki Papadouli, Post-Doc, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Legal and ethical challenges raised for modern physicians by disruptive technologies
Dr. Cagrı Zeybek Unsal, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (History of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Bioethics Center)
Stem cell research legislation of 19 countries
Silke Krol, encytos BV, Enschede, The Netherlands
Nanomedicine:Legal and ethical challenges
Prof. Angelos Kornilakis, Faculty of Law, AUTH, Greece
ΑΙ as caretaker and companion- ethical and legal personality aspects
Dr. Vassara Chrisa, Agios Loukas Hospital, Researcher AUTh, Greece
Nanorobots in the Human Bloodstream: Ethical Dilemmas
Session Chair Dr Ilise Feitshans, JD and ScM and DIR, President Virginia Mountain Valley Lawyers Alliance Specialty Bar, Roanoke Virginia and Expert, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center Class of 2025
You Wear It Well: wearable electronics as a Game changer for EMS providers and High Risk Patients

WORKSHOP 3 COMMITTEE (tentative)

V. Karagkiozaki, Dep. of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, Greece
T. Mitsiadis, Uni of Zurich, Switzerland
N. Baldini, Uni of Bologna and Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Italy
L. P. Balogh, Precision Nanomedicine, USA
M. Buehler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
E. Chang, Dept of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown Uni, USA
Th. Choli – Papadopoulou, Chemistry Dept, AUTh, Greece
H. Hosseinkhani, Innovation Center for Advanced Technology, Matrix, Inc., USA
J. R. Kanwar, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, India
G. Kousoulas, Division of Biotechnology & Molecular Medicine, Louisiana State Uni, USA
M. Masserini, Medical School- Uni of Milan Bicocca, Italy
H. J. Meisel, Department of Neurosurgery, BG-Clinic Bergmannstrost, Germany
A. Mikos, Rice Uni, USA
Y. Missirlis, Lab of Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering, Uni of Patras, Greece
D. Paolino, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy
M. Stevens, Imperial College London, UK
S. Sunoqrot, Al-Zaytoonah University, Jordan
M. Tanaka, Kyushu Uni & Uni of Yamagata, Japan

Organized by:

	EU H2020-FlexFunction2Sustain: "Open Innovation Ecosystem for Sustainable Nano-functionalized Flexible Plastic and Paper Surfaces and Membranes" www.flexfunction2sustain.eu

Supported by:

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Donal Bradley NEOM University, Saudi Arabia Plenary Speaker	Yury Gogotsi Drexel University, USA Plenary Speaker	Thomas Anthopoulos University of Manchester, UK	Francesco De Angelis Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
Norbert Koch Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany	Thomas Kolbusch COATEMA Coating Machinery GmbH, Germany	George Malliaras University of Cambridge, UK	Kostas Sarakinos University of Helsinki, Finland
Katsuya Teshima Shinshu University, Japan	Eugenia Valsami-Jones University of Birmingham, UK	Maria Rosa Antognazza Italian Institute of Technology, Milan, Italy	Raul Arenal University of Zaragoza, Spain
Stelios Choulis Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus	James Claypole Ail Arian Ltd, UK	Alexander Colsmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany	Spiros Anastasiadis University of Crete & FORTH IESL, Greece

Lioz Etgar Hebrew University, Israel	Maria Fyta RWTH Aachen University, Germany	Dimitra Georgiadou University of Southampton, UK	Emmanouil Glynos Univeristy of Crete, Greece
Juan Cabanillas Gonzalez IMDEA Nanoscience Institute, Spain	Vangelis Harmandaris The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus	Grigorios Itskos University of Cyprus, Cyprus	Neil Kemp University of Nottingham, UK
George Kioseoglou FORTH/IESL & University of Crete, Greece	Filippo Giubileo CNR-SPIN, Italy	Vasileios Koutsos University of Edinburgh, UK	Dimitrios Koutsouras University of Bath, UK
Tom Macdonald University College London, UK	Rainer Mahrt IBM Research Zurich Laboratory, Switzerland	Ivanka Milosevic University of Belgrade, Serbia	Juliana Panidi University of Edinburgh, UK

Anna-Maria Pappa Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE	Alexandra Paterson University of Kentucky, USA	Jiri Pfleger Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic	Holger Roehm Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Francesca Santoro Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany	Constantinos Simserides National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece	Filippos Sofos University of Thessaly, Greece	Maria Vasilopoulou National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Greece
Emmanuel Kymakis Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, Greece	Ilise Feitshans O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, USA	Ilya Goykhman Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel	Katerina Andreopoulou Univerisity of Patras, Greece
Milan Damnjanovic University of Belgrade, Serbia	Konstantin Gus Kousoulas Louisiana State University, USA	Eleonora Macchia Uni. of Bari, Italy & Abo Akademi Uni., Finland	Panagiotis Grammatikopoulos University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Sihong Wang University of Chicago, USA	Chieh-Ting Lin National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan	Charalampos Pitsalidis Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE	Daniel Qi Tan Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, China
Ravi Silva University of Surrey, UK	Joseph Kioseoglou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece	Lionel Tenchine CT-IPC, France	Kyriaki Polychronopoulou Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Amparo Guemes Gonzalez University of Cambridge, UK	Vincent Consonni Uni. of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LMGP, France	Salim El Hadwe University of Cambridge, UK	Eirini Sarigiannidou University of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LMGP, France
Vassilios Constantoudis NCSR Demokritos and Nanometrisis p.c., Greece	Martyn McLachlan Imperial College London, UK	Fabrice Wilhelm European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France	Emmanuel Giannelis Cornell University, USA

Janis Locs Riga Technical University, Latvia	Paulo Rocha University of Coimbra, Portugal	Yannis Missirlis University of Patras, Greece	Xenofon Strakosas Linkoping University, Sweden
Ioanna Zergioti National Technical University of Athens, Greece	Gang Sun University of California, Davis, USA	Farzan Gity Tyndall National Institute, Ireland	Chang-Hyun Kim University of Ottawa, Canada
Henning Richter Nano-C, Inc., USA	Sergi Riera-Galindo Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, Spain	Seung-Kyun Kang Seoul National University, Korea	Eleana Kontonasaki Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Christos Tserkezis University of Southern Denmark, Denmark	Qing Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Evangelos Mekeridis OET Energy Technologies, Greece	Luigi G. Occhipinti University of Cambridge, UK

Aristos Christou University of Maryland, USA	Ilaria Abdel Aziz POLYMAT, Uni. of the Basque Country, Spain	Andriani Keliri College de France, France	Stratos Saliakas Innovation in Research & Engineering Solutions, Belgium
Stefano Toffanin CNR-ISMN, Italy	Christophe Defranoux Semilab Semiconductor Physics Laboratory Co. Ltd., France	Andrzej Stupakiewicz University of Bialystok, Poland	Ingo Salzmann Concordia University, Canada
Linrun Feng LinkZill Technology Co. Ltd, China	Ojasvi Dutta Louisiana State University, USA	George Volonakis University of Rennes, France	Ioannis Gkaragkos OET Energy Technologies, Greece
Michel Prassas Corning European Technology Center, France	Christine Boeffel Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, Germany	Annalisa Bonfiglio University of Cagliari, Italy	Styliani Alimperti Georgetown University, USA

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