Upcoming Meetings

19th Biennial Meeting of the ISACB
Vienna 2024

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In partnership with the International Symposium for Vascular Tissue Engineering (ISVTE)

In collaboration with the Center for Biomedical Research and Translational Surgery
Medical University of Vienna

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REGISTER FOR ISACB 2024

Full Registration fee includes access to all sessions, wine and cheese reception (Sunday), Tuesday afternoon excursion and dinner, and lunches
Guest Registration includes wine and cheese reception (Sunday), Monday afternoon/evening excursion and dinner, and lunches.

Registration rates**
Regular ISACB Member: $700
Non-Members: $950
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Trainee ISACB Member: $350
Trainee Non-Members: $450
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Guests: $200 per person

**Keynote/Award speakers: Contact the ISACB Secretary for registration code
**Young Investigator Award Finalists: Contact the ISACB Secretary for registration code
**ISACB Emeritus Members: Contact the ISACB Secretary for registration code
**ISVTE Participants: Contact the ISACB Treasurer for registration and invoicing

Program Chair

Bruno Podesser, MD
Medical University of Vienna

Program Committee

Helga Bergmeister
Carlijn Bouten
Gary Bowlin
Luke Brewster
Christopher Breuer (ISVTE)
Art Coury
Kareen Coulombe
Ngan Huang
Marjan Enayati
Giovanni Ferrari
Theodore Fischlein
Craig Goergen
LaShan Hendrix
Josh Hutcheson
Nicolas L’Heureux
Attila Kiss
Deling Kong (ISVTE)
Rebecca Levit
Xiumei Mo (ISVTE)
Tim Pennel (ISVTE)
Julie Phillippi
Joris Rotmans (ISVTE)
Fred Schoen
Karl Scheider
Dan Simionescu
Janice Tsui
Sara Vasconcelos
Mike Wolf
Beat Walpoth (ISVTE)

SCIENTIFIC Program Highlights

Joint Sessions with ISVTE
Dr. Allan Callow Young Investigator Awards
Poster Awards
Young Investigators Symposium
Inaugural Elena Aikawa Trailblazer Award Lecture
Steven P. Schmidt Service Award
Robert Nerem Lecture
Alexander Clowes Lecture
Manfred Deutsch Lecture
Industry Working Group Sessions and Panel Discussion

SOCIAL Program Highlights

Wine and cheese reception and access to Josephinum exhibits
Excursion to Wachau Valley- Wine tasting, guided tour of Stift Göttweig Monastery, and dinner gala with awards presentatio

Preliminary Program

Saturday 5 October

Morning
10:30am-1:30pm ISACB Executive Council Retreat w/Lunch (EC Members only)
Afternoon
2:00-3:30pm Session 1: ‘Omics Technologies in Applied Cardiovascular Biology
3:30-5:00pm Session 2: ISVTE Session: Pre-Clinical Novelties in Vascular Tissue Engineering
Evening
Explore Vienna on your own

Sunday 6 October

Morning
8:15am Welcome
8:30-9:00am Session 3: Dr. Allan Callow Young Investigator Award Finalists Rapid Fire Talks
9:00-9:30am 2024 ISACB Elena Aikawa Trailblazer Award Lecture- Ngan Huang, PhD
9:30-10:30am Session 4: Cardiovascular Calcification and Inflammation
10:30-11:00am Coffee break
11:00am-12:30pm Session 5: New Developments in Transplantation and Organ Preservation

Afternoon
12:30-1:45pm Lunch and Poster Session
1:45-3:30pm Session 6: Heart Valves: Is it the right time for polymers or biodegradable solutions? Tribute to Deon Bezuidenhout
3:30-4:00pm Coffee break
4:00-5:30pm Session 7: Cardiovascular Imaging
5:30-6:00pm Break

Early evening
6:00-7:30pm Session 8: Manfred Deutsch Lecture- Peter Zilla, MD PhD and panel discussion
7:30pm Wine and Cheese Reception and touring of Josephinum exhibits

Monday 7 October

Morning
8:30-9:00am Executive Council Business Meeting
9:00-10:30am Session 9: Engineering Tissues and Devices; Robert Nerem Lecture- Jan Stegemann, PhD
10:30-11:00am Coffee Break
11:00am-12:30pm Session 10: Cardiac Regeneration and Pediatric Valve Transplantation

Afternoon/Evening
Excursion to Wachau Valley for guided tour, wine tasting (boxed lunches provided to go)
Dinner Gala and Awards Presentation

Tuesday 8 October

Morning
8:30am-10:30am Session 11: Cardiac and Vascular Remodeling; Alexander Clowes Lecture- Masanori Aikawa, MD PhD
10:30-11:00am Coffee Break
11:00am-12:30pm Session 12: ISVTE Session: New Opportunities and Challenges in Translational Innovation

Afternoon
Lunch
1:00-4:00pm Young Investigators’ Symposium