Events

This event provides a valuable opportunity for network members from academia, healthcare, industry and governance to take part in a range of talks, industry demonstrations, training sessions and network workshops.

On Thursday 18 April 2019 the first Building Blocks of Life Progress Meeting will be held in the Muntgebouw in Utrecht. All BBoL consortia members are invited to present their scientific progress, meet with fellow researchers from different disciplines, and enjoy plenary lectures carefully selected by the BBoL programme committee for our community.

BIOCHIP Berlin is devoted to dialogue, discussions and innovations for manufacturing, technology and applications. The conference will provide a spectrum of opportunity to expand knowledge and share new concepts amongst the Technologist, Professionals, Industrialists, Researchers, and Innovators from the field of biochips and biochip solutions.

The JRC, which runs the EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing, is organising a JRC Summer School on Non-Animal Approaches in Science: Challenges and Future Directions, from 21 to 24 May 2019 at the JRC site in Ispra (Italy).

The Hybrid Technology Hub – Centre for Organ on a chip technology – presents a mini symposium on Organ on a chip, co-organized by hDMT PI Stefan Krauss.

TERMIS one of the most prominent organisation in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine globally will held the TERMIS-EU 2019 meeting from the 27th to the 31st of May 2019 at Rhodes, Greece. The theme this year is ‘Tissue Engineering Therapies: From concept to clinical translation and commercialisation’.

The Information day on Biology-inspired Microphysiological Systems (MPS) to advance Medicines for Patients Benefit will host key international experts from academia, regulatory agencies, and industry.

The largest European Conference in Nanomedicine in 2019, will be organized on June 17-19, 2019 in Braga, Portugal.

SelectBIO Organ-on-a-Chip & Tissue-on-a-Chip Europe 2019 focuses on an important and expanding field wherein cells are being assembled using Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip technologies in a functionally-relevant manner.

The EUROoC conference series aims to gather the research leaders in the emerging field organs-on-chip (OoC) with a special focus on young and upcoming scientists.

The symposium aims at bringing together world-leading experts in the fields of mechanobiology, cell biology and developmental biology studying the mechanical basis of cell and tissue morphogenesis.

The purpose of NoOC symposium is to bring together leading scientists and research groups of organ on chip -research field across Nordic countries.

The goal of this Cell Symposium is to bring scientists studying organoids and organ engineering together with bioengineers to discuss the exciting opportunities and challenges for engineering complexity in higher-order organ-like systems and to foster collaborations and synergize efforts toward generating cellular platforms that can address a myriad of unmet needs.

Annual congress of the European Society for Artificial Organs.

3D in-vitro models and organ-on-a-chip technologies are paving the way to the next revolution in drug discovery and predictive medicine. Learn more about these technologies and how they are used by pharma leaders.

The forum will focus on the preparation of microphysiological systems in a microenvironment for boosting the relevance of in-vitro assays towards in-vivo outcome. This includes developments related to organ or model organism on a chip, droplet microfluidics or bioprinting. Newest technological developments and critical insights from the end users will come together at this forum. 

EUROoCS will be presented at the booth of hDMT/Leiden University Medical Center, and the lecture on Organ-on-Chip in Europe.

In 2019 EUSAAT will hold its 22nd European Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing and 19th Annual Conference on 10 – 13 October 2019 at the University of Linz, Austria.

This congress provides an opportunity to share scientific experience on alternatives to animal use in the life sciences, to get updated on the EU 3Rs policy and to discuss new concepts of implementing the 3Rs in academic education at the European and the international level.

SelectBIO Fifth Annual Organ-on-a-Chip World Congress 2019 focuses on an important and expanding field wherein cells are being assembled using Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip technologies in a functionally-relevant manner. These clusters of “assembled cells” have functional significance and can mimic in vivo organ structure.

All the Key Opinion Leaders from around the World are Participating at this Conference allowing Maximal Information Exchange and Unparalleled Networking Opportunities. Additionally, companies in the field showcase their technologies and product offerings at this conference.

This two day EC workshop, covering smart systems across Key Digital Technologies, with an emphasis on bio-electronics, bio-photonics and flexible and wearable electronics, will raise their importance and role in addressing European competitiveness and major societal challenges and link the area with current technology and policy trends.

The 23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2019).

EPAA Annual Conference: “Building confidence for the use of 3Rs”

The Dutch Transition Program for Innovative animal-free research (TPI) invites scientists, entrepreneurs, research funders, regulators and policymakers, to share their innovative practices and policies that can improve human health and safety whilst making animal testing redundant.

Organ-on-Chip is a hot topic and one of keen interest to many scientists working in translational sciences. This conference will review where the current state of the art is, and where the bottle necks and future directions lay.

Pre-Xmas Symposium 2019

A two-day symposium on iPS Based Cell Therapies- From Bench to Bedside.

The international MicroNanoConference 2019 focuses on Dutch and international businesses, universities and research centers and offers an opportunity to bring these areas together to stimulate cooperation, knowledge and innovation.

‘Life-on-Chip Conference – Enabling personalized medicine through cross-over innovation’ organized by Smart Hub Flemish Brabant together with DSP Valley, flanders.bio, Antleron, IBN Space 4.0, VIB, EIT Health and imec.

The Cluster of Excellence 3D Matter Made to Order (3DMM2O) organizes its first research conference “Future 3D Additive Manufacturing – the 3DMM2O Conference 2020: 3D Hybrid Organotypic Systems”

Workshop on Multi-Cellular Engineered Living Systems (M-CELS) to be held at the Bethesda Marriott in Bethesda, MD (USA).

The global Stem Cell Event, ISSCR 2020, is now a virtual event! The meeting will take place on the same dates, 24-27 June, 2020.

This conference was originally held in December 2019 and the speaker presentations are now available to watch on demand, registration is needed. These talks will review where the current state of the art is, where the bottle necks are and where the future directions lay.

Due to the Corona-virus outbreak the annual EUROoCS conference 2020 will be online. The meeting will be on 8-9 July 2020. 

The 11th World Congress on Alternatives and the Use of Animal in the Life Sciences will explore the latest in 3R R&D and will provide a multidisciplinary programme covering more traditional themes as well as very latest issues and novel developments in the field of alternatives to animal testing in the life sciences.

On 25 and 26 August 2020 at 3 PM CET, the 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Science will organize two 1.5 h webinars on 3Rs in COVID-19 research.

Brought to you by the Microfluidics Consortium the Microfluidics Global Expo 2020 virtual roadshow with takes place on September 8th. The EXPO will cover applications of microfluidics in: Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Genomics, Cell/tissue/Organ-on-a-chip, DNA read/write, CTC / CT-RNA, Droplets, Sensing and Scale-up.

SelectBIO Lab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics Europe 2020, 9-10 September 2020 now in its 12th year brings together researchers and industry participants from both academia and industry from across Europe and around the world.

SelectBIO Organ-on-a-Chip, Tissue-on-a-Chip & Organoids Europe 2020 focuses on an important and expanding field wherein cells are being assembled using Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip technologies in a functionally-relevant manner.

Instituts Thématiques Multi-Organismes (ITMO) organizes on-line workshop “From organoid to artificial organs”, on September 22nd.

Regulatory science research presentations from global regulatory, research, and standards communities on emerging technologies.

The Forum will have a special focus on Smart Systems for applications in Sports and Healthcare. Moreover, the event will address issues concerning sustainable and healthy environment and key integration technologies for flexible and wearable Smart Systems.

MicroTAS 2020 continues a well-established series of international conferences that is the premier forum for reporting research results in micro- and nanofluidics, microfabrication, nanotechnology, analysis and synthesis, detection technologies for chemistry and life sciences, as well as in organ-on-a-chip technology, which currently represents a growing topic at MicroTAS!

BIOCHIP Berlin International Forum on BioChips and BioChip Solutions, the principal meeting addressing advanced biochip-related sectors, is offering a unique forum to review the present status, the latest developments and future prospects from both commercial and academic worlds.

This webinar will showcase some of the organ-on-a-chip (OOAC) research the NC3Rs has funded through its CRACK IT and research funding programmes.

IEEE SENSORS 2020 is intended to provide a forum for research scientists, engineers, and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research findings, ideas, and applications in the area of sensors and sensing technology. IEEE SENSORS 2020 will include keynote addresses and invited presentations by eminent scientists and engineers. The conference solicits original state-of-the-art contributions as well as review papers.

The aim of this event is to give participants insight on 15 years of contribution to the 3Rs, to report on EPAA achievements and milestones, announce the EPAA 3Rs Science prize winner, and to discuss current and future challenges on the way towards human-based testing models.

The International MicroNanoConference brings together science and industry to showcase how micro- and nanotechnology help addressing our societal challenges: Nano4Society.

This workshop will explore the use of MPS for a range of animal species/strains and for optimizing animal model selection where whole animal models are necessary.

Organised by the European Commission, the conference aims to accelerate the move away from using animals in science and testing.

The Next Generation Organ-on-Chip & Organoids workshop is a two-day event bringing together decision makers from the pharma & biotech industry, clinicians, organ-on-chips suppliers, regulatory experts and research organizations.

The 3rd ‘Life-on-Chip Conference – Exploring the Convergence in Health Technologies’ organized by Smart Hub Flemish Brabant together with flanders.health.

The Cluster of Excellence 3D Matter Made to Order (3DMM2O) organizes its first online research conference “Future 3D Additive Manufacturing – the 3DMM2O Conference 2021: 3D Hybrid Organotypic Systems”

Join for a virtual fireside chat about industrial applications for complex, yet scalable in vitro models for drug discovery. In this live, interactive roundtable, the panelists will discuss the importance of balancing experimental complexity and scalability, and how thoughtful engineering can ensure successful translation from academia to industry.

Join CSEM’s first webinar, of a series of 4, on Advanced Tissue-Tissue Interactions organized jointly with New Frontiers in 3D.

The TECH DAYS Online Conference provides a meeting point to every professor, research institute, and company to showcase the latest developments in combination of microfluidic methods for single-cell analysis and sorting, discuss and exchange practical solutions, case studies and future technology trends.

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and CEN-CENELEC carry out an annual ‘foresight on standardisation’ action under the Putting Science into Standards (PSIS) initiative. The 2021 PSIS edition will be focusing on Organ-on-Chip (OoC) or Micro Physiological Systems (MPS), innovative devices that emulate human/animal biology and can reproduce one or more aspects of an organ’s functionality.

CSEM is pleased to invite you for the second webinar of their series Next Gen Organ-on-Chip & Organoids, organized jointly with AMIRES.

With this condensed introduction to the IVDR, the two networks the Interreg North-West Europe Codex4SMEs and Interreg Baltic Sea BiC want to offer SMEs some guidance on how to get started.

The 2021 edition of the JRC Summer School on Non-animal Approaches in Science organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and its EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM).

Virtual workshop on Multi-Cellular Engineered Living Systems (M-CELS).

BIOCHIP Berlin International Forum on BioChips and BioChip Solutions, the principal meeting addressing advanced biochip-related sectors, is offering a unique forum to review the present status, the latest developments and future prospects from both commercial and academic worlds.

The workshop aims to create an open cross-disciplinary environment to discuss how the combination of different models can contribute to the development of biomedical sciences.

The ISSCR Annual Meeting gathers the world’s leading scientists, clinicians, business leaders, ethicists, and educators from nearly 70 countries. Together, they represent the full spectrum of stem cell science and regenerative medicine. Discovery, new business, careers, advocacy, and relationships start here.

This series of international conferences will facilitate stakeholder communication as well as networking among young scientists and MPS thought leaders, promoting international standardization and harmonization of MPS and serving as a global training environment.

The Advances in Cell and Tissue Culture international conference aims to create an interdisciplinary forum in which over 200 industry and academic researchers, working in cell culture can exchange knowledge, promote their activities and set up new collaborative projects.

The EUROoCS 2021 conference will be organized as a virtual event on 1st and 2nd of July 2021. Conference chair is Maria Tenje from Uppsala University.

This webinar forms part of the CRACK IT 10 year anniversary celebrations and will showcase the technologies and platforms developed to address the 2013 InPulse CRACK IT Challenge to develop a human-based in vitro system to assess cardiotoxicity in new drugs.

The 11th World Congress on Alternatives and the Use of Animal in the Life Sciences will explore the latest in 3R R&D and will provide a multidisciplinary programme covering more traditional themes as well as very latest issues and novel developments in the field of alternatives to animal testing in the life sciences.

EUROSENSORS Conferences a unique forum for scientists and engineers from academia, research institutes and industry to present their latest results in the field of Sensors, Actuators, Microsystems and Nanosystems.

EUROSENSORS  XXXIV Conferences 2021 is postponed to 2022. To strengthen the relationship between the Eurosensors community members a one-day online event is organized.

The third webinar of the CSEM series organized jointly with Women’s Brain Project. Little attention has been paid in the past to the influence of sex in biomedical research. Several reports highlighted the crucial aspect of sex-specific differences in efficacy and drug treatments, disease frequency and symptoms. Organ-on-a-chip and microphysiological systems have the potential to deliver new insights and enable entirely new types of studies by recapitulating female specific physiology.

1st International NanoTME2021 conference organized together with the International Cancer Microenvironment Society. This focused conference aims to bring together leading academic and industrial scientists, young researchers and students to share their research and expertise on different aspects of nanomedicine and the tumor microenvironment (TME).

The European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration event is organised under the motto “Towards new Horizons” in close collaboration with Hahn-Schickard and microTEC Südwest.

ISSCR organizes a digital series of four seminars highlighting areas where standards are needed and engage key stakeholders in an attempt to build consensus around standards that the field can accept. Part 1: Standards for the Characterization and Use of Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines in Research.  Dates of series 14, 20, 25 October 2021.

The Innovation Centre on 3R alternatives (IC-3Rs) 2021 Online Symposium on Human-Relevant Models For Drug Research And Development.

The 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences be held as a hybrid meeting. µTAS 2021 is the premier forum for reporting research results in microfluidics, microfabrication, nanotechnology, integration, materials and surfaces, analysis and synthesis, and detection technologies for the life sciences and chemistry.

ISSCR organizes a digital series of four seminars highlighting areas where standards are needed and engage key stakeholders in an attempt to build consensus around standards that the field can accept. Part 2: Genetic and Epigenetic Stability of hPSC: Implications for Research Practices. Dates of series 20, 25 October 2021.

The 6th Edition Smart Materials & Surfaces conference, SMS 2021, is a three-days event targeting researchers interested in the design, modification, characterization and applications of Novel Smart Materials, Surfaces and Structures. SMS2021 is organized as hybrid conference.

ISSCR organizes a digital series of four seminars highlighting areas where standards are needed and engage key stakeholders in an attempt to build consensus around standards that the field can accept. Part 3: Standards for Applications of hPSCs: Organoids, Engineering and Disease Models. Dates of series 25 October 2021.

ISSCR organizes a digital series of four seminars highlighting areas where standards are needed and engage key stakeholders in an attempt to build consensus around standards that the field can accept. Part 4: Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells: What Are They and How Are They Defined?

The 2021 European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing Annual Conference will take place on Wednesday, 27 October 2021. The aim of this event is to give participants insight on EPAA achievements in 2021, announce the EPAA Refinement prize winner, and to discuss its role in the EU Chemical Strategy for Sustainability.

The Advances in Cell and Tissue Culture international conference aims to create an interdisciplinary forum in which over 200 industry and academic researchers, working in cell culture can exchange knowledge, promote their activities and set up new collaborative projects.

The 6th world congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society will have the general theme; “Biologically inspired technology driven regenerative medicine”.

NNT2021, the world’s leading symposium on a nanoimprint and nanoprint, will feature presentations on the latest developments in imprint and print technologies including the following topics: Advancement in imprinting, Printing towards nanoscale features, Applications and Emerging technology in industry

An afternoon of research talks on the latest developments in organ-on-a-Organ-on-a-chip and in vitro models technology, organized by Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies Network.

The Lush Prize hosts a conference ‘The role of public awareness in the replacement of animals in safety testing’, to coincide with the awards ceremony and prize giving.

The international MicroNanoConference brings together science and industry to showcase how micro- and nanotechnology help addressing our societal challenges: Nano4Society.

This series of international conferences will facilitate stakeholder communication as well as networking among young scientists and MPS thought leaders, promoting international standardization and harmonization of MPS and serving as a global training environment.