DAY 1

Friday, 11th December 2026

Session 1 Autonomous Robotics: From Assistance to Self-Learning Systems

Moderator: Prof. Dirk Wilhelm (Germany)

Session 2 Future Materials: Smart and Regenerative Bio-Hybrid Systems

Moderator: Prof. Harald Fischer (Germany)

Session 3 Ethics & Digital Twins in Medicine

Moderator: Prof. Paul Barach (USA)

Presidential Gala Dinner

Dresscode: Festive – we look forward to elegant evening attire Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

The iSMIT World Congress 2026 opens on the first congress day with a ceremonial Opening Ceremony and an exclusive Gala Dinner in the historic ambience of the Germanic National Museum. The event combines scientific excellence with high-level institutional and political guests as well as a specially curated artistic program under the motto "Music & Art meets Medical Technology".

Selected artistic interventions and brief honorary greetings accompany the evening and are harmoniously integrated into the dinner. The evening will include official welcome remarks and ceremonial toasts. The focus is on personal exchange, international networking and interdisciplinary dialogue in a relaxed atmosphere.

DAY 2

Saturday, 12th December 2026

Session 4 From Text and Sensors to Decisions: NLP and Sensor Data in Medicine

Moderator: Prof. Thomas Lango (Norway)

Session 5 Computer Vision & 3D Printing: The Next Level

Moderator: Prof. Przemyslaw Czuma (Poland)

Session 6 From Microscale to Metaverse: The Future of Robotic Micro- and Precision Surgery

Moderator: Prof. Denis Ehrl (Germany)

Session 7 The Importance of Structured Data in Modern Healthcare

Moderator: Prof. John van den Dobellsteen (Holland)