Neue Produktionskonzepte, antimikrobielle Oberflächen, innovative Materialien sowie aktuelle Markt- und Regulierungsfragen – diese vier Themenfelder prägen das Programm der [MEET THE EXPERT] Implants 2026. Mit neun hochkarätigen Keynotes, ergänzenden Kurzvorträgen und Postern bietet die Konferenz einen kompakten Überblick über die Entwicklungen, die die Implantatbranche heute und morgen beschäftigen.
| 08:30 | Registration, Welcome Coffee and Exhibition | |
| 09:00 | Welcome Message | |
| New Production Concepts | Chairperson: Francisco Faoro | |
| 09:15 | Keynote: Raphael Wagner (Straumann) | Insights from Industry |
| 09:35 | Keynote: Adrien Rodrigues (CHARMILLES) | Digital five-axis Laser Blasting, an alternative to conventional blasting processes for orthopedic Implants |
| 09:55 | Flash Presentations Exhibitors and Posters | (1 min. each) |
| 10:25 | Break, Exhibition and Poster | |
| New Production Concepts | Chairperson: Martin Stöckli | |
| 11:10 | Loïc Mosser (ICube) | Robotized additive manufacturing of technical paste-like materials on curved and moving surfaces |
| 11:20 | Keynote: Michaela Maintz (Oral and maxillofacial surgery | 3D Print Lab – University Hospital Basel) | Patient-Specific Solutions – 3D-Printed Implants and Computational Bone-Implant Modeling |
| Market Challenges | Chairperson: Christiane Jung | |
| 11:40 | Keynote: Nora Schweizer (J&J / Expert group Market Access Swiss Medtech) | Access to innovation: a Swiss regulatory and reimbursement perspective |
| 12:00 | Keynote: Tobias Bodenmüller (medmix) | PPWR and its Impact on the Industry |
| 12:20 | Lunch, Exhibition and Poster | |
| Antimicrobial Surfaces | Chairperson: Katharina Maniura | |
| 13:50 | Keynote: Benjamin Fischer (Oerlikon Balzers) | A journey to the surfaces of operating rooms |
| 14:10 | Keynote: Pune Nina Paqué (Clinic of Reconstructive Dentistry, UZH) | Oral Biofilms - Bridging Science, Technology and Clinical Application |
| 14:30 | Thomas Schaer (University of Pennsylvania) | Aerosolized Bacteria Model of Operating Room Contamination of Orthopedic Implants |
| 14:40 | Christopher Hartl (OFI - Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Chemie und Technik) | Test strategies for the characterization of antimicrobial surfaces and materials: insight, overview and outlook |
| 14:50 | Keynote: Andrea Montali (AO Foundation, Innovation Translation Center, Davos) | A look into the surgeon’s toolbox: antibacterial coatings |
| 15:10 | Keynote: Qun Ren (Empa Biointerfaces) | Materials-Based Antimicrobial Solutions and Testing |
| 15:30 | Break, Exhibition and Poster | |
| Materials and Surfaces | Chairperson: Michael de Wild | |
| 16:15 | Keynote: Leopold Berger (Kairos Medical) | Biodegradable Magnesium Implants: Current Developments and Future Challenges |
| 16:35 | Maxence Hannard (Empa) | Trace iron in body fluids: a hidden driver of magnesium implant degradation |
| 16:45 | Martina Cihova (Empa) | Hidden Heterogeneity at the CoCrMo Surface: A Spatially Resolved View on Implant Biocorrosion |
| 16:55 | Benjamin Kruppke (Institut für Bioprozess- und Analysenmesstechnik e.V.) | Bioinspired Hydration Coatings to Reduce Friction and Wear in Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty |
| 17:05 | Keynote: Arnaud Scherberich (Department of Biomedicine / University of Basel) | Translational and material aspects in the engineering of hypertrophic cartilage organoids for bone regeneration |
| 17:25 | Roundup | |
| 1 | Sven Zaugg (University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW) | Batch variability of albumin-based scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering |
| 2 | Endre Horvath (University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW) | Micro- and Nanomechanics of BSA-Loaded PLGA Microspheres |
| 3 | Yanik Streit (Empa) | Laser-Induced Oxide Heterogeneity on Titanium: Implications for Implant Surface Function |
| 4 | Irina Ilic (Surgical Fusion Technologies) | Computational Modelling of an Ultrasonically Assisted Subcortical Anchoring System |
| 5 | Nicolas Bouduban (Swiss m4m Center) | Medical Device Integrated Hybrid Manufacturing |
| 6 | Jiri Nohava (Anton Paar TriTec SA) | Interesting applications of pin-on-disc in biotribology |
| 7 | Jean Geringer (Mines Saint-Etienne) | Cationic coatings for titanium implants: A novel approach using Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation and So |
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Freuen Sie sich auf einen inspirierenden Tag mit hochkarätigen Fachvorträgen, spannenden Diskussionen und zahlreichen Gelegenheiten zum persönlichen Austausch. Wir freuen uns darauf, Sie am 15. September 2026 in Solothurn begrüssen zu dürfen!