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Program

April 21-22, 2022 | Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Day 1 – Thursday 21 April

08:00 – 8:50
Registration, coffee, Poster set-up
08:50 – 9:00
Opening
09:00 – 09:30
NHS Lecture

Prof. Paul C. Evans, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Title lecture: Endothelial responses to shear stress in development and disease

09:30 – 10:40
Mechanotransduction I
10:40 – 11:10
Coffee break
11:10 – 12:40
Fluid Mechanics and Pathology
12:40 – 13:40
Lunch
13:40 – 14:50
Thrombus Mechanics
14:50 – 15:35
Coffee break
15:35 – 16:55
Novel Techniques and Applications
16:55 – 18:30
POSTERS

Day 2 – Friday 22 April

08:00 – 09:00
Coffee
09:00 – 09:30
Keynote speaker

Dr. Michiel Schaap, Heartflow, Inc

Title lecture: The application of biomechanics for clinical decision making – a company perspective

09:30 – 10:55
Wall Mechanics and Pathology
10:55 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:45
Human Disease Models
12:45 – 13:45
Lunch
13:45 – 14:15
Keynote speaker

Prof. Jonathan T. Butcher, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Title lecture: Locally acting mechanobiological switches sculpt valvular morphogenesis

14:15 – 15:40
Mechanotransduction II
15:40 – 16:05
Drinks and awards