Plenary Sessions


Pre-congress course : The new and future regulations in EU concerning Medical Devices and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) : What are the impacts on R&D in the field of Artificial Organs and Tissue Engineering ?

Wednesday, Sept 2, 14:30 – 16:30, UTC Compiegne

Moderator : Dominique Delmas, Futurs Health Products, Alfortville, France

Entities represented :

  • AFFSAPS, France
  • Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT), from the EU
  • EUCOMED
  • Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH: Artificial Liver
  • European SME
  • University involved in Technology transfer
This session will discuss the following points :
  • What is the role of CAT ?
  • What will be needed for new product’s certification ?
  • What are the roles of scientists/clinicians in this new approach ?
  • What are the limitations/opportunities associated with these new regulations ?
  • How can SME or large companies interact ?

Opening Ceremony

Wednesday, September 2, 17:00 – 19 :00

  • Official welcome by the local authorities (Picardie Region, University of Technology of Compiègne)
  • Official Opening by the ESAO President (Prof. B. Meyns, Leuven, BEL).
  • Prof. M.Y. Jaffrin (UTC, Compiègne, FRA) : Research on Artificial Organs at UTC, Compiègne
  • The place of artificial organs in France :
    • Prof. B. Canaud (Artificial Kidney)
    • Prof. D. Loisance (Artificial Heart)
    • Prof. G. Reach (Artificial Pancreas)
    • Prof. L. Guillevin (Therapeutic Plasmapheresis)
  • Prof. T. Fujii (IIS, Tokyo, JPN) : Keynote lecture on “Microfluidic Cell and Tissue Culture Techniques – A New Approach to Bioartificial Organs”.

Invited Lectures

One hour in the morning (8:30 – 9:30) will be devoted to plenary sessions. Each lecture aims at presenting the state of the art  and the future aspects of a specific technology.

Thurday, Sept 3 :

  • Prof. P. Zilla (Christiaan Barnard Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cape Town, RSA) : Cardiac valves
  • Prof. B. Canaud (CHU Lapeyronie, Montpellier, FRA) : Hemodialysis and Nanotechnology

Friday, Sept 4 :

  • Prof. A. Zydney (Dpt of Chemical Engineering, PennState Univ., USA) : Membrane-based artificial organs
  • Prof. P. Leprince ((Institut du Coeur,  La Pitié Salpétrière, Paris, FRA) : Cardiac assist devices

Saturday, Sept 5 :

  • Dr. H. Petite (Hopital Lariboisière, Paris, FRA) : Translating from bench to bedsite adult stem cell therapy for bone repair: Challenges and obstacles
  • Prof. S. Picaud (INSERM, Institut de la Vision, CHNO des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, FRA) :   The retinal prosthesis: a hope for blind patients


Sister Companies Slots

During the Friday and Saturday morning Plenary Sessions, our sister companies will present the highlights of their last congresses.

  • Prof.  S. Ash (USA) : Highlights from last ASAIO meeting
  • Dr Tatsuya Shimizu (Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, JPN) : JSAO Highlights : Cell Sheet Technology


ESAO Corporate Members Symposium

This session will take place on Thursday, September 3 at 11:00 a.m.
This year's topic is "Innovations for improved patient outcome".


Closing Ceremony

The ESAO Wichtig Award, as well as the Posters and Innovation Awards will be handed out during the Closing Session.