Where health meets technology: Emerging sciences shaping human health
Overview
- Date:Starts 26 February 2026, 09:00Ends 26 February 2026, 16:00
- Location:RunAn, Chalmers conference centre, Chalmersplatsen 1
- Language:English
- Last sign up date:17 February 2026
Health Science Day features internationally, nationally, and locally acclaimed speakers, a poster session showcasing research in health and technology and plenty of opportunities for networking including a mingle at the end of the day. Welcome to a day designed to spark dialogue, broaden perspectives and encourage new collaborations for the benefit of human health!
The program focuses on three thematic research areas, each holding important keys to address today's global health challenges: Technology & AI, Cancer and Biomaterials.
Program
Opening | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | Registration and coffee | |
| 09:00 | Opening and welcome | Maria Asplund, Director, Health Engineering Area of Advance, Professor Bioelectronic Microtechnology, Chalmers University of Technology Eva Krutmeijer, moderator, EKKO Eva Krutmeijer Kommunikation |
Technology and AI | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|
| 09:15 | AI in Health Science – Where Are We? | Ida Häggström, Associate Professor, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology |
| 09:25 | AI for precision oncology. The case of pathology. | Gabriele Campanella, Assistant Professor, Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA |
| 09:55 | AI for Molecular Design and Engineering | Rocío Mercado Oropeza, Assistant Professor, Data Science and AI, Chalmers University of Technology |
| 10:15 | Q&A | Moderator and speakers |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
Volvo foyer |
Cancer | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | When ideas meet clinical needs | Lars Ny, Professor, Oncology, University of Gothenburg, and Chief Physician, Sahlgrenska University Hospital |
| 11:10 | Immunomodulating nanomaterials | Alexandra Stubelius, Associate Professor, Molecular Bioscience, Chalmers University of Technology |
| 11:25 | Aging and cancer – decoding a puzzle hidden in time | Volkan Sayin, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, University of Gothenburg |
| 11:50 |
Targeting the Master Regulator of Cancer: Translating Swedish Research into Therapeutics | Alina Castell, Founder & CEO of MyCural Therapeutics and researcher, Karolinska Institutet (affiliated) |
| 12:15 |
Q&A | Moderator and speakers |
| 12:30 |
Lunch | Volvo foyer |
|
Poster session | Volvo foyer |
Biomaterials | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Materials for health and human body spare parts | Maria Asplund, Professor Bioelectronic Microtechnology, Chalmers University of Technology |
| 14:10 | Engineering Organic Bioelectronics for Health: From Biodegradable Polymers to Precision Microfabrication | Erica Zeglio, Assistant professor, Organic bioelectronics, Stockholm University |
| 14:30 | The Materials Science of Bone | Chiara Micheletti, Assistant Professor, Microstructure Physics, Chalmers University of Technology |
| 14:50 | Biodegradable alloy development for and through additive manufacturing | Cecilia Persson, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Uppsala University |
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Q&A | Moderator and speakers |
Closing | Speakers | |
|---|---|---|
| 15:30 | Wrap up | Maria Asplund, Director, Health Engineering Area of Advance, Chalmers University of Technology Eva Krutmeijer, moderator |
| 15:45 | Poster award | Poster award jury |
| 16:00 | Mingle |
Meet the host, moderator and speakers
Host
Maria Asplund
Director, Health Engineering Area of Advance, Professor Bioelectronic Microtechnology, Chalmers University of Technology.
Read more about Maria Asplund.
Moderator
Speakers (opening and speeches)
Technology and AI
Ida Häggström
Associate Professor, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology
Read more about Ida Häggström.
Gabriele Campanella
Assistant Professor, Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
Read more about Gabriele Campanella.
Rocio Mercado
Assistant Professor, Data Science and AI, Chalmers University of Technology
Read more about Rocio Mercado.
Cancer
Lars Ny
Professor, Oncology, University of Gothenburg, and Chief Physician, Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Read more about Lars Ny.
Alexandra Stubelius
Associate Professor, Molecular Bioscience, Chalmers University of Technology
Read more about Alexandra Stubelius.
Volkan Sayin
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, University of Gothenburg
Read more about Volkan Sayin.
Alina Castell
Founder & CEO of MyCural Therapeutics and researcher, Karolinska Institutet (affiliated)
Read more about Alina Castell.
Biomaterials
Maria Asplund
Director, Health Engineering Area of Advance, Professor Bioelectronic Microtechnology, Chalmers University of Technology.
Read more about Maria Asplund.
Erica Zeglio
Assistant professor, Organic bioelectronics, Stockholm University
Read more about Erica Zeglio.
Chiara Micheletti
Assistant Professor, Microstructure Physics, Chalmers University of Technology
Read more about Chiara Micheletti.
Cecilia Persson
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Uppsala University
Read more about Cecilia Persson.
Poster session and poster award
The conference includes an poster session reviewed by a prestigious jury formed by speakers in the program – and with the opportunity of winning poster awards.
Moderator
The conference will be moderated by by Eva Krutmeijer, owner of EKKO communications consultancy. Eva Krutmeijer has more than 30 years of experience in communicating science to decision-makers and the general public and now works professionally as a moderator, lecturer and writer.
About Health Science Day
Health Science Day is hosted by Chalmers Health Engineering Area of Advance and is open to professionals in academia, healthcare and industry – and to everyone with an interest in health and technology.
The conference is free of charge but subject to prior registration.
Research area addressing major health-related societal challenges.
