2nd International Conference of TSU
Translational and Clinical Medicine - Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education and Research
23-25 May, 2024
Tbilisi, Georgia
About Conference
On May 23-25, 2024, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University will host the 2nd International Scientific Conference on “Translational and Clinical Medicine – Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education and Science,” featuring members of the TSU Faculty of Medicine’s International Advisory Council from 12 countries. The conference will share international insights on AI and digital technologies in medical science, education, and healthcare, providing a platform to explore the latest advancements and practical applications in these fields. Abstracts of presentations will be published in TSU’s Translational and Clinical Medicine – Georgian Medical Journal (indexed in Google Scholar and EBSCO).
The event is organized by TSU’s Faculty of Medicine with support from the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, and Pulsi TV will provide media coverage.
Conference Program
Thursday, 23rd May, 2024
09:00 – 10:00: Registration of Participants (TSU 1st building, large assembly hall)
10:00 – 10:20: Opening Ceremony of the conference (TSU 1st building, large assembly hall)
Welcome Speech:
– Jaba Samushia, Rector TSU
– Nodar Papukashvili, Vice-Minister of Education and Science of Georgia
– Teimuraz Dochviri, Director of the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia
– Maia Bitskinashvili, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
10:20 – 10:40: – Awarding TSU Honorary Doctor to Ingo B. Runnebaum – Rector TSU, Jaba Samushia
– Speech by Ingo B. Runnebaum
– Dimitri Kordzaia, Coordinator of the International Advisory Board of the Faculty of Medicine, TSU
10:40 – 11:00: Coffee Break
Session 1: Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Trends in Translational Biomedicine
Chairs: Otto Rienhoff, Ekaterine Berishvili Berney; Location: Large assembly hall, TSU 1st Building
11:00 – 11:40: Otto Rienhoff (Germany) – Digital transformation – challenges and chances
11:40 – 12:00: Max Petzold (Sweden) – Health registers – Nordic experience in multigenerational research
12:00 – 12:20: Stein Kaasa (Norway) – MyPath – the digital solution to pacient-centred cancer care
12:20 – 12:40: Ekaterine Berishvili Berney (Switzerland) – Transforming diabetes treatment: The convergence of cell-based therapies and digital technologies
12:40 – 13:00: Discussion
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
Session 2: Visualization and Computer Diagnostics
Chairs: Salvador Martinez, Liana Gogiashvili; Location: Large assembly hall, TSU 1st Building
14:00 – 14:40: Zaal Kokaia (Sweden, Georgia) – Human reprogrammed oligodendrocytes for remyelination of damaged and brain-grafted neurons
14:40 – 15:00: Christian Mawrin (Germany) – Molecular profiling of human meningiomas
15:00 – 15:20: Salvador Martinez (Spain)
Pathology of ALS: new molecular markers of spinal cord neurodegeneration
15:20 – 15:40: Liana Gogiashvili (Georgia) –
“Chemo – brain”- Doxorubicin-indiucied neurotoxity in acute experiment (Histopathology, Imunnnohistochemistry)
15:40 – 16:00: Alexander M Truskinovsky (USA) – via Zoom platform: New research topics in breast pathology
16:00 – 16:20: Discussion
Friday, 24th May, 2024 - Satellite Symposiums
09:00 – 09:30: Registration of Participants (TSU 1st building, TSU Museum)
Satellite symposium 1: Surgery and Transplantation – the Role of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence
Chairs: Nadey Hakim, Merab Kiladze; Location: TSU Museum, TSU 1st Building
09:30 – 10:10: Nadey Hakim (United Kingdom) – Ethical and legal problems of modern surgery using AI
10:10 – 10:30: Hans J. Schlitt (Germany) – Innovative aspects in liver surgery and transplantation
10:30 – 10:50: Gia Tomadze (Georgia) – Current status of organ transplantation in Georgia: what do we expect from the new law
10:50 – 11:10: Andrew A. Gumbs (France) – How artificial intelligence could eradicate mortality from colorectal cancer
11:10 – 11:30: Tim Hamelink (Netherlands) – Models in kidney transplantation: from AI models to organ models
11:30 – 12:00: Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00: Ingo B. Runnebaum (Germany) – AI-guided surgery – or – How not to die of ovarian cancer
13:00 – 13:20: Henning Dralle (Germany) – Syndromic hereditary medullary thyroid cancer: 30 years translational medicine from genetic diagnosis to cancer preventive surgery
13:20 – 13:40: Thierry Berney (Switzerland) – Promises and expectations of artificial intelligence in pancreas transplantation
13:40 – 14:00: Javier Padillo (Via Zoom Platform) – The role of vascular approach on R1 resection after pancreaticoduodenectomy in pancreatic cancer of the head of the pancreas
14:00 – 14:20: Discussion
14:20 – 15:00: Lunch
Satellite symposium 2: Innovations in Medical Education and Science using Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence
Chairs: Wolfgang Brück, Otto Rienhoff, Maia Bitskinashvili; Location: Auditorium N115, TSU 1st Building
09:30 – 10:00: Otto Rienhoff (Germany) – German teaching hospitals and digital transformation – different strategies of how to address an overwhelming challenge
10:00 – 10:20: Daniel Hanley (USA) – Performing multicenter clinical trials with cloud-based systems
10:20 – 10:40: Saak Ovsepian (Great Britain) – via Zoom platform – Biomolecules to biomarkers – A paradigm shift in translational biology
10:40 – 11:00: Lika Svanadze, Maia Bitskinashvili, Mikheil Jangavadze, Roman Shakarishvili, Dimitri Kordzaia – Information about the first steps of implementation of digitalization and AI at the Faculty of Medicine, TSU
11:00 – 11:20: Discussion
11:20 – 12:00: Coffee Break
15:00 – Satellite symposium 3: Meeting of the International Advisory Board of the Faculty of Medicine, TSU
Location: Auditorium N115, TSU 1st building
Saturday, 25th May, 2024
9:00 – 20:00 – Social program for international guests (Museum for History of Georgian Medicine, Guided Tour to the Jvari Monastery)
Conference Organiser
Scientific Committee
Dimitri Kordzaia
Javier Padillo
David Prangishvili
Keti Tsomaia
Organizational Committee
Dimitri Kordzaia
Lika Svanadze
Mariam Mkervalishvili
Merab Vachnadze
Conference Videos
Pulsi TV Report on the Conference: "Translational and Clinical Medicine – Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine"
Public lecture by Ingo B. Runnebaum: "Artificial Intelligence-Guided Surgery – or – How to Survive Ovarian Cancer"
Public lecture by Hans J. Schlitt: "Innovative Aspects in Liver Surgery and Transplantation"
Public lecture by Daniel Hanley: "Conducting Multicenter Clinical Trials with Cloud-Based Systems"
Public lecture by Merab Sareli: "Morphological Aspects of Liver Resection"
Opening of the TSU Conference: "Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine"
Contact us
Email: medicine@tsu.ge