Track Co-Chairs
Click on each Track below to learn more about the speakers and the topics that will be discussed.
Lisa MacFadden, USA
Methods, Models and Applications
Stéphane Avril, France
Sandra Loerakker, Netherlands
Materials and Devices
Francesco Migliavacca, Italy
Marie Oshima, Japan
Methods and Models
María Ángeles Pérez Ansón, Spain
Chwee Teck Lim, Singapore
Mechanobiology
Adam Engler, USA
Viola Vogel, Switzerland
Thor Besier, New Zealand
Lise Worthen-Chaudhari, USA
Monica Daley, USA
James Wakeling, Canada
Fabio Galbusera, Switzerland
Lyndia Wu, Canada
Balance, Posture and Control
Lennart Scheys, Belgium
Steve Robinovitch, Canada
Locomotion/Gait
David Lloyd, Australia
Stephen Piazza, USA
Sports
Silvio Lorenzetti, Switzerland
Jill McNitt-Gray, USA
Imaging Fundamentals and Applied Research
Ralph Mueller, Switzerland
Artificial Organs, Devices
Simona Celi, Italy
Anderson Shum, Hong Kong
Assistive Technologies
Ilse Jonkers, Belgium
Vivian Mushahwar, Canada
Brittany Coats, USA
Matt Panzer, USA
In Silico Models and Simulation
Takuji Ishikawa, Japan
Experiments
Josue Sznitman, Israel
Claudio Conci, Italy
Deborah Leckband, USA
Philipp J. Thurner, Austria
Tissues
James Goh, Singapore
Grace O’Connell, USA
Joints and Motion
Janie Wilson, Canada
Hans Kainz, Austria
Methods, Models and Applications
Emily Rogers-Bradley, Canada
Ming Zhang, Hong Kong
Merryn Tawhai, New Zealand
Jerome Noailly, Spain
Trauma and Repair
Karen Troy, USA
Peter Varga, Switzerland
Sports Medicine
Anja Niehoff, Germany
Lower Extremities
Luca Cristofolini, Italy
Kevin Deluzio, Canada
Upper Extremities
Saulo Martelli, Australia
Clark Dickerson, Canada
Spine
Ruth Wilcox, UK
Peter Cripton, Canada
Rehabilitation
Massimo Sartori, Netherlands
Michael Hunt, Canada
Occupational Biomechanics
Julie Côté, Canada
Jack Callaghan, Canada
Mechanobiology
Lawrence Bonassar, USA
Methods, Models and Applications
Liesbet Geris, Belgium
Jonathan Van de Geest, USA
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