Research Platform Medical Imaging (RPMI) Festival 2026

Shaping the Force: An Alliance in Imaging

9^th of June 2026, 9.00 am - 6.00 pm

Van Swieten Saal, Van-Swieten-Gasse 1a, 1090 Vienna

Participation in this event will be accredited with 10 DFP points by the Medical Association for Vienna! More information following soon.

We call on all of you:

1. the Engineers who create the instruments,
2. the Wielders who skillfully operate them,
3. the Seers who translate their signatures into knowledge, and
4. the Healers who restore the fabric of life.

For years, our greatest power in medicine was seeing within the body. But seeing was only the beginning. The new frontier is to understand, predict, and shape the living processes we observe. The Force links the physical signals we measure to the biological and computational models that give them meaning.

This festival explores the dialogue between the forces we shape and the forces of life. We sculpt the Force into focused streams of photons, precise acoustic waves, and carefully crafted magnetic fields—and send them into the body to listen for its response. What returns is more than an image; it’s a story. Intrinsic mechanical, metabolic, and electrical forces leave signatures on our probes, subtle whispers in phase, path, or energy that reveal invisible currents of disease long before taking form.

Turn up the dial, and the Force becomes therapy. We can write upon the matrix—ablating, remodeling, and restoring tissue with precision. One science, two applications: to understand, and to heal.

We invite you to bring your science, your perspective, and your unique interpretation of this theme. Show us how you shape the Force, and tell us what you have learned from its echoes.

Join us as we define the future of a medicine that doesn't just see, but shapes.
 

Save-the-date (Please click the link to view and download the flyer.)

What to Expect:

•             Keynote Lecture

•             Speaker-Centered Presentations

•             Poster Presentations

•             Hands-On Sessions and Tutorials

•             Networking Opportunities with Researchers and Industry Partners

Important Dates

Deadline Abstract Submission: 31st of March 2026

Deadline Proposal Hands-on Session: 10th of March 2026

Deadline Project Talk Submission: 10th of March 2026

Notification of Acceptance: 12th of May 2026

Deadline RPMI Festival Registration: 2nd of June 2026

RPMI Festival: 9th of June 2026

Acknowledgment: The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

Tentative Programme

9.00 - 9.30 am, Registration & Poster Hanging

9.30 - 9.45 am, Welcome & Opening Speech

9.45 - 10.30 am, Hands-On Session and Coffee

10:30 - 11:30 am, Project Talks

11.30 - 1.00 pm, Lunch Break, Poster Session 1

1:00 - 2:20 pm, Oral Sessions

2.20 - 3.00 pm Panel Discussion

3.00 - 4.00 pm, Coffee Break, Poster Session 2 + Hands on

4.00 - 5.00 pm, KEYNOTE TALK by Brendan Kennedy (The University of Western Australia)

5.00 - 5.30 pm, Award Ceremony & Closing

6.00 - 6.30 pm - Conclusion

Scientific Committee

Contact: rpmi-festival-submissions (a) meduniwien.ac.at

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