RPMI Festival June 12, 2025: The Symphony of Medical Imaging - A Synergy of Scientific Instruments

RPMI Festival: The Symphony of Medical Imaging - A Synergy of Scientific Instruments

12. June 2025
9:00 AM - 18:00 PM

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Van Swieten Gasse 1A, 1090 Wien

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The Symphony of Medical Imaging

12th of June 2025, 9.00 am - 5.30 pm

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

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

The Symphony of Medical Imaging - A Synergy of Scientific Instruments

Waves and frequency, just to bring up one example, do not only play a major role in music, but are also of crucial importance in imaging for obtaining insights into different tissues, organs or organ systems. Let us therefore compose a new symphony of medical imaging at the 1st MIP festival by discovering different ways of combining the different instruments of basic sciences and clinical disciplines to construct imaging harmony.

This event is the ideal stage for reflecting this orchestral interaction, bridging the gap between basic science and clinical application.

This year's festival aims to intensify the exchange between scientists of different disciplines, with specific focus on integrating clinical and translational research.

Therefore - come, meet, discuss ideas and initiate collaborations with various researchers and industry partners!

Plenty of opportunities to network will be available, including poster presentations, hands-on sessions and tutorials.

The festival will feature a keynote lecture and of course also our speaker-centered presentation setup, which so successfully enhanced the interaction between speaker and audience. Stay tuned!

Join us for the 1st Medical Imaging Platform Festival

Theme: The Symphony of Medical Imaging - A Synergy of Scientific Instruments
Date: June 12, 2025
Location: Van Swieten Saal, Van Swieten Gasse 1a, 1090 Wien
Time: 9.00 am - 5.30 pm
Scientific Committee: Wolfgang Birkfellner, Roxane Licandro, Severin Mairinger, Claudia Kuntner-Hannes, Lena Hirtler (Lead)

What to Expect:

Keynote Lecture
Speaker-Centered Presentations to Foster Interaction
Poster Presentations
Hands-On Sessions and Tutorials
Networking Opportunities with Researchers and Industry Partners

Don’t miss the chance to meet, discuss ideas, and initiate collaborations at this exciting event!

Stay tuned for further updates!

We look forward to seeing you at the festival!

Programme

9.00 - 9.30 am, Registration & Poster Hanging

9.30 - 9.45 am, Welcome & Opening Speech

Moderation: Lena Hirtler, Coordinator of the Scientific Organization Team

Speaker: Cécile Philippe (MIP Steering Board Speaker)

9.45 - 10.30 am, Hands-On Session and Coffee

10.30 - 11.30 am, Oral Session: Focus Translational Topics

Moderation: Severin Mairinger

10.30 - 11.00 am, Invited Project Experience Talk 1 - 4 presenters 4 perspectives
11.00 - 11.30 am, 6 Spotlight talks 4min each (Abstract)

11.30 am - 1.00 pm, Lunch Break

12.00 - 1.00 pm, Poster Session 1 + Hands-On Session

1.00 - 2.00 pm, Oral Session: Focus Clinical Topics

Moderation: Thomas Helbich

1.00 - 1.30 pm, Invited Project Experience Talk 2 - 4 presenters 4 perspectives
1.30 - 2.00 pm, 6 Spotlight talks 4min each (Abstract)

2.00 - 2.15 Sounds-Quiz - Wolfgang Birkfellner

2.20 - 3.00 pm Panel "How to better orchestrate preclinical and clinical collaborations"

Moderation: Roxane Licandro

3.00 - 4.00 pm, Coffee Break

3.20 - 4.00 pm, Poster Session 2 + Hands-On Session

4.00 - 5.00 pm, KEYNOTE TALK "The musical brain" by Peter Vuust

Music is a fundamental part of human life and a source of deep emotional experiences. Such is the power of music that many people spend significant resources enjoying the many forms of music and some devote their lives to mastering an instrument. The neuroscientific study of music has been shown to be a promising approach for understanding the human brain.

This keynote will discuss how music is processed in the brain and in particular how perception of sound, melody, harmony, and rhythm rests on the brain's ability to predict. When listening to music, we actively generate predictions about what is likely to happen next. This enactive aspect has led to a more complete understanding of music processing involving brain structures implicated in action, emotion, and learning besides auditory brain areas. This approach may help us to understand fundamental questions such as why we have music from an evolutionary perspective and why we move to music.

The talk also shows how this view can be extended to account for the dynamics and underlying brain mechanisms of collective music making and music improvisation. This sheds new light on what makes music meaningful from a neuroscientific perspective.

About Peter Vuust

Professor Peter Vuust, Ph.D. is a unique combination of a top-level jazz musician and a world class scientist. He leads the Danish National Research Foundation's center for "Music In the Brain" and holds joint appointments as full professor at the Danish Royal Academy of Music and Dept of Clinical Medicine Aarhus University.

He has published more than 150 scientific papers in high ranking international journals, most recently the review "Music in the brain" in Nature Reviews Neuroscience (March, 2022). He uses state-of-the-art brain scanning techniques such as fMRI, PET, EEG, MEG and behavioral measures and is a world leading expert in the field of music and the brain – a research field he has single-handedly built up in Denmark as leader of the center for Music In the Brain (MIB) currently employing more than 30 researchers. Among many other grants, he has received DKK 98 million (~ US $ 15 billion) as PI, from the Danish National Research Foundation.

In addition, Prof Vuust is a renowned jazz bassist and composer; leading the Peter Vuust Quartet with Alex Riel, Lars Jansson and Ove Ingemarsson of which seven records have been released so far. He has also played on more than 100 recordings and been sideman with international jazz stars such as Lars Jansson, Tim Hagans, John Abercrombie, Dave Liebman and many more. He is the recipient of the 2009 Jazz Society of Aarhus’ "Gaffel"-prize. His album “September Song” was widely acclaimed by reviewers and received a nomination for a Danish Music Award in 2014. In 2022, he released the album "Further to Fly", which contained jazz arrangements by Peter Vuust of the Songs of Paul Simon with unanimously excellent reviews.

As professor at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark, he has taught electric and acoustic bass as well as music theory, ear training and ensemble playing. He has given many keynote talks and masterclasses at international conferences and institutions on a wide range of topics ranging from the neuroscience of music to improvisation and composition. He has written three monograph's "Polyrhythm and –meter in modern jazz; a study of Miles Davis’ Quintet from the 1960s”, "Music on the Brain", and most recently a book on musical leadership.

Moderation: t.b.d.

5.00 - 5.30 pm, Award Ceremony & Closing