Organizer

CHAIR

Anna Tampieri

CO-CHAIR

Simone Sprio

CO-CHAIR

Corrado Piconi

Anna Tampieri, Chair of the Conference, has 30 years of experience in the development of innovative nature-inspired processes and various biomimetic materials from bioceramic nanoparticles to 3-D scaffolds, addressed to bone regeneration and nanomedicine. Anna was project coordinator or WP Leader of 15 EC-funded projects, author of over 300 scientific papers and inventor of 15 international patents. Establishing close relationship with orthopaedic clinicians and biomedical companies, Anna sustained the translation of various innovative and effective biomedical products to the clinics, particularly new hydroxyapatite implants for large cranial reconstruction and hybrid scaffolds for osteochondral regeneration.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Alessio ADAMIANO
ISTEC-CNR, Italy

Jérôme CHEVALIER
INSA-Lyon, France

Christophe DROUET
University of Toulouse, France

Anna Luisa COSTA

ISTEC-CNR, Italy

Michele IAFISCO
ISTEC-CNR, Italy

Monica MONTESI
ISTEC-CNR, Italy

Paola PALMERO
Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy

Silvia PANSERI
ISTEC-CNR, Italy

Corrado PICONI
ISTEC-CNR, Italy

Monica SANDRI
ISTEC-CNR, Italy

Simone SPRIO
ISTEC-CNR, Italy

Carmen MORTELLARO
Uni-Camillus, Italy

Livia VISAI
University of Pavia, Italy

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Ika Dewi ANA
Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

Iulian ANTONIAC
Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania

Bikramjit BASU
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Hamed BENGHUZZI
University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA

Besim BEN-NISSAN
University of Technology, Sidney, Australia

Susmita BOSE
Washington State University, USA

Jiang CHANG
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Christele COMBES
University of Toulouse, France

Guy DACULSI
Nantes University, France

Marcelo Henrique Prado DA SILVA
Military Institute of Engineering, Brazil

Christophe DROUET
University of Toulouse, France

Paul DUCHEYNE
University of Pennsylvania, USA

Ahmed EL-GHANNAM
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Maria-Pau GINEBRA
Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain

Kunio ISHIKAWA
Kyushu University, Japan

Christine KNABE
Philipps University, Germany

Paola PALMERO
Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy

Kyungsik OH
Andong National University, Korea

Chikara OHTSUKI
Nagoya University, Japan

Christian REY
University of Toulouse, France

Simone SPRIO
ISTEC-CNR, Italy

Yasuhiko TABATA
University of Kyoto, Japan

Anna TAMPIERI
ISTEC-CNR, Italy

The National Research Council of Italy (CNR) is a national public body with the mission of carrying out, promoting, disseminating, transferring and enhancing research activities in the main areas of knowledge development and their applications for the scientific, technological, economic and social development of the country.

The Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics (ISTEC-CNR) is the organizer of Bioceramics 32 and the largest Italian institute specifically addressed to the global study of ceramic materials. ISTEC-CNR is located in the ancient city of Faenza, defined, by cultural tradition, as the City of Ceramics.