Program

Date

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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Registration

Session Type: Registration

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Speaker Ready

Session Type: Speaker Ready Room

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Personal Care Lounge

Session Type: Personal Care Lounge

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Workshop 1: Advances in Biofabrication and 3D Printing: From Hardware to Application

Session Type: Workshop

Workshop 2: Advances in Biomaterials Science and Translational Technology Workshop

Session Type: Workshop

Workshop 3: Collective Call to Action: The Importance of Advocacy and Avenues for Engagement in Biomedical Engineering

Session Type: Workshop

Workshop 4: Future Biomaterials Faculty Workshop

Session Type: Workshop

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Workshop 5: Ignite Ideas: A Creative Brainstorming Workshop

Session Type: Workshop

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SFB Governing Council Meeting

Session Type: Committee Meeting

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Workshop 6: Industry Career Roundtable Workshop

Session Type: Workshop

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Educational & Professional Development: Mentoring Lunch

Session Type: Ticketed Event

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1A: PANEL: The Synergy of Science and Medicine in Advancing CMS Objectives: Translating Biomaterials into Market-Ready Regenerative Devices

Session Type: Concurrent Session 1

1B: Biomaterial-Based Therapies for Osteoarthritis and Skeletal Repair

Session Type: Concurrent Session 1

1C: Biomaterials for In Vitro Models of Disease 1

Session Type: Concurrent Session 1

1D: Advances in Dynamic Crosslinking of Hydrogels

Session Type: Concurrent Session 1

1E: Biomaterials and Nanotechnology for Cancer Modeling and Theranostics

Session Type: Concurrent Session 1

1F: Immunomodulatory Biomaterials 1

Session Type: Concurrent Session 1

1G: Biomaterials & Surfaces: from Pioneering Medical Implants to Advanced Therapies. 

Session Type: Concurrent Session 1

1H: Historically Marginalized Voices in Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Session Type: Concurrent Session 1

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Break

Session Type: Break

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2A: PANEL: The Evolving Nature of Global Biomaterials Research

Session Type: Concurrent Session 2

2B: Biomaterial-Tissue Interaction SIG

Session Type: Concurrent Session 2

2C: Bioinspired Materials for Therapeutics

Session Type: Concurrent Session 2

2D: Ophthalmic Biomaterials SIG

Session Type: Concurrent Session 2

2E: Biomaterials for Cellular Engineering

Session Type: Concurrent Session 2

2F: Bridging Science and Market: Commercial Pathways for Biomaterials

Session Type: Concurrent Session 2

2G: Peptide Biomaterials for Therapeutic Applications

Session Type: Concurrent Session 2

2H: 3 Minute Thesis

Session Type: Concurrent Session 2

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Break

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Opening Ceremony

Session Type: General Session

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Exhibits & Posters Networking 1

Session Type: Poster Session

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Industry Mixer

SIG Mixers - TE SIG, Dental/Cranio SIG, Orthopaedic SIG

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Students & YSG Mixer