XLV Annual School 2026 – Generative Artificial Intelligence for Bioengineering

The GNB XLV Annual School 2026 – Generative Artificial Intelligence for Bioengineering will be held in Brixen (Italy) from 7th to 10th September 2026.

The school focuses on the impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Bioengineering research and education. Generative AI is increasingly influencing data analysis, biological modeling, experimental design, and scientific communication, offering new opportunities while also posing methodological, ethical, and responsibility-related challenges.

The main objective of the school is to explore the use of Generative AI in Bioengineering through a critical and rigorous methodological perspective. The program is not intended to teach the development of new AI models, but rather to promote awareness of the potential, limitations, and implications of these technologies when applied to Bioengineering research.

The school is primarily addressed to PhD students and early-career researchers, and aims to provide a 360-degree overview of Generative AI in Bioengineering, supporting responsible and informed integration of these tools into scientific practice.

CHAIRS

Riccardo Bellazzi (Università di Pavia)
Stefano Diciotti (Università di Bologna)
Ernesto Iadanza (Università di Siena)
Enea Parimbelli (Università di Pavia)

LOCAL ORGANIZERS

Gruppo Nazionaledi Bioingegneria (GNB)

ORGANIZING SECRETARY

Pragma Congressi (Pavia)


REGISTRATION

Registration will open on April 20th.

Early bird rates are available until July 31st, 2026.

On-site fees are subject to availability.

Registration fees are non-refundable.

GNB MEMBER*EARLYLATE (from August 1st)ON SITE (from September 1st)
Standard/Post doc300,00350,00450,00
PhD student/ Graduate student150,00200,00250,00
Standard/Post docVirtual150,00180,00
PhD student/ Graduate studentVirtual90,00100,00

*To register for the school as a GNB member, please access the reserved area of the GNB website via the following link:

NON MEMBEREARLYLATE (from August 1st)ON SITE (from September 1st)
Standard/Post doc400,00550,00680,00
PhD student/ Graduate student200,00290,00435,00
Standard/Post docVirtual250,00330,00
PhD student/ Graduate studentVirtual120,00180,00

To become a GNB member, please visit: https://soci.grupponazionalebioingegneria.it/utenti/front/accedi


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Event program

07.09.2026 - 09:45The AI trajectory in Bioengineering
Riccardo Bellazzi, Pavia
07.09.2026 - 11:00Introduction to Generative AI
Nicola Toschi, Tor Vergata
07.09.2026 - 11:45Basics of CNNs
Concetto Spampinato, Catania
07.09.2026 - 14:00Deep generative models in medical imaging: VAE, GAN & Diffusion models
Paolo Soda, Campus Bio-Medico
07.09.2026 - 14:45Attention mechanisms and transformers
Alessandro Bria, Cassino
07.09.2026 - 15:30Talks and Hands-on session
08.09.2026 - 09:00Clinical data quality and issues when using generative AI in healthcare
Stephane Meystre, SUPSI Lugano
08.09.2026 - 09:45Cognitive bias and evidence generation in medicine - impact on Generative AI
Leandro Pecchia, Campus Bio- Medico
08.09.2026 - 11:00Reproducibility in the age of generative AI: crisis or opportunity?
Stefano Diciotti, Bologna
08.09.2026 - 11:45From data to decisions: XAI and LLMs for data-intensive healthcare
Carlo Combi, Verona
08.09.2026 - 14:00Generative AI and human brain function: the role of LLMs
Fabrizio Esposito, Napoli
08.09.2026 - 14:45Bioinformatics and Genomics
Alberto Magi, Firenze
08.09.2026 - 15:30Talks and Hands-on session
09.09.2026 - 09:00Generative AI in Clinics
Mario Mascalchi, Firenze
09.09.2026 - 09:45Automated signal analysis
Anna Bianchi, Polimi
09.09.2026 - 11:00The promising role of synthetic data for responsible innovation with AI
Shalini Kurapati, ClearBox AI
09.09.2026 - 11:45Generative AI for clinical engineering
Ernesto Iadanza, Siena
09.09.2026 - 14:00Large language models for clinical decision support
Enea Parimbelli, Pavia
09.09.2026 - 14:45GNB Awards Ceremony
09.09.2026 - 15:30Lectio Magistralis. AI for future healthcare: healing with health data
Bjoern Eskofier, LMU Munich
09.09.2026 - 16:15Hands-on session
10.09.2026 - 09:00Advancing AI adoption: human skills, resource integration and responsible innovation
Arnaud Céol, ICSC
10.09.2026 - 09:45Toward reliable synthetic data: statistical distances for generative models evaluation
Giuseppe Jurman, FBK Trento
10.09.2026 - 11:00Generative AI in Pharmaceutics
Laura Paulowski, AstraZeneca
10.09.2026 - 11:45Responsible AI
Barbara di Camillo, Padova
10.09.2026 - 14:00Privacy preserving methods for AI in Healthcare
Bogdan Kulinich, CHUV Lausanne
10.09.2026 - 14:45AI Regulation - Fishbowl Session
10.09.2026 - 15:30Students' pitch & Awards
10.09.2026 - 17:00Closing Ceremony