Preliminary Program
Wednesday, 03rd of December 2025
07:30 –09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:15
Welcome: Where we are
Oskar Aszmann (Vienna, AT)
09:30 – 12:00
Live video transmission into lecture hall: Insertion of 4 leads into PM and LD for intuitive control of 6 DOF Arm
Paul Cederna (Ann Arbor, US) Oskar Aszmann (Vienna, AT)
09:15 – 09:30
Presentation of the patient
Johanna Klepetko (Vienna, AT)
09:30 – 09:45
Presentation of motor matrix
Laura Ferrante (Birmingham, UK)
09:45 – 11:30
Live video feed from surgery
11:30 – 11:45
Description of the leads and ESO- what to expect from this intervention
Alex Vaskov (Ann Arbor, US)
Clinically informed neural interfaces
Rylie Green (London, UK)
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch break
13:00 – 13:15
Accessing the motor neuron pool for prosthetic control via signal decomposition
Dario Farina (London, UK)
13:15 – 13:30
Accessing the motor neuron pool via implanted micro-electrode arrays after TMR
Laura Ferrante (Birmingham, UK)
13:30 – 13:45
Accessing the motor neuron pool via peripheral nerve and LIFE electrodes
Jonathan Cheng (Dallas, US)
13:45 – 14:00
Accessing the motor neuron pool via RPNI and intramuscular sensors
Paul Cederna (Ann Arbor, US)
14:00 – 14:15
Interfacing with muscle via magnetomicrometry
Hugh Herr (Cambridge, US)
14:15 – 15:00
Panel discussion: benefits and pitfalls of each technique
Moderator: Vlad Tereshenko (Vienna, AT)
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 – 17:30
Scientific paper session I
Chairs: Dario Farina (London, UK), Paul Cederna (Ann Arbor, US)
Thursday, 04th of December 2025
08:00 – 08:20
Indications of bionic reconstruction
Jason Souza (Columbus, US)
- What are the milestones of a successful limb
salvage – when to turn to prosthetic alternatives - Resection/replantation
08:20 – 09:20
Panel discussion of cases: upper extremity
Moderator: Scott Levin (Philadelphia, US)
Oskar Aszmann (Vienna, AT)
Jason Souza (Columbus, US)
Jason Ko (Chicago, US)
Paul Cederna (Ann Arbor, US),
Paolo Sassu (Mölndal, SE)
Ian Valerio (Boston, US)
09:20 – 10:15
Panel discussion of cases: lower extremity
Moderator: Matthew Carty (Boston, US)
Benjamin “Kyle” Potter (Philadelphia, US)
Ian Valerio (Boston, US)
Gerhard Hobusch (Vienna, AT)
Jason Souza (Columbus, US)
Jennifer Ernst (Göttingen, DE)
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee break
10:45 – 11:05
Managing the afferent pathway
Stanisa Raspopovic (Vienna, AT)
11:05 – 11:25
The first human demonstration of the cutaneous mechanoneural interface
Hugh Herr (Cambridge, US)
11:25 – 11:45
AMI- Upper and lower extremity
Matthew Carty (Boston, US)
11:45 – 11:55
Targeted sensory feedback
Alexander Gardetto (Brixen, IT)
11:55 – 12:05
EMG biofeedback to help motor learning
Anna Bösendorfer (Vienna, AT)
12:05 – 12:15
Closed-loop haptic stimulation for stroke rehabilitation
Patrick Sagastagui, Jumpei Kashiwakura (London, UK)
12:15 – 12:25
Hybrid hand training with soft hand in stroke rehabilitation
Bernhard Fasching (Vienna, AT)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 – 16:30
Video live stream from dissection course into lecture hall
13:30 – 17:30
Dissection course
Paul Cederna (Ann Arbor, US), Jennifer Ernst
(Goettingen, DE), Jason Souza (Columbus, US), Matthew
Carty (Boston, US), Oskar Aszmann (Vienna, AT)
- TMR/RPNI in glenohumeral amputees
- TMR/RPNI in transhumeral amputees
- TMR/RPNI in transradial amputees
- AMI (UE/LE)
For more details click here.
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30
Scientific paper session II
Chair: Stanisa Raspopovic (Vienna, AT), Levi Hargrove (Chicago, US)
19:00
Heurigen Evening at Fuhrgassl-Huber
Friday, 05th of December 2025
08:00 – 12:00
Live Surgery (Transhumeral OI + TMR,
Rickard Brånemark (Cambridge, US), Oskar Aszmann (Vienna, AT)
08:00 – 08:20
eOPRA, Endo-exo interfacing
Rickard Brånemark (Cambridge, US)
08:20 – 08:40
Integrating upper-limb prostheses with the human body
Levi Hargrove (Chicago, US)
08:40 – 08:55
Introduction of patient II and presentation of OI registry
Anna Bösendorfer (Vienna, AT)
08:55 – 09:10
Osseointegration and bionic reconstruction of lower extremity
Jason Souza (Columbus, US)
09:10 – 09:45
Video live feed OR
09:45 – 10:00
BADALnext development of integral bionic prosthetic concept of osseointegration in the humerus
Henk van de Meent (Njmegen, NL), Thomas Mittlmeier (Rostock, DE)
10:00 – 10:15
Interfacing with prosthetic components
Hans Oppel (Vienna, AT), Erik Andres (Duderstadt, DE), David Rotter (Joliet, US)
10:15 – 10:30
Video Live Feed OR while coffee break
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 – 11:00
Keynote lecture: future of bionic reconstruction “exploring the limits”
Hugh Herr (Cambridge, US)
11:00 – 12:30
Scientific paper session III
Chair: Jacques Hacquebord (New York, US), Aidan Roche
(London, UK)
12:30 – 13:00
Patient presentation of implantable sensors + press conference
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 – 17:30
Dissecting time (video stream into lecture hall)
- Osteotomies, Osseointegration (TH, TR, TT, TF,
Thumb) - Where and how to we implant sensors for each level
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 – 15:45
Prosthetic embodiment
Levi Hargrove (Chicago, US)
16:45 – 17:00
Bionic identity
Cosima Prahm (Tuebingen, DE)
17:00 – 18:00
Scientific session IV short session
Chair: Levi Hargrove (Chicago, US), Cosima Prahm (Tuebingen, DE)
18:00
Adjourn
Staff: Univ. Prof. Dr. Oskar C. Aszmann, Dr. Alina Nierlich-Hold,
Dr. Clemens Gstöttner, Dr. Gregor Längle, Dr. Philipp Tratnig-Frankl, Dr. Leopold Harnoncourt, Dr. Vlad Tereshenko, Dr. Ulla Al
Dabbass, Dr. Ike Che-Hsiung Lee
Faculty: Jason Souza Amputation Care, Jason Ko, Paul Cederna, Jonathan Cheng, Scott Levin, Rickard Branemark, Matthew
Carty, Jennifer Ernst, Ian Valerio
6 Full Cadavers, 4 Doctors/Cadaver (max. 20 Participants)
Total of ~ 150 Participants
University Clinic for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Währinger Gürtel 18 – 22, 1090 Vienna
Univ. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang J. Weninger
Center for Anatomy and Cellular Biology Medical University of Vienna
Währinger Straße 13, 1090 Vienna
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