Dr John Allen
Main Affiliation
Head of Service, Microvascular Services, Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Preliminary Talk Title
Challenges and opportunities for vascular optics in clinical practice
Aymen Alian, MBChB
Main Affiliation
IAMPOV Committee member, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Division Chief of Obstetric & Gynecological Anesthesiology at the Yale University Medical Center
Preliminary Talk Title
Lower Body Negative Pressure (BNP): an experimental model for physiology research and monitor development
Prof Topun Austin
Main Affiliation
Consultant Neonatologist in Cambridge and Honorary Professor of Neurophotonics at University College London
Preliminary Talk Title
Shining light on the newborn brain’ focusing on the use of near-infrared spectroscopy and diffuse optical imaging to study haemodynamics and perfusion in the newborn
Steven J. Barker, PhD, MD
Main Affiliation
Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona and Chief Science Officer, Masimo Corporation
Preliminary Talk Title
Recent Developments in Monitoring of Oxygenation
Philip E. Bickler, MD, PhD
Main Affiliation
IAMPOV Committee member, Professor In Residence at UCSF and assumed directorship of the UCSF Hypoxia Laboratory.
Preliminary Talk Title
Predicting clinical outcomes with non-invasive measurements of tissue oxygen and blood flow
Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD
Main Affiliation
IAMPOV Committee member. Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair of Perioperative Medicine at UCLA Medical Center and is also the Section Editor for Technology, Computing, and Monitoring for the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Preliminary Talk Title
Predictive Physiological Monitoring: Using Machine learning to Forecast Monitoring Parameters
Mohamed Elgendi
Main Affiliation
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada
Senior Fellow, Howard Brain Sciences Foundation
Preliminary Talk Title
Challenges and opportunities for assessing hypertension using the photoplethysmogram signals
Anura S. Fernando
Main Affiliation
Chief Innovation Architect – Medical Systems Interoperability & Security, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, UL,USA
Preliminary Talk Title
Give and Take – Balancing Interoperability with Cybersecurity
Hartmut Gehring, MD, PhD
Main Affiliation
IAMPOV Committee member and Professor of Anesthesiology at the University Medical Center of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck. Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Lübeck and serves on the board of directors of the German Society of Biomedical Engineering.
Preliminary Talk Title
Continuous non-invasive blood pressure monitoring
Prof Alexei Kamshilin
Main Affiliation
Faculty of Applied Optics, ITMO University, St Petersburg, Russia
Preliminary Talk Title
Imaging photoplethysmography as a tool to assess brain neurovascular activity
Robert J. Kopotic, MSN, PhDh, FAARC
Main Affiliation
IAMPOV Committee member and Director of FORE-SIGHT Clinical Affairs, Critical Care, Edwards Lifesciences
Preliminary Talk Title
Individualized hemodynamic & ventilatory management via multi-organ tissue oximetry
Panicos Kyriacou, MSc, PhD
Main Affiliation
IAMPOV 2020 Committee Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Director of the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre and Associate Dean for Research at City University London, UK
Preliminary Talk Title
Non-invasive Intracranial monitoring utilising the Photoplethysmograph
Dr Sung Hyun Nam
Main Affiliation
Master at Samsung Electronics, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Electronics Co.
Preliminary Talk Title
Recent Advances in Mobile Healthcare Sensor Technology
Professor Meir Nitzan
Main Affiliation
Department of Applied Physics/Electro-Optics, Lev Academic Center, JCT, Jerusalem, Israel
Preliminary Talk Title
Pulse oximetry with two wavelengths in the infrared region – more accurate measurement of arterial oxygen saturation
Prof Vasilis Ntziachristos
Main Affiliation
Director of the Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany
Preliminary Talk Title
Replacing NIRS: Optoacoustic Spectroscopy and Imaging of oxygenation and microvasculature
Kirk H. Shelley, MD, PhD
Main Affiliation
IAMPOV Committee member, Professor of Anesthesiology at Yale University in New Haven, CT and Board Certified in Anes-thesiology and Internal Medicine
Preliminary Talk Title
Lower Body Negative Pressure (BNP): an experimental model for physiology research and monitor development
Prof Mervyn Singer
Main Affiliation
Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Head, Research Department of Clinical Physiology, Division of Medicine, Director, Bloomsbury Institute of Intensive Care Medicine Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, UK
Preliminary Talk Title
Monitoring tissue oxygenation to assess organ well-being in high-risk or critically ill patients
Dr Ilias Tachtsidis
Main Affiliation
Welcome Trust Senior Fellow and Reader in Biomedical Engineering. Head of Multi-Modal Spectroscopy Group at UCL, UK
Preliminary Talk Title
Optical Bedside Biomarkers of Brain Function in Birth Asphyxiated Infants and Beyond
Sandy Weininger, PhD
Main Affiliation
IAMPOV Committee member and senior engineer within the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH.). Member of the ASTM’s F29-Devices in the Integrated Clinical Environment Committee and Chair of the ASTM Pulse Oximeter Committee and the FDA’s Liaison to IEC TC 62 and SC 62A, committees responsible for safety of electormedical equipment.
Preliminary Talk Title
Complexity in medical device standards development