Marco Viceconti

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Talk Title: From the Virtual Physiological Human to the Virtual Human Twin

Marco Viceconti is a full professor of bioengineering in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna. Before that, he was at the University of Sheffield, UK, where he founded and led the prestigious Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine for seven years. Prof Viceconti is an expert in in silico medicine and using predictive models to support clinical decision-making. He has been one of the key figures in the in silico medicine international community: he founded the VPH Institute, a global non-profit organisation that coordinates this research community, and drove the creation of the Avicenna Alliance, representing the biomedical industry interests in this domain. He was president of the European Society of Biomechanics and the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Science. He was a member of the World Council of Biomechanics. In 2018, he became a Fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering; in 2021, he received the Huiskes Medal for Biomechanics. According to SCOPUS, he published 418 papers (H-index = 60) and is among the first ten bioengineers in the Top Italian Scientists ranking